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Michael O’Connor Marotta
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Rock and roll publicist + indie music editor

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knyvet.bsky.social Knyvet @knyvet.bsky.social · 7d
New Music Friday: Casket Rats, 'Rat City Rockers' --

The black thunder evangelists from Boston unleash a blitz of riffs, rebellion, and retribution with debut album "Rat City Rockers", out today on Tee Pee Records with the party Saturday at Middle East.

⚡ Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0alZOO...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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How am I supposed to explain daylight savings time to my cat?
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Happy 30th anniversary to Pulp's 'Different Class', a true masterstroke of Britpop and an album that helped shape my life. I will never stop posting the Save The Date postcard for our wedding <3 @britpopgirl.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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New Sounds: London foursome Away Fans deliver a cinematic house of mirrors, where self-doubt and inner confidence spiral in lockstep.

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away fans stir up a kinetic indie-rave tension by 'Keeping On'
New Sounds: The London foursome deliver a cinematic house of mirrors, where self-doubt and inner confidence spiral in lockstep.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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It's a high-flying week ahead for The Chelsea Curve, who unveil 'Rally 'Round' this Friday as part of @thesoundcove.bandcamp.com's 'Super Sonic Showcase, Vol. 1' compilation, before playing the Boston label's matinée release party on Sunday at The Burren.

⚡ knyvet.substack.com/p/the-chelse...
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🐝 Hot Show Alert: Join us 3 weeks from tonight as BumbleBee Radio celebrates 5 years of indie, alternative and fun with an anniversary and Halloween party at Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre.

⚡ www.bumblebeeradio.com
BumbleBee Radio | Kristen Eck | Boston, Massachusetts
Boston radio veteran, Kristen Eck presents a new internet radio station focusing on Indie, Alternative Rock, Electronica, and more.
www.bumblebeeradio.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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…CONTROLLED CINEMATIC CHAOS…

Thank you @knyvet.bsky.social for the write up. Read more here: knyvet.substack.com/p/proles-sum...

INAUGURATION OUT EVERYWHERE 10.3.25 👁️
Proles summon an esoteric dystopian post-punk broadcast with ‘Inauguration’
Expansive and atmospheric Boston foursome deliver controlled cinematic chaos through debut EP out via CD/digital on Friday, October 3
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September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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One of my all-time faves.
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Happy 30th anniversary to “What Do I Do Now?” by Sleeper.

Who bought a copy?
September 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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⚡ New Music Tuesday: Nate Perry & Ragged Company, 'Till the Well Runs Dry' EP -- #altrock #americana

What a day: The rapture is coming, it's Bruce Springsteen's birthday, and Boston's NPRC unveil their new EP, featuring moonlit spotlight single 'Disappear'.

⚡ open.spotify.com/album/4kYn30...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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#NewMusicFriday: Figures On A Beach, 'Play' -- A pulsating #synthpop + #postpunk track that serves as a vibrant relic from the band's final tumultuous years, previously lost to time, circumstance, and a music industry that simply is no more.

⚡ Bandcamp: figuresonabeach.bandcamp.com/track/play
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Great Scott! Board approves new Harvard Avenue building for venerable venue, O'Brien's and 139 apartments
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#Boston #Allston #music
Rendering of proposed apartment building with Great Scott and green awning
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The V List: The dream of '90s British indie is alive and well across Boston's live music calendar this month.

🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/09/09/t...

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The V List: 5 shows to relive Cool Britannia around Boston
From James to Kula Shaker, the dream of '90s British indie is alive and well across Boston's live music calendar this month.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Fast Tracked: Los Angeles dark-pop project Boy Deluxe drop a sinister new beat as we collectively sashay back to the mutant disco.

🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/09/02/b...

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Boy Deluxe put in electro-punk work with a dose of 'WHIPLASH'
Fast Tracked: The Los Angeles dark-pop project drop a sinister new beat as we collectively sashay back to the mutant disco.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Today in #Somerville: The inaugural Dream A Better World fest at Warehouse XI.

🔗 rubygrovemusic.com/dreamabetter...

#HumanRightsDay #EqualityForAll #JusticeMatters #SocialJustice #Activism #BostonMA #SomervilleMA
August 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🚨 New Music Tuesday: A new social justice music festival is coming to Somerville’s Warehouse XI this Sunday. It’s called Dream A Better World Fest and it’s the creation of Melissa Nilles of Ruby Grove, the alt-indie band that today also releases the 'Maybe It’s Time' video.
Ruby Grove- Maybe It's Time- Remastered (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ruby Grove
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August 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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⚡ One Week From Today ⚡ A new #SocialJustice music festival is coming to Somerville’s Warehouse XI on Sunday, August 24.

It’s called Dream A Better World Fest, and it's the creation of Melissa Nilles.

Info: rubygrovemusic.com/dreamabetter...

#HumanRightsDay #EqualityForAll #JusticeMatters
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🚨 New Music Friday -- The Ringer Soundtrack, ‘In Real Time’

A relationship that has suddenly gone stale is at the core of The Ringer Soundtrack’s expansive “In Real Time,” a slow-burning new single of seismic ache and emotion from the eclectic Boston alt-pop trio.

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In Real Time by The Ringer Soundtrack
Stream and Save In Real Time - Distributed by DistroKid
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August 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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From the desk of Linnea's Garden: "Feeling stuck? Looking for community IRL? Want to get inspired? We got you. 🦄 Dream A Better World Fest is August 24 from 2-9 pm at Warehouse XI". Hit the link for the full PSA.

⚡ www.instagram.com/p/DNR6hnGsGZ...
August 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The inaugural Dream A Better World Fest launches two weeks from today, Sunday, August 24, at Warehouse XI, delivering a new social justice music festival to Somerville.

⚡ rubygrovemusic.com/dreamabetter...
August 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Texas groove metal miscreants Pantera, now rounded out by Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante, brought the heat, literally and figuratively, to Mansfield's Xfinity Center over the weekend.

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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Pantera flex an older display of power
The Texas groove metal miscreants, now rounded out by Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante, brought the heat to Mansfield's XFinity Center.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A week from Friday (08.15), The Ringer Soundtrack tug on the relationship heartstrings with 'In Real Time', a seismic and emotive new single from the Boston alt-pop trio that was produced by The Arcitype and recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage.

⚡ knyvet.substack.com/p/the-ringer...
August 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The V List: The month was soundtracked by new and notable efforts from Suede, MFK, Isabella&Sebastian, King Princess, and Weakened Friends.

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The V List: Five of our favorite national tracks from June 2025
The month was soundtracked by new and notable efforts from Suede, MFK, Isabella&Sebastian, King Princess, and Weakened Friends.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Three weeks from today (8.24), join us at Dream A Better World Fest at Warehouse XI in Somerville, a response to the current times with musicians, artists, activists, and organizations sharing ideas and music, organized by Melissa Nilles of Ruby Grove.

⚡ www.eventbrite.com/e/dream-a-be...
August 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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It was the best of times, it was the Worcester times.
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM