Archive for tag: Mission of Burma

I’m Worn Down by Fender Road Worn Instruments

24 February, 2009 (00:14) | Boston Music, Fender, Guitars | By: DaveO

Fender apparently thinks they can get a premium for taking a brand new guitar and scuffing it up with an orbital sander. What’s up with that? I mean really, this is getting ridiculous.

The Arts at the Armory Benefit at the Somerville Theatre

26 January, 2009 (01:33) | Boston Music, Somerville | By: DaveO

Mission of Burma was a very different band when they hit the scene in Boston all those years ago. They used a lot of techniques that should make music less accessible – cacaphonous noise from the guitar, different rythyms than their contemporaries, the tape-loop and so forth and they borrowed from punk, hardcore and other genres to set a new direction in music.