New England Product: Local events to ring in 2009!

New England Product — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Happy holidays NEP friends. I hope Santa found your homes and left lots of goodies under your "holiday shrub." I ran away to Atlanta, GA, to spend time with some family and attempt to avoid my inevitable stocking full of coal. I haven't behaved very well this year, as any of you who've run into me at various shows can attest to.

So, to wrap up the tornado that was 2008, last night on New England Product we played the highlights of local music from the year. You can check out the playlist here.

If you want to bid farewell to '08 in style, there's a plethora of happenings around town on Wednesday. If you're like Dave Duncan & me, you'll probably prefer one of the events listed below, which DON'T require you to drop megabucks or get fancy (but you can if you want).

Local shows/events:

Wednesday, 12/31/08, New Year's Eve

Privus: CIRCUS
$15 in advance/$20 at the door
Fashion show, free meal, free champagne toast, 10 DJs, Photobooth

Great Scott: BASSTOWN
$15
Performances by Passion Pit and Giantess, DJs Dieyoung, Etan, and Volvox

Wheeler's Ice Cream: THROWED
$15 with RSVP to: ericmarcelino@gmail.com, $20 without
Free food, free champagne ice cream floats, DJs E-marce and Roguewaves. 18+, BYOB if you're 21+.

Bill's Bar: PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR
$20adv./$25dos.
FREE Food from Qdoba, FREE Champagne Toast @ Midnight
Performances from the L.A. Mob and more

Church: The Upper Crust, The Konks, Watts
$20 in advance/$25 day of show

TT The Bears: HEROES
$7
'80s Dance Party

There's a few other things going on this week, which you might also be interested in checking out, particularly at The Middle East, which has these great shows:

Monday, 12/29 - DOWNSTAIRS
The Hometown Throwdown w/The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Big D & The Kids Table, Vagiant

Tuesday, 12/30 - DOWNSTAIRS
Radar Recordings' 6th Annual Last Night on Earth with Caspian, Constants, Adai (fr. CO), Hadoken

Thursday, 1/1 - UPSTAIRS
4th Annual Indie Pop New Year's Day Night with One Happy Island, Cotton Candy (Mark Robinson & Evelyn Hurley), The Smittens, Cathy Cathodic

Also, don't forget to tune in to WFNX at 3 PM on Wednesday (New Year's Eve) when The Sandbox hosts the countdown of the years top 100 songs. If you end up starting your party early and miss it, don't worry because it will be replayed on New Year's Day at noon.

We'll be back with the best in New England's local rock in 2009, so tune in to WFNX next Sunday at 10 PM!

xoxo,
Jillian

New England Product : New Year's Eve

New England Product: Local events to ring in 2009!