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12/22/10 Cunniff Elementary School special guest story "For Those About to Rock"
1/12/10 WICKED LOCAL SOMERVILLE - "Young Americans Seek Fame with Bowie Covers at Somerville Show"
8/12/09 THE SOMERVILLE NEWS - "Woodstock Comes to Somerville"
MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2009 - AUDIBLE CRAYONS SHOW REVIEW
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 12/30/08 - 12/30/08 CS Monitor ardio slideshow
Ablevision presents: The School of Rock - Ablevision is a non-profit program for adults with disabilities that is run by Alisa Brugnoli, an instructor for both Ablevision and various cable access television stations in MA
11/16/07 Fox 25 "School of Rock Becomes a Reality"
SLEEP RUNNER "the music is both sophisticated and abrasive, especially on “Sensory,” which is the standout track to me." (Fillmore Slim)
Saturday, April 08, 2006 Superfiction and Sleeprunner Concert It is not very often today that we find bands that truly produce a unique sound unlike any other, whether it's in the local scene or not. It just seems that so many bands seem to enjoy pigeon-holing themself into simple genre descriptions. You get your "east coast hardcore", your "rockabilly", your hardcore punk, etc etc...Just seems as though there's nobody out there that is either willing or knows how to produce a sound that seems to defy categorization and can only be stamped under the label of "art". Well, the bands Superfiction and Sleeprunner do this with class. Superfiction is an intense blend of rock, metal, electronica, psychadelic and a bunch of other things thrown into the mix...The vocals? Clean and smooth as can be. The guitarwork? Only a compliment to the mix of the instruments playing. It neither dominates nor is underscored in the whole sound in general. The interchanging rhythms that the bass and the drumline punch out all help to add to the experience. Most of all, layered on top of this, we have the vocalist. These guys are good, to say the least. Especially live. No, if you go to see them, don't expect the energy of a punk show or the intensity of a metal concert, just expect something unique and interesting. Mellow to say the least. Sleeprunner is pretty much the same in description. They're more rock and progressive (as in actually progressive) influenced however, and give a heavier vibe with their sound. They also like to throw into the mix the odd combination of keyboard instrumentals. Needless to say they put on a great show too. There were other bands, but those two were the highlights as far as I'm concerned.
The Noise issue #242 June 2004 March of Sound Fire Sign 3 songs March of Sound has an interesting concept which answers the questions: What if you took heavy metal guitars and infused prog rock elecments fomr Gong and Renaissance and then got Morrissey to sing on it? I'm not joking, in fact, I wish I were. The first song on this track sounds as profoundly silly as described. Unfortunately with all these interesting ideas going on, March of Sound have forgotten the concept of dynamics. The songs just go on and it's all a bunch of stuff that happens without any clear path or purpose. I don't hate this. The idea of mashing these styles together is intriguing, but some of the brilliance gets lost in the translation. March of Sound is definitly a candidate for the touch of a competent producer. marchofsound.net (Joel Simches)
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