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“The Pretenders are an apt starting point for the band Girl with a Hawk, as they play a similarnbrand of punk influenced, melody-heavy, pretension-free rock ‘n’ roll.” – New Noise Magazine
With a catalog that ranges from punk influenced, new wave pop to alt-country grit, and with influences as varied as The Pixies, Wilco, Tom Petty, Velvet Underground, The Pretenders, and Johnny Cash, Rum Bar Record alums Girl with a Hawk are a Boston-area favorite known for emotional story telling in their songs and exciting live performances.
Led by longtime Boston songwriter & guitarist, (and recent New England Music Hall of Fame Inductee), Linda Viens, the band includes Boston luminaries Richard Lamphear on keys, Daniel Coughlin on guitar, Nancy Delaney on drums, and Dan Bernfeld on bass. GWAH’s 2023 five- song EP, ‘keep ‘er lit,’ has been described as “a fun mix of modern rock and Americana with engaging storytelling. Girl with a Hawk’s mix of modern rock, new wave, and early 90’s rock influences is engaging, and the band’s musical career will be a fun one to keep listening to.” -I’m Music Magazine. Girl with a Hawk is currently working on a full length LP to be released in late 2025.
“Step into the mesmerizing realm of “Girl with a Hawk”, which weaves not just melodies but enchanting tapestries of sound and emotion. Their story is a captivating odyssey, an exploration of music’s very soul.”
– The Up and Up
Boston-based rainbow rust, power pop band with songs that stick, rain or shine, blending 90s nostalgia with modern indie sound.
Unfiltered, heartfelt lyrics entwine with bluesy vocals and catchy-AF melodies, like frosting on a post-grunge cake oozing with authenticity, creamy bass riffs, and chunky guitar. Unique, expressive drums is the cherry on top. The best slice of heaven you’ve ever heard.
Kathy Snax is the solo project of Kathleen Mahoney, a Boston-based musician who describes her music as “haunted electropop.” The dreaminess of her ethereal vocals and lushly textured synths is juxtaposed with spacey tape feedback and moments of eerie distortion and noise, infusing her pop melodies with the surreal. Save for the minimalist drum machine beats, her compositions are entirely synthesizer-based: each synth line is recorded individually and meticulously layered, a sound that she achieves live by playing and looping in real time. The “Changeling/A Winter’s Day” 7″ was recorded and produced by Caufield Schnug of Sweeping Promises (Schnug also provides live drums on “A Winter’s Day”). Both songs are meditations on loneliness and longing—both the dream-like memory of what used to be and making sense of a new, strange reality. The 7″ follows her debut EP “The Spooks” which she self-released on cassette tape in 2018 and was also recorded and produced by Schnug.
