Aloud’s new song “You Will Know” has made it another week on the Boston Emissions Top Five on WZLX/WBCN and climbed up a rung in the listener’s poll, taking it all the way to to the #4 spot.

Let’s keep this party going! Head over to the Boston Emissions site to vote for “You Will Know”.

Hospitality at Great Scott this past Sunday

It’s been a hell of a week, that’s for sure.

For starters, the big old 10th anniversary show at Great Scott was a week ago, a source of minor stress for me, like most shows, really. Clinton Degan (known ’round these parts as “Degan”) wrote a great piece on the evening over at Allston Pudding. The review is more eloquent and probably more accurate than anything I could ever write about it here beyond “I was mildly drunk and it was a particularly fun show to play”. And he seemed to remember things we may or may not have said on stage.

I’d also like to extend a big thank-you to Spirit Kid, Oranjuly, and The Wicked Tomorrow, not just for playing with us but for being generally awesome folks. Good tunes all around. And to Great Scott, too, for being a friend of Aloud all these years. (And for getting rid of that goddamned stage railing.)

All that aside, saw a bunch of shows this week, too. Apart from the immediate envy it evokes, it does recharge the batteries. Sometimes you get so tied up in the day to day of being in a band—”Shit! We need to write today,” or “We have to send out a bunch of emails this afternoon,” or “Why is the van on fire?”—that you have to remind yourself you actually like music.

Forsooth: Last Sunday we caught Eleanor Friedberger and Hospitality at Great Scott. Hospitality, I’d never heard before but I’ve been hearing real good things about them. Neither they nor Eleanor disappointed. Then Monday, we caught Feist for the first time. Her music’s been a huge source of inspiration for us in recent years. The show was surprisingly intimate for a room with 2000+ people. T.T. the Bear’s was name checked, we all caroled “Happy Birthday” to someone named (I think) Tyler in the crowd, and somehow—somehow!—she got the entire crowd to harmonize on “So Sorry”.

So good.

Funny thing happened on the way to Twitter the other day. Jen’s been reading this book called Dead Harvest by a fellow named Chris Holm. Intern #2 (known ’round these parts as “Jake”) decided it was a good time to use her as a lap.

Like so:

So, me being a smartass, I tweet this:

Not much later, we actually get a response from Chris Holm.

Like this:

And, well, because we’re nerds*, this totally made our evening. (And Mr. Holm plugging Aloud made our morning the next day.)

Listen: While we’re on about books, I finished reading Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions, further solidifying his standing as one of my favorite authors. With the U.S. having spit out writers like this, it makes me think his country’s not so bad.

Except for the moments when it gives me massive heartburn. Amendment One was, unfortunately, passed, which makes marriage equality somehow extra illegal in that state. It’s extremely disappointing, as North Carolina’s become a second home of sorts for us, and we have a lot of friends and family down in tar heel country. At any rate, here’s a comfort: obviously stupid laws like Amendment One never last, and history marches on toward equality. More heartburn: people hating on people they don’t know, whether it’s folks who hate on gay people or Yankees corralling all southerners into this caricature of a dumb hick.

Everyone should be nicer to each other. (And perhaps watch less cable TV.)

It’s not hard.

Cheers,
Henry

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* Jen claims she is not a nerd, but she kind of is.

Photo: Anne Cook -- Allston Pudding

Award-winning music blog Allston Pudding has just posted a review of the show at Great Scott. Reviewer Clinton Degan writes eloquently about the show itself, the band’s drive to keep going forward after a decade, and some of the “finer” moments of the evening.

Here’s a snippet from the piece:

And still, that’s no small thing either. It’s never easy to keep the dreams of a working band inflated, and for a band whose sole original members are also a married couple, it might be the most important thing imaginable. Seeing that tenacity and resolve unleashed in that little room was as disorienting as it was humbling.

You can read the whole thing over at Allston Pudding, which includes photos from the evening by photographer Anne Cook.

(And we would like to wish Degan’s broken toe a speedy recovery.)

Just released last week, Aloud’s new song “You Will Know” has been getting spins on Boston radio, notably on WFNX’s Boston Accents and WZLX’s Boston Emissions.

This past Sunday, the song made Boston Emissions’ Top Five new songs! Go vote for “You Will Know” on the Boston Emissions site on WZLX!

If you missed the show on Sunday, you can hear it again at WBCN.com tonight (and every Monday) at 7pm and Thursdays at 8pm.

You can listen to “You Will Know” exclusively at Red Bull Soundstage.

You know it and we know it: internetting is a time-consuming and difficult task. Interesting posts pop up, you mean to read them, and in a flash you have a round of Draw Something to tend to [NOTE: you can find us on Draw Something as "aloudonline"].

So, in the interest of making life easier for the lot of us, your humble curators here at www.allthingsAloud.com have collected the goings-on of the week that was, all in one convenient post.

A new song, a collection of older songs, and a few videos await your perusal below!

New song: “You Will Know”

The new Aloud song “You Will Know” has been performed at live at shows recently. Now you can now listen to it exclusively at Red Bull Soundstage! The stream of “You Will Know” is accompanied by an interview with Jen on Aloud’s ten years as a band.

Click to listen to "You Will Know"

“I Can’t Believe That Worked” trailer

Director Stephen LoVerme of Treebeard Media has been filming a short documentary on ten years of Aloud. Featuring rare and previously unreleased footage as well as interviews with Jen and Henry (conducted by Anthony Geehan), I Can’t Believe That Worked is slated to be out this summer. Watch the trailer below!

Local Music 101 interview

The gang sat down with the folks at Local Music 101 this week for an interview ahead of the 10 year anniversary show at Great Scott. Hanging out at the In House Cafe, Jen and Henry covered a breadth of topics including some of their favorite cities they’ve played on tour, why they call Boston home, recording Exile, and the importance of touring.

10th Anniversary EP in the Boston Phoenix

Last week, the Boston Phoenix released the Aloud 10th Anniversary EP. Spotlighting songs from all three studio albums—handpicked by Jen and Henry—the download is available for FREE on the Phoenix’s On The Download music blog.

In the funny papers (digital or otherwise)

…In addition to the free EP, the Phoenix and some other fine publications had some sweet things to say about the band in the run-up to the 10th anniversary show at Great Scott.

ALOUD are Boston DIY defined. … Raw, honest, and, in the end, a damn fine rock and roll band doing it on their terms.
—The Boston Phoenix

… [It’s] cliché to say it; but damn, time flies. Having seen them countless times over the years, we’re always struck by the level of energy and enthusiasm that they bring to their live performance. The songs are layered and carefully crafted to begin with, meticulously penned and practiced to perfection. When it’s time to play live, the quiet and unassuming duo of Henry Beguiristain and Jen de la Osa explode in a torrent of riffs and soaring vocals, playing off of each other in a way that only comes from being bandmates for such a long time.
—Boston Band Crush

When I think about Aloud having a ’10th Anniversary’ show, it’s more than just a celebration of a kick-ass rock band. This is a tribute to the perseverance of good music and a belief in the words and chords and melodies that’s every time someone presses play — and just like tonight when the drummer counts off the first tune and guitar picks careen across strings.
—Cheap Thrills Boston

That’s all she wrote for now. More exciting adventures with Aloud are on the way.

10th Anniversary EP

To mark the tenth anniversary of Aloud, this week the Boston Phoenix has released the Aloud 10th Anniversary EP. Spotlighting songs from all three studio albums—handpicked by Jen and Henry—the download is available for free on the Phoenix's On The Download music blog.

Each [song] personifies the spirit of Aloud: raw, honest, and, in the end, a damn fine rock and roll band doing it on their terms.

I Can’t Believe That Worked

Director Stephen LoVerme of Treebeard Media has been filming a short documentary on ten years of Aloud. Featuring rare and previously unreleased footage as well as interviews with Jen and Henry (conducted by Anthony Geehan), I Can't Believe That Worked is slated to be out this summer.

Watch the teaser trailer below!

The gang sat down with the folks at Local Music 101 this week for an interview ahead of the upcoming 10 year anniversary show.

Hanging out at the In House Cafe, Jen and Henry covered a breadth of topics including some of their favorite cities they’ve played on tour, why they call Boston home, recording Exile, and the importance of touring.

Listen to more on the Local Music 101 site and subscribe to their podcast!

Boston Band Crush has written up a piece on our upcoming 10th anniversary show at Great Scott.

Here’s an excerpt:

… [It’s] cliché to say it; but damn, time flies. Having seen them countless times over the years, we’re always struck by the level of energy and enthusiasm that they bring to their live performance. The songs are layered and carefully crafted to begin with, meticulously penned and practiced to perfection. When it’s time to play live, the quiet and unassuming duo of Henry Beguiristain and Jen de la Osa explode in a torrent of riffs and soaring vocals, playing off of each other in a way that only comes from being bandmates for such a long time.

Read the whole thing and watch some some videos past to present at Boston Band Crush!

The new Aloud song “You Will Know” has been performed at live at shows recently. Now you can now listen to it exclusively at Red Bull Soundstage!

The stream of “You Will Know” is accompanied by an interview with Jen, reflecting on the impending ten year anniversary of Aloud’s existence as a band.

It’s pretty nice to know we’ve made it this far especially when a lot of the bands we grew up around have started to break up. … We’ve gone from this group of kids with no van and too many songs to a well oiled functioning touring band….

Written and recorded as part of Berklee Pulse’s BANDED project at the end of 2011, “You Will Know” was produced and mixed by Benny Grotto at Mad Oak Studios in Allston and mastered by Jeff Lipton (Peerless Mastering).

Posted by Erin Genett -- Click to enlarge

We’re getting close! Aloud’s 10 year celebration at Great Scott is this week, and Foundwaves has the show among their picks of the week.

The lovely poster, designed by Erin Genett, was also featured on Foundwaves’ Poster Arcade this week.

Joining in the festivities are some fantastic bands: Spirit Kid, The Wicked Tomorrow (coming all the way from Brooklyn), and Oranjuly.

Will call tickets for the show (Thursday, April 26) may be purchased on Ticketweb. Great Scott is located at 1222 Commonwealth Ave. in Allston (Green Line/B-Line to Harvard Ave).

Summer Tour Dates

Jen and Henry are writing the follow-up to Exile and will be road testing some brand new songs this summer! Aloud’s got a few tour dates booked in the Northeast, with more to follow.

Here’s the latest schedule:

Friday, June 1 Bangor, ME
Paddy Murphy’s

Saturday, June 2 – Portland, ME
Slainte
(w. Jesse Pilgrim)

Friday, June 8 – New York, NY
Fontana’s
(w. Dirty Wings, Thunderbang)

Friday, June 22 – Buffalo, NY
Nietzche’s
(w. The Albrights)

Saturday, June 23 – Scotia, NY
J. Watt’s Barista House
(w. Hearing Aides)

More summer dates to be posted, keep checking back!