Sunday, April 28, 2013

Blessings and Battles by A Common Goal CD review


We all have our demons and issues we need to deal with as well as our family and everyday life, A Common Goal uses these experiences to write and record amazing music, and do not shy away from showing that their faith in Christ has helped them through some tough times.

I always have a hard time reviewing music especially when I know the band members personally, but this review seems to be able to write itself, A Common Goal has hit it out of the park with this release, but there is one flaw in the CD and it’s a pet peeve of mine which I will get to later.

Mike May’s vocals and ACG’s music always, and I mean always get compared to Mike Ness and Social D. Lucky for us ACG has put out an amazing album, something Social D hasn’t done in quite some time. The lyrics hit home as Mike and the guys play music that has meaning to them and gets your mind thinking without forcing their beliefs down your throat.

Listen I enjoy songs about beer, fighting, and doing stupid shit as much as the next guy, but I applaud ACG for playing music that has substance and meaning , this hits home with track 4 “Hope” as it intro’s with events happening in the news today and track 7 “problems” which describes problems many of us battle. Track 9 “Blue Collar” describes what many of us deal with, working your ass off, fighting to stay afloat and ahead of the bills, and standing strong to make it through the day.

I will guarantee you that there is at least one song on this CD that everyone can relate to and that will make you sit back and wonder if ACG was sitting in your head while writing the song, and if you say no I’m calling bullshit! Now if ACG was sitting in my head they would have known it drives me nuts when there is something hidden at the end of a song and my CD player goes to dead air for 3 minutes while waiting for it, it’s almost as bad as waiting for track 96 to show up on a CD with 12 songs and watching the other 84 spots skip over.


Do yourself a favor, Pick up the new CD, See them Live, the music is awesome you will not regret this purchase!!!!!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Rhode Island Tattoo Expo

We are proud to announce that we will be in charge of the RI tattoo Expo's kids area

Friday, December 28, 2012

Our first ever Punk Rock Plunge is only day's away we hope to see you all there! Our EMT staff is being provided by New England Ambulance Inc. and our Host venue is Marley's on The Beach make sure you thank them both for doing this for us

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Bleeding Gut Blues by S. Fitts book review

So let me start off by apoligizing to S. Fitts that it took us forever to write this review, we are slackers... actually I do all the posting and I'm the slacker the review has been done for quite sometime now, I just keep forgetting it.

So without further delay here's our review of Bleeding Gut Blues

"I like to read-- alot. Some books I like and some I don't. One of the things that helps me make up my mind is a good story with characters I can relate to on at least some level.

The characters in "Bleeding Gut Blues" were like people I have known (or know). I could even hear an argument the brother and sister have as an argument my brother and I would have.

I love reading about places I know too, so as a Native Rhode Islander who has spent alot of time in Boston (like most of us have), it was fun to read about places I know and about the awesome accent I know we all have.

When I finished the book, I was glad I had agreed to read it. I really enjoyed it, and I think everyone else will too."

Please visit http://www.bleedinggutblues.com/blog for info on the book, author, and how to purchase the book, you will not be disappointed

Friday, August 3, 2012

Busy Days

We have some busy days ahead of us, Tomorrow August 4th 2012 we will be at The House of Blues in Boston, our friends The Bouncing Souls invited us to set up a merch table for thier show.

Ongoing we have our Cash prize Raffle tickets $10.00 each only 500 to be sold
1st prize $1,000
2nd Prize $500
3rd Prize $250
Drawing will be held on or before 12-1-12 visit our store to purchase tickets

Saturday September 8th We will be having our Family BBQ, this event will be free to show our appreciation to our supporters though donations are greatly appreciated. we will have burgers, dogs, bouncy houses, and live music featuring Spitshiner, OC45, The McGunks and more TBA


Hope to see you at some of our events

Saturday, June 23, 2012

We are glad to announce we now accept Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover Card cards at all live events... Check out our Show page for a listing of shows we will be at doing fundraising

Saturday, June 2, 2012

We have taken out ad space in Pin up America magazine starting July 1st of this year, place your order for thier bi monthly issues a year subscription will only cost you $48 visit www.pinupamerica.com

Don't forget we have started our fundraising for A Wish Come True www.awish.org all proceeds will be donated towards the end of the year....

Stay tuned for the announcment of our 1st annual summer BBQ