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Alchemilla is a conglomerate of old and new influences including Billie Holiday, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Radiohead and Jimi Hendrix. If Sylvia Plath and Jimmy Page got into a fist fight, and later had drinks with The Doors and Sleater Kinney, Alchemilla would be playing in the background....
Just as alchemy was the practice of turning something worthless into something priceless, Alchemilla attempts to create something beautiful from nothing. Swirling, infectious vocal hooks are coupled with driving rhythms and controlled distortion to produce a style of melodic hard rock that is aggresive yet thoughtful. Sociological lyrics contain political undertones with a blend of sarcastic optimism. Formed originally in Boston in the summer of 2000, they have played numerous shows at Boston area venues including The Paradise, TT The Bears' Place, The Middle East, and the Lizard Lounge. They have shared stages and cocktails with such acts as Sad Marvin, Thick As Theives, Common Thrill, The Charms, Amusia, and Mistle Thrush. Instrumentation includes 2 guitars, bass, drums and vocals.
"This is really tasteful and gorgeous rock music" The Noise Magazine
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Member Since: 2/9/2005
Band Website: alchemilla.us
Band Members: Kat Burke - Vocals
Joe Bondi - Guitars
Jon Sprague - Guitars
Mike Barry - Bass
Chad Miller - Drums

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Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Tool, Dylan, Radiohead, Sia, Soundgarden, Beck, Neil Young, Portishead, Blondie, Hunter S Thompson, Babes in Toyland, fine red wines, Pearl Jam, The Breeders, Doves, Pink Floyd, Anne Sexton, Blind Melon, Cream, so many psychotic dreams, Hum, APC, lady's mantle and other herbal remedies, David Bowie, various other substances....
Sounds Like: If Sylvia Plath and Jimmy Page got into a fist fight and later had drinks with the Doors and Sleater Kinney, Alchemilla would be playing in the background. Thanks to Tom at EC Promotions for the Vid!
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My Blog

NY Wrap Up

The show in NY went great. It was good to see some friendly faces. Thanks to Liz Kardos for taking some pics of the show. You can find them in our photo albums. Joe Packed the Car With Mike:A Bird Sha...
Posted by Alchemilla on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:53:00 PST

Q Day Two

Almost done tracking drums for Bleeder.Up next, Chad kicks you in the teeth and steals your camera....
Posted by Alchemilla on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:40:00 PST

Notes From Q

Chad was up early this morning to load up his kit and move it into the B room over at Q. Kit set up wasn’t too bad and the Fabulous Joe Tooley is getting drum sounds now. Hopefully we will be tr...
Posted by Alchemilla on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:25:00 PST

Recording, Shows, NYC

We are hitting up Q Division next month to continue recording on the new record. Once again we will be working with Matt Russel and Joe Tooley. We are planning on 4 more songs this time around. Hoping...
Posted by Alchemilla on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:17:00 PST

Thanks!

Hey a big thank you to everyone who came down to Bill's Bar last Saturday night! We had an excellent time playing for you all and hope you enjoyed the show.Thanks to Lionel from Onslaught for putting ...
Posted by Alchemilla on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:52:00 PST

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Posted by Alchemilla on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:19:00 PST

Bill's Bar in Boston, April 14th - GET TICKETS NOW!

Hey All, Get Your Tickets NOW as this show may sell out!We are playing Bill's on Saturday April 14th!!w/ LANSDOWNE, TIDES, and BOSTON LONELY This is a 18+ show!Hope to see you there, we've missed you....
Posted by Alchemilla on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:07:00 PST

MASSCANN Benefit BBQ This Saturday at O'Briens August 19th 1-7PM

This Saturday from 1-7 PM come on down to O'Briens Pub in Allston for a MassCann/NORML benefit show!All day event, 21+ doors at 1pm.Hosted by Dave Tree & Mike CANN1/2 the proceeds to benefit MassC...
Posted by Alchemilla on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:38:00 PST

Kat Tonight on WMFO 95.1 Tufts Radio!

Tonight at 10:30 you can hear Kat sitting in for Adam of Sad Marvin for this live on air radio performance.Tune in to 95.1 fm (Tufts Radio Medford, MA) to hear, or you can listen online! The sho...
Posted by Alchemilla on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:04:00 PST

ALL AGES SHOW This Saturday in Cambridge MA

This saturday June 10th at the Middle East club in Cambridge MA we will be playing an ALL AGES show. The doors are at 1pm, and we go on at 2. After party to follow....Find out at the show....
Posted by Alchemilla on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:18:00 PST