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Photo by Dana Tarr Parts Per Million are a rarity in the Boston music scene. They're a straight up hard rock band without any pretention or desire to be hip. Their latest single, "Her Song," is a melodic hard rock song with the message that women's reproductive rights are everyone's reproductive rights. Parts Per Million have a sound that reminds me of the hard rock of the mid 90's, when alt-rock started creeping in but before nu-metal took over. It's kind of like Quicksand and John Bush era Anthrax, but with some of the theatricality of Bang Camaro. If you're looking for a straight up rocker with politics that aren't far right, check out Parts Per Million. Vocalist/guitarist Paul Mcsweeney says of the band's latest single: “These are our sisters. Our daughters. Our mothers. Our friends. Our wives and lovers. No one should be allowed to dictate what someone else does with their own body. Period. This is everyone's fight.” You can watch the ...

Photo via Parts Per Million Heavy music can be pretty derivative, so it's always a pleasant surprise to find a band playing interesting heavy rock. Boston's Parts Per Million stop just shy of being heavy metal, and I mean just shy. Their latest single, "CTRL ALT DEL," is a mid-tempo hard rock song that reminds me of if you could mix 90's alt-metal with artists like Led Zeppelin or The Who. It's a loud song that fits a surprising amount of melody into it without sacrificing the volume. It's filled with thundering drums and guitars, and vocals that come across as eerily hypnotic. "CTRL ALT DEL" is just a big and loud rock song that delivers a message about the scarier side of AI, and is going to be a must listen. Guitarist/vocalist Paul Mcsweeney says of the band's new single: “‘CTRL ALT DEL’ is about the rise of A.I. and where we all fit in as things change with that technology. It’s kind of a scary feeling to imagine being replaced in areas w...