‘Until We Die’ featured on the Doomed & Stoned Show

Hey, check it out… Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned) and John Gist (Vegas Rock Revolution) released a new episode of THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW featuring a bunch of cool music including our song ‘Until We Die’. Give it a listen.

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‘Monolith’ live at Dusk

Here’s a video clip of us playing the ending section of the song ‘Monolith’ from our 2012 self-titled LP (Bilocation Records/Kozmik Artifactz). This was filmed at Dusk in Providence, RI on July 5, 2018.

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‘No Escape’ live at O’Brien’s

A clip from our song “No Escape” live at O’Brien’s in Allston, MA on March 7, 2020. Boy do we miss doing this. Filmed by JustBill.net (Bill Woodworth). This song will be on our upcoming album.

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Listen to Stormbringer and subscribe!

Need a pick me up on this fine Saturday? Give a listen to our attempt at doing Deep Purple proud on our cover of the Coverdale/Hughes era track ‘Stormbringer’. Like it? Then go ahead and subscribe to our Spotify.

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‘All Gone Wrong’ featured on Underground Music Box

Underground Music Box out of Brazil, featured our song ‘All Gone Wrong’ on their playlist that features artists interviewed during their first season. Give it a listen!

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Cortez featured on Fuzzed Out on WZBC

Thanks to DJ Jorsh and Fuzzed Out Boston on WZBC for playing ‘All Gone Wrong’ from our album The Depths Below on tonight’s show.

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Matt featured on The Obelisk’s ‘Days Of Rona’

Matt talks about his days of ‘Rona. Check it out.

Days of Rona: Matthew Harrington of Cortez (Boston, Massachusetts)

How are you dealing with this crisis as a band? Have you had to rework plans at all? How is everyone’s health so far?

We’re all healthy, thankfully, and we’re all concerned about and focused on our people staying healthy as well. We’ve got an album+ ready to go. Can’t wait for people to hear it. Can’t wait to play shows again with our friends, and play songs from that album. Speaking personally, I miss my homies and I want to write and play music again in my practice space as soon as humanly possible, but I’m incredibly thankful to have a job and a support system right now most of all.

What are the quarantine/isolation rules where you are?

In Boston, we are basically shut down, and Massachusetts as a whole is closed until at least May 4th now. Schools, restaurants/bars/clubs, and all non-essential businesses are closed or working from home until at least that date. Most people, it seems, are doing their best to limit close interactions with others, but I am endlessly baffled at the amount of people who also still don’t seem to be getting it. We haven’t hit the expected peak yet, and I expect the situation to evolve further.

How have you seen the virus affecting the community around you and in music?

I look at my friends in the restaurant/venue, recording, booking, and much broader service industry world and just feel gutted. We have no real social safety net in the United States, and a lot of people don’t have the luxury of having a cushion.

Layoffs, furloughs, and “work reductions” are becoming more common as the days go on, and this is something that directly affects all of us, in music and in life. The reality is that there are a lot of people out there that are going to take a long time to recover from this.

What is the one thing you want people to know about your situation, either as a band, or personally, or anything?

We’re all in this together, and we all need to do our best to safely take care of our neighbors, friends, and families. Stay healthy, stay connected, stay safe, and stay the fuck home.

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Scott featured on The Obelisk’s ‘Days Of Rona’

JJ at The Obelisk​ has been running a feature about Coronavirus and it’s effect on music and musicians and Scott answered a few questions. Hope everyone in staying safe, we’ll see you on the other side of all of this.


Days of Rona: Scott O’Dowd of Cortez (Boston, Massachusetts)

How are you dealing with this crisis as a band? Have you had to rework plans at all? How is everyone’s health so far?

We have been finishing up artwork for our new album that we recorded in the fall with Benny Grotto at Mad Oak Studios. As far as playing shows, we’ve definitely had to cancel a few, and likely more as this pandemic continues. Cortez as a band has decided to suspend rehearsal for the time being as well, three of the members have children, and it just doesn’t seem like a good idea to risk getting together to rehearse in light of the current situation. Everyone is healthy at the current moment.

What are the quarantine/isolation rules where you are?

In Massachusetts, the governor issued a stay-at-home advisory for non-essential personnel as well as limiting public gatherings to groups of 10 or less. The have also closed bars/restaurants except for take out. It’s pretty eerie exactly how quiet the city of Boston and surrounding areas have been, compared to normal.

How have you seen the virus affecting the community around you and in music?

As for the community, most people seem to be taking this seriously as expected. Most seem to be following the social distancing guidelines and wearing masks and/or gloves in grocery stores, etc. It has obviously affected the ability to be social but people seem to be finding ways to adapt. Whether through FaceTime, or phone calls, or video chats.

Locally there have been Facebook groups / pages where local musicians have been doing live streams from their homes or rehearsal spaces.

What is the one thing you want people to know about your situation, either as a band, or personally, or anything?

We as a band, are approaching this like most folks, waiting it out and trying to stay safe. It’s going to feel really nice to get together in a room and play some music when this is all over! I have a sneaking suspicion that we will have a ton of new albums to listen to once this passes as everyone suddenly has a lot of time on their hands.

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Thanks!

Damn. What can we say about last night? That was possibly the most fun us old bastards have had in quite a while. Getting to play with three of our favorite bands (Mighty HighTest MeatBone Church) who also happen to be some of the coolest and nicest folks ever, at O’Brien’s Pub our favorite sweaty little rock dive was positively the most amazing experience. Huge thanks to Jess Collins of Set Fire for jumping in to do backups on ‘Beyond’. Thanks to EVERYONE who came out, it meant a lot. Extra special thanks to Bill Herrick for the attached video. Until next time.

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Song clip from rehearsal

A short clip of the song ‘Beyond’ from our upcoming album ‘Sell The Future’ live at rehearsal.
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