Spiritual Recess — Split w/ Rick Weaver
Rick Weaver / Spiritual Recess by Rick Weaver / Spiritual Recess split cassette I don’t actually know too much about this release,…
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Scorched Ear 2 @ Cambridge Elks Lodge
Stopples were mandatory tonight. Opening the mini-fest was Negative One, a band containing Mr. Boston Hassle himself Sam Potrykus. They were led…
Granny Frost — Blown Cleen
Bolder and more focused on his most recent release, noise/rap/rock/spoken word enthusiast Granny Frost, AKA Goon Davis, makes Blown Cleen, the mutant…
Palm — Ostrich Vacation
With all the madness and complexity of the world around us, you’d think we’d chose the safety of a pop single to…
Robert Crouch — Organs
Organs is an album by Robert Crouch, comprised of three extended drones edited together from a mixture of field and performance recordings, collaboratively…
Brian 4 Ever — Jacob 4 Ever
Speaking on behalf of the multilayered, complex, and yet quintessential “Providence sound,” New England native Brian Folan AKA Brian 4 Ever says…
Prurient — Frozen Niagara Falls
If you’re not already aware (and you really should be) Prurient is the main alias of the insanely prolific Dominick Fernow, keeper…
Timeghost — Cellular
Providence’s TIMEGHOST is the main project of Adam Morosky, a musician and performance artist that I have seen do some wild and…
Shit and Shine — 54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral
This has been a terrific year so far for Rocket Recordings. Anyone who caught my review of the new Gnod triple album…
Gnod — Infinity Machines
UK psychedelic-rock collective Gnod have had more than 30 members since their inception in 2007. This ever-expanding and fluctuating lineup has managed…
Sissy Spacek / K2 — S/T
Released last fall, Sissy Spacek/K2 features an odd and fascinating collaboration between two legendary noise artists. The album opens with “Slang Imprisonment,”…
Lightning Bolt — Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt has been ruining amplifiers and eardrums for over 20 years now, but their core sound hasn’t changed a whole lot…
