1. Friday, May 6: Insane Clown Posse; 6:30pm doors; $25 advance / $28 day of; All ages; Fete, 103 Dyke St, Providence. As we are in the midst of a crazy election cycle, I always find it funny when people volunteer at Death Cab For Cutie or Sleater Kinney type shows to register new voters. The only […]
1 Sunday, April 10: The Freeze, Nervous Eaters, Neutral Nation, Bad Motherfucker, The Scrapes; 2pm doors; $10; All ages; Firehouse 13, 41 Central St., Providence. I grew up on punk rock matinees back in the ‘90s. Learning what downtown looks like during the daytime at 14 years old, waiting for shows to open at Club […]
1. Angry Angles “Things Are Moving” In 2010, the world lost too soon the super talented musician Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., better known by his stage name Jay Reatard. At 18 years old Jay released as The Reatards his first album, Teenage Hate, a memphis garage rock album that at first blast outshined his experienced […]
1. Friday, March 4: DMX; $36 advance / $40 day of; All ages; Lupo’s, 79 Washington St, Providence. What should one expect going to see DMX, ’90s rap icon, in 2016? If I were to make a pie chart, I would put it at a 5% chance of brilliance, 50% chance of medocrity, 20% of […]
Grimes “Flesh Without Blood” I almost never dance, which is to say I am sure that I am a terrible dancer. That being said, I hope no one ever catches me listening to this song. This infectious pop single off Grime’s November release Art Angels is a strange cross of ’80s pop and Dance Dance […]
1. Saturday, February 6: Get The Led Out: The American Led Zeppelin; $25; All ages; Lupo’s, 79 Washington St, Providence. I am finally coming around on tribute / cover bands. I think the fantastic Talking Heads tribute (Start Making Sense) and the local Huey Lewis tribute (Power Of Love) are responsible for my making a […]
1. Saturday, January 16: The Quahogs (CD release), Smith & Weeden, Hott Boyz; $10 advance / $12 day of; All ages; The Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence. The Quahogs have come along way to get to this CD release party. Frontman Steve Delmoncio has been performing as The Quahogs since 2011. You might not have seen […]
1. Bad Bad Hats “Midway” I was turned on to Minneapolis’ Bad Bad Hats thankfully by my friend Will Noon (from the band fun. / Straylight Run). What separates Bad Bad Hats from the other indie bands in the scene is Kerry Alexander’s larger-than-the-room vocals. This track, off their debut LP Psychic Reader, will be […]
Andrew W.K. is the world champion of PARTYING. His piano heavy hard rock influence party jams have been dominating culture since the early 2000s. After some indie releases, Andrew blew up on the scene in 2001 with his major label debut I Get Wet with unforgettable party anthems like “She Is Beautiful,” “Party Til You […]
Big Grams – “Lights On” I love this song, should be a radio hit. Expectations were pretty high for this Phantogram & Big Boi collaboration, but the album didn’t quite live up to the hope given the range of the two talents. But this song is the exception. “Lights On” sounds more like a Phantogram […]