Since the dawn of social media, bands have been spelling their names in all capital letters. Some even use witty abbreviations or a different spelling of a word to make a striking impression. New Jersey punks NGHTCRWLRS follow that trend, and it would be a tad comical if their latest album, Raging Hot, wasn’t so fantastic. […]
So far this decade, metal has found itself in an identity crisis. All sorts of influences are coming into play with progressive, doom, black, thrash and stoner metal still present in the metal realm while other acts are trying to resurrect the glam days of the ‘80s. There are also metal bands forging their own […]
It’s been a while since Providence native Jon Dwyer and San Francisco garage noise punks Thee Oh Sees have been in The Creative Capital. I’m pretty sure the last time they played in town they were ripping apart an Olneyville DIY spot roughly seven years ago. On November 15, the setting was a bit more refined […]
If you thought that the Providence punk and hardcore scene wasn’t already brutal enough, well, you can expect to see an up-tick in aggressive and pissed-off jams produced in response to the recently elected Donald Trump. No villain, no matter how strong, frightening or tangerine-hued, can succeed for very long. At least that’s what I’ve […]
We asked our music writers to share with our readers a short playlist of songs they’d like to listen to as background music while stuffing themselves with stuffing on Thanksgiving day. Whether you want to shock Grandma or find some common ground with those family members on the opposite side of the political divide, we’ll hope […]
Music can be considered one of the best ways for an artist to express emotions and mood. It can also be used as a tool to motivate people, and I believe there is a genre of music out there for everyone. Artists are springing up all over the place, some start in their parents’ basement, […]
Okee dokee folks … Over the past few months I have been preoccupied with three things: my health (I had bronchitis and it took foooooooooooorever to get over), the election (we all know how that turned out, don’t need to talk about that) and the Ten Year Anniversary Show for my band, Forever Young. Yeah, […]
In the hip-hop genre, A Tribe Called Quest’s musical abilities can’t be matched. With an Afrocentric vibe straight from the streets of New York City, the act became a central part of the genre’s “Golden Age” during the late ’80s and early ’90s. After their initial breakup in 1998, fans were bummed and when they […]
“Everybody knows that the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost.” So goes the 2016 presidential election with the words of the late, great Leonard Cohen; rest in peace. I’m not sure anyone won after all the negativity. All I can say is stay vigilant, but most of all stay decent to one […]
It’s rare when music is genuine and comes straight from the heart. There’s way too much of a hodgepodge of artists singing about materialistic crap like how big their house is, how many cars they drive, etc. In the rock realm, Lydia Loveless has been a breath of fresh air. The alt-country artist from Columbus, Ohio, […]