Alt-Nation: Hot Rocks
Waxahatchee – Ivy Trip (Merge Records) Indie rockers Waxahatchee released their 3rd album, Ivy Trip, last month. Primarily a vehicle for singer/songwriter Katie Crutchfield, Waxahatchee finish up this leg of their US tour at the Greenwich Odeum this Thursday night, March 14. On Ivy Trip, tunes like “Under a Rock,” which reminds me of the […]
Motif Interviews A Troop Of Echoes
One of the most uniquely electrifying bands you’ll ever listen to, Providence artsy alternative jazz rock act A Troop Of Echoes will be playing AS220 on May 14 with fellow noise makers Gertrude Atherton, Gondoliers and Snowplows in celebration of the national release of their latest album, The Longest Year On Record. I got to […]
Rob’s Album Of The Week: Joanna Gruesome’s Peanut Butter
To create a memorable album and harness an excellent sound, it’s vital for a rock band to have a perfect balance of edgy noise and pop aesthetics along with a healthy dose of originality. An amazing example of this flawless mix is Cardiff, Wales’ noise garage pop act Joanna Gruesome and their upcoming release Peanut Butter. […]
Album Of The Week: Rhett Miller’s The Traveler
You might know him as the frontman of Dallas, Tex., alt-country trail blazers The Old 97’s, but Rhett Miller actually started as a solo artist with the release of Mythologies that he recorded as a 19-year-old kid in the late ’80s. He’s kept putting out his own records over the years, but his upcoming release […]
HxC: Powerviolence and Doom
If you were one of the lucky ones to see Full of Hell and The Body last month in PVD, then you can agree that each time these guys make it to town they use every ounce of energy and passion they have. Full of Hell is a self-proclaimed grindcore powerviolence band with hardcore and […]
Roots Report: Sarah Potenza Crossman Comes Home
Okee dokee folks … I know I have said over and over (and over) again that I don’t like those singing contest shows on television. Well, I DON’T like them, but when you know someone on one of those shows, you want that person to win. Unfortunately, she didn’t. The person I am talking about […]
Mike D’s Top Five Can’t Miss Shows of May
1. Sat, May 9: Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News Cover Band), Hippy Johnny (The Modern Lovers Cover Band), Pretendica (Pretenders / Elastica Cover Band); 8pm doors / 9pm show; All ages; $10 advance / $12 day of; The Met, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket. Boston’s Power of Love is bringing what Rhode Island has always needed: […]
Alt-Nation: Brown Bird’s Final Album
Brown Bird – Axis Mundi (Supply and Demand Music) The loss of Brown Bird founder Dave Lamb to leukemia last year was devastating to the local music community and beyond. It wasn’t supposed to end that way. Lamb was too young, a mere 36. I interviewed Lamb days before Brown Bird was set to go […]
