The leaves are dropping, and so are great local songs. Here are five you should check out! SiNGe – “Pharmers” The self-described post-sludge band SiNGe recently exploded onto the scene with a jaw-dropping debut performance at Pub on Park. Since then, they’ve only continued to climb. Their debut single is yet another triumph for the […]
In an era of content slop, pseudo-art, and AI, Thank God For Science is a breath of fresh air — proof that there are still art-weirdos out there who value creativity over commercial appeal. To me, Thank God For Science is an aesthetic-first, audience-second band — something that might sound negative but is actually their […]
After paving a distorted pathway in the early ’90s with three albums on Sub Pop Records, the band Earth — bearing a name chosen in homage to Black Sabbath’s original moniker — marked their emergence from an extended period of recovery with the 2005 release of Hex; Or Printing the Infernal Method. The album saw […]
Six Star General It’s good to have local indie guitar swingers Six Star General back, rocking out after a bit of a hiatus. Both of the bands at this show bring noisy, pre-grunge rock & roll. This is for fans of the ’80s SST Records catalog, which inspires both of these great bands. Six Star […]
If you didn’t stay up until midnight on the night of the TS12 album release, covered in glittery friendship bracelets from the Eras tour and a friend’s small business clinging to both wrists, slightly tipsy after just having lost Taylor Swift trivia night at Trident Books, freshly listening to The Manuscript-and for some reason, ‘I […]
Okee dokee folks… “You should never give a drummer a microphone.” This was spoken by drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Bonham brought his Led Zeppelin Experience to Veterans Auditorium in Providence tonight. But it was a good thing he had a microphone. The show was much more than […]
Guitarists love their gadgets. A quick look at most pedalboards will show the time that they put into fine-tuning their sound to get the coveted perfect tone. As a drummer that does nothing more than hit things, I don’t understand what most pedals do, outside of distortion, tuner, and wah-wah pedals; but I’m always impressed […]
Consuelo’s Revenge – Bread & Circuses A lot has gone down in the 10 years since the last Consuelo’s Revenge album, Mercy, to say the least. The world didn’t end although there were a couple of dicey moments. While Mercy was inspired by local folklore, Bread & Circuses is more universal. Consuelo’s Revenge’s calling card […]
Okee dokee folks… This issue is the Motif Gift Guide. If you have read this column for any of the past twenty years, you surely know that I don’t do Christmas but I WILL comment on gift giving! I quit the holidays in the mid-eighties for many, many reasons but mostly I just had had […]
Okee dokee folks… So, I am EXTREMELY angry. This disastrous regime has been assaulting immigrants as well as US citizens and making some disappear. That in itself is disgusting and enraging, as we are a nation of immigrants, but they have gone way too far with their xenophobic crackdown on people trying to enter the […]