ZOZOBRA WITH KOWLOON WALLED CITY AND THE PROSELYTE (GREAT SCOTT 4/13)

By Rob Dornenburg Photo Credit: Rob Dornenburg In the 5 years since Zozobra, find the side-project of Cave-In bassist Caleb Scofield, order last released a record, the metal landscape in America has changed drastically. The sludgy, prog-imbued sound that Zozobra and bands like Kylesa, Baroness, and Mastodononce embraced has all but disappeared, with most of […]

CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING (SINCLAIR 4/7)

By Ben Stas Photo Credit: Ben Stas A night of weird wonders awaited those who ventured to the Sinclair for a Sunday evening bill headlined by Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving. Moore is best known as a founding member of the legendary Sonic Youth, pharmacy unhealthy and he’s been a trailblazing figure in indie and […]

CAITLIN ROSE (TT THE BEAR’S 4/2)

Caitlin Rose brought her dusty alt-country songbook to TT The Bear’s recently, and tried to warm up the shivering masses on a too-cold Tuesday night. Rose is on the road in support of her second album, The Stand-In, released last month to much critical praise. But the 25-year-old Nashville native…

JAMAICAN QUEENS (TT THE BEAR’S 4/1)

By Nick Cox Photo Credit: Ellie Molitor Detroit, it seems, has a way of putting things into perspective. Ryan Spencer, the frontman of Motor City three-piece Jamaican Queens, spent the bulk of a recent Q&A with Noisey talking about the sort of hair-raising danger he lives with everyday. “I hear stories from friends (and acquaintances) […]

ROCK N’ ROLL RUMBLE: NIGHTS 1-3

By Adam Parshall It’s finally here. Rock N’ Roll Rumble 2013. I’m still shaking in my Chucks from the crazy amount of music thrown at me over the last three nights. Between Sunday and Monday night, prescription there was plenty of rocking to be done. Three diverse bills and three semifinal spots at stake meant […]

AIDAN BAKER (AVIARY GALLERY & ART BOUTIQUE 3/29)

By Elissa May There’s a saying among your grandparents generation that children ought to be “seen and not heard”. At the Aidan Baker show at the Aviary Gallery in Jamaica Plain on Friday, viagra March 29th, I had the converse feeling about “noise” music: it should be heard and, perhaps, not seen. On Friday, Aidan […]