5/30/11 @ Gay Gardens $DONATIONS$, ALL AGES, 8PM

Pregnant Spore
Yellow Crystal Star
Vehement Caress
Xiphoid Dementia
Bong Marley
Ageism

Brandkommando/Seth Ryan/Fear Konstruktor/Disgust – Split 2xC30
Phage Tapes
Wow, here’s a hell of a split double cassette! Phage Tapes keeps up with their absolutely beautiful packaging standard with tasteful minimalist textured artwork in a uniquely shaped double cassette box. A heavy matte silkscreened insert is included with tracklisting. With four sides and artists to go through it could seem like a lot but the material on here is top-notch so it goes by fast.
I am familiar with only 3 of these artists, the odd man out being Disgust who I have never …

Danvers State Recordings was started in 2008 by Andrew Grant as a means to release his own material, but since the beginning he knew he wanted to release other artists as well. The first release was his own project The Vomit Arsonist, a cassette called “Reciprocation,” limited to 20 copies. Even though he released an extremely low number, it sold out much more quickly than he expected. Grant started contacting other acts he wanted to release, and it kind of snowballed from there. Less than two …

Sky Burial – Kiehtan CD
Lens Records
Here is yet another chapter in the ever-increasing Sky Burial chronicles of Michael Page the man behind Irukandji, his own D.I.Y. noise label Audio Immolation Industries, and the now defunct Fire In The Head. Previous Sky Burial releases usually embody a dense atmospheric sound often bordering on industrial but with heavy drone influences and culling concepts from Native American and ritual themes.
Kiehtan is a clear step in a new direction for the project. This time embodying a much more new-age style in the vein of …

Article by Ian Duncan-Brown, video by Rat Chasinil
Several inches of snow didn’t deter the usual reprobates from attending Friday’s noise show at the Starlab in Somerville. Shane Broderick set the evening in motion with a seething, taut power electronics set. Surprisingly melodic synth patterns underscored the brutality of Broderick’s vocals, and his brief performance featured an element of control and precision sometimes missing from his previous ensemble, Two Dead Sluts. The set created an unsettling level of tension as melody gave way to gusts of harsh noise, …

Special thanks to Ian Duncan-Brown for his inspired article about the first EE vinyl release and first volume of the MA/PE/FU series!
Here’s the introduction, follow the link to read the article in it’s entirety:
Beneath New England’s long-established hardcore, metal, and indie scenes lies the increasingly vital subculture of noise and power electronics. Once or twice a month, an unsightly, intimidating crowd packs into a dingy basement in Allston or Somerville, where they stand shoulder-to-shoulder and exchange barbed, sidelong glances as they jostle for space at the front.
As the artists set …

5/15 – Portland, OR @ Mudai w/ Lavas Magmas, John Mannion, Soup Purse, Indignant Senility
5/19 – Seattle, WA @ Teatro de la Psychomachia w/ Bloodbox, Masaki Satsu, Venessa Skantze, Cathartech
5/20,21 – Victoria, BC @ 9th Annual Festival of Noise w/ Chefkirk, Severed Flesh, Frozen Body, Marlo Eggplant, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Slates, Merdique, GRKGZL, Wapstan, Static Kitten, Ryan Bloomer, Acid Attack, Suicide Bomber, Monarch, The Rita, Sistrenatus, Whip of the UFO, Froghat, Grandpa Big Balls, Griefer, Quebec lePink, Ha Ha Terror, Brutophilia, CSTL, Sea Lion

Friday 5/6/2011 @ Starlab
8PM, $5, ALL AGES

Das Butcher
Chronox
Nutchild
Table Radios
Retribution Body

Theologian – The Further I Get From Your Star, The Less Light I Feel on My Face CD
Crucial Blast
Theologian is the new project of Lee (Leech) Bartow, the singular entity behind the late new school power electronics project Navicon Torture Technologies and the respected noise label Annihilvs Power Electronix. It’s definitely an interesting thing when an artist ends such a successful and prolific project only to spawn yet another “dark electronic” project. Since I had never really delved into Theologian’s material before this, I took some time to soak in …

Tuesday April 26th 8PM @ Asteroid M:

Xiphoid Dementia
Bill Doob
Beyond
3 Moons
Idaho Joe

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