Song of the Day: “Guilty Love” by Ladyhawke featuring Broods

Posted on 03/09/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged California, Ladyhawke, Los Angeles, noise rock, Song of the Day.

Ladyhawke (Photo courtesy Polyvinyl Records)

Ladyhawke (born ‘Pip’ Brown) returns with the new single and video for “Guilty Love” featuring BROODS, the first track from her anticipated new album due for release later this year.

Song of the Day: “I Ran Away” by Dinosaur Jr.

Posted on 02/23/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged noise rock, Massachusetts, Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, Song of the Day.

Dinosaur Jr. (Photo by Cara Totman)

Dinosaur Jr. return with Sweep It Into Space, their new album out April 23 on Jagjaguwar, and a new single, “I Ran Away.”

Song of the Day: “Vendetta” by Iceage

Posted on 02/18/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Copenhagen, Denmark, Iceage, noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, Song of the Day.

Iceage (Photo by Fryd Frydendahl)

Copenhagen’s Iceage — Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, Jakob Tvilling Pless, Johan Surrballe Wieth, and Dan Kjær Nielsen — announce their fifth album, Seek Shelter, out May 7 on Mexican Summer.

Today, they present a new single/video, “Vendetta,” which follows “The Holding Hand,” “an ominous transmission from a band who can summon a storm like few others” (Pitchfork).

Song of the Day: “Dispatches from the Gutter” by Uniform

Posted on 07/23/2020 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged industrial, metal, New York City, noise rock, Song of the Day, Uniform.

Uniform (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

Uniform’s “Dispatches from the Gutter” comes with a momentous video from filmmaker and director Jacqueline Castel.

Live Review: Health @ 9:30 Club — 12/18/19

Posted on 12/23/2019 by paivi in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, goth, HEALTH, Los Angeles, noise rock.

Health performs at 9:30 Club on Dec. 18, 2019. (Photos by Paivi Salonen; Words by Mickey McCarter)

When you see Los Angeles noise rockers HEALTH, you are both lifted up and smashed down. First, you hear the soaring, light vocals of frontman Jake Duzsik, who elevates your spirit, and then you see the massive, crushing synths of John Famiglietti, who beats you down in the very best way with a flip of his hair.

Drummer BJ Miller added melodic crashes that would alternatively knock you over or dissolve into ether, and thus HEALTH rumbled through a very good show at 9:30 Club recently.

Live Review: Daughters @ 9:30 Club — 12/18/19

Posted on 12/23/2019 by paivi in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Daughters, hardcore punk, noise rock, Rhode Island.

Alexis Marshall fronts Daughters at 9:30 Club on Dec. 18, 2019. (Photos by Paivi Salonen; Words by Mickey McCarter)

Opening with “The Reason They Hate Me” from a new album at 9:30 Club recently, Daughters’ frontman Alexis Marshall slowly began to reveal why he occasionally draws comparisons to Nick Cave. The slim singer swayed to the front of the stage in a suit to conjure energy from an audience ready to dance.

Although the vocals of that opening number were rather growling in a way sympathetic to hardcore, Alexis quickly became much more measured and select with his words and pacing by the time of “City Song,” the third number in the set.

Preview: Daughters and Health @ 9:30 Club, 12/18/19

Posted on 12/12/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged 9:30 Club, California, Daughers, experimental rock, HEALTH, Los Angeles, noise rock, Rhode Island.

Health (Photo by Faith Crawford)

A whole lot of noise is coming to 9:30 Club on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — a whole lotta noise *rock* that is. Noise rockers Daughters and Health share a bill for us to get all contemplative yet dancey just a week before Christmas.

Snapshots: The Legendary Pink Dots @ Metro Gallery — 10/13/19

Posted on 10/17/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged England, experimental rock, industrial, London, Metro Gallery, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, The Legendary Pink Dots.

The Legendary Pink Dots perform at Metro Gallery in Baltimore on Oct. 13, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

The Legendary Pink Dots are touring to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary, and the experimental rock outfit recently appeared at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore. Katherine Gaines show the show!

Live Review: Sonic Youth: 30 Years of Daydream Nation @ 9:30 Club — 8/16/19

Posted on 08/20/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, anniversary party, Brendan Canty, Daydream Nation, film screening, New York City, noise rock, post-punk, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley.

Steve Shelley performs at Grauzone Festival on Feb. 9, 2019. (Photo by Rene Passet)

Marking the 30th anniversary of Sonic Youth’s landmark album Daydream Nation, drummer Steve Shelley appeared in a panel discussion with the band’s archivist, Aaron Mullan, and Fugazi percussionist Brendan Canty at 9:30 Club recently.

Preview: Sonic Youth: 30 Years of Daydream Nation @ 9:30 Club, 8/16/19

Posted on 08/09/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged 9:30 Club, Daydream Nation, film screening, noise rock, post-punk, Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)

Sonic Youth released their sixth album, Daydream Nation, on Oct. 18, 1988. The album was an immediate critical success. In celebration of the album’s 30th anniversary, Sonic Youth bandmember Steve Shelley presents a screening of the concert film, Daydream Nation, and a panel discussion at 9:30 Club on Friday, Aug. 16.