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ALBUM REVIEW: The Hammer Party – Classic American Plastic

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Providence, Rhode Island has quite a rich musical history, Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Les Savy Fav, and Velvet Crush all hail from The Renaissance City. The Hammer Party, named after an EP compilation by Big Black (Lungs and Bulldozer; the CD version also featured the Racer-X EP) can also be added to that list. For all intents and purposes, a supergroup, it is comprised of former members of prominent bands such as LANDED, Olneyville Sound System, Six Finger Satellite, Thee Hydrogen Terrors, Scarce, Silver Apples, The Jim Rose Circus, and The Bevis Frond.   Continue reading →


Incubate 2016 Part II: Tilburg, The Netherlands

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Not many bands can say they played every single day of a four-day festival. Well, Slow Down, Molasses can! The Canadian shoegazers took to the stage at various venues over the weekend. They mostly played songs from their brand new record 100% Sunshine, which you could buy on PINK vinyl (needless to say, we did). Continue reading →


Incubate Festival 2016 Part 1: Tilburg, Netherlands

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We’re back at Incubate Festival in the Dutch town of Tilburg to see all of the weird and wonderful this alternative music festival has to offer. Tilburg is in the midst of its last warm summer days and on our way to pick up a ticket we already see a lot of familiar faces. Incubate, we’ve missed you! Instead of having a week-long festival, this year Incubate has split up into three different editions (May/September/December), of which the four-day long September weekend is the biggest.  Continue reading →