Category: Music
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Former Buckeye Brings it Home: brakence at Newport Music Hall
When I discovered brakence’s music late last year, I was under the impression that he was a small act in the glitchcore scene, so the night’s first dramatic surprise was the line winding from the Newport Music Hall doors just around the corner to the Starbucks. Additionally, brakence’s sonic alloy of midwest emo, glitch pop,…
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Track Review: Cellar Dwellar’s “Alecto”
If you’re looking for drawn-out, high-energy, hair-raising alternative metal, look no further than Cellar Dwellar’s new single (their first one in two years): “Alecto”. This poetic and conceptual song brings an eerie element to rock, and has been released—in perfect time for Halloween—on Oct. 28. The jumps from swampy and sinister vocals to messy and…
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Amyl and the Sniffers w/ Die Spitz @ Newport Music Hall
Words and Image by Jack Foley Amyl nitrite is a five-carbon organic solvent commonly used recreationally as an inhalant. Formulations are often sold under monikers such as RUSH – which is precisely how I would describe the performance served by Amyl and the Sniffers. Waiting in the line down the block, I was surprised to…