Established in 2006, Machines with Magnets hosts experimental music performances, sound and art exhibitions and installations, performance art, film and video screenings, cultural and community events, private events, and fundraisers. Past performances include The Body, Dan Deacon, Mirah, Etran de l'Aïr, Braveyoung, Lydia Lunch, Lightning Bolt, Brown Bird, Container, and Mdou Moctar.

Upcoming Events + Tickets

All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink

Ora Cogan with Bong Wish and Luci Dead Limb

Friday, September 25, 2026

8:00 pm

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$15 adv / $18 day of

Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.

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Ora Cogan with Bong Wish and Luci Dead Limb

Music Show
Friday, September 25, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.
More Info + RSVP

LITURGY with House Red, Bicentennial Memorial Accordion Choir + Harry Gould Harvey IV

Saturday, September 26, 2026

8:00 pm

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$18 adv / $25 day of

Join us for a special night with LITURGY, the devotional and transcendent black metal of artist Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, distilled into an intimate solo performance. Countering the genre’s nihilistic leanings, Liturgy seeks truth, affirmation, and beauty through searing, intricate guitar work, blissful shrieks, choral vocals, acoustic passages, and meditative drone.

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LITURGY with House Red, Bicentennial Memorial Accordion Choir + Harry Gould Harvey IV

Music Show
Saturday, September 26, 2026
8:00 pm
$18 adv / $25 day of
Join us for a special night with LITURGY, the devotional and transcendent black metal of artist Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, distilled into an intimate solo performance. Countering the genre’s nihilistic leanings, Liturgy seeks truth, affirmation, and beauty through searing, intricate guitar work, blissful shrieks, choral vocals, acoustic passages, and meditative drone.
More Info + RSVP

Leila Abdul-Rauf with Vaelastrasz, RECTRIX and The Oracle

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

8:00 pm

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$15 adv / $18 day of

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Leila Abdul-Rauf enters a world all of her own weaving brass, piano and various othertextures into filmic soundscapes that echo the sounds of memories faded through time. Songs are not so much composed as captured from dreams. Time and space are distilled down to the remains of distant memories and hidden emotions, melded into a symphony of ethereal melancholy.

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Leila Abdul-Rauf with Vaelastrasz, RECTRIX and The Oracle

Music Show
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Leila Abdul-Rauf enters a world all of her own weaving brass, piano and various othertextures into filmic soundscapes that echo the sounds of memories faded through time. Songs are not so much composed as captured from dreams. Time and space are distilled down to the remains of distant memories and hidden emotions, melded into a symphony of ethereal melancholy.
More Info + RSVP

DITZ

Sunday, November 8, 2026

8:00 pm

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$15 adv / $18 day of

‘Never Exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’ and even before that, travelling at least 100 days a year since COVID. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms just to break up the long drives.

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DITZ

Music Show
Sunday, November 8, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
‘Never Exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’ and even before that, travelling at least 100 days a year since COVID. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms just to break up the long drives.
More Info + RSVP

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Event Archive

Work/Death, Lingua Ignota, Isolde Touch Muslin, Hatchers
November 5, 2016
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Work/Death, Lingua Ignota, Isolde Touch Muslin, Hatchers

November 5, 2016
9:00 pm
ISOLDE TOUCH (CA/PA) "The music Asha Sheshadri makes as Isolde Touch is boldly literal. Perhaps literal is inexact; concrete is closer, as her sounds have a clarity that ties them directly to their origins (a piano is exactly a piano). Conceptually she deals in abstraction, but sonically she’s unafraid to let her sources shine through like light beams where they could easily be buried in fog... This is organized music whose physical effects come with a creative agenda, even if that agenda can be interpreted in many ways." HATCHERS (PA)
Kintaan, Theologian, Sewer Goddess & Queen Elephantine
November 4, 2016
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Kintaan, Theologian, Sewer Goddess & Queen Elephantine

November 4, 2016
9:00 pm
KINTAAN (ri), KINTAAN THEOLOGIAN (ny) + THE VOMIT ARSONIST (ri) (collaborative performance), SEWER GODDESS (ma), QUEEN ELEPHANTINE (ri, 'KALA' album release) & DJ sets by Raab Codec (PATTERN BEHAVIOR/SNOWBEASTS)
Plagues, Sunken Cheek, Kjostad, Valentine Sinclair
October 29, 2016
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Plagues, Sunken Cheek, Kjostad, Valentine Sinclair

October 29, 2016
9:00 pm
Clandestine Compositions and Machines with Magnets presents a night of harsh and heavy electronics from: Plagues (Grand Rapids, MI) - Absolutely crushing noise from the drummer of phenomenal grindcore band, Cloud Rat. Not to be confused with the MA black metal band, Brandon set a very high mark at Summer Scum this year. We are excited to host him, not to be missed. Sunken Cheek (Ithaca, NY) - "Misery Electronics", recent releases on Angst and Aught/Void. Holding down a crucial position in the central NY State harsh noise community. Progenitor of the label Prime Ruin. Plus Kjostad (Michigan) + Valentine Sinclair (PVD).
Beguiling Isles / White Gourd / Valise / Mystery Red Inferno / Dan Talbot
October 27, 2016
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Beguiling Isles / White Gourd / Valise / Mystery Red Inferno / Dan Talbot

October 27, 2016
8:00 pm
Machines with Magnets presents the return of two true visionaries from the northern reaches of Maine: BEGUILING ISLES - Grant Corum composes sound / visual encounters. He is a member of the group Million Brazilians and co-founder of label Psychic Sounds Records. Plus WHITE GOURD, with local support from: VALISE (Maralie of Humanbeast), MYSTERY RED INFERNO (Alec Redfearn and Chris Sadlers), and DAN TALBOT.
Chris Corsano, House Red, Dupuis/Morosky, Moldof, Double Dragon
October 25, 2016
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Chris Corsano, House Red, Dupuis/Morosky, Moldof, Double Dragon

October 25, 2016
8:00 pm
Machines with Magnets Studio is proud to welcome renowned percussionist CHRIS CORSANO! Chris Corsano is a drummer from New England, United States. He often performs in an improvisation duo with saxophonist Paul Flaherty. He has also recorded material with artists such as Evan Parker, Dredd Foole,Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Matt Valentine, Nels Cline,Vibracathedral Orchestra, Cold Bleak Heat, Jim O'Rourke, Jandek, Michael Flower, and C. Spencer Yeh as well releasing numerous solo recordings. With local performers: HOUSE RED (vocals and electronics by Rebecca Mitchell of Made in Mexico, Whore Paint, and Houseboy), ALEXANDER DUPUIS and ADAM MOROSKY (live-manipulated digital video and modular synthesizer), LUKE MOLDOF (Brown University PhD candidate in electronic music, releases on Hospital Productions), and DOUBLE DRAGON (Drums and trumpet duo of Joe & Sean from Honda Civic). DJ PARTY TOM starts at 8:00pm / performances at 9:00pm.
Gregory Uhlmann, Sianna Plavin, Penn Sultan, Emily Dix Thomas
October 14, 2016
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Gregory Uhlmann, Sianna Plavin, Penn Sultan, Emily Dix Thomas

October 14, 2016
9:00 pm
A chill fall, Friday evening of live music in Pawtucket. Gregory Uhlman, on tour from LA, Sianna Plavin, PVD crooner Penn Sulton (of Last Good Tooth), and in demand, incomparable cellist about town Emily Dix Thomas
Emily Jane White, Diego Perez, Liz Isenberg
October 13, 2016
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Emily Jane White, Diego Perez, Liz Isenberg

October 13, 2016
8:00 pm
A slightly twisted folk show featuring Emily Jane White (New record "They Moved in Shadow All Together," out on Talitres Records) with local support from Diego Perez and Liz Isenberg
Essential Tremors, Craow, Aether Jag, Astronaut Vision
October 10, 2016
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Essential Tremors, Craow, Aether Jag, Astronaut Vision

October 10, 2016
9:00 pm
Machines with Magnets welcomes Third Man Records artists ESSENTIAL TREMORS (Nashville TN). Essential Tremors is something of an anomaly in a city steeped in twang, bathed in sunshine and besieged with hootenannies. With local support from: CRAOW (Sean Halpin, NOSTILEVO), AETHER JAG (Bridget Venuti), and ASTRONAUT VISION (Jenny Young, Assembly of Light Choir/Syzygy).
Sarah Hennies, John Krausbauer, Valentine Sinclair/Kieran Morris
October 8, 2016
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Sarah Hennies, John Krausbauer, Valentine Sinclair/Kieran Morris

October 8, 2016
9:00 pm
Electronic and Electro-Acoustic performances by: Sarah Hennies (Ithaca, NY), John Krausbauer (Los Angeles, CA), and Valentine Sinclair & Kieran Morris (collaborative performance by Clandestine Compositions label head and Negation)
Profligate, Valise, RRLEW, Pool
October 2, 2016
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Profligate, Valise, RRLEW, Pool

October 2, 2016
9:00 pm
PROFLIGATE returns as a duo, featuring Elaine Kahn of Horse Bladder with VALISE (Maralie of Humanbeast), RRLEW (Rachel Lewallen), and POOL (Ren Schofield, Christopher Forgues, Alex Tominsky). DJ VØM DØG starts at 9:00pm.
Belarisk, Virusse, P. Seligman, Bastian Void
September 30, 2016
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Belarisk, Virusse, P. Seligman, Bastian Void

September 30, 2016
9:00 pm
The anticipated record release event for the Type Records LP "Moments in the Shapeshifting" by BELARISK with the return of long-time Providence favorite.. VIRUSSE https://soundcloud.com/virusse plus PETER SELIGMAN (NYC) and BASTIAN VOID (MA)
Haldol / Way Out / Diabolical Fiend / YÜF
September 23, 2016
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Haldol / Way Out / Diabolical Fiend / YÜF

September 23, 2016
9:00 pm
goth night? punk show? YOU figure it out!
Curse, Kintaan, Waxy Tomb & Reverse Engineering
September 21, 2016
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Curse, Kintaan, Waxy Tomb & Reverse Engineering

September 21, 2016
9:00 pm
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: Jeremy Harris
September 18, 2016
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1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: Jeremy Harris

September 18, 2016
7:00 pm
Gonna jam for three hours at machines on Sunday. Free gig, very quiet. Manipulating private home recorded tapes whilst jamming improvised noise and ambient lifeless drone.
The Body / Gobby / Work/Death / Lingua Ignota / Houseboy Houseband
September 17, 2016
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The Body / Gobby / Work/Death / Lingua Ignota / Houseboy Houseband

September 17, 2016
9:00 pm
They're baaaaaack! THE BODY back in Pawtucket for the month of September working on new material in Machines with Magnets' studio as well as playing a couple shows.
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: Bridget Feral
September 11, 2016
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1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: Bridget Feral

September 11, 2016
7:00 pm
Bridget Feral takes over this Sunday. Please keep your trays in the upright and locked position until then.
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