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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
Jayden Barber, Don Nothing, Excavator + Angel Louis
Over the course of their thirty trips around the sun, Earth has remained diligent in their commitment to monolithic minimalism. The sonic vocabulary may have changed—from their early years churning out seismic drone metal on albums like Earth 2 (1993) to the dusty Morricone-tinged comeback album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) to the meditative rock approach of Primitive and Deadly (2014)—but the underlying principle of austerity and restraint remains a constant. With their latest album Full Upon Her Burning Lips, Earth purges the layers of auxiliary instrumentation that embellished some of their previous records and deconstructed their dynamic to the core duo of Dylan Carlson on guitar and bass and Adrienne Davies on drums and percussion. In the process, they tapped into the Platonic ideal of Earth—an incarnation of the long running band bolstered by the authority of purpose, where every note and every strike on the drum kit carries the weight of the world.
Over the course of their thirty trips around the sun, Earth has remained diligent in their commitment to monolithic minimalism. The sonic vocabulary may have changed—from their early years churning out seismic drone metal on albums like Earth 2 (1993) to the dusty Morricone-tinged comeback album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) to the meditative rock approach of Primitive and Deadly (2014)—but the underlying principle of austerity and restraint remains a constant. With their latest album Full Upon Her Burning Lips, Earth purges the layers of auxiliary instrumentation that embellished some of their previous records and deconstructed their dynamic to the core duo of Dylan Carlson on guitar and bass and Adrienne Davies on drums and percussion. In the process, they tapped into the Platonic ideal of Earth—an incarnation of the long running band bolstered by the authority of purpose, where every note and every strike on the drum kit carries the weight of the world.
Ed Osborn returns to bring us sounds and visions of field recordings from the Arctic and from the back yard for Quarter Volume Noise Lounge, Sunday June 12, 2016.
In April 1905 a group of fashionable Parisian women arrive at an abattoir to drink the blood of an ox as a way to cure anemia. Free, starting at 7pm Noise at 1/4 Volume by Lingua Ignota It's Katy Mongeau's birthday and she'll be screening Fascination (1979) by Jean Rollin. Come, grab a drink and get fascinated.
SPECIAL TIKI COCKTAIL NIGHT mixed and mastered by Catherine Mary Hood. Boomkat described RETRIBUTION BODY's recent Type LP release Aokigahara as "revealing a rarified grasp of low end frequency manipulation on a par with the likes of Earth, Sunn 0))) or Phill Niblock", and Brainwashed.com said "Matthew Azevedo's singular drone performance/bass tone study has already drawn favorable comparisons to artists like Sunn O))) and Earth, but I actually see it much more in line with more formal electronic composers like Eliane Radigue, as it has a chiseled purity to it that feels very different than amplifier-worship (at times, anyway). That said, Aokigahara is still quite heavy."
Blood And Sun (NYC) - triumphant and powerful, American neofolk. essential. Scout Paré-Phillips (NYC) - unique country comprised mostly of autoharp and beautiful, operatic vocals. masterful songwriting! Nighttime (Montreal, QC) - ethereal, haunted neofolk from Canada. With local support... Valise:
Maralie of Humanbeast. rich and engaging multimedia performance. always stunning and emotional. "i make men cry." Last Family On Earth
Ben Eberle of Sandworm. the voice of an angel.
DARKWAVENOISE. TROLLER (Austin), DONZI (Brooklyn/Miami), POWER MONSTER (Fierce, piercing waves of uncontrollable rage fisting the next prophets), and REVERSE ENGINEERING
(Grimey, phucking bass. Hard hitting sandpaper techno riding an enflamed bull-pegasus).
SIZE MATTERS (Reba + Underwood)
White dwarfs are the remnants of low-mass stars and, if they form a binary system with another star, they can cause large stellar explosions known as type Ia supernovae. One route by which this may happen involves a white dwarf drawing material off a main sequence or red giant star to form an accretion disc. However, when two white dwarfs orbit each other closely,[5] emission of gravitational waves causes the pair to spiral inward. When they finally merge, if their combined mass approaches or exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit, carbon fusion is ignited, raising the temperature. Since a white dwarf consists of degenerate matter, there is no safe equilibrium between thermal pressure and the weight of overlying layers of the star. Because of this, runaway fusion reactions rapidly heat up the interior of the combined star and spread, causing a supernova explosion.[5] In a matter of seconds, all of the white dwarf's mass is thrown into space.
Girls Rock! Rhode Island Presents: "Leaders of the Pack: Girl Groups of the 50s & 60s Cover Show." Girls Rock Camp and Ladies Rock Camp alums, GRR! volunteers, and other local musicians, will be playing covers of songs by Girl Groups from the 50s and 60s! $5-$20 sliding scale donation. This is a fundraiser show to benefit Girls Rock! Rhode Island's music empowerment programming! Featuring special guest June Millington. Considered one of the Godmothers of Women in Rock, June played guitar in the 70s all-female rock band, Fanny. She also played in the genre of women's music, and is co-founder of the Institute for the Musical Arts. Also performances by Girls Rock Camp and Ladies Rock Camp alums, GRR! volunteers, and other local musicians, including (in alphabetical order):
Bed Death, Bleeders of the Pack, Cramptown Mayors, DeeDee Brown, Emma Corbin, Hothead, Joan Wyand
Lauren Walker, Sianna Plavin, Skylar Batz, Super Group, with RedDawn spinning between acts and Reba emceeing!
Friday, the opening night and artist reception. All musicians and performers are invited to join the opening night of the event, which will feature performances by Unicorn Hard-On's Valerie Martino solo debut, Bellerophon's newest ep release, the screening of NOIA's latest music video, and a Dj performance by TBD j.
The Hurt Ensemble - heavy post rock, math jazz ethusiasts. Snowplows - dischordy post hardcore + amps. Creepers - san fran alt metal gaze, members of Deafheaven. Twin Foxes - punk grunge, shoegazi.
Psyched to Announce that Tashi Dorji is coming back to Machines with Marisa Anderson. Pitchforked named their split as one of the Best Experimental Albums of 2016. Tashi Dorji - A Bhutanese guitarist now residing in Asheville, NC, Tashi Dorji makes meticulously crafted sounds that conjure spirits, wrestle demons and tame wild beast. As beautiful as they are cerebral , his acoustic works are reminiscent of Derek Bailey`s free improvisations, flamenco and Fahey`s Americana. Marisa Anderson - Marisa Anderson’s guitar playing is fluid, emotional, dexterous and original. National Public Radio says Anderson’s playing “exposes and hides the mysteries of American music”. Pitchfork calls her recent record, ‘Mercury’, ”Brilliant” and Wire Magazine says, “Her sound has strength in restless variety…Anderson’s playing is heartfelt and utterly American, free from grandstanding and steeped in respect for the old tradition.”
