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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.
Emily Shaw of The Sugar Honey Iced Tea and Penn Sultan of Last Good Tooth will be kicking off the night with a killer duet set. The Lentils: The Lentils' last show in RI before they leave us for the sunny shores of California!! Happy Jawbone is dead! Long live The Lentils! The Lentils always give it 100%. The Lentils are good for you. Where would you be without The Lentils? Louie Louie: All female garage pop band. Slight-Psych, Rock and freaking ROLL am I Right?!? Pyramid: "_____" - Dirty punk from pvd. Grape Room. The Lentils are actually transformers. You'll see.
THE RITA. (Vancouver) classic, abrasive, bull shark harsh noise since '96. RICHARD RAMIREZ. (Texas)
harsh noise originator at it since '89. member of Black Leather Jesus. TINNITUSSTIMULUS. (Providence)
purely executed noise from the one and only... A WEEK OF KINDNESS. (Texas)
Sean Matzus of Black Leather Jesus. disturbing electro acoustic noise. SERPENTINE. (Texas)
drone/ noise duo, bad feelings. members of Tissa Mawartyassari. DAVE PUBLIC. (Providence)
art sucks. speed, power, victory!
2nd Annual Experimental Music Festival in Pawtucket, RI __ Music Schedule __ 4:00 Spiritual Recess G / 4:05 Shambling Mound M / 4:25 Morgan Packard G / 5:05 Houseboy M / 5:40 Work/Death G / 6:05 Blistex M / 6:25 Mares Laig G / 6:40 Laurie Amat M / - 7:25 Birdlady M / 7:45 Vision Control G / 8:20 Belarisk M / 8:50 Domestique G / 9:15 Sitting Adult M / 9:50 Craow/ST G / 10:10 Vehement Caress M / 10:40 Virusse G / 11:05 Apathy & Steel M / 11:40 Reverse Engineering G / 12:10 Jahiliyya Fields M. (M - Main space, G - Gallery space)
The air is thick, ferocious vocal harmony, real, real music. --Soleilune-- PVD
New providence beauty music. --Brian 4 Ever-- PVD
"He looks up to Gucci Mane." --Dustan Louque-- New Orleans.
Former Atlantic Records gone rogue. --Layers And Frames-- Philly.
Electronic World Folk. --Bent Knee-- Boston.
Progressive, powerful, dynamic force. Gaining rapid attention in Boston, see what it's about.
A CLEANSING PSYCH-RITUAL. A Band Called E:
Washed out psych.
Thalia Zedek ( Thrill Jockey Records ), Jason Sidney Sanford, and their last show with Alec Tisdale on drums! Trinary System (Roger Miller of Mission of Burma's new rock trio):
Delving deeper into the full history of rock viewed hazily through his 2014 surrealistic/psychedelic nature, with perhaps a bit of funk pelting the proceedings from the wings, Miller is opening things up.
Odysseus Finn:
Energetic ritualistic-rock band with cinematic projections - CELEBRATING THE DEATH OF STILLNESS. Michael McQuilken (Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra) and David Van Witt (Sidewalk Dave)
SUMAC w Aaron Turner of ISIS / Hydra Head Industries + WORMWOOD members of DOOMRIDERS and The Red Chord + GOOD LORD
Heavy noise rock from PVD + FUCKING INVINCIBLE Members of a lot of bands, still pissed at the world + DEMONBROTHER Will Dandy (Orchid/Vaccine etc) & Andrew Jackmauh (Failures/Cut The Shit etc) lay down sonic waves
FILTHY BLUES GUITAR, BRING IT HOME.
featuring Brother Dege Legg of DJANGO UNCHAINED. Brother Dege Legg, A nationally recognized slide guitarist and featured artist on the Django Unchained soundtrack. Brother Dege Legg will be playing with his full band, the Brethren. Mark Milloff
Classic, dirty slide, harpoon guitar from Providence's filthy Cannibal Ramblers. Mark always brings it home, too far home. Peter Von Toy
Rock drenched, Blues tinted Folk songs.
A visceral, immersive sound. ZOMES:
Enchanting sonic holograms abduct, enveloping every moment.
AIR LOOM:
You guessed it. JP Falzone and Brendan Glasson delivering the news magic freaking carpet style. House Red
The deepest you can get without having to hold your breath. HOUSE RED: will equip you with gills so you, too, can breathe in the entrancing depths as the reddest of surfs washes overhead.
TRANSMUTING, SUPPLE, SNAKY ELECTRONIC, SPLIT PERSONALITY, TECHNO NIGHT. W00dy, SOLID STATE ENTITY, Grutch, Sitting Adult, Caroline Park, MSHR.
(MSHR is a collaborative project by Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy based in Portland, Oregon. The duo produces sculptural synthesizers, ritualistic performances and installations that place the human body into a dynamic relationship with sound and light, generating expanded sensory experiences.)
TASHI DORJI grew up in Bhutan, on the eastern side of the Himalayas. Dorji developed a playing style unbound by tradition, yet with a direct line to intuitive artistry. His recordings feature improvisations that spasmodically grow along tangential, surprising paths. DUNUMS is a collaborative project founded by Sijal Nasralla. Based in NC, shifting players and contributors to the project have recorded, performed, and created in direct response to, albeit humbly in transmission, of events commonly known as "summer in Gaza" or "revolution in Syria." KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Starting in the mid-1990's, Keith began exploring electronic music's many facets, eventually yielding dozens of full length albums, singles, remixes, and compilation appearances for influential labels. MEM1 seamlessly blends the sounds of cello and electronics to create a limitless palette of sonic possibilities. LUKE MOLDOF + REN SCHOFIELD Modular synthesis, forced feedback, beats on beats, on beets on beats. get it.
Bella's Bartok: Maybe you had a bad day, and you thought it was unredeemable. Maybe you have a cold and you don’t feel like moving around. Maybe you fancy yourself someone who watches a concert quietly from the back, attentively listening. In a few seconds, it’s not going to matter who you are.
When the Balkan-inspired, circusy sound of Bella’s Bartok hits your ears, you are no longer in control. You are out of your seat bouncing up and down, and soon your arms are flailing and you’re smiling and screaming. Your bad day, your cold, your fatigue have all vanished, and it’s not even the end of the first song.
Bella’s Bartok makes everyone dance, regardless. From living rooms to concert halls the band’s energy makes getting up and moving irresistible. Without fail, someone from the audience comes up after every single show and says the same thing: “I couldn’t help it.” Plus AdapterAdapter and GHOST TOWN REVIVAL
(Members of SASQUATCH AND THE SICK-A-BILLYS).
WILL GUTHRIE (mego / erstwhile / ipecac) + TITANS OF JAZZ andré cormier’s “hic et nunc” + EMILY DIX-THOMAS (cello) + and LAURA CETILIA (cello) philip glass’ “strung out” + CHASE SPRUILL (violin)
THIS SHOW WILL ACTUALLY BLOW YOU AWAY SO BRING AN ANCHOR. Come at 8pm. It's interdisciplinary. Death Vessel (PVD) //\\ the whole band this time. f yeah. Mirah (BROOKLYN) \\// from "DIY mini-masterpieces that express a punk sensibility through broken drum machines, reverb-drenched guitars and ukulele" to "mature, complex and immaculately-produced" -(Wikipedia, fo sho) KID IN THE ATTIC (BROOKLYN) //\\ FAHKING GEORGEOUS (period) Nick Jaina (Portland, OR) \\// READING & SONG > Nick is traveling to promote his new book, "Get it while you can." Whole Grain, baby.
