this week

The Baroness/Witchcraft show was really good. The Middle East's sound was terrible...huge, compressed, boomy 80's drums...but the bands were great.

Tonight: Our own ST. Jude in Wooooster.























then...December 5:

White Mice return from a havok filled tour ready to slaughter. Record release party too.

Witchcraft and Baroness

Two bands that have been playing pretty constantly on my stereo these past few months are coming to Boston on the same bill. If you are looking to get your fill of elf-laden Sabbathery or math-laden art rockery, or both...this is your show. Plus props to John Dyer Baizley (of Baroness) for making some of the best album art that I have seen in a long time (Baroness, Torche, Skeletonwitch, etc).

BTW...WTF! why isn't Witchcraft coming through Providence? Why do these sweet ass bands rarely come through Providence?
Actually, the answer was explained to me this weekend and it comes down to some booking agent issues...but COME ON bands! Get it together and get out here to Lil' Rhody. Electric Wizard, Witchcraft, all sludgemasters...come on down...

Best...Shadowpuppet...EVER.

From Gerge Busch DropDead at Alex's Benefit

Final Lineup for tomorrow night

Big Show = Benefit

Still not sure of the true lineup order...but I wanted to get this benefit up on the front page again. As BobDead says on the forums:

"The show is a benefit for Alex Svoboda. Who, on August 11th 2007, was the victim of unnecessary police brutality while participating in an IWW march against Jacky’s Galaxie restaurant in North Providence. After the cops had asked the group to move to a certain designated area several officers took the opportunity to make a vicious example of Alex by beating her, breaking her left leg, pepper spraying her, and then having the nerve to charge her with assaulting three officers, resisting arrest and obstructing *justice*. All the procedes will go towards her legal defense and her never ending hospital charges. Band together!"

The bands and other artists will be selling a bunch of stuff too, which will add to the Benefit fund to varying degrees.

Oh...and did you notice...OLNEYVILLE SOUND SYSTEM is playing!

New Ipod Game

Today was a big day for my office. We announced AND released a new secret project that we have been slaving away on. It is called PHASE and is a sort of successor to our earlier games Frequency and Amplitude. The big deal here is that a) You play it on your Ipod! and b) it makes game levels out of YOUR MUSIC.

That's right. turn your Ipod into an Olneyville Sound System arcade system.

I am hoping that people like it...and so far so good. As of just 12 hours after it's release, Itunes has it rated at 4 stars by 132 reviewers. My fingers are crossed.

I am going to go now so I can move my Six Finger Satellite collection into the PHASE playlist.

Providence Band Aid

From BobDead's forum post:

This is the final and complete lineup...band times/slots will be posted as soon as I figure it out...PLEASE come early to this as I will be having GREAT bands starting the gig to get your asses in early...this isn't Olneyville, so don't come on the Olneyville timetable...you WILL miss out!

Random Slice

I just wanted to give some random props to Nice Slice on Thayer Street. These guys are always awesome and make killer pizza. Thin crust, tangy sauce, spicy pepperoni...really good.

If you are looking for some gross crap like Eggplant Parm Pizza or Tuna Casserole Pizza, you will have to go somewhere else...but if you are looking for well made thin crust pies this is the place. Carnivore, Omnivore and Herbivore friendly.

That's it...no biggie. Just spreading the word.

(ps, I stole this photo off of Flickr here)

10 Years of Corleone

Tons of good bands, but I gotta say I am most psyched to see BONEDUST!

Seriously, this is gonna be good.













02:00- Dr Fuck Yeah (members of the body, snake apt, bonedust)
02:45- Fang Island (RISD prodigy hammer party from PHILLY)
03:30- Tiny Hawks (first show in like ten months)
04:15- Pines of Rome (reunion show. providence circa 1999)
04:45- Jacob Berendes (paris of the 80s heartthrob)
05:15- Uke of Spaces Corners (uke of phillips, tea drinking motherf'ers)
06:00- Fred Thomas (of saturday looks good to me solo)
06:45- VVLTVRE (members of bonedust and ganja)
07:30- Barnacled (original line up with the italian george cloony)
08:00- Lazy Magnet (welcome home show/record release party)
08:30- Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores
09:00- Bonedust (first show from their year hiatus)
09:30- WORK/DEATH (homecoming show)
10:00- Snake Apartment (flannel storm)
10:30- The Body (the best)
11:00- Night Wounds (portland skronkers)
11:30- Lorna Doom (members of the body go hip hop)
12:00- Mahi Mahi (prom dance)

Good shows this week.

Wizzardz on the 8th High on Fire/Mono on the 12th. Don't forget.