On Saturday I headed on over the Charter Oak for what was billed as a noise show, although the two bands I saw (Defective Fiction and, especially, The Book Slave) both have plenty of indie rock in 'em, too. Something else I saw-- putting "noise show" on the flyer is a good way to make sure that people aren't gonna show up.
Back when I first started going to shows, the younger kids I knew were all in hardcore bands, but now they're just as likely to be in arty little two-piece noise-rock bands (around here, at least), which is just as well. Not quite an arty two-piece because there's three of them, Defective Fiction use a lot of taped noise and messed-up samples in between songs during their live set, but the four songs on their EP are all not even three minutes long, which gets to the point a lot quicker. Defective Fiction also use the slow part/thrash part type thing a lot, while The Book Slave's songs are comparitively poppy, at times reminding me of Mammoth Hunter, to name another great Ct. two-piece outfit that everyone should definitely check out.
I only put up a few words about The Book Slave the first time I saw them, but you can still go back to that post from a couple weeks ago and check their song out, plus here's another one (from their "Shapes, Bend and Contort" EP) while I'm at it.
"Gull Voices"
Defective Fiction -
"Hallowed Willows Good Morning"
(these files are now listen-only)
