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Jets Can’t Land and The Lincoln Tunnel at Dusk
with Gumption and Glory and 123 Astronaut
Dusk
Harris Ave
Providence, RI
9pm
18+
$8
Mark Cutler and Men of Great Courage at The Parlour
with the Jamie Craighead Trio
The Parlour
North Main St
Providence, RI
9pm
The Low Cards at Askew
with Tigerman Woah
Askew
150 Chestnut St
Providence, RI
9pm
Seven Hats Parade at News Cafe
with Zoink Zulag, Earthward, Part Time Poets
News Cafe
Broad st
Pawtucket, RI
9pm
Review of Gaskill’s Special Weapons
If you pay attention to our Facebook page then you know we were so enamored by all the bands at the recent record release show for Death Kiss Volume 2 that we decided that we HAD to do a feature on all the current Bandcamp discogs from the bands that performed at the show.
But GASKILL just put out a new record. So we decided that we’d feature that instead. And still talk about their Bandcamp discography.
But I digress.
Believe it or not, my first exposure to GASKILL was the track they contributed to the latest Death Kiss compilation (Which you can read all about by clicking here). Once again, Mary Frances can pat herself on the back knowing she brought to light another local gem to, not just to me, but to so many others through the comp and her show on WEMF. And in turn, I get to shed a little more light through my medium of communication. Circle of life and all that shit.
So “I Am The Spider” was my favorite on the comp and it closes up Special Weapons nicely here. Like I said on my initial take of the track, it’s like Jello Biafra fronting Anthrax….but boy does Kevin Grant have range beyond that. In fact, my FIRST impression was that of the second coming of Stompbox while live they definitely added elements of early Clutch to their repertoire.
In other words, GASKILL is a mutt. A glorious mutt made from the bestest of the best to create this musical beast/hound of beauty. If you go back through their discography (See! I told you I’d go there!) which dates back to 1996 (The band formed in 1995), the evolution into this multi-faceted behemoth that offers you new music today is obviously apparent.
“I Know Your Name” is blistering and intense and, much like their Black Flag covers album (Our War, available here), is also direct and to the point. With Kevin Grant’s voice stabbing at listeners as Dan Jagoda’s cacophonous drumming and Craig Fleming’s wall of noise guitar fuzz provide the perfect soundtrack of organized chaos.
“Small Cake” alters the tone vastly with a slow groove that rumbles along like molasses with Grant’s bellows echoing out and resonating, careening into an almost Danzig-esque chorus. “Salt” really lets Mario Costa’s bass barrage shine during a track that encapsulates some of the great noise of Boston yesteryear (Think Sam Black Church and Tree in particular) while “Slow Crows” is all crunchy and dirty and gritty and all the things until it becomes a thrashing rager.
And “I Am The Spider” closes it all up. And you already know how we feel about that one.
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Summer 2018 Cassette Collection
75OL-286 75orLess Summer 2018 Cassette Collection
$40.00 S&H Included
This is a collection of 15 different cassettes, including the following 2017-18 releases:
75OL-269 Gaskill – Special Weapons
75OL-279 Test Tube – Grows Up
75OL-278 Gladhouse – No One Is My Name
75OL-275 Sick Pills – Be My Girl
75OL-273 Deadlands – Wonderland
75OL-265 The Really Heavy – Titan Clinic
75OL-276 Creep Church – The Covers Record
75OL-264 Pixels – Accessories
75OL-254 Matt Fraza Band Flies Through The Dark
75OL-268 Foul Weather Friend – Self Titled
75OL-260 The Low Cards – Self Titled
75OL-267 The Lincoln Tunnel Phone This One In
75OL-263 Swampbirds – no parenthesis
75OL-272 Six Star General – Greatest Hats
75OL-257 Steve K – L4EO
Each cassette was limited to a maximum of ten numbered copies, most of these had less than ten made.
Gaskill Special Weapons
75OL-269 Gaskill – Special Weapons
$7.00 S&H Included
Digital download and free streaming available here
Track Listing
1. I Know Your Name
2. Small Cake
3. Salt
4. Slow Crows
5. I Am A Spider
GASKILL formed in 1995 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, releasing 2 demos and the Granite Iron Oak album before going on hiatus in 2002. The band reformed in 2015 with Chris Helme on drums, releasing an album of new material, The End of the World, and an album of Black Flag covers (Our War).
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Gaskill at O’Brien’s Pub
with Test Meat, Birnam Wood, and Gasoline Virgins
O’Brien’s Pub
3 Harvard Ave
Allston, Massachusetts
8pm