Jodie Treloar at Nick-a-nee’s
with Jenn Lombari, Charlie Marie, and Talia Geradi
Nick-a-nee’s
South St
Providence, RI
8pm
Hope Anchor & Lincoln Tunnel at The Met
with The Shakes and Dirty Laundry
The Met
Main St
Pawtucket, RI
9pm
Motif reviews Hope Anchor’s ‘Beautiful Corpses’
Hope Anchor – Beautiful Corpses
I did a half review of this album last fall when I only had access to three songs. I don’t think I did it justice. Jams that have been rocking my world on this biscuit include the primal “Primal Mover,” which just makes me think of the band Magazine Meets Wire on amphetamines. Before it came out, guitarist Terry Linehan warned me this was their goth record, but I grew up on that shit in the ’80s. The creeping “Skeleton Waltz” takes me down some dark hallways of my past; Paul Everett acts like a tour guide, leading you through an extended doom. The guitars on “Xoxosos” jump out like the sunlight hitting you exiting a bar at 6am. The piano outré duet between Everett and Lolita Black’s Scarlett Delgado leaves a haunting touch. One of my favorite local bands, The Lincoln Tunnel, is opening this show. They are great despite the presence of my mortal enemy, Christian Caldarone.
Swampbirds at The Grange
with Kate Mick and Brian Sances
The Grange
Broadway St
Providence, RI
9:30pm
Jodie Treloar at The Galactic
with Barn Burning
The Galactic
Main St
Warren RI
Allysen Callery at The Tavern at the End of the World
with Karen Zanes
TATEOTW
108 Cambridge St
Charlestown, Mass
9pm
Haunt the House at AS220
with Dan Blakeslee and Eric George
As220
Empire St
Providence, RI
9pm
Baylies Band at Alchemy
with Fire for Cavemen, Detroit Rebellion, Jinn Vixx
Alchemy
71 Richmond St
Providence
Early show 7-10pm
Jodie Treloar at The Grange
with Eliot Bronson and John Faraone
The Grange
Broadway
Providence
9pm
Motif Magazine reviews The Lincoln Tunnel Phone This One In
The Lincoln Tunnel – Phone This One In
On their sophomore record, Phone This One In, The Lincoln Tunnel return with a digital box of left-of-the-dial toe tappers. Singer/Guitarist Christian Caldarone and the boys serve up a triple shot of the shake appeal stomp of “Bangkok,” the ’90s indie supersonic grind “Bedroom Eyes,” and the brooding “Kennedy Plaza” alone shows how the band can now expand its palette without sucking. Although I can’t help thinking when listening to the opening “Time’s Wasting,” yeah Caldarone, mine, the rest of the album grooves like the suburbs getting lit on a Friday night. They successfully nail meshing a hillbilly twang with a grunge chorus on “Interstate Interior,” and even their downer Christmas tune isn’t bad. I could have done without the closing “Start a Fire” where I don’t know if Caldarone is lyrically inspired by ’90s techno kings The Prodigy or trying to write another verse to the Billy Joel classic, but the rest of Phone This One In is pretty sweet.