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The Noise reviews I am Tom Cummins, Suicide Bill & the Liquors, and Coma Coma
SUICIDE BILL & THE LIQUORS Cricket Wisdom
12 tracks
Low-budget Big Star worship abounds here. The fact that this is their fifth album and it sounds like a clunky demo might be worrisome to some, but I think it works. They never land square on the beat, their timing is always slightly off, the solos have duff lines here and there, the vocals slip out of tune, and it always sounds like it’s all happening in a basement next to a leaky water heater. These guys are not swashbucklers, they’re bunglers, but endearing bunglers with decent record collections and open hearts who probably remember their friends’ birthdays. Most of the songs are about how girls don’t dig them, which is cool. A few of the songs – funny/sad power-popper “No Friends,” the Husker-y “Cool Fail” – would be hits if somebody, you know, more competent recorded them. Overall, I’d say Cricket Wisdom squeaks by on low-watt charm. It’s not as good as I’d like it to be, but what is these days? (Sleazegrinder)
I AM TOM CUMMINS Holiday 3-Pak
3 tracks
A cruel person might suggest that “Squirrel Song,” with its ukulele accompaniment and spacy keyboards, is like something a mentally challenged person might conjure up—but I beg to differ; it takes a good deal of talent to come up with and put across this faux-naif approach. “Downy Woodpecker” is another supposedly poignant encomium to the natural world, replete with aah-ing chorus. “Resolve to Start Again” is a bit like a terminally depressed Mr. Rogers decrying the commercialism of the Christmas season. Short and sweet, but, all in all, a bit twee for my taste. (Francis DiMenno)
COMA COMA The New American Dream
10 tracks
If you like indie rock, I would say this album is above par. I’m not sure why, I just feel like if you like stuff like this, it’s a prime example. The end. (Sleazegrinder)
Mark Cutler and the Men of Great Courage at 133 Club
29 Warren Ave
East Providence, RI
9pm
Allysen Callery at the Plough and Stars
with Blackwolfgoat
The Plough and Stars
Cambridge, MA
10:30pm
Hank Sinatra Jr at AS220
with Gloria Gardenburger, Kevin Steinhauser, and Lynn Breslow Swanson
Hosted by Randy Bush
AS220
115 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
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Allysen Callery at Sandywoods Center for the Arts
with P.G. Six and Oriel Rigel Dommisse
Sandywoods Center for the Arts
Tiverton, RI
7:00pm
Meds at Jimmy’s Saloon
with Dorisduke
Jimmy’s Saloon
“Larrypalooza” Benefit Concert at The Elevens
Here’s the scheduled lineup for the show at The Elevens in Northampton, Mass.
7 p.m. Jim Joe’s Sixty-One Ramblers
7:25 Pruf
7:50 The Remones
8:15 The Howards
8:40 Dennis Most
9:05 Donut Kings
9:30 Gimlet Slip
9:55 No Intention
10:25 The Prozacs
10:55 Creepin’ Cadavers
11:25 The Uncomfortables
12:00 Angry Johnny & the Killbillies
12:40 Steve Westfield Slow Band
Deadlands at The Apartment
with Enemies.
Early show 7-10pm
The Apartment
Richmond Street
Providence
Galvanize at Firehouse 13
with White Mystery, Onleyville Sound System
Firehouse 13
Providence, RI