The Orange Noise

A signature set by the guys in Bad Wires for their last set at The Care Less Lounge. With a stage heated up by locals Push Start and Brooklyn, New York's Castle Black , Bad Wires ran thru a gambit of new and old songs during their heavy set at The Care Less Lounge on 9.19.19. It was a welcome Thursday night show, and apparently one of the last for The Care Less Lounge at it's current location on the first floor of Barbarella-Louisville. Word-is this series (renamed?) may be moving to an event space at Rockerbuilt in Portland.  Will definitely be checking that room out soon.     

Topping off a trifecta of loud nights, Highlands Tap Room hosted yet another evening of doomed, fuzzed, screamed and pounded performances.  There were more than a few monolithic amps and cabinets stacked up rolling thru the doors of the small venue, always a sure sign that amplitude would be metered in degrees of chest thump and tinnitus.  Temple of the Fuzz Witch (Detroit, MI) warmed up the corner platform stage with their deep, fuzz filled set, their vocals reminiscent of a grungier era. Witchkiss (Hudson Valley, NY) filled in the middle slot with an aggressive set that wouldn't let their moody transitions, hammering drums, or bellicose vocals go unnoticed. Playing cleanup on the night, and taking full advantage of a pre-tenderized crowd, The Hell You Say  (Louisville) came in like a drunken chainsaw juggler, casting their raucous brand of Louisville metal into and onto the audience, and proving why they're local noise favorites.  Solid sets by all. You can catch reg

Nashville based metal trio Howling Giant visited the Tap Room last night and offered up a solid set for the weekly Metal Monday series. Loud and fluid, these drop-tuned maestros ran thru their set with creative, efficient guitar work, a dirty rolling bass sound, and drums that pop like syncopated grenades bursts.  Followed by D.C. heavies Caustic Casanova, the Metal Monday stage proved once again that it's THE place to spend your Monday Night.       

Blake Conley is putting on his Droneroom  boots and bringing his unique brand of guitar loop dreaminess to the Surface Noise listening room on Friday September 27th at 9pm.  While he's no stranger to making noise at the small-but-mighty record shop, art gallery, and performance space at the corner of Baxter Ave and Payne Street, this outing is special.   He'll be offering up his latest release,  I'll Make It Up To You I Swear  ( Somewherecold Records ), for you to pick up at what I'm sure is a very reasonable charge.  It's also his birthday. Blake was kind enough to let me preview the newly birthed EP.  I was intrigued.  I was captivated.  I got tranced-out in a David Lynch daydream of wandering consciousness and dark corners ... I might have slid in a nap.  This guy has it going on.  Like Junior Brown on quaaludes, the Droneroom sound leads you through a sea of musical mantras and distant auditory horizons. Grab those headphones, guys. Before Friday, you c

Orange Noise contributor Rev. Snow was able to capture this footage from the Bad Wires set at The Tiger Room in Louisville.  Opening up for the infamous Hank Von Hell, the bill also featured Overdose, Scrooge Mandella, and Creeps Inc.  Ultimately an ill fated outing, with a blown bass amp fucking up the situation, this is a solid clip caught early in the set.   It's been a busy summer for the guys in Bad Wires and they're about to wrap up their local gigs for a while. Word is they're about to birth this album baby I've been hearing about, and plan to get on the road to push their wares and rock the faces of strangers.  Sounds like a good time. Coming off high frequencies from a successful show at the Monnik/Schnitzelburg walk last weekend, you can catch them on Thursday 9.19 at The Care Less Lounge w/ Push Start and Castle Black  . Loud room alert.

Once you find a show you're interested in on the Orange List , be sure to head over to the Listen List to put an ear on the latest studio releases from Louisville bands on the bill.  It's not guaranteed that the act you're looking for will be listed, but it will likely show up, so check back! I'm a fan of getting a taste of a studio offering from a band before catching them live.  The canned material lets me know what the artist WANTS to sound like, while the stage show displays passion and ability, and allows me to take into account the limitations of the performance scenario. Besides, there is some top-notch studio production going on in the 'Ville that you must hear!        

There's a noise for everyone on The Orange List 9.26 // Killi Killi + Los Dolores + Black Sire /// Kaiju 10.11 // BRNDA + Hazel Fire + Kids Born Wrong /// Kaiju 10.18 // Night Club + Bus Hus + Molly O'Malley + TIMŌRĀTUS /// The Tiger Room 10.26 // Stagecoach Inferno + Volcandra + Winterhymn + Cryptic Hymn + Majutsu /// Mag Bar 12.6 // Somewherecold Records Showcase feat. droneroom + The Corrupting Sea + More! /// Mag Bar

9.8  // The Pistol Mystics + Scrooge Mandella /// Punk Rock Night Louisville @ Tap Room 9.8  // Upon a Burning Body + Of Virtue + Speaking with Ghosts /// The Tiger Room 9.8  // Metal Yoga /// Yoga East 9.8  // Duet for Theramin and Lap Steel w/ Dane Waters /// Kaiju

BAND:   The Hell You Say GENRE:  hardcore, metalcore, noisecore SOUNDS LIKE:  agony screams of a Great White shark FEELS LIKE:  Running through a cornfield wearing plywood underwear  LOOKS LIKE:  import mechanics with a black-market body part side-hustle.  SMELLS LIKE: wet enamel paint, empty beer can, grapes TASTES LIKE: RedBull, rye bread, lip sweat LAST RELEASE:   A Dream and The Monsters in It  (2017)  NEXT GIG:   w/ Temple of the Fuzz Witch + Witch Kiss /// Tap Room 9.24.19 A Dream and the Monsters at the End of it... by The Hell You Say

From Surface Noise Records :  Our DJ guest for Friday, September 6, "Dirty" Dave Johnson, is a Louisville native, attorney, philosopher, and musician, best known for his musical acts, the Glasspack and The Decline Effect. The Glasspack is returning after a number of years with its rebirth show set for Saturday, Sept. 7 at Headliner's Music Hall (with special guests Call Me Bronco, Sound Companys, and Wiirmz opening). Dave lost his father, Mr. Wendell Ross Johnson, in the summer of 2018. R.I.P. While later going through his father's belongings, Dave was able to locate hundreds of his father's 45rpm records from the 1960s and 1970s. Dave will be sharing these sounds and memories of his father's records with us—the very same records his father used to raise him, including CCR, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper. These records helped to shape Dave's love and life of rock ‘n’ roll. Please join us for this special and sentimental occasion as Dave

This is Louisville hardcore history. This is Louisville noise history. This is Louisville music history. This is music history. This is history... "Everyone said their good-byes, then Carrie, Layla, and Jason took off for the ten-hour drive back to Louisville. While I was away on tour, Jason and Layla, aided by Buzz Minnick who worked at Hurstbourne Lane’s Kinko’s, took care of getting the record covers copied. I had finished the artwork before leaving."  Sunspring Slinky via Slamdek   (Click the link for an album rundown by the creators and legendary-local name drops in the "Thanks" section of the liner notes.