Have you been lacking in your daily dose of music with heavy thuds, endless loops of unnerving screams, and loads and loads of discordant tones? Your clock radio alarm going off to Einsturzende Neubauten just not cutting it anymore? Well, you're in luck, because you can get more experimental, avant-garde, and just plain off-the-beaten path GOOD music at this fall's Brainwaves festival in Boston, MA.
Tickets for the entire weekend of November 21-23 are only $75 a pop and guarantee a couple blissful days of forward-thinking music, not all of which would inspire a Sarah Palin-esque anti-witch ceremony, but if that's your thing, hey there's that aplenty! There's also eerie minimalist songsters like Marissa Nadler and Rivulets and oscillator luminaries like Silver Apples. The proverbial cherry on top of the lineup is the recent unveiling of Throbbing Gristle (and Psychic TV, Coil, annnnnd SoiSong) member Peter Christopherson's Threshold HouseBoys Choir to the roster.
Lo and behold -- a complete listing of all participating artists, who will be rocking Boston's Regent Theatre for one magical weekend (including a special day in honor of the Kranky label's 15th anniversary. Happy birthday guys! Let the driver's permit jokes begin!):
Threshold HouseBoys Choir, Silver Apples, JG Thirlwell's Manorexia, Meat Beat Manifesto, Matmos, Stars of the Lid, Marissa Nadler, Little Annie, Windy Weber (of Windy & Carl) & Thomas Meluch (of Benoit Pioulard), Major Stars, Reformed Faction (Mark and Robin of Zoviet France, Rapoon, Dead Voices On Air), Boduf Songs, Andrew Liles and Jonathan Coleclough, Nmperign feat. Jason Lescalleet, Glenn Jones, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie, His Name Is Alive, Gary Wilson, Rivulets, Strategy, Nudge, Lichens + DJ Steven Stapleton & a special Greater Than One video presentation.