Club Hell starts the weekend off THURSDAY (the 6th) with an early-bird experimental rock show featuring Houston's SCALE THE SUMMIT (currently on tour opening for Dream Theater) with Cranston's CALIFORNIA SMILE, who are reportedly finishing a new record. AS220 serves slow-cooked indie-blues on FRIDAY (the 7th) with locals TALLAHASSEE, THE DEVIL, MY POCKET, VIO/MIRE, and CARTRIGHT (Austin, TX), call 401.831.9327 for details. A busy SATURDAY (the 8th) finds savvy barroom vets HOPE ANCHOR and the mighty SIX STAR GENERAL at the Penalty Box (401.331.8545) on North Main Street, while the Blackstone (401.726.2181) hosts a wild one with GIRL HAGGARD and Jay Berndt's REVIVAL PREACHERS, performing a set of originals followed by Bowie's Ziggy Stardust in its entirety. Whoa. Jerky's (401.621.2244) hosts a CD release party for 8TH WUNDAH, including local heavy-hitters Chachi, Milez Grimez and, yes, Swann Notty, among plenty more. On SUNDAY (the 9th), Firehouse 13 presents THE EVERYTHING PARTY, with a "Massacre Under the Big Top," including sets from THE SALT WIVES and THE [VIENNAGRAM:], burlesque action provided by the Danger!Danger Birds, jugglers, magicians, and special guests through the night. Free admission from 6-8 pm. And howzabout a pluggity-plug for our official BEST MUSIC POLL party going down at Lupo's on WEDNESDAY (the 12th) with '09 BMP victors SEXCOFFEE (Breakthrough Act) and THE 'MERICANS (Best Local Act) followed by RUSTIC OVERTONES. Admission is $10 at the door, with SexCoffee taking the stage around 8:30 pm. See you there.
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Veteran punk rock quartet Senior Discount returns to the live circuit this weekend, starting with the big Lupo's/WBRU Block Party on Friday and an early-bird slot at Club Hell on Saturday. And national retailer Hot Topic has invited the band to play a string of acoustic shows around New England throughout the summer (check myspace.com/seniordiscount for the full schedule).
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As the first non-shitty half-hour-long song of the millennium, the title track and centerpiece marks a milestone of sorts.
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The Blizzard of 78 released their second album, Book of Lies (available at tbo78.com and iTunes) on Tuesday,
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Sometimes January in this town can be a bit slow. It's cold. There's a holiday hangover. Whatever.
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The long weekend starts THURSDAY (the 3rd) with a 7 pm set from local singer/songwriter GREG LATO at Hot Topic in Providence Place Mall. He's touring the region behind his recent full-length debut Monday Morning Breakdown .
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With a name right out of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel and hand-pressed CD packaging graced with images of antique farming tools, Putnam Smith does nothing to dispel the notion that he wouldn't mind living in 1809 instead of 2009.
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Pick up the latest issue of XXL magazine and flip to the "Show and Prove" section and you'll spot Providence hip-hop artist Jon Hope — and rightly so.
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