From the opening notes of Frail Hands’ debut, S / T, it’s clear the “melody-driven hardcore” five-piece’s name isn’t picked for literal reasons: Guitars offer punk-tinged noodling as the beat knocks your eardrums off the sides of your brain. It takes something decidedly un-frail to make a sound so ferocious—and, as guitarist Tom Burke puts […]
Tom Burke
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Washing machine’s clean slate
Washing Machine release w/Booji Boys, Surveillance, Valerie Thursday, April 5, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $7 Noel Macdonald would never say it, but Walk It Back, his first record with the new-wave inspired band Washing Machine, feels like a big deal. Macdonald has been playing in the local scene for years—with Moon, Long […]