If It's Too Loud...

Doing Anything this Weekend? is a feature here at If It's Too Loud... where we feature some live shows in and on the far outskirts of the Boston area. Our main rules are that they have to be reasonably priced shows that you can attend last minute. They'll feature If It's Too Loud... approved bands, and we'll provide event links when possible. If you're looking for last minute plans this weekend, we recommend: April 12 STL GLD, ToriTori, and The Blade-Runners at Sonia, Cambridge, MA Minibeast, Major Stars, Rope Trick, and The Endorphins at The Rockwell, Somerville, MA John R. Miller and The Deslondes at Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI Rock and Roll Rumble featuring Never Gonna Make It, The Ghouls, Cold Expectations, and The Roland High Life at The Middle East, Cambridge, MA Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Children of the Flaming Wheel, and Pink Lids at Faces Brewing, Malden, MA Matt Charette and The Truer Sound, The Nightblinders, and Old Rochelle at Thirsty ...

Boston's Children of the Flaming Wheel features two members of Hallelujah the Hills (Joe Marrett and Nicholas Ward), so we're obviously going to pay attention to them. While there is plenty in their new album, MOTHER PLANET , for Hallelujah the Hills fans to love, Children of the Flaming Wheel have their own very unique sound. Their Bandcamp bio describes them as "galapaogo garage punk for the freakazoids!," which is a top tier description. The songs on MOTHER PLANET have this wonderfully distortion heavy garage punk sound with more than a little psychedelia thrown in. The guitar just swirls around and around, while melodic gang vocals take over the entire thing. It's not your typical punk shouted out choruses, it's actual singing as a group throughout but I wouldn't call it harmonizing. Plus, there's a little almost Caribbean flair to give the whole thing an unexpected funky side. Children of the Flaming Wheel are the kind of band that are going to su...

Children of the Flaming Wheel feature three members of Hallelujah the Hills (which accounts for 75% of the band). Since we are obviously huge HtH fans here, we kinda have to give Children of the Flaming Wheel a shot. While their new single, "Trenches," is wildly different from anything their other band has released, longtime fans are still going to find a lot to love here. Their Bandcamp bio describes them as "galapagogo garage punk for the freakazoids!" Surprisingly, what you're imagining in your head is probably pretty close to what "Trenches" sounds like. It's a pretty rockin' psychedelic version of garage rock, but it's a short burst of psychedelia at just over two minutes. It sounds like if The 13th Floor Elevators came during the punk explosion of the late 70's. You can listen to "Trenches" below. The song is available as a download here . For more on Children of the Flaming Wheel, check out the band's Bandcamp . Tre...