If It's Too Loud...

If Bandcamp is to be believed, it's been six years since we've heard new music from Providence's Tall Teenagers. Luckily, they are back with a new song! "April" is everything I came to love about Tall Teenagers back when I first saw them playing a benefit show at Columbus Theater in early 2020. It's a blend of vintage alternative rock with a little bit of alt-country thrown in. Back then I compared them to the noise of the Pixies and the melodies of Belly, and "April" fits that sound. It has that odd menace that classic Pixies songs had along with the warmness of Belly. Let's hope this is just the start of a landslide of new music from Tall Teenagers. You can listen to "April" below. For more on Tall Teenagers, check them out on Facebook .

The Columbus Theater has been hosting a series of benefit shows for Maggie Siegel, and this past Saturday saw a line up that included The Huntress & Holder of Hands, Tall Teenagers, and Smith&Weeden. I went for The Huntress & Holder of Hands since I knew the other bands by name but had never heard them. I left with two new favorite bands. It's going to be easy to compare Smith&Weeden to Deer Tick. They're both Rhode Island bands that play a country-fied version of noisy rock and roll, but it's hard not to since they're both Rhode Island bands that play a country-fied version of noisy rock and roll. While Deer Tick have been delving into a more straightforward and mainstream version of rock lately, Smith&Weeden are staying right in the country/rock genre. Songs like "Wondering" and "Boys in Bands" are these gems of alt-country: Way too country to be rock and way to rock to be country, but perfect for those of us that love the m...