Cococoma, hot band magnet?

Both the shows on my “must see” schedule next week feature Cococoma headlining, but that’s kind of a secondary point. While I’ve been loving the hell out of their various 7″s and am happily anticipating their debut LP on Goner, the real crucial business is that in the course of two days four of the most exciting current local bands will be joining them. For the Providencers, or the Bostonians willing to commute, next wednesday (10/3) at AS220 will see two of Providence’s most brutal starting the party. Tinsel Teeth have the old school dirge rock jams down as well as a penchant for playing in the nude (not sure about AS220 policy on that kind of thing), and I keep missing the shows, like an idiot. After them, the best band in Providence, Black Clouds will ruin the show for anyone following them. Seriously, the nastiness of their primal two-guitar/drums bullshit is pretty unparalleled and makes it difficult to discuss in any kind of measured way. So yeah, Providence pretty much has it made that night. Worth the trip down for all you northern types.

The reason I’m actually making the trip up to Somerville the next day, though, is that any bill featuring Turpentine Brothers my unhinged buddies in Life Partners can’t really be passed up (especially when Cococoma gets mixed into that cocktail). The Turps really need to get some more wax out, whether a full length or more singles, because their last few singles (including a split with Cococoma) have been downright feral, and their live show has only suggested that as awesome as their first LP was, it’ll be buried by the dirt their next record will throw all over the place. I’ve maintained Life Partners as the inexplicably greatest band in Boston for some 6-7 months now. Offensive disaster rock that maintains a musicality almost never found at those depths, where no idea is a bad idea.

So yeah, Cococoma, thanks for inadvertently causing the best 1-2 punch of locals shows in recent memory. And hey, these Hipshakes you’re touring with sound great too. I’m gonna be broke soon…