Howard Stelzer

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The best is noise

Howard Stelzer's tale of the tape
One night last winter, Thurston Moore and Swedish sax kingpin Mats Gustafsson popped into the Middle East upstairs for an off-the-cuff performance together. The loose group arrangement — Bill Nace and Chris Corsano joined in at the last minute — made for a thrill that you hardly ever get in rock-music circles.
By MATT PARISH | August 11, 2009

Decisions, decisions

Excited strings, Swiss sound art and utter mayhem
Sometimes even when your cup runneth over, life still isn’t fair.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | September 10, 2008

Audiophiles unite!

The New England Phonographers Union + the BSC
This Tuesday marks the debut of the New England Phonographers Union.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | August 19, 2008

Coachella it ain’t

The INC cometh and Cage's Variations VII
The International Noise Conference started as an acid-tongued spit take on the club-oriented Miami Winter Music Conference.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | April 15, 2008

Noise boys

Wolf Eyes take their show on the road
For the better part of the past decade, Michigan’s Wolf Eyes have made some of the most feral, ear-stinging, metal-machine-gone-mad music this side of anywhere.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | March 25, 2008

Drone machine

Howard Stelzer celebrates 10 years in Boston
In 2008, local experimental musician, promoter, and head of the Intransitive Recordings label Howard Stelzer celebrates a decade in Boston.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | January 14, 2008

Eclectic finds

Looking for the brave and the new in 2008
With the frigid weather and bracing winds, the natural inclination early each new year is to go a bit fetal, curl up, and hibernate until springtime.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | December 26, 2007

Environmental issues

The Sound Works of Jed Speare
For the better part of the last 15 years, local artist, organizer, and composer Jed Speare has been an integral member of Boston’s artistic community.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | November 27, 2007

The screaming life

The Cross-Pollenization Festival
Experimental music occupies a space on the margins, at the outer limits of established genres.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | October 08, 2007

Soul clapping

Next Generation is making moves, plus Letia Larok
Boston’s Next Generation Productions is on its way to becoming the premier party promoters on the circuit.
By DAVID DAY | July 11, 2006