Ostrich Farm – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 A little bit Primus, a little bit Devo, a whole lotta wacky. The trio jumped around and worked up a sweat playing a unique brand of folk-rock.
Moped – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 This terrific pop trio from Philadelphia really knocked me out. Songs were hook-filled and infectious, with just the right amount of distortion and dissonance.
Mike Patton and John Zorn – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 With Zorn on sax and Patton on microphone and cassette player, the two created an amazing and completely overwhelming improvised noise-a-thon.
Helium – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 Despite the snags, frontwoman Mary Timony proved herself to be a talented guitarist through creative use of feedback and harmonics.
David Tronzo – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 Tronzo’s playing, on electric and National Steel guitar, was devoid of melody or form. Just a lot of noisy fretboard shenanigans.
Bison – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 Covering musical ground reminiscent of Iron Maiden, but without the dungeon-rock overtones, Bison were definitely intriguing.
6L6 – at The Loud Music Festival – Review June 1, 1996 Devastatingly loud. I found the singer/bassist’s apparent ego trip obnoxious, but they were better than a lot of hardcore/metal bands I’ve seen.
Sydra – at the Loud Music Festival – Review May 1, 1996 Baystate Cabaret hosted Sydra, a Boston-based trio that was all decibel, no direction.