Noise

Japanther

"Japanther is one of the hardest fucking bands in Brooklyn right now. They sound like Iron Maiden, Throbbing Gristle, and Lightning Bolt gave birth to a squealing little baby with flaming guitars for arms. Their shows are chaotic and danger-charged lovefests and they are frighteningly dedicated to keeping it underground" - VICE

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Matt & Kim

Matt and Kim are a punk/dance duo from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004 by former Pratt students, Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino. Darlings of the Bushwick warehouse scene, the duo have a cult-like Brooklyn following, that quickly spread to similar fringe scenes around the world. Their music, which combines elements of Dance, Punk, Hip-Hop and Noise is released on the Fader Label and Iheartcomix.

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Monotonix

Dissatisfied with the state of the music scene in their hometown of Tel Aviv, the Israeli trio Monotonix formed in November 2005. The band, which has grown out of the disbanded Mono Addicted Acid Man, consists of singer Ami Shalev, guitarist Yonatan Gat, and drummer Haggai Fershtman (Ran Shimoni filled in for Fershtman on some tours), started recording, influenced by Led Zeppelin, The Sonics, and Thin Lizzy. Shortly after forming, they began playing shows at local venues.

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No Wave

No Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical wordplay rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre—a term imported into the New York contemporary artworld by Diego Cortez in a show he curated called "New York/New Wave" held at the Institute for Art and Urban Resources (1981).

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Parts & Labor

Parts & Labor is an American experimental rock/noise rock band. The group was formed in 2002 by B.J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, NY. In 2007 they lost their drummer, but quickly recruited new drummer Joe Wong and added guitarist Sarah Lipstate, turning them into a four piece band.

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The Death Set

Hailed as the best live band of 2007 by the Baltimore City Paper and the #1 biggest hope for the future by NME, The Death Set are a band originally formed by Johnny Siera and Beau Velasco.

Formed in 2005 in Sydney Australia, the band quickly relocated to United States, setting up shops in Brooklyn, Baltimore and Philadelphia to help cultivate a larger audience.

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Tod Seelie

Tod Seelie is a prolific photographer who's spent the last decade documenting Brooklyn’s underground band and bike culture.

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Todd P

Todd P is the moniker of Indiana born, Todd Patrick, an organizer and promoter of underground DIY and indie rock shows and parties in and around Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint and the Lower East Side. Before relocating to the New York City area in 2001, Patrick founded and ran a successful all-ages rock club and art space in Portland, Oregon called Seventeen Nautical Miles.

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