There’s an uncanny potency in this room, one that belies the Barbican’s cosy seats and dulcet auditorium lighting, scooping up gently from the wing curtains. Plastic cups containing the last dewdrops ...

IF you wandered anywhere near Brooklyn’s Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park last July 7, you probably noticed the spiral of 77 drummers playing exultant tribal noise. That melee was 77 Boardrum, a concert ...

Yet another post about Boredoms? I'm afraid so. This is cause for much rejoicing. Boredoms' live performances are like Mardi Gras multiplied by the greatest drum circle ever, on three hits of pure ...

In this 2004 review of an Electrelane concert, Kelefa Sanneh said “More often than not, the pleasure of going to a rock show is the pleasure of demystification. You can watch how the music is made, ...

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Happily, I have a very good excuse to go on about them again. I somehow managed to get through last year without buying a pricey Japanese import of a Boredoms record called “Super Roots 9”, and it ...

Boredoms’ free Friday night concert at the La Brea Tar Pits was probably the second-most impressive percussion-centric event in the world that evening. But it’s a testament to the wild ambitions of ...

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First came 7/7/7, then 8/8/8, and in 2009 the Boredoms will bring their Boadrum 9 drumming show to NYC’s Terminal 5 on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009. Unlike past “Boadrum” events though, this one is ...

Been a while since we had some Boredoms activity to write about here – since, perhaps, “Super Roots 9”, their live recording plus choir, came out on Thrill Jockey. Been a while since we had some ...

Super Roots 10 was released by Boredoms in early 2009, quickly selling out despite being completely unexpected and arriving without warning. For those who weren’t quick enough to purchase one of the ...

"Defying the age-old tradition which says that freaky people who mellow over time have to put on suits and go to work for The Man, Japan's Boredoms have followed their own path, from anally-obsessed ...