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 ...

77 Drum, “a staggering 77-drum kit installation by Boredoms“, will run from July 07, 2006 — August 15, 2006 @ Deitch Projects (18 Wooster St, NYC). “For this exhibition, opening 7/7, the four band ...

"For this exhibition... the four band members will be filling [the venue] with 77 drum kits, which they will be using both asartwork, architecture, and principally for activation. Rivers ofcymbals and ...

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 ...

Looking like a sorcerer clutching mystical goblets, Yamataka Eye appeared onstage brandishing two objects that resembled microphones capped with globe candles. The more intensely the Boredoms frontman ...

The image that came to mind: angels raving. That, or a celestial bathtub. The music was a great wave, rolling across a daunting expanse with no shore to break on. It built bigger and bigger, gaining ...

On July 7, 2007 (07/07/07), tranced-out Japanese freaks the Boredoms played a show in Brooklyn with 77 drummers. On August 8 of last year (08/08/08), they did the same thing in Los Angeles, only this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes the greatest compliment for a piece of music is to call it cinematic. Cinematic music is the kind that steadily builds, driving directly toward a satisfying conclusion for the listener. The ...

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 ...

All Tomorrow's Parties will take place in the Catskills this weekend, but that may be too far away for some in the Capital Region. You can get a taste of the event, however, at RPI's Experimental ...