AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Marq Twain is one guitar, one tambourine, and two vocalists.

MeccaLily adheres to a sacred and pristine mythos as they attempt to tap into the great archetypal wisdom born from the process of becoming.

Big Benny B plays solo blues guitar (he is also a member of the Abominables).

This is an event in the Science Cafe series.

Alps of new south whales have records out on beat is murder records in europe (xiu xiu, br'er) and are about to have the latest album come out in the US on burst&bloom (jason anderson, tiger saw). this is their third US tour. the music is keyboard/pedal/reverby shoegazey nonsence with krauty progressions, field recordings, improvisational moments and real songs underneath it all. everything is 100% diy and proud. experimental/folky/diy music.

Vio/Mire is ambient folks music.

Glass Jars is experimental folk-rock melodrama troubadours.

People Of Color

1ST THURSDAY: OPEN MIC, FEATURE, OPEN SLAM *OPEN MIC LIST GOES UP AT 7:30PM/DOORS OPEN AT 8PM
On THURSDAYS at AS220, FREE SPEECH is in full effect with a weekly program of SPOKEN WORD OPEN MICS, POETRY SLAMS, YOUTH SLAMS, HIP-HOP - OPEN MIC SHOWCASE (on 2nd Thursdays), MUSICIAN OPEN MICS, and so on and so forth. Come teach, share, and learn! The stage is open to writers, poets, rappers, comedians, professor's, ranters, and ravers; come down and keep the oral tradition alive! The Providence Poetry Slam: Providence is one of the most well known and exciting Poetry Slams nationwide - The PVD team has made it to the National Poetry Slam Tournament semi-finals for the last 5 seasons!

Get in touch through our myspace page!

B SHARP MUSIC - NEW, USED, BUY, SELL, TRADE, BUILD, MODIFY, GUITAR, AMP, AND PEDAL REPAIR - BSHARP CUSTOM, GODIN/SIMON & PATRICK ACOUSTICS, EASTWOOD, CORT, DR STRINGS, ELECTRO-HARMONIX, YORKVILLE/TRAYNOR, HUGHES & KETTNER, ORANGE AMPLIFICATION, DIMARZIO PICKUPS, EMINENCE SPEAKERS, AND MANY MORE!

- 265 BROADWAY PROVIDENCE RI 02903

- 12 - 8 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 12 - 6 SATURDAY, CLOSED SUNDAY

- 401.223.2112

- B-SHARPMUSIC.COM - SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC AND YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE!

For information on Nicole and Jason's situation go here: http://www.supportfornicole.com

DIRE WOLVES, from Pittsburgh PA, play witchy overblown cosmic improv for fans of Pharoah Overlord, George RR Martin, Can, Träd, Gräs & Stenar and twenty sided dice. This brand new band is made up of 20+ year indie touring artists including folks from Natura Nasa, Arco Flute Foundation, Sagas, Forest Dweller, Black Forest/Black Sea, Dark Yoga, Manbeard, The Iditarod, etc. Members previously lived in Portland OR, Providence RI, Baltimore MD, New Haven CT, Indiana PA - they own several record labels, venues and have been known to organize tours and festivals as well. Dire Wolves have played shows in the last few months with Black Pus, Subarachnoid Space, Midnite Snake, Plastic Crimewave Sound, OvO, Marble Sheep, Romance of Young Tigers and others. upcoming Northeast shows in February 2010 and upcoming West Coast tour with Eternal Tapestry

Arcing is Art and Gus (from Tiny Hawks) and Hilary (from Sweetthieves). They will blow your mind.

Bellows shoots cosmic hot air to light your fire.

Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores play black ballads for the unicorn parade at the precipice of apocalypse.

Hector 3 will make you dance the magic dance.

Here is the Schedule: 8-8:30 Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores 8:45-9:15 Buddyship 9:30-10 Hector 3 10:15-10:45 Arcing 11-11:40 Dire Wolves 12:00 Bellows

Witness a raft of talented local performers the likes of which you have never seen at Providence's premiere variety show! The Empire Revue brings you sketch comedy, improv, musical interludes, burlesque, magic, and general devilment, on the first Sunday of every month. Featuring: sizzling music by Superchief Trio and your favorite funnybone fondlers, The Sparkling Beatniks: Richard Goulis, Hannah Devine, & Kate Lohman. Plus, special guest performers every month, unpredictable pre-show shenanigans, a talking squirrel and more! Empire Revue is sponsored by Empire Loan on North Main Street.

Pepi Ginsberg is folk rock!

Last Good Tooth is folk-tastic music that combines a raspy howling voice of Penn Sultan and a beautiful songbird voice of Abigail Noyes.

Tallahassee is folky/acoustic/indie /country music. Tallahassee will be stripped down and acoustic. It will be guitar banjo and violin.

Detroit Rebellion is agitated blues and protest tunes.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Shogun is not lost in it's own complexity or pretentions, it is simple, unpolished, and as sincere as a samurai spilling his intestines. Indie, noise, punk, grunge- call it what you like.

Coda gives you a full serving of funk.

Jesse Emmanuel Smith is a singer/songwriter.

"I Brake For Historical Markers" Pittsburgh-based artist Shaun Slifer (Justseeds, Howling Mob Society) will present a slideshow and discussion of problematic and progressive historical monuments and plaques with an eye towards remembering the often-buried stories of struggles for social justice. Slifer will discuss the Howling Mob Society's 2007 guerilla historical marker series commemorating the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

Bixit combines pre arranged numbers with spontaneous composition. Odd time signatures, big Zappa/LA Fusion/African Soukas influences, tasty solos, and other craziness.

Tommopery and the Shiny Machines is the illegitimate child of Tom Waits and Nick Drake.

Apollo's Prophets is rock, classic rock, with reggae, jazz, funk and blues influences.

*When: *6pm -9pm / *Where: *AS220 / 115 Empire Street / Providence, RI *How Much: *2 Bucks at the Door! Elementary Showcase is returning to its 6pm - 9pm slot, That's right, Three hours of Open Mic time to hear from Rhode Island's young (16-21yrs) and up and coming Emcees! Elementary Showcase is a Hip-Hop Open Mic Dedicated to getting young performers on stage. We want everyone to get up and have a chance to Rock-Da-Mic. Come Early as the list fills up quick! For More Information on the event, Contact Anjel Newmann at Anjel@as220.org

Straight Up Hip Hop

The Daredevil Christopher Wright hails from Eau Claire, WI. They are an indie pop group with a full length album: "In Deference to a Broken Back".

Exiles. From the onslaught of superficiality. From the summons of a uniformed sexuality. From the forces that push us further from true intimacy.

Plan 9 CD Release!

Wishing Wells features the songs of guitar player Fish Wells, who playes in the 70's group Idiot Savant. With Joe Pillar geek drummer/engineer, Demian Battit an accomplished alto and saxophonist and animator, and filmmaker/bassist Ruby Wells (also of Made In Mexico).

High Tide is alternative music.

Misery Exquisite is a classic rock n roll style band.

Miles Stenhouse and the Road To Ruin is a rock outfit.

Attention Avoid is loud with smooth vocals.

This Valentines day, stop in with your sweetie(s) and get your portrait taken with an old-fashioned film camera on old-fashioned black and white film. If you don't have a sweetie, bring your pet, family member or.... some props, then book a time to learn how to develop your own prints in our darkroom! Prefect for a first date or a fun way to jazz up your traditional Valentine's Day routine. Portraits will be taken by our Darkroom staff and members. $20 per portrait if you want to learn to print it yourself, $30 if you'd like them mailed straight to your door. For more information, contact krystal@as220.org

Songwriters in the Round is a totally acoustic (no PA) showcasing of the songwriting craft. On the second Sunday of each month at AS220, rotating hosts, Ryan Fitzsimmons , John Fuzek, Jim Tata, and Jacob Haller will find three songwriters to join in and share their work, writing a new song on a theme specifically for the event. The show will run from 6pm to 8pm, and includes 4 rounds of original songs. Roughly a month before the show, each writer scheduled is given a common theme to write on, and is expected to perform a new, original song in the third round. This provides the rare opportunity to see 4 separate writers perspectives on the same subject matter. Two additional writers from the Rhode Island Songwriter Association (RISA) join in each month and a third spot is open anyone, not just RISA members. Anyone interested in performing should email John Fuzek at fuzmek@aol.com or Ryan Fitzsimmons at songwriters@ryanfitzsimmons.com.

TRB blend hard rock, classic rock, and progressive, psychedelica to make sure you dance move sing cry and shout. We are Passion, We are Glory.We are Music.

The Valar are a combination of modal, synth driven riffage, extended improv jams, a rhythm section deeply rooted in the sounds of classic rock, and an emphasis on the music.

The Octagon are a multi-faceted music collective capable of almost anything. All of them have graduated from the ranks of conventional bands to form a conglomerate of styles and persuasions. A powerful mixture of rhythm, tone, and pure energy.

AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

St. Dad started in rural Orlando, Florida where at a motocross/junkyard house three literature geeks decided to start a snotty punk rock band and smash junk cars and housing fixtures.

Black Clouds are fuzz guitars, ham fisted drums, drink beer, do drugs.

The Ram is awesome (says I).

The goal of Providence Geeks is to help Rhode Island's digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State and its geeks info-technology leaders. Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, Mashups, Startups, and Web Services. It's totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and vamoose whenever. And don't worry about eating or not. Come famished or full, eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities.

Behaviors are a folk rock band focusing on crafting original material with a poppy sheen. They are the cutest band you will ever see.

Ana Mallozzi has wanted to be a pop star since she was young. She strives to make personal and soulful music.

JD Holiday and the Clickerbees are a blend of folk, rock and pop with an ensemble including accordion, slide guitar, and other traditional instruments.

Bec Young is a member of the Justseeds artist cooperative. She will be at AS220 for two weeks as the Artist In Residence. You may have seen this bike mechanic lady print around town! See the link below for more links to her work.

Picturing Cooperation How do we imagine a society of cooperation and horizontalism, when we are surrounded by images of hierarchy and individualism? What does it look like when we work together as equals? In this workshop, we will start from scratch, first figuring out what cooperation might look like, and helping each other by taking turns creating action poses that represent it. We will create sketches, adding in words and other elements that help express our messages. All drawing levels welcome! BRING YOUR OWN DRAWING UTENSILS (paper and pencils/pens). If you want to learn/do paper cutting, please bring an xacto knife, extra xacto blades, and a cutting matt.

Free Speech Thursday's Singer-Song Writer and Singer/Songwriter's Open Mic!! Come and play your songs in front of an appreciative, respectful Poetry Slam audience used to giving their full attention to performance art, at an event run by professionals who know how to maintain a listener's environment and keep the show moving. The mic is open to all on 3rd Thursdays, but the focus is definitely on the music: Singers and Songwriters get 8 minute blocks, acapella poets get 3 minutes. Open mic list goes up at 7:30/Doors at 8pm. Come early because the list fills up quick!! For more info: contact us through our myspace account!

So Cow has been described in some quarters as Television Personalities meets Swell Maps meets Abba, with a live show based around rousing choral moments, guitar insanity and occasionally upsetting self-injury. It is the ongoing musical project of a young Tuam gentleman, Brian Kelly. 2009 saw him release his first LP in the US, a compilation of his own self-released work, on Chicago's Tic Tac Totally Records. "He turns out songs that bristle with a charming, jittery angsty, concise, yet twee at times. Not the check-out-my-cutesy-Belle & Sebastian-plush-dolls twee, but more of the check-out-my-Television Personalities-vinyl-and-the-cigarette-burn-in-my-cardigan ilk....love is never as pure as it is in adolescence, and Kelly captures that notion beautifully. The Irishman in love is a rocky road indeed." - Tripwire

Broadcaster is members of Killing Pablo and Science For The People.

The Brown Book is a band with John O'Malley III, Ryan Lavery, Todd Evan Bowser, Mike Samos, and Mike Kvidera. Formerly the project was called Banana Hands.

Hollows: scorching instrumental metal

Route 44 had dark lyrics filled with tales of addiction and despair.

Formal Action is a 3 piece rock/raggae band from providence.

The Daily Pravda's music is, if not schizophrenic, at least manic-depressive. Their live performances are variety shows featuring frantic rockers with angular hooks and kitschy crooner numbers reminiscent of Twin Peaks, all with a delivery that is part punk rock and part cabaret. Still the band's sound remains cohesive, moving with ease between light and dark.

"Providence Cutting Sessions" is a new Jazz Program at AS220. The program runs every THIRD Sunday of the month from 5:30 pm - 8 pm. The goal of this program is to inspire others to contribute to and support a growing jazz community. Students and Jazz musicians of all levels can contribute to this jazz community through performance, composition, and appreciation. The "Providence Cutting Sessions" is a program created by the Artistic Director of AS220, Bert Crenca, and a trio of local jazz musicians, Nick Sollecito, Mike Bernier, and Alex Chapman. This program's mission is two-part. First, to give jazz musicians a venue to display their art and talent; second, to compose a new repertoire of jazz standards. Providence Cutting Sessions will display new and original jazz compositions by local musicians. These compositions will mainly be in the style of the "Real Book", which contains hundreds of well-known jazz standards. This program welcomes jazz musicians to come to performances and sit in with the house trio. All instruments are welcome. Original charts are available at performances and online in .pdf format (go to www.anglesideside.com for more info). Available charts have been transposed in keys C, B flat and E flat. We welcome composers to submit original songs to be performed (email providencecuttingsessions@gmail.com for more info). This program is inspired from the original cutting Sessions that took place in the 1930s and 1940s in many cities around the United States. Some of these cities included Kansas City, Milwaukee, Chicago, and of course, New York City. They were held in smaller clubs where jazz was played. Musicians would come to these sessions and join the band on stage to perform well-known songs of the time, or standards. One rumor of how the term "cutting sessions" came about is if the musician did not know the song, he/she would essentially be "cut" from the stage. While this may have been true of these sessions in their time, there is another belief in how these performances got the name "cutting sessions" and this is more our vision of the program. Cutting sessions offered musicians the opportunity to "cut their teeth." In other words, these sessions gave musicians a chance to get their experience in a real life situation of performing jazz on stage, with professionals, in front of an audience.

These bands totally rule.

AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Junk Culture is a new project by Deepak Mantena, who was recently signed to Illegal Art. The first Junk Culture EP, West Coast, was released on October 27, 2009. On West Coast, Deepak's samples are all run through a handheld recorder that gives his constructions a gritty lo-fi loop-based sound, mixing fractured vocals, pop hooks, and an overall euphoric warmth. Described by press as "sound tapestries" somewhere between "ambient, dance mash-up, and glitchy electronica" (Todd Olmstead), West Coast is a manifesto of energetic raw sound that transcends rigid genres. Emulating more of a live band than an electronic act, the visceral Junk Culture live show also involves Deepak's younger brother, Nitin, on drums. The performance includes the Mantena siblings jamming to a tight string of sequences that involve sampled patterns, live percussion, synced visuals of films from the 50's/60's, and Deepak's singing. Live, the West Coast tracks have him singing on top of sampled voices, while material already being developed for the subsequent EP involves a more traditional vocal approach, further bridging the gap between sample-based production and songwriting.

The Brother Kite plays densely layered pop songs complete with walls of guitars and Brian Wilson-esque vocal harmonies. Dreamy pop.

Teeth Mountain is an experimental music collective based out of Baltimore, Maryland. The band has become known for captivating live shows in which they frequently collaborate with visual artists to create an all encompassing visceral experience for the audience. The band's sound is based on heavy doses of drone coupled with poly-rhythmic drums and a wide assortment of alternative instruments, often time home made or altered. Currently the line-up consists of two drummers, Greg Fox and Kate Levitt, playing with multi-instrumentalists - Andrew Burt, Justin Frye, Andrew Bernstein and Max Eilbacher, also accompanied by live video collaboration with Greg St. Pierre. The band has been touring relentlessly since their debut self-titled LP on SHDWPLY / Infinite Limbs which was released in July 2008. The result of which has seen the release of a live cassette tape on Night People and the recently released "Live On" LP with Not Not Fun. Teeth Mountain recently finished a multi month tour of the US and Europe with Dan Deacon as part of his Ensemble tour both playing in the Ensemble and opening each night. They also toured with Dan Deacon as part of the Baltimore Round Robin tour with Beach House, Jana Hunter, Lexie Mountain Boys, Future Islands, The Deathset, Adventure, Lizz King as well as many other notable Wham City bands. When not playing in Teeth Mountain you can find various members playing in the likes of Liturgy, Gary War, PC Worship, Dan Deacon Ensemble, GDFX and Family of Love.

DC401 is the local Defcon Group for Rhode Island. DC401 is a gathering for folks interested in the alternate applications of modern technology, referred to properly as 'hacking'. DC401 is not intended to compete with any other computer group, such as Providence Geeks, 2600 or Linux User Groups, but rather to provide yet another gathering place for the discussion of technology and security topics. DC401 meetings are open to anyone, regardless of their skill, age, job, gender, etc. DC401 is here to help you learn new things, meet new people, mentor others in areas you may be strong in, and provide some cohesion within the hacker culture and it's members. For more information, visit http://dc401.org or email dcg401 {at} gmail {dot} com

Brown Syndrome is a garage rock band with a melodic rotation of artists, punks and rebellion.

MGB is the solo project of Martin Gordon Bradburn. Acoustic, ambient, pop, progressive.

A Post Modern John consists of chill, electronic, ambient jams crafted entirely live on Chapman Stick, Handsonic electronic percussion, Zen Drum, and Echoplex. It is an active experiment in introspective instrumental alchemy.

An Army Of Robots is a unique band that has powerful guitar riffs, driving keys, and a rhythm section that shakes the earth.

*6:30-9pm: Providence Slam: Poetry Tag & Writers Workshop!!
POETRY TAG/WRITER'S CIRCLE *Laid back, low pressure writer's group. A chance to share and talk about poems away from the stage. 6:30PM/UPSTAIRS, 2ND FLOOR AS220 CLASSROOM SPACE

For more information contact us through our myspace page.

Vudu Bevy is an energetic 5 piece garage rock band.

Stetson is a country, rock, blues band.

This Just In is rock/blues/fusion.

Haxen is ugly, filthy, raw, suicidal. black metal. Ritualistic music for blackhearted souls. Members of I, Destroyer and Suffering Bastard. *HAXEN (raw, evil, barbaric black metal) *BOG OF THE INFIDEL (epic, satanic black metal - ) *MASTER OF PUSSY (dark doom wall of sound) *NACHZEHRER (blackened thrash... members of Unholy Goatfucker, Razormaze, etc...)

The Down And Outs is a punk rock band. This is their CD release party.

Post No Bills is a New Jersey punk rock band.

This Is It is an indie punk band.

Lesser Knowns are a highly energetic rock and roll band known for entertaining live shows, catchy songs and musicianship.

FORT! the Band plays high energy, loud, fun music rooted in punk and rock and roll but can't be pigeonholed into any one genre. Splashes of surf, soul, ska, metal, flamenco, and folk.

Gravity Bleed is punk rock funk.

Kankasoreass is a punk rock band that likes to play house parties and gorilla gigging on the street.

imadethismistake returns from tour! playing their first show back in their hometown.

The Jesse Minute is a five piece punk inflected girl fronted act that takes its cue from the archetypes like letters to cleo and veruca salt.

Tabernackle: hardcore/Punk from RI, ex-members of Learn, She Rides, Crippler Cross Face, Spring Break! North Korea, etc. Heavy 90's influence (eg. Quicksand, Snapcase, Helmet), fast and frantic.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Mad Marty and the SIlver Bullet is influenced by Os Mutantes, Lou Reed, The Germs, Raincoats, and more.

Mercury Made The Hatter plays extremely energetic shows.

SURFER BLOOD (from Florida, on kanine records) . The following review is from Ian Cohen, taken from the Pitchfork website: "There's plenty to like about Astro Coast, the debut LP from the youthful Floridians in Surfer Blood, but first and foremost it's a great guitar album. So what exactly does that mean these days? Often, it's a reference to either a display of astounding technical chops or innovative use of tone and texture, qualities which, to be quite honest, aren't particularly present here. This is a great guitar album in the way Weezer's Blue Album, Built to Spill's Keep It Like a Secret, or, more recently, Japandroids' Post-Nothing are: six-strings serve as a multiplier for hooks, making it every bit as easy and fun to air guitar with as it is to sing along to. Nowhere is this more true than on their breakout single "Swim", which spent the second half of last year generating so much praise that it threatened to make any future album unnecessary or future hype redundant. But even after so many listens, its snowblind-ish reverb is still disorienting-- especially contrasted with its crisp, power-chord hook. It may sound like they're hitting you with their best shot, but after an impassioned "oh oh oh!" from singer John Paul Pitts, Surfer Blood explodes into an even bigger chorus and "Swim" becomes almost overpoweringly fist-pumping. While "Swim" might just remind you of any number of Buzz Bin one-offs now stocking whatever's left of the used-CD store racket, Astro Coast has a strong supporting cast. Throughout, even the titles remark upon how each could've evolved from a killer guitar part into a full-on song-- "Floating Vibes", "Harmonix", "Neighbour Riffs". "Floating Vibes" lumbers with a chest-puffing, two-chord stomp that could evoke either Angus Young or Stephen Malkmus, before the guitars dovetail-- one chiming and light, the other a vocal-leading riff that makes Pitts' handling of the melodic contours sound effortless. The melodic intuitiveness of Astro Coast is in large part due to the interplay heard on "Floating Vibes"-- if every riff is stand-alone hummable, then the vocals take care of themselves. Surfer Blood know from a good hook, but perhaps what's more promising is how most of their compositions build to their rewards. "Take It Easy" does the opposite at its outset, but by its midpoint the fidgety rhythms cool to a mesmerizing motorik that's continued on "Harmonix". "Slow Jabroni" is lonesome and crowded, distorted acoustics serving as a dusty backdrop for Pitts' Isaac Brock-ian carny barking. The riff that introduces "Anchorage" is as blunt as its sentiments ("I don't want to spin my wheels/ I don't got no wheels to spin"), but its second half unfurls a major-key riff that evokes the roomier compositions of Dinosaur Jr. Putting the record's two longest songs back-to-back might not be the canniest bit of sequencing, but it shows the confidence Surfer Blood have in their ability to escape the confines of three-minute power-pop. Though they hail from West Palm Beach and come at the tail-end of 2009's indie feel-good beach party, for all of the oceanic imagery that the band name, album title, and cover art convey, Astro Coast is lyrically landlocked and lonely. Pitts is straightforward when he's not being shrouded by the springy reverb favored by the Shins' James Mercer, and at points, he reads pointedly early-00s emo. Topics of concern include confusion about romance, confusion about friendship, confusion about the future, confusion about religion. It's hard not to think that most of Astro Coast was borne of a relationship dissolved by distance, especially if we're to take the otherwise chipper "Twin Peaks" at face value: Pitts travels to Syracuse, watches David Lynch films, and wrenches out lyrics of sexual frustration that suggest most of the drive was spent listening to Pinkerton. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Surfer Blood spent the latter part of 2009 touring with Japandroids, who, along with BOAT and Cymbals Eat Guitars align in a faux-genre some of us have jokingly referred to as "alt-bro"-- guitar-heavy indie rock that's probably influenced by Pavement, likely about girls, and almost certainly made by people who at first blush sound more fun to get a beer with than, say, Dirty Projectors. But it's unfair to think of Astro Coast as reactionary in some way to the more overtly ambitious indie stars of last year-- there are no chamber sections, no pocket harmonies, no integration of West African rhythms (ok, there's some of that). But ambition can just as easily manifest itself as a desire to create a relentlessly catchy, "classic indie" album in your own dorm room, and if that's what Surfer Blood set out to do, Astro Coast succeeds wildly." � Ian Cohen, January 21, 2010

TURBO FRUITS (fat possum / members of be your own pet) "Ex-Be Your Own Pet guitarist lowers the tone brilliantly." 8/10 - NME "A gloriously daffy collection of primal rock n roll nuggets. Like the keg party in Repo Man thrown by the bastard children of the Strokes, this is the sound of teenagers refusing to grow up." - Q "Young, dumb but ridiculously fun." **** 4 stars - Artrocker "Carrying with him all the adrenaline and fire from his previous guise, these twelve tracks are a total B.L.A.S.T. of full-pelt garage rock fun likely to give The Hives a severe case of the jealous boo-hoo blues." 8/10 - The Music Fix "The missing link between the Monkees and the Dead Kennedys. Every bit as spirited as his old band." **** 4 stars - Uncut

Mast are an experimental heavy rock/post metal band.

Black Clouds are fuzz guitars, ham fisted drums, drink beer, do drugs.

1ST THURSDAY: OPEN MIC, FEATURE, OPEN SLAM *OPEN MIC LIST GOES UP AT 7:30PM/DOORS OPEN AT 8PM
On THURSDAYS at AS220, FREE SPEECH is in full effect with a weekly program of SPOKEN WORD OPEN MICS, POETRY SLAMS, YOUTH SLAMS, HIP-HOP - OPEN MIC SHOWCASE (on 2nd Thursdays), MUSICIAN OPEN MICS, and so on and so forth. Come teach, share, and learn! The stage is open to writers, poets, rappers, comedians, professor's, ranters, and ravers; come down and keep the oral tradition alive! The Providence Poetry Slam: Providence is one of the most well known and exciting Poetry Slams nationwide - The PVD team has made it to the National Poetry Slam Tournament semi-finals for the last 5 seasons!

Get in touch through our myspace page!

Hailing from Boston, MA, Rêve à Deux shares an eclectic array of "soulful, ruthlessly-delivered cautionary tales", of the indie-rock, alternative-cabaret persuasion. Providence's The Butcherings have been known for playing the rock like a slippery slope, weaving their riffs with precise screw ups that just makes sense....eventually.

B SHARP MUSIC - NEW, USED, BUY, SELL, TRADE, BUILD, MODIFY, GUITAR, AMP, AND PEDAL REPAIR - BSHARP CUSTOM, GODIN/SIMON & PATRICK ACOUSTICS, EASTWOOD, CORT, DR STRINGS, ELECTRO-HARMONIX, YORKVILLE/TRAYNOR, HUGHES & KETTNER, ORANGE AMPLIFICATION, DIMARZIO PICKUPS, EMINENCE SPEAKERS, AND MANY MORE!

- 265 BROADWAY PROVIDENCE RI 02903

- 12 - 8 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 12 - 6 SATURDAY, CLOSED SUNDAY

- 401.223.2112

- B-SHARPMUSIC.COM - SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC AND YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE!

Big Tall Buildings is an indie band that recently was featured in the movie "Jonah and the Whale". Influenced by Jets to Brazil, Modest Mouse, etc.

Skinny Millionaires is all original indie music. If Lucero and Wilco met at a highway rest stop for a midnight jam that deteriorated into a whiskey-induced knife fight.

Ryan Powers is from Burlington, Vermont. Haunting, unique, electronic harmonics.

Mellow Howard is an indie piano rock band which is a truly electrifying experience!

Witness a raft of talented local performers the likes of which you have never seen at Providence's premiere variety show! The Empire Revue brings you sketch comedy, improv, musical interludes, burlesque, magic, and general devilment, on the first Sunday of every month. Featuring: sizzling music by Superchief Trio and your favorite funnybone fondlers, The Sparkling Beatniks: Richard Goulis, Hannah Devine, & Kate Lohman. Plus, special guest performers every month, unpredictable pre-show shenanigans, a talking squirrel and more! Empire Revue is sponsored by Empire Loan on North Main Street.

AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Crunk Witch is an epic electro rock act from Maine. Brutal dance beats with an eclectic range of rock styles birthing a refreshing and unique sound. Coarse wailing and soulful seduction. American Grime.

3D Mystery was spawned form the obsolete technology of analog 3D cinema. They deliver a multi-dimensional journey through the obscurities of electro-latin-dance-prog-punk.

Roman Photos: Formed in the summer of 2009. Born through the influences of post punk dance music like ESG, Liquid Liquid, New Order, and Kraftwerk. Touring supporting upcoming 7-inch releases on Josh from Deerhunter's label Army Of Bad Luck, and Double Phantom Records.

Co-sponsored by the City of Providence and NEFA. Organizers:Lauren Johnston & Jason Schupbach Creativity inspires more creativity. Come hear from three different artist incubator programs about their model for success. Participate in the discussion around opportunities and challenges that these types of organizations face.

White Mice leave to tour mouseholes around the country. Clogging toilets EVERYWHERE.

Stress Ape is experimental doom rock four piece featuring members of Cave, Brotman & Short and Carpet of Sexy.

Fuzz Orchestra is from Milan Italy. Fuzz Orchestra was born in 2005, Luca Ciffo (guitar/voice), Fiè (analogic manipulations) and Marco Mazzoldi (drums) decide, while running other musical projects (Bron Y Aur, Collettivo A6), to start a band moving on different coordinates. Starting from radical improvisation, the band achieves to forge a sound which, today, is built on strong rock textures, guitar and drums based, on which a fluxus of outer sounds (old movies, old vinyls cut ups, noise streams and real time audio manipulations) ties and rages. In 2007 they release their self titled debut album, scarcely 30 minutes between noise and kraut rock, the themes being glorious (La Resistenza against fascism) and dark (’60 and ’70 state terrorism) moments of contemporary italian history. In 2009, with the second album “Comunicato n.2”, the music gets more brutal and heavy, while the band gives voice back to those who have tried to revolt against the inhuman capitalist world order. From 2007 to these days, Fuzz Orchestra has been playing live restlessly in Italy and Europe.

*When: *6pm -9pm / *Where: *AS220 / 115 Empire Street / Providence, RI *How Much: *2 Bucks at the Door! Elementary Showcase is returning to its 6pm - 9pm slot, That's right, Three hours of Open Mic time to hear from Rhode Island's young (16-21yrs) and up and coming Emcees! Elementary Showcase is a Hip-Hop Open Mic Dedicated to getting young performers on stage. We want everyone to get up and have a chance to Rock-Da-Mic. Come Early as the list fills up quick! For More Information on the event, Contact Anjel Newmann at Anjel@as220.org

John Rose is hip hop. S.W.C. is hip hop from northern RI. Durdie Furby is real raw, dirty and original causing havoc and mayhem in the matrix we live in. Chris Da Great. More hip hop.

Zun Zun Egui (from Bristol via Mauritus and Japan) conjure up music will a full-bodied rebel sound. It rolls and rolls. A heavy, heavy dance band who fire up mighty, eternal grooves propelled by tropical melodies, East African guitar practice, Japanese pysch and multi-lingual incantations. They make a rainbow blare of rhythm and sound that pulls both the rockers and the writhers to its heart. Very 'On The Corner' and a blast. *Zun Zun Egui *released their first EP 'Bal La Poussiere' on *Blank Tapes*in October. The title is a Mauritian saying loosely translated as 'The best dancer raises more dust from the floor...'. This will be followed by a second a set untitled EP in March 2010.

Watch a live video here: http://www.vimeo.com/7818302 Password: mauritius

Divets is solo meltcore, drum noise math Rapture of the end of the world.

People Of Color: from the ashes swept of Satan's doorstep comes a sound the pope himself can't deny is a deadly sin. Beauty meets beasts in all sorts of raw uninhibited emotions.

A Troop Of Echoes fuses elements of free jazz, noise, stoner rock, electronica, and modern progressive music.

Soul Control : Post-hardcore, pre-apocalyptic, science-fiction, drone-loving renaissance men.

Songwriters in the Round is a totally acoustic (no PA) showcasing of the songwriting craft. On the second Sunday of each month at AS220, rotating hosts, Ryan Fitzsimmons , John Fuzek, Jim Tata, and Jacob Haller will find three songwriters to join in and share their work, writing a new song on a theme specifically for the event. The show will run from 6pm to 8pm, and includes 4 rounds of original songs. Roughly a month before the show, each writer scheduled is given a common theme to write on, and is expected to perform a new, original song in the third round. This provides the rare opportunity to see 4 separate writers perspectives on the same subject matter. Two additional writers from the Rhode Island Songwriter Association (RISA) join in each month and a third spot is open anyone, not just RISA members. Anyone interested in performing should email John Fuzek at fuzmek@aol.com or Ryan Fitzsimmons at songwriters@ryanfitzsimmons.com.

Mother Of Dylan is original music that is sheltered and fed by the comforts of home.

Jesse Mack is a folk singer/songwriter who writes songs that are poems about love, death, and God set to simple alarming melodies with haunting pastoral acoustic arrangements.

Meghan Yates rolls a historical sound into a furiously curious new sound.

Sissy Spacek is an experimental grindcore band. Massive volume at extreme levels.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

1000 Nations (Of The Persian Empire) is a rock band.

Hovercraft is a rock band that is inspired by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who, etc.

The Valar is a combination of synth driven riffage, extended improv jams, a rhythm section deeply rooted in the sounds of classic rock, and an emphasis on the value of good songwriting.

The goal of Providence Geeks is to help Rhode Island's digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State and its geeks info-technology leaders. Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, Mashups, Startups, and Web Services. It's totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and vamoose whenever. And don't worry about eating or not. Come famished or full, eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities.

The Kingwoods are alt rock dudes that like to have fun and mess around.

Aldrich is an acoustic/indie pop band from Warwick.

Judith Bingham is an acoustic singer/songwriter who plays indie rock songs.

Come learn about the hot environmental issues of today from regional experts. Join us each month for an all-ages Environmental Happy Hour at AS220! This month: Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island- What's going on? Sure, we know lead paint can be poisonous… but what effect is it currently having on children in RI? What do we *still* need to change and why? Join Emily Godfrey, from the Childhood Lead Action Project, and other community members to discuss these topics! Science Cafe is brought to you by the Community Environmental College, a collaboration between Brown University's Superfund Research Program and the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island.

Free Speech Thursday's Singer-Song Writer and Singer/Songwriter's Open Mic!! Come and play your songs in front of an appreciative, respectful Poetry Slam audience used to giving their full attention to performance art, at an event run by professionals who know how to maintain a listener's environment and keep the show moving. The mic is open to all on 3rd Thursdays, but the focus is definitely on the music: Singers and Songwriters get 8 minute blocks, acapella poets get 3 minutes. Open mic list goes up at 7:30/Doors at 8pm. Come early because the list fills up quick!! For more info: contact us through our myspace account!

Psychedelic Horseshit is a two piece (sometimes more) from Columbus, Ohio. They have released records on Siltbreeze (Magic Flowers Droned, Too Many Hits) and Woodsist (Shitgaze Anthems), as well as their own tapes (Magic Flowers), CD-Rs (Live At Pompeii) and vinyl releases (Golden Oldies, a collection of their earliest CD-R EPs). They first came about as three buds determined to crash a hippie fest and jam. When asked for their name, Matt replied, "Just call us Psychedelic Horseshit." The band killed, the name stuck, and thus the die was ignominiously cast. They list their influences as: drugs, dimensional ripples, life outside living, space debris, and smiles within frowns. According to the band, they sound like when all the sober neons apologize in waves of crashing silk, and the sun winks its left half at the skipping of tomorrow, you can hear tiny birds reciting all the symphonies they've ever loved in fragments on repeat. Psychedelic Horseshit have toured with Times New Viking, Fucked Up, Eat Skull, Pink Reason, Quintron, and Tyvek.

Herman The Great (members of Sweatlodge). Indie pop!

Panther Moderns is riff driven off kilter rock with female vocals.

“Oddball sexuality and a slaphappy caboodle of raw talent makes JERKUS CIRCUS a fantasyland for creepster hipsters, horny carnies, art fags, fart hags, and connoisseurs of real-deal performance art that's fueled by a few puffs on a unicorn bong. The Steamy Bohemians' bi-curious variety show (happening quarterly at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge and Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner in Worcester) has featured the sweet cream of Boston's artistic crop, including Black Cat Burlesque, the Human Floor, Babes in Boinkland, Robby Roadsteamer, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, Evan O'Television, and, of course, the Steamies themselves.” – Boston Phoenix, Best of 2009

"Good ole fashion vaudeville acts are a mighty rare occurrence, with the city's highfalutin' intelligentsia demanding more than just a simple tambourine dance, some blackface and a performance of the song "Uncle Grunty's Shoeless Jig. Let's just say that in the revolutions of art there comes a time for renaissance, when the avant-garde becomes too much and we must once again return to the core of what is known as pure—or as they say—"make it new." Friday sees the consummate rebirth of entertainment variety as The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge gives host to Jerkus Circus, a freewheeling whirlwind of freaks, feminism and fart-jokes hosted by hometown heroes The Steamy Bohemians. Offensive? Low-brow? Sultry, salacious and scatological? You bet your bottom dollar. It's been known to intrude on one's deepest reserves of sexual inhibition, blow a hole in the side of the tank and let flow all the milky goodness of hedonistic indulgence that a human can possibly expunge in one evening. Half-naked ladies with classically trained soprano voices singing songs about kissing cousins and bastard children all the while pulling strange things out from between their breasts? Done and done. Welcome to the new vaudeville." - Boston's Weekly Dig

"Providence Cutting Sessions" is a new Jazz Program at AS220. The program runs every THIRD Sunday of the month from 5:30 pm - 8 pm. The goal of this program is to inspire others to contribute to and support a growing jazz community. Students and Jazz musicians of all levels can contribute to this jazz community through performance, composition, and appreciation. The "Providence Cutting Sessions" is a program created by the Artistic Director of AS220, Bert Crenca, and a trio of local jazz musicians, Nick Sollecito, Mike Bernier, and Alex Chapman. This program's mission is two-part. First, to give jazz musicians a venue to display their art and talent; second, to compose a new repertoire of jazz standards. Providence Cutting Sessions will display new and original jazz compositions by local musicians. These compositions will mainly be in the style of the "Real Book", which contains hundreds of well-known jazz standards. This program welcomes jazz musicians to come to performances and sit in with the house trio. All instruments are welcome. Original charts are available at performances and online in .pdf format (go to www.anglesideside.com for more info). Available charts have been transposed in keys C, B flat and E flat. We welcome composers to submit original songs to be performed (email providencecuttingsessions@gmail.com for more info). This program is inspired from the original cutting Sessions that took place in the 1930s and 1940s in many cities around the United States. Some of these cities included Kansas City, Milwaukee, Chicago, and of course, New York City. They were held in smaller clubs where jazz was played. Musicians would come to these sessions and join the band on stage to perform well-known songs of the time, or standards. One rumor of how the term "cutting sessions" came about is if the musician did not know the song, he/she would essentially be "cut" from the stage. While this may have been true of these sessions in their time, there is another belief in how these performances got the name "cutting sessions" and this is more our vision of the program. Cutting sessions offered musicians the opportunity to "cut their teeth." In other words, these sessions gave musicians a chance to get their experience in a real life situation of performing jazz on stage, with professionals, in front of an audience.

Miss Fairchild plays dynamic modern pop music that serves as a music appreciation course for lovers of soul and funk music. Heavily influenced by Sly and the Family Stone.

You Scream I Scream is super fun rock music.

AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Mother Of Fire is a soundtrack to a frenzied dance ritual taking place at the swamped-out edges of the forbidden zone..... violin, bass, drum trio. dark, cyclic, trance inducing psychedelia lay a fierce and persistent landscape to naomi's haunting vocal witchery.

The Lexingtons are a pop band.

Fanning is a 5 piece which blends jazzy guitars, spoken word, and emotional climaxes.

Amoretti is a 3 piece screamo hardcore band.

Riff Parade are funk/world/improv music.

*6:30-9pm: Providence Slam: Poetry Tag & Writers Workshop!!
POETRY TAG/WRITER'S CIRCLE *Laid back, low pressure writer's group. A chance to share and talk about poems away from the stage. 6:30PM/UPSTAIRS, 2ND FLOOR AS220 CLASSROOM SPACE

For more information contact us through our myspace page.

Jokers Wild is rock metal influenced by Metallica, GNR, Led Zeppelin, etc.

Callus Black is a versatile, energetic act. Punk metal.

Single Lash is a solo outfit with abstract, abrasive, sonic textures of fuzz noise.

Last One Standing is a modern day rock and roll band. Melodic hard rock, slow driving power ballads, the crowd will be left wanting more.

The Grave Reviews play the darkest most morbid happy songs possible.

P.S.S. are brutal rap/hard rock. Raw energy packed sound.

Badmotherfucker is thrash rock. Big speakers.

Birds In Paintings Can't Fly (former members of Dirty Jokes). Experimental post hardcore band with dynamic music.

Like forcing the guys from Black Flag, Converge & Helmet to mingle at a Dick Dale show. This is a prescription for disaster. We might getaway with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixtureof ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

Inframen from Providence/Cape Cod. Brain Shivers from PVD.

The Castronauts are a totally danceable ska band.

The Stress is a unique reggae and traditional ska band. Influenced by the Skatalites, The Ethiopians, and The Zombies (among others).

Blue Light District is a ska punk band.

Soundoff is a straight up punk rock band.

AS220 will be closing on Mondays except for Special Events. If you have an idea for a show; film; fundraiser; etc. and would like to host it on a Monday; please get in touch with booking@as220.org and let's chat! We are open to your brilliant ideas.

Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

All These Elements is an energetic pop rock band with a strong female vocalist.

Like Bells is an indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2006 when the three were students at Oberlin College, their music veers from hard-edged, intricate rock to slower, plaintive meditations evocative of their rural Ohio roots. Their debut LP was released in the spring of 2009 by Cleveland-based Exit Stencil Records, and was hailed by Cool Cleveland as "deliciously brilliant, ambient-minded stuff." The music blogosphere also responded favorably: Coke Machine Glow rated it a 72/100, Comfort Comes called their debut "a brilliant first attempt...Like Bells is ahead of the curve," and Orange Alert wrote that they have created an indie gem full of life, Americana, thought, and movement. NPR has featured Like Bells' music on Weekend Edition. They have spent numerous weeks on the road across the Midwest and East Coast, including recently performing in the 2009 CMJ music marathon and at the Rooftop Film Festival. They are currently working on their foliow-up LP, to be released in the spring of 2010.

Glowkid is a progressive rock band with some math thrown about.

"Dark Dark Darks sound draws heavily on Americana and Eastern European influences, referencing a long tradition of wandering musicians and those who have lived deeply. Despite the references, its clear listening to The Snow Magic that this isnt a band preoccupied with recreating the past. Rather, the band both celebrates the past and looks forward, with songs remembering lost friends (Junk Bones, All The Things), leaving lovers behind (Trouble No More), and casting off the things that hold us back (A Spell For Letting Go). With intricate song-craft and playful sensibilities, Dark Dark Dark uses their small array of age-old instruments to conjure a lush musical vision of the future." (From Supply and Demand Music Website)

Death Vessel is a neo-traditional folk band from Rhode Island, signed to Sub Pop and ATP Recordings, and headed by Joel Thibodeau. Their first album, Stay Close was released on North East Indie in 2005 to critical acclaim.

The David Wax Museum fuses exuberant Mexican roots music with rockin' country folk to create "Boston's homegrown answer to Calexico" (The Bostonist). Reminiscent of old-school Jayhawks and early Wilco, The David Wax Museum has won over audiences across the East Coast with Latin rhythms, call-and-response hollering, and donkey jawbone rattling.

Tik Tok: "in a time when acoustic music means anything played on acoustic instruments, it's refreshing to find a band who is consciously trying to bring the music back to the roots, without yielding the tendency to contemporize, or, at the very least, to bury their other influences in the name of perceived authenticity. it is authentic and fun, an album worthy of late night jam sessions, and the cops who come calling when provoked." --michael haeflinger.