NoisePop 2008: The Blacks

In the grand tradition of rock trios like Concrete Blonde and, more recently, the sexily angry Husbands, the Blacks have set up in your garage and they're gonna keep you up all night. Mixing reverb-drenched guitar, accusatory vocals, and big waves of tambourine, this sometimes local, sometimes New York-based ensemble brings their petulant shoegaze punk -- as heard on the recently released Tricycle Records album Nom de Guerre -- to a venue near you.more