The Beaten Track

#66 - Lightning Bolt / Wonderful Rainbow


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And like a bolt from the blue it's 3 episodes in 3 weeks for the best alternative music podcast out there. And this week it's a beautiful, bright, noisy, pummelling, maelstrom of sound from Rhode Island noise duo Lightning Bolt. Creating a wall of pulsating sound with just drums and pitch shifted bass (oh and some distorted vocals from inside a ski mask) they took their cue from the Japanese noise scene as well as incorporating some free jazz and art-rock styles on their 2003 album. Join us as we take you through the record and reveal the cost of purchasing 30,00 toy monkeys.

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The Beaten TrackBy Louis and Joe