Linkin Park’s new album, “Minutes to Midnight,” is a reference to the Doomsday Clock that was created by researchers from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago in 1947. The purpose of the clock was to portray how close — in imaginary “minutes” — the world is to nuclear destruction — [...]

Since 2001, the Hair Police have made some of the most vicious noise put to record in this city or any other. The core members — Robert Beatty, Trevor Tremaine and Mike Connelly — have toured the United States and Europe, shared bills with Sonic Youth and released albums on national record labels. The individual [...]

Since 2006, the band Noisycrane has provided Lexington with a healthy dose of freaky folk. Combining acoustic rock with weirdo aesthetics, varied instrumentation and dirge-like balladry, the group has filled local clubs and basements with music that is intriguing, compelling, challenging and, well, noisy. Two members, singer and multi-instrumentalist Cody Swanson and drummer Sean Rose [...]