Events
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March 2018
Machines With Magnets – Cloning, Craow, Dave Public and Neve Cross
Cloning from Pittsburgh is the solo work of Dana Mathiessen (White Suns). beautifully strange composition for modular synth, field recordings, and voice. paranoid sound on the molecular…
Find out more »Machines With Magnets – Curiosities: An Auction to Support the CSPH
An evening of libations, small bites, community, and an exciting live *and* silent auction as we celebrate The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health's 8th year…
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Machines With Magnets – Kohinoorgasm, Creamer, Spellling, and Ushamami + DJ La Neve
From the west coast Machines With Magnets is blessed to have: KOHINOORGASM: "anti-imperialist pop fairy" + SPELLLING: "Freak Faith Folk" plus providence favorite: CREAMER flowing seamlessly…
Find out more »April 2018
RHD-RI presents: “People With Pencils” Art Show
Come by to see the colorful work of Craig MacDonald, Nissah Armstrong, Luisa Pena, Tammy Horigan, Amanda Chase, Carol Cable, Justin Soras, Micaela Halpin, Ryan Kershaw,…
Find out more »The New Me/ Psychic Hotline/ Softie/ Craow/ Birdlady
The New Me (Detroit) rhythmic, lo fi, classic industrial sound made from tape manipulation, synth, and voice. perfectly executed. various releases via Nostilevo and Summer Isle.…
Find out more »Flesh Narc / Golden Oriole / Child Abuse / Wubba / Infrastructure Rot
Flesh Narc (Denton, TX) with Golden Oriole, Child Abuse (NYC), Wubba (pvd) *first show, and Infrastructure Rot (pvd)
Find out more »May 2018
Luv U Better
Resident DJ, WHERE'S NASTY will be playing R&B music all night. There will be an occasional twerk break but just make sure you come with your…
Find out more »Ensemble / Parallax Multimedia Concert
Join ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX for its last performance of this season in a multimedia concert featuring contemporary masterworks by Toshio Hosokawa, Robert Platz, Gabriela Erkoreka, and…
Find out more »Zach Rowden/Wendy Eisenberg Duo, Jeb Bishop/Damon Smith/SCF Trio/Antheridia
Acoustic Spazz Starring...Zach Rowden (Contrabass), Wendy Eisenberg (Guitar), Jeb Bishop (Trombone), Damon Smith (Contrabass), Sean C. Fennessy (cornet), Antheridia, and Joseph Mauro (solo percussion)...could listen to this dude…
Find out more »Bobb Hatt/Janet/Divorce Ring/J Carter/Dog Hospice/Double Dragon
“TRUE FREAK PSYJAZZ NOISE AND BURLESQUE VIBES” -Bobb Hatt (OH)- PSYJAZZ NOISE. full on feral wild man sax/effects noise creature. -Janet (St Louis)- NOISE BURLESQUE VIBES.…
Find out more »The Viennagram / Weakened Friends / Salem Wolves / Tapestries
Spend your Sunday Funday at Machines With Magnets as Top 5 Fiend presents: The Viennagram Imagine if the ghost of Vincent Price warged itself into a…
Find out more »Come Holy Spirit, Suicide Magnets, Albert DeMuth, Taskmaster
Come Holy Spirit (from PA) with Suicide Magnets, Albert DeMuth, and Taskmaster
Find out more »Chris Brokaw Rock Band, Gold Muse, Greed Island, Lightsleeper
The Ash Gray Proclamation Proudly Presents: The Chris Brokaw Rock Band (Cambridge) - Chris is perhaps best known for his work with CODEINE and COME as…
Find out more »June 2018
Cruz De Navajas / False Figure / Humour / Skrawl
Cruz De Navajas (Mexico City) with False Figure (Oakland, CA), Humour (PVD) and Skrawl (PVD)
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Lady Queen Paradise, gobbinjr, Long Neck, Beverly Tender
Beverly Tender "christmas tree falling over in slow motion" gobbinjr "anxious first-person poetry with schoolyard-ready micro-melodies" from NY Long Neck "foot-tapping beats, familiar but yet with…
Find out more »What Cheer? Brigade / Hit Bargain / Iris Creamer
What Cheer? Brigade 20 piece brass band Hit Bargain the queencore band from Los Angeles, CA USA Iris Creamer badazz producer/rapper
Find out more »The Sensitive Ferns / Domcaster / Apples / Harrastronauts
Top 5 Fiend is putting on a rad time at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI featuring: The Sensitive Ferns A psychedelic jam rock act from…
Find out more »ZOMES / Cream Candles / JPA Falzone / Chuck’s All In!
ZOMES returns to Machines with Magnets for the first time in a very long time. Local support from CREAM CANDLES (first show in a very long…
Find out more »Tlasila / Unnatural Ways / Whore Paint / Finished / Dj Val
To Live and Shave in L.A. (Miami / USA) 'wildly inaccessible' ... since 1990 TLASILA has churned out an innumerable amount of performances, releases on various…
Find out more »Changeling / Mar / Empty Field / Obaku
Changeling captivating, introspective black metal onslaught (MN) Mar crushing doom, to heal psychic wounds (PVD) Empty Field dark, atmospheric sound sculptures and vocals (PVD) Obaku psychedelic,…
Find out more »July 2018
The Body / Boy Harsher / Big Brave / Assembly of Light Choir
THE BODY with BOY HARSHER, BIG BRAVE and THE ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT CHOIR
Find out more »Funk Underground / Sun Of Sound / SB the Moor / Jesse The Tree
Top 5 Fiend has a hip hop banger going down at Machines With Magnets with: The Funk Underground An energetic and socially conscious hip hop collective…
Find out more »Dog / In Heat / Blue Shift / Orh / Vosp
DOG (nyc) be torn apart by this primitive display of our non-future. insane! with local support... IN HEAT (the triumphant, long awaited return of...) BLUE SHIFT…
Find out more »Night Ov Full Lunar Eclipse
Electronic exploration of refracted twilight:: Obsidian Needles (PNW sound weaver) Rectrix feat. Gyna Bootleg (PVD royalty in collaboration) Gyna Bootleg Zerfallt (Full Moon Terror/ last show?)…
Find out more »Flysch / Streiber / Andrea Pensado / Charmaine Lee / Sects / Negation
"Flysch is the experimental sound project of D. E. Spotts, founder of the underground label Unseen Force from Portland, OR. Specializing in heavily processed field recordings,…
Find out more »LILAC (Chicago) / MAR
LILAC is from Chicago- NOISE HEAVY ROCK. Ex CACA (Chi) and Witch Hat (Baltimore) MAR is from Providence- DOOM DUO DESTRUCTION More T.B.A. $8 / 9pm
Find out more »August 2018
Gerritt Wittmer / Peter J Woods / Yureka Cash / YÜ//F
Gerritt Wittmer (Houston, TX) long running pioneer in american, academic noise. his work has, more recently, been found to articulate abstract narratives via physical performance, vocal…
Find out more »October 2018
“Wall Party” art exhibition
Tyler O'Grady and Avery Schuster have collaborated on a show, to explore the dichotomy between nature and urban/domestic objects. Both artists paint from life to create…
Find out more »Julius Smack // Wizard Apprentice // La Neve
Wizard Apprentice and Julius Smack embark on The Shadow Self Tour this fall, performing new material about their “shadow self”—the dark side of our consciousness and…
Find out more »BOB OTIS BENEFIT VOL 3 with LIGHTNING BOLT / NOVA ONE / DRUNKS WITH GUNS / FINISHED / DIRT DEVIL
Providence Declares War Presents: A Benefit Show for the Bob Otis Recovery Fund with LIGHTNING BOLT NOVA ONE DRUNKS WITH GUNS FINISHED DIRT DEVIL
Find out more »LOS WAVES / SQUARE LOOP / SELLER / BLISS MODE
Top 5 Fiend is gettin' all kinds of fuzzy at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI on October 17th with: Los Waves (Upstart art students from…
Find out more »Toby Driver US Tour w/ Wendy Eisenbery & Alec K. Redfearn
Toby Driver (NYC) - First time solo in RI Touring in support of the new album, “They Are the Shield” via Blood Music - The artist…
Find out more »December 2018
La Neve / Glockabelle / DeMuth / Alec K Redfearn / Domestique
Ménage à Moi: An Hommage to the Solo Art Form Featuring + + + Glockabelle (NYC) La Neve Albert DeMuth Alec K Redfearn Domestique
Find out more »Greenlief / Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores / Amat / Titans of Jazz
Oakland based improviser saxophonist Phillip Greenlief returns to Providence for a night of super music, with special friends Alec Redfearn & the Eyesores, Acrobat Vocalist Laurie…
Find out more »¡ACTIVO! Noche Buena Edition
stay silent in collaboration with their friends at Flaneur and House Party Vibes present, ¡ACTIVO! Latin music all night - come dance to merengue, bachata, tipico,…
Find out more »January 2019
Boring // Dark Tones // Drug Bug // Blossom Friend
~ Well would you look at that ~ ~ Boring is back with many new ideas and trinkets and things ! ~ ~ Dark Tones and…
Find out more »Harsh Armadillo & Northeast Traffic
Harsh Armadillo is six guys and a girl who don't sleep until you've burnt through your insoles, and tried that breakdance move from your fifth grade…
Find out more »¡ACTIVO! January 2018
stay silent in collaboration with our friends at Flaneur and House Party Vibes present, ¡ACTIVO! Latin music all night - come dance to merengue, bachata, tipico,…
Find out more »The Callouts/ Weakened Friends/ Well Wisher/ Heather Rose In Clover
Top 5 Fiend has their first show of 2019 happening at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI on January 26th featuring: The Callouts A fast-paced punk…
Find out more »February 2019
Drawings & Prints by Grace Shand
There will be art to look at, prints for sale, book(let)s for sale, and some free stuff too! *Note: Show runs until Feb. 21st by appointment
Find out more »March 2019
Sculpture Exhibition Opening with Arc Isis
Providence, RI natives, Arc Iris play their only 2019 March show at Machines With Magnets on 3/7. The show will feature the sculpture work of Emily…
Find out more »GRR! Ladies Rock Camp Final Showcase
Join Girls Rock! Rhode Island for the Spring 2019 Ladies Rock Camp Final Showcase! Camp is only 3 days. The showcase is only an hour. Every…
Find out more »Derek Holzer, Victoria Shen, Andrea Pensado, Cetilia / Greenlee
DEREK HOLZER is a sound + light artist based in Helsinki & Berlin, whose current interests include DIY electronics, audiovisual instrument building, the relationship between sound…
Find out more »Churchburn, Haxen, Hell Bent, Shabti & Fed Ash
Last Mercy Emissions presents Churchburn Providence death/doom https://churchburn.bandcamp.com/ Haxen Providence black metal https://eternaldeath.bandcamp.com/album/haxen hell bent Thrash/Crossover/Speedmetal/hc https://hellbentri.bandcamp.com/ Shabti Portland, Maine black/death https://shabti.bandcamp.com/ Fed Ash Syracuse noisecore…
Find out more »June 2019
Ky Why, BB, Un Ashley, Hangingoutisspendingmoney
ky why illustrious extraordinaire bb (Reykjavik, Iceland) As seen on KEXP, Icelandic pop sensation come to North America for the first time! Formerly known as bagdad…
Find out more »Oozing Wound (Chicago) / In Heat / UV Rapture / Baby; Baby
OOZING WOUND (Chicago) 100% mutated, nuclear-toxic, impure metal touring in support of their new album "High Anxiety". local support... IN HEAT UV RAPTURE BABY; BABY DJ…
Find out more »Evicshen & Rubber 0 Cement
Evicshen (MA/SF) Shen's sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Shen’s music floods its location acting as…
Find out more »Hope’s Harvest First Gleaner’s Event
Join Hope's Harvest RI for the first annual Gleaners Getdown to support food rescue in RI! Help us kick off our second season of gleaning with…
Find out more »Summer Bummer Noise Banger
SUMMER BUMMER NOISE BANGER! 10 acts blending into one another (5 > 1/2 hr break > 5)Lasuje (CT) Pain Chain (MA) Donna Parker (MA) Chuck Steak…
Find out more »August 2019
Cheer Accident / Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores / Golden Shores
From the mind of Thymme Jones, we're happy to welcome the legendary, prolific Chicago musical group CHEER-ACCIDENT. Local support from... Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores…
Find out more »September 2019
7Wmxn Gallery Reception
You are invited to the opening exhibition of Lilly Evelet's mixed media series 7Wmxn. This series explores the themes of trauma, poverty, single motherhood, dislocation, and…
Find out more »Jesse the Tree / Bochek / Lunchbagg / Mutter
We have the greatest show all at Machines With Magnets featuring: Jesse the Tree https://jessethetree.bandcamp.com/ Bochek https://officialbochek.bandcamp.com/ Lunchbagg https://lunchbagg.bandcamp.com/ Mutter https://mutterpvd.bandcamp.com/releases 9PM $6 all ages
Find out more »January 2020
Stringing Electronics
an evening of improvised music featuring Life Skills: Matt Mclaren, drums; Alec K Redfearn, electronics; Chris Sadlers, bass and Ann Schattle, horn. Resonant Structures: Max Goldman, drums;…
Find out more »Landing on the Right Acre: Storytelling for and by Farmers
Young Farmer's Network of Southeastern New England is hosting this storytelling event in partnership with Land for Good. Join us to enjoy locally sourced food prepared…
Find out more »February 2020
Dollar Disco II
Free dancing for freedom with Micah Jackson co-hosted by Lizzie and MWM. Party starts promptly at 9 so come early.
Find out more »September 2021
Inside Out / Outside In
Robert Easton will be showing his portraits of local artists at MWM (Machines Without Magnets) at 400 Main Street in Pawtucket. The show opens on September…
Find out more »December 2021
Eleanor Elektra, Nate Cozzolino & The Lost Arts
Eleanor is an interdisciplinary artist who fuses music and visual arts. Her practice spans songwriting, printmaking and installation work. Her music combines elements of folk, jazz…
Find out more »April 2022
Gallery of Traditional Musical Instruments
The PVD World Music Institute host a gallery event, “Finding the Spirit of Inanga: A Gallery Traditional Music Instruments” featuring musical instruments from around the world…
Find out more »June 2022
Primitive Man Ten Year Anniversary Tour
With supporting acts Mortiferum, Jarhead Fertilizer, Body Void, Elizabeth Colour Wheel. Denver’s PRIMITIVE MAN’s music matches its name: a savage, sparse mix of death metal,…
Find out more »September 2022
Ignite the Fire: Five Year Anniversary Fundraiser Celebration
SISTA Fire is celebrating five years of building power and making change for women and nonbinary people of color in Rhode Island. Join us! About this…
Find out more »October 2022
In Plain Sight Closing Reception
In Plain Sight is an exploration of camouflages as military fatigues and concealments. It is a probe into the familiar and obvious, where mundane shapes are…
Find out more »DREAM_MEGA, WGS Johnson, All Faux Everythings, Shawn Greenlee
As the lights of the city flicker on through a fading orange haze, the distinct sound of DREAM_MEGA’s debut EP “minus_world” echoes through a maze of…
Find out more »“Parallel Lines: the Riverzedge Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition.”
Hosted by Machines with Magnets, this gallery will feature work from our expert on-staff artists and the alumni who have graduated from our program over the…
Find out more »March 2023
Modern Sounds presents an evening of jazz and improvisation
With Michael Attias, Brendan Carniaux, Jorrit Dijkstra, Max Goldman, Chris Hoffman, Kenneth Jimenez, Tony Malaby, Nate McBride, Francisco Mela, and Jeff Platz
Find out more »A Night of Spellbound Sounds
Featuring Virusse (RI), Chanelle Allesandre (NC), Anka Raczynska (RI), + Midnight Clover Group (RI). 8 pm doors / 9 pm music! #Thread District
Find out more »ETRAN DE L’AÏR
From Agadez, Niger with babybaby_explores, the Box Fans + DJ Jesse Kaminisky Etran de L’Aïr (or “stars of the Aïr region”) welcomes you to Agadez,…
Find out more »The Pines of Rome, Slant of Light + Convinced Friend
The Pines of Rome Now resurrected Providence band. New work coming in 2023. We've played with Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Richard Buckner, Bonnie Prince Billy, June…
Find out more »April 2023
Haus Party Gallery Opening Reception
Boston-based glitch artist Allison Tanenhaus teams up with a multidisciplinary mélange of outside-the-box creatives: Vidumami, Deb Step, J. Bagist, Ben K. Foley, Christine Greer, tvHat, Rudolf Lingens, and Sabato Visconti. Their collaborative installations are awash in…
Find out more »June 2023
Haus Party Closing Reception – MWM Gallery
Machines w/ Magnets invites you to the Haus Party Closing Reception. Boston-based glitch artist Allison Tanenhaus teams up with a multidisciplinary mélange of outside-the-box creatives: Vidumami, Deb Step, J. Bagist, Ben K.…
Find out more »July 2023
Loma Prieta “Last” Tour with Frail Body + passionplay at Machines w/ Magnets
Formed in 2005, Loma Prieta have been an influential power in the world of post-hardcore for nearly two decades. In that time they have released five…
Find out more »Big Brave at Machines w/ Magnets
BIG|BRAVE, the elemental ensemble of guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie, guitarist Mathieu Ball, and drummer Tasy Hudson, harness an earthen heaviness composed of distorted and textural drones, austere…
Find out more »The Gallery @ Machines w/ Magnets: Rachel Rizzo & Zoë Wyner
Rachel Rizzo Rachel Rizzo's paintings, prints and drawings explore personal history and identity, fantasy and escape, the natural world, symbolism and abstraction as well as the…
Find out more »Rafay Rashid Album Release with NOVA ONE and EDT
Rafay Rashid Rafay Rashid, born in Islamabad, Pakistan and based in Providence, Rhode Island, makes experimental pop songs that are confessional, ecstatic, and confrontational. His writing…
Find out more »August 2023
Premiere of Strange Famous Live at The Met mini-documentary + Performances
Performances by: Mopes Jesse the Tree Freddie Black ToadStool And spoken word from: Trademarc Storm Davis Run Of The Mill David Lawlor is an avid filmmaker…
Find out more »November 2023
Langston’s Harlem Nights
You are cordially invited to Langston's Harlem Nights, the cultural immersion fundraiser of this Fall! To continue its needed ambassador work and popular annual community poetry…
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