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Between the winter snowfall, Snow Strippers arrived at The Fillmore Charlotte to play a sold-out show on Thursday, Jan. 29. The cold did not stop the long line of fans wrapped around the venue before doors opened. Everyone was dressed in their coolest outfits, excited and ready for the night to begin.
All photos by Killian Le.
“You have more in common with the neighbor that you hate than a f—ing billionaire!”
The lead singer of Noctomb is grinning at the audience as he snatches the microphone from the stand, shirtless in 30 degree weather.
It’s another Thursday at Chapel of Bones.
Here’s all you need to know about Double Barrel Benefit 22, February 6 and 7, 2026!
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DEFEATED SANITY | Chronicles of Lunacy | Season of Mist |
| 2 | CHAT PILE | Cool World | The Flenser |
| 3 | LYCHGATE | Precipice | Debemur Morti |
| 4 | SIEGE COLUMN | Sulphur Omega | Self-Released |
| 5 | BLOOD ABSCISSION | I I | Debemur Motri |
| 6 | CATHARSIS | Hope Against Hope | Crimethinc. |
| 7 | DRAWN AND QUARTERED | Lord Of Two Horns | Nuclear Winter |
| 8 | EMMA GOLDMAN | All You Are Is We | Zegema Beach |
| 9 | HEDONIST | Scapulimancy | Southern Lord |
| 10 | KARDASHEV | Alunea | Metal Blade |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SASSY 009 | Dreamer+ | PIAS Electronique |
| 2 | LOS PULPITOS | Octopean Union | Crammed Discs |
| 3 | SHUGOREI | Memories of Magic—魔法の記憶—Mahō no Kioku | 4000 |
| 4 | FKA TWIGS | EUSEXUA Afterglow | Young/Atlantic |
| 5 | CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON | “Selfish” [Single] | Stone Woman/XL |
| 6 | EMIL MARK | “Resjer” [Single] | Tonal Union |
| 7 | GIRL BRUTAL | “Asteroids” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RAMONPANG | “Mystery Dungeon” [Single] | Tabula Rasa |
| 9 | HELADO NEGRO | The Last Sound On Earth [EP] | Big Dada |
| 10 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Tranquilizer | Warp |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SASSY 009 | Dreamer+ | PIAS Electronique |
| 2 | LOS PULPITOS | Octopean Union | Crammed Discs |
| 3 | CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON | “Selfish” [Single] | Stone Woman/XL |
| 4 | EMIL MARK | “Resjer” [Single] | Tonal Union |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAMM HENSHAW | It Could Be Worse | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
| 2 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 3) | Quiet Note |
| 3 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Magic, Alive! | City Slang |
| 4 | PRESERVATION AND GABE ‘NANDEZ | Sortilège | Backwoodz Studioz |
| 5 | KEIYAA | hooke’s law | XL |
| 6 | DANNY BROWN | Stardust | Warp |
| 7 | DEMAE | Deep Dive [EP] | FAMM |
| 8 | CAUTIOUS CLAY | The Hours: Night | Fantasy/Concord |
| 9 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Self 7xve 3 | Broadband Sound |
| 10 | HUMAN ERROR CLUB AND KENNY SEGAL | Human Error Club At Kenny’s House | Backwoods Studioz |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON | As Of Now | Lex |
| 2 | BY STORM | My Ghosts Go Ghost | deadAir |
The first DJ Dragonfly’s Favorites for 2026 is here. It’s time to see if anything’s changed from last year to this year.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NOAH HAIDU | Standards III | Infinite Distances |
| 2 | ISAIAH J THOMPSON | The Book Of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | BRAD MEHLDAU | Ride Into The Sun | Nonesuch |
| 4 | WEB WEB | Plexus Plexus | Compost |
| 5 | WAITIKI 7, THE | Exotica Reborn: In Studio And Live At House Without A Key | Waitiki International |
| 6 | OLYMPIANS, THE | “Strawberry Kiwi” [Single] | Daptone |
| 7 | LAUREN HENDERSON | Sonidos | Brontosaurus |
| 8 | LAKECIA BENJAMIN | Phoenix | Whirlwind |
| 9 | PAUL CORNISH | You’re Exaggerating! | Blue Note |
| 10 | LANCE FERGUSON | Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3 | Tru Thoughts |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHABAKA | “A Future Untold” b/w “Marwa The Mountain” [Single] | Shabaka |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DOUBLE WISH | Double Wish | Hit The North |
| 2 | LIGHTHEADED | Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! | Slumberland |
| 3 | PHOEBE RINGS | Aseurai | Carpark |
| 4 | APRIL MARCH | “Surfing Castafiore” [Single] | Bong Load |
| 5 | CROOKED FINGERS | “Cold Waves” [Single] | Merge |
| 6 | FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE | “This Is Real” [Single] | Saddle Creek |
| 7 | HEMLOCK | Orange Streak Glow [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | HOMEOSTASIS | “Golden Eyes” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE | Taurus | Topshelf |
| 10 | SHARP PINS | Balloon Balloon Balloon | K/Perennial |
| 11 | STEREOLAB | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp/Duophonic |
| 12 | ABIGAIL DOWD | Saints & Warriors | Self-Released |
| 13 | ACOPIA | Blush Response | Scenic Route |
| 14 | AMENRA | De Toorn & With Fang And Claw [EP] | Relapse |
| 15 | CHANEL BEADS | “The Coward Forgets His Nightmare” [Single] | Jagjaguwar |
| 16 | CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON | “High Road” [Single] | Stone Woman/XL |
| 17 | CHAT PILE | Cool World | The Flenser |
| 18 | DAFFO | Where The Earth Bends | Concord |
| 19 | DEFEATED SANITY | Chronicles of Lunacy | Season of Mist |
| 20 | DESTRATA | A Healthy Fear [EP] | !K7 |
| 21 | DJ BEETLEBITCH | Acidtape2024 [EP] | Dirtbag |
| 22 | FILLERHOOK | Apricity | Self-Released |
| 23 | FIND MY FRIENDS | Find My Friends [EP] | Bloody Knuckles |
| 24 | FOXWARREN | 2 (Two) | Anti- |
| 25 | GANSER | Animal Hospital | felte |
| 26 | HATCHIE | Liquorice | Secretly Canadian |
| 27 | JOYER | On The Other End Of The Line… | Julia’s War |
| 28 | KARDASHEV | Alunea | Metal Blade |
| 29 | KILL THE BUDDHA | Kill the Buddha | Moths Recording Company |
| 30 | LILITHPAD | The Sky Is Falling… [EP] | Self-Released |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TRUE BLUE | Star Witness | True Nature |
| 2 | TRIPLES | Every Good Story [EP] | Bleak Enterprise |
| 3 | TREMBLER | Total Sorry [EP] | Rite Field |
| 4 | SNAIL MAIL | “Dead End” [Single] | Matador |
| 5 | GUV | Warmer Than Gold | Run For |
I love music that pushes the envelope on what can be considered music. Two metal pipes banging against each other in my headphones might just be a prototype of the instruments of the future. The worst part is I am only half joking. If someone can make it sound good, or scratch that if someone can make it sound, who’s to say it isn’t music? Music is just noise, so any noise or combination of noises could be music. That line of thinking is what gets you the noise music genre. This genre features things like music made using hair dryers, cut up and split together cassette tapes, factory ambience, half-unplugged amps doing an infinite feedback loop with themselves and more that almost fails to be describable.