Lightning Bolt, 'Earthly Delights' (Load)

Punk two-piece hitch a ride outta Rhode Island.

These Providence noisescene kings' fifth album comes by its title honestly: Earthly Delights plays like an epic couch-surf around the globe, with scratchy African guitars ("Flooded Chamber"), scuzzy Southernboogie riffs ("Funny Farm"), and a springy dream-pop melody straight out of the Kiwi-rock handbook ("Rain on Lake I'm Swimming In").

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Lightning Bolt / Photo by Taleen Kalenderian

Every fantasy you ever had of exploring the resort hotel from Dirty Dancing, every furtive wish that you'd someday get the chance to say hi to J Mascis face-to-face, and every hope that you could wander through a surreal reality for days sans chemical assistance came to life this weekend at Kutsher's Country Club, the once-thriving Catskills resort that hasn't seen a coat of paint since

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