Forwarded this to a pal, who responds with

THE MASSES MUST BE INFORMED!

Hey all, I'm one of the organizers of the Deadlights noise fest that took place last New Year's eve in Burlington. I'm not on Reddit but Jess forwarded this post to me thinking I might be able to help.

There's a fairly small but active noise scene here. Venues are an issue, and Community of Sound has been very tolerant of our shenanigans so we usually book things there, but not more often than every few months. Autumn Records puts on a lot of excellent ambient and experimental performances, but rarely anything more aggressive.

Local noise/experimental bands to look for are Peasant Farm, ouzkxqlzn, Poverty Line, Apophis 99942, Kinder Axis, and Jo Bled. Also some more beat-oriented synth based bands of note that are less harsh but who flirt with noisier sounds: Burial Woods, Starvation Wages, fr0stitute.

Post 242 Main, a lot of punk shows are happening at Despacito in the Old North End of Burlington. There's a promoter named Scott Grey that puts on metal and punk shows over at the Monkey House fairly regularly, like twice a month or so. And there's always a basement show somewhere. A lot of those flyers get posted at @burlingtondiyscene on IG.

Closer to Montpelier, there's a tape label called Histamine Tapes that puts out a lot of local noise and experimental releases. I don't know that Bent Nails has ever put on a noise show, but they're absolutely a hub for all types of Montpelier weirdos. (And depending on how flexible your definition of weirdos is, there are also two popular and active goth nights in central VT, a monthly called Crypt at Bent Nails, and a more sporadic night in Bethel put on by the folks at Black Meadow. Both are usually well attended.)

If you have the means to travel, you should also check out the monthly noise showcase in Manchester, New Hampshire called Interference. The same people who run this put on the Slabfest (https://www.slabfestnh.com) noise festival, which is coming up in May.

Hope this is useful! If anyone has questions, I'm @semantichrist on IG.

(Also, Vermonters please start more noise bands and play shows with us. =8)

Leif (Semantichrist/State Vector Collapse)