A self-described “garbage noise duet” and “cultural terrorist
affinity group,” Sparkle Girl range from sound collages and
defiantly lo-fi field recordings to freeform compositions and
hardcore electronics. This “decidedly non-academic, anti-hegemonic
sonic circus of resentment” opens for the Blinding Light and
head-exploding, operatic noise-rock mavens Hemingway. (Rendezvous,
2320 Second Ave, 441-5823. 10:30 pm, $5, 21+.)

Christopher DeLaurenti is a composer, improvisor, and music writer. Since the late 1990s, his writing has appeared in various newspapers, magazines, and journals including The Stranger, 21st Century Music,...