Bands that are going through Boston, New York, Philly, Pittsburgh, are also going through Kingston because of Tubby’s. Thanks to Cory, a lot of what passes through is more national. Selina: Are you familiar with many venue owners in the city?Ĭhris: We’re in our own little hub in upstate, Kingston New York. Selina: What did you guys think of the show?Ĭory: Tom had been asking us for a long time, and it finally came to fruition. Between their personalities, the perfect cocktail of measured experience and “let’s fucking go for it” mentality.Īfter the set, between a plate of nachos and cans of Modelo, Rider/Horse sat down with Post-Trash to chat about their evolution since the pandemic, philosophy of artwork, dynamic with their local music scene, and sketches for the third album. Translating beyond their music, the dynamic between them was just as active, riffing off each other with the familiarity from hours of jam sessions together. Jared, their protégé, spoke with a deep introspection behind bright body language.

Chris, “legend of the Hudson Valley,” with a booming laugh, was brimming with stories.

According to a Yelp reviewer, visitors find themselves “shazaming half the night.” Cory welcomed me with a dry, quick wit characteristic of someone who has seen it all. Fresh off opening for Protomartyr at the historic Bowery Ballroom in June, Mama Tried is an unpretentious retro dive, the opposite of the vast stage show I was introduced to.įor Rider/Horse, their home base in Kingston is at Plump’s bar Tubby’s, an inadvertent community music hub.

The venue is aptly located under a highway overpass, its metal ribs rattling over us so that passing trains sounded like Rider/Horse improv. Rider/Horse’s atmosphere simmers with tension, the product of antsy masters at work.įor their July headliner at Mama Tried, a Brooklyn bar and patio, Rider/Horse must have programmed the impending thunderstorm. With their second record in 2022, Feed ‘Em Salt, the duo enlisted the talents of Jared Ashdown (bass) and Zoots Houston (pedal steel) to choreograph a desperate drilling disco. The pandemic project of Chris Turco (drums) and Cory Plump (vocals, guitar), every second of Select Trials’ stabbing drum lines and chanting vocals riff off each other without wasting a second, with the mechanical reliability of industrial activity. Select Trials, their first record, personifies the grit of running barefoot over industrial debris. There’s no fat in this wasteland to soften the blows of Kingston’s flagship experimental noise outfit.

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