Brian Chippendale is nuts at drums! Best known for his work with the legendary noise bands Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer (groups set apart from the 'noise' genre because of their exceptional percussionist), as well as having collaborated with Bjork on Volta (though arguably underutilized in the project), the Providence, RI artist is currently touring solo as Black Pus. I've seen Lightning Bolt a handful of times – the band created some of the most confused and fucked up moshpits since The Locust – the rhythm went a million directions at once as the bass/drum combo blasted out mind-crushing walls of noise. As a solo drum/vocal project, Black Pus is just as relentless a sonic force. Check it out when he blasts Slyboots tonight (350 Ellicott St, 9PM) along with the Slyboots Drumming Ensemble (drum/dance project from Ghana), C/V Duo (sound experiements by Scott Valkwitch & Pat Cain), and TUURD (stoner/spazz from Rochester).

For years, Blues Control had been putting out noise/drone records from Queens, NY – imagine a mix of Ariel Pink's old bedroom tapes and the lo-fi musings of Cluster. Recently, the duo relocated to Middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania, and while their sound does seem a little cleaner (replace the Pink tapes with Tobacco ones), it's still dark, psychedelic, and undeniably theirs. They've shared stages with revered acts like Deerhunter, Animal Collective, and Fucked Up while steadily making a name for themselves, and now they're bringing it to Soundlab (110 Pearl St., 9PM, $8). With performances by sonic artists VWLS and Pat Cain, this should be a noisy night all around - even the neo-americana-leaning Nicky Gordon is slated to proffer a more experimental set. If you do drugs, do them; if you don't do drugs, don't do them – just do your thing and head on down.