Obnox

Primarily the solo project of Cleveland punk scene veteran Lamont Thomas, the music produced by Obnox is a brash, hallucinatory collision of garage rock, noise, soul, and hip-hop. Since 2011, Obnox has released well over a dozen full-lengths and EPs, often with punning titles such as Masonic Reducer (2012) or Boogalou Reed (2015). His dense, perpetually in-the-red recordings are filled with searing guitars and walloping drums, and his lyrics can be swaggering and sexual as well as political and protest-minded. Studio productions such as 2014's Louder Space and 2018's Bang Mess...