Wed, Sep 10 Rickshaw Stop + Live Nation co-present PILE with NNAMDÏ 7 pm doors $20 adv / $25 doors all ages Sunshine and Balance Beams, Pile’s ninth album, alchemizes metaphors with its title. The first:finding happiness in nature and oneself. Second: the woozy posture one must strike to stay afloat in commercial society. On its newest record, Pile weaves a Sisyphean fable concerned with labor and living. Pile presents this parable with jagged guitars, sputtering drum bombast, eerie synths and aqueous strings, with panoramic production and loud-quiet dynamism matching the emotionality of the band’s thunderous performances. Pile formed in 2007 as Maguire’s solo outlet, soon joined by time-warping drummer Kris Kuss (in 2009) and fuzzed-yet-melodic bassist Matt Connery (in 2010), among other friends; with its explosively intricate take on heavy music, the band found devoted fans amid Boston’s bustling punk scene. Since then, Pile’s released eight acclaimed albums, each showcasing different facets of its members’ talents. They’ve earned a reputation as workhorses, crafting thought-provoking riffs while maintaining a tour schedule of international headlining, festival slots, and support for legendary and likeminded artists like Jesus Lizard and Cursive. https://www.instagram.com/pilemusic/ Chicago’s NNAMDÏ thrives in the porous boundaries of multi-genre pop experimentalism. Over the past decade, NNAMDÏ has received critical acclaim for projects covering ground in post-punk, pop, electronic, orchestral and hip-hop. He has been widely lauded for his singular sound and virtuosic skill set as a multi-instrumentalist producer and songwriter by major music outlets including VICE, the New York Times, New Yorker, NPR, Pitchfork, FADER and several dozen others. https://nnamdi.bandcamp.com/