Farmer's Wife (fka Sludge), EXOTIC FRUITICA (single release), Geranium Drive, Kali Yuga

Sludge, after conjuring imagery of a goopy mess on sole release “Greg Abbott’s Maxi Pad,” now goes by Farmer’s Wife. A change in name only, the grunge-and-surf-mixing quartet keeps the same glamorous, troublemaking attitude in their music. Speaking of new, high-speed punks EXOTIC FRUITICA will introduce their fresh single. With new guitarist Carlos Ernesto Cruz V’s bolting riffs spicing up performances, the group electrifies audiences across the city. Rounding out the array of locally sourced rock, Geranium Drive sustains mellow Sixties psychedelia with 2022 single “Movies,” while fourpiece Kali Yuga pulls exploratory post-punk like last year’s “Sun and Moon.” —3032012