Luminous sounds from these earthbound spirits channeling a unique blend of sounds born from the electric guitar and musics generally referred to as Rock. Driving, plodding, throbbing. Contemporary sounds from the international DIY scene. Spectral yet grounded, the music always a reflection of the mysterious lives of its creators as well as myriad other creatures inhabiting the temporal world we all crawl through looking for meaning and attachment. Names Divine embody a perfect harmony of life and death, love and hate - all the while remaining genuine and pleasant.
Experiencing them improves your life. - Matt Lux
Performances
2025
Saturday, May 24th - MIND CRUSH for Sike Fest at Not Not in Chicago
Thursday, May 15th - Kendraplex at Sparrow Funeral Home (Pychedelic Sangha)
Saturday, April 5th - Bardo Bath at Judson Memorial Church (Pychedelic Sangha)
2024
Saturday, January 27 - Kendraplex, house show in Philly w/ Kohoutek, Frank Hurricane, Ethan WL
Saturday, February 3 - Names Divine, Francis Kite Club in East Village, Manhattan
Thursday, February 8 - Kendraplex, Mama Tried in Brooklyn
Friday, March 8 - Names Divine at Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 16 - Names Divine at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn
Thursday, April 4 - Names Divine at Hart Bar
Friday, May 3 - Kendraplex at Judson Memorial Church for Blotter Bath
Thursday, May 16 - Names Divine at Hart Bar in Brooklyn opening for somesurprises
MIND CRUSH UK/EU Tour
Saturday, June 22nd in Nottingham at Annie’s Burger Shack
Sunday, June 23 in Sheffield at Bishop’s House
Tuesday, June 25th in Middlesbrough at Sonic Arts Festival
Wednesday, June 26th in Glasgow at Baked Beans on the Doorstep
with Bhajahn Bhoy
Thursday, June 28th in Dordrecht (NL) at DS17
Saturday, June 29th in Amsterdam (NL) at OCCII
Sunday, June 30th in Wormerveer (NL) at De Groote Weiver
Monday, July 1st in Gouda for Going Underground Radio
Tuesday, July 2nd in Antwerp and Dressing Circles
July 3rd in Rotterdam (NL) at Roodkapjje
July 4th in Paris at Chair De Poule
July 21 - Names Divine at 18th Ward Brewery
July 24 - Kendraplex at Selendis House Show
August 3 - Names Divine at 360 Record Shop
October 5 - Bardo Bath at Sparrow Funeral Home
Saturday, May 24th - MIND CRUSH for Sike Fest at Not Not in Chicago
Thursday, May 15th - Kendraplex at Sparrow Funeral Home (Pychedelic Sangha)
Saturday, April 5th - Bardo Bath at Judson Memorial Church (Pychedelic Sangha)
2024
Saturday, January 27 - Kendraplex, house show in Philly w/ Kohoutek, Frank Hurricane, Ethan WL
Saturday, February 3 - Names Divine, Francis Kite Club in East Village, Manhattan
Thursday, February 8 - Kendraplex, Mama Tried in Brooklyn
Friday, March 8 - Names Divine at Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 16 - Names Divine at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn
Thursday, April 4 - Names Divine at Hart Bar
Friday, May 3 - Kendraplex at Judson Memorial Church for Blotter Bath
Thursday, May 16 - Names Divine at Hart Bar in Brooklyn opening for somesurprises
MIND CRUSH UK/EU Tour
Saturday, June 22nd in Nottingham at Annie’s Burger Shack
Sunday, June 23 in Sheffield at Bishop’s House
Tuesday, June 25th in Middlesbrough at Sonic Arts Festival
Wednesday, June 26th in Glasgow at Baked Beans on the Doorstep
with Bhajahn Bhoy
Thursday, June 28th in Dordrecht (NL) at DS17
Saturday, June 29th in Amsterdam (NL) at OCCII
Sunday, June 30th in Wormerveer (NL) at De Groote Weiver
Monday, July 1st in Gouda for Going Underground Radio
Tuesday, July 2nd in Antwerp and Dressing Circles
July 3rd in Rotterdam (NL) at Roodkapjje
July 4th in Paris at Chair De Poule
July 21 - Names Divine at 18th Ward Brewery
July 24 - Kendraplex at Selendis House Show
August 3 - Names Divine at 360 Record Shop
October 5 - Bardo Bath at Sparrow Funeral Home
2023
Saturday, January 29 - Kendraplex opening for Mute Duo at Constellation in Chicago
Thursday, Jan 26 - opening for FRAN at Cactus Club in Milwaukee
Sunday, Jan 22 - MIND CRUSH (Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge) at Chaos Computer in Brooklyn
Saturday, Jan 21 - Kendraplex opening for Danny Arakaki at Union Pool in Brooklyn
Friday, Jan 20 - Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge Drone Not Drones at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis
Sunday, April 2 - Unrehearsed #123 Improvised Music on Pierce St. In Milwaukee
Friday, April 14 - MIND CRUSH (Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge) at Cafe Mustache in Chicago
Thursday, April 25 - Names Divine at Promises in Milwaukee w/ Frank Hurricane and Dandy L. Freling
Friday, May 5 - Kendraplex w/ Chelsea Bridge at Milwaukee Psych Fest
Friday, June 9 - Kendraplex w/ Seawind of Battery at Room 31 (Arlo Nomad Hotel) NYC
Friday, June 16 - Bardo Bath at Williamsburg Savings Bank
Sunday, June 25 - Kendraplex opening for Drew Gardner at Union Pool in Brooklyn
Thursday, July 20 - Kendraplex w/ rootless (album release) and Ezra Feinberg at Sunview Luncheonette
Friday, August 4 - Kendraplex w/ Brigid Mae Power at P.I.T.
Thursday, August 17 - Kendraplex w/ John Bellows at a house in Flatbush
Saturday, September 9 - Kendraplex Live DJ set 6-9pm, Live music set 9-9:30 at Plant Base in Jersey City
Saturday, September 30 - Organ set for Bardo Bath at Sparrow Funeral Home
Saturday, October 7 - Kendraplex at P.I.T. in Brooklyn w/ Cyanide Tooth and Bhajan Bhoy
Tuesday, November 14 - Kendraplex at Rhizome in DC
Thursday, November 16 - Kendraplex at Ambient Country Fest / Monty Hall in Jersey City
November 19 - State Park in Cambridge, MA
November 21 - Names Divine at Union Pool in Brooklyn
December 2 - Kendraplex at Sparrow Funeral Home (Bardo Bath) in Brooklyn
December 28 - Caffeine Underground in Bushwick, Brooklyn
2016-2022
East Coast Tour in support of Kendra Amalie/Names Divine Intuition LP, West Coast Tour with Ami Dang, Names Divine tour in Korea and Japan, several Names Divine US Tours and local shows
Saturday, January 29 - Kendraplex opening for Mute Duo at Constellation in Chicago
Thursday, Jan 26 - opening for FRAN at Cactus Club in Milwaukee
Sunday, Jan 22 - MIND CRUSH (Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge) at Chaos Computer in Brooklyn
Saturday, Jan 21 - Kendraplex opening for Danny Arakaki at Union Pool in Brooklyn
Friday, Jan 20 - Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge Drone Not Drones at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis
Sunday, April 2 - Unrehearsed #123 Improvised Music on Pierce St. In Milwaukee
Friday, April 14 - MIND CRUSH (Kendraplex/Chelsea Bridge) at Cafe Mustache in Chicago
Thursday, April 25 - Names Divine at Promises in Milwaukee w/ Frank Hurricane and Dandy L. Freling
Friday, May 5 - Kendraplex w/ Chelsea Bridge at Milwaukee Psych Fest
Friday, June 9 - Kendraplex w/ Seawind of Battery at Room 31 (Arlo Nomad Hotel) NYC
Friday, June 16 - Bardo Bath at Williamsburg Savings Bank
Sunday, June 25 - Kendraplex opening for Drew Gardner at Union Pool in Brooklyn
Thursday, July 20 - Kendraplex w/ rootless (album release) and Ezra Feinberg at Sunview Luncheonette
Friday, August 4 - Kendraplex w/ Brigid Mae Power at P.I.T.
Thursday, August 17 - Kendraplex w/ John Bellows at a house in Flatbush
Saturday, September 9 - Kendraplex Live DJ set 6-9pm, Live music set 9-9:30 at Plant Base in Jersey City
Saturday, September 30 - Organ set for Bardo Bath at Sparrow Funeral Home
Saturday, October 7 - Kendraplex at P.I.T. in Brooklyn w/ Cyanide Tooth and Bhajan Bhoy
Tuesday, November 14 - Kendraplex at Rhizome in DC
Thursday, November 16 - Kendraplex at Ambient Country Fest / Monty Hall in Jersey City
November 19 - State Park in Cambridge, MA
November 21 - Names Divine at Union Pool in Brooklyn
December 2 - Kendraplex at Sparrow Funeral Home (Bardo Bath) in Brooklyn
December 28 - Caffeine Underground in Bushwick, Brooklyn
2016-2022
East Coast Tour in support of Kendra Amalie/Names Divine Intuition LP, West Coast Tour with Ami Dang, Names Divine tour in Korea and Japan, several Names Divine US Tours and local shows
MIND CRUSH is the improvisational sonic collaboration of Mallory Linehan (violin, electronics, voice) and Kendraplex (guitar, organ, voice) in the soft/hard noise realm.
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painting and lettering by Juan Kurtzman
painting and lettering by Juan Kurtzman
BIO
by Brian Sulpizio / Health&Beauty
For ten years I've been telling people that the music Kendra makes is my favorite music. I don't think I've been lying to myself, and after getting over some initial shock at why the world seemed to disagree with me I resigned to being lonely in my opinion. I once played her song "White Balloons" for a nice singer-songwriter man who was considering making a record with me and he immediately vomited and left and I never saw him again.
But Kendra has lived her life admirably (I'm sure stories will begin to emerge as more of us catch on to what she is doing) and has continued to make music, and when a “true head” has given it a spin they’ve been enthralled. While still verymuch hers, it gets better and better. This is what happens when artists keep working and refuse to compromise. I've been fortunate to participate in some way in most of the music she has made over the last decade and it's always thrilling to me when I get to hear and work on new Kendra music.
Some time ago I noticed that most of the music I liked could be described as "damaged." It could be just "damaged" or it could be a damaged form like "damaged blues," "damaged country," etc. The common thread is a sense that the artist has recognized that something has happened to them that has not killed them but has made them somehow weaker.
There is a congruence of content and execution that rejects perfection, not only in terms of assessment of the problem but in the approach to its solution and beyond that even the targeting of that possibly flawed solution to that possibly inaccurately-identified problem. The artist does not "harden their heart" but seeks a path back to trust and softness.
It is enriching to experience music like this as it reminds us that the relentlessly recommended pursuit of "positive vibes" is a strenuous activity from which one requires a rest. We might realize that the search for human connection is still worth it, though something in us fears it and regards it as ultimately less fulfilling than we've been told. We know that striving for comfort can leave us less comfortable than just forgetting about comfort. These are personal decisions and there is no right or wrong. We are one with the universe, regardless.
I think there's a tradition here, including (off the dome) Sonny Sharrock, Nina Simone, Steve Lacy, The Grifters, Captain Beefheart, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground, Royal Trucks, Townes van Zandt, Laura Nyro, JJ Cale, Les Rallizes Desnudes, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Ornette Coleman, Bird Names, Archie Shepp, that kind of stuff. Kendra fits nicely in this pantheon. She has a strange fascination with Tool that is noticeable in her music for the first time on Intuition and I'm sure she has her reasons. Once she shared with me a bottle of Maynard's red wine that she had waited for hours to have him sign, and that was a very nice experience.
by Brian Sulpizio / Health&Beauty
For ten years I've been telling people that the music Kendra makes is my favorite music. I don't think I've been lying to myself, and after getting over some initial shock at why the world seemed to disagree with me I resigned to being lonely in my opinion. I once played her song "White Balloons" for a nice singer-songwriter man who was considering making a record with me and he immediately vomited and left and I never saw him again.
But Kendra has lived her life admirably (I'm sure stories will begin to emerge as more of us catch on to what she is doing) and has continued to make music, and when a “true head” has given it a spin they’ve been enthralled. While still verymuch hers, it gets better and better. This is what happens when artists keep working and refuse to compromise. I've been fortunate to participate in some way in most of the music she has made over the last decade and it's always thrilling to me when I get to hear and work on new Kendra music.
Some time ago I noticed that most of the music I liked could be described as "damaged." It could be just "damaged" or it could be a damaged form like "damaged blues," "damaged country," etc. The common thread is a sense that the artist has recognized that something has happened to them that has not killed them but has made them somehow weaker.
There is a congruence of content and execution that rejects perfection, not only in terms of assessment of the problem but in the approach to its solution and beyond that even the targeting of that possibly flawed solution to that possibly inaccurately-identified problem. The artist does not "harden their heart" but seeks a path back to trust and softness.
It is enriching to experience music like this as it reminds us that the relentlessly recommended pursuit of "positive vibes" is a strenuous activity from which one requires a rest. We might realize that the search for human connection is still worth it, though something in us fears it and regards it as ultimately less fulfilling than we've been told. We know that striving for comfort can leave us less comfortable than just forgetting about comfort. These are personal decisions and there is no right or wrong. We are one with the universe, regardless.
I think there's a tradition here, including (off the dome) Sonny Sharrock, Nina Simone, Steve Lacy, The Grifters, Captain Beefheart, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground, Royal Trucks, Townes van Zandt, Laura Nyro, JJ Cale, Les Rallizes Desnudes, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Ornette Coleman, Bird Names, Archie Shepp, that kind of stuff. Kendra fits nicely in this pantheon. She has a strange fascination with Tool that is noticeable in her music for the first time on Intuition and I'm sure she has her reasons. Once she shared with me a bottle of Maynard's red wine that she had waited for hours to have him sign, and that was a very nice experience.