This Week
The singer and activist Victoria Ruiz leads Downtown Boys with a sharp tongue and a hoarse throat, growling through the Providence outfit’s riotous début album, “Full Communism.” The tracks speed by with hardcore kineticism, but Ruiz’s lyrics squeeze your hand through the pit: she’s lucid and blunt, shouting down cops, traders, and any other impediment to justice that she can spot. There’s something distinctly post-punk about the Boys, who play Baby’s All Right on Feb. 27. It could be the saxophone, but it’s probably the spirit.