METZ @ the BrooklynVegan Friday day party (pics, video)

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photos by Amanda Hatfield & Dominick Mastrangelo, words by Andrew Sacher

METZ at Public Assembly - 10/19/12
BrooklynVegan Friday Day Party

While much of the BV team has already seen and been sold on METZ a bunch in the last couple years, I didn't get around to it until this year's CMJ at the BrooklynVegan day party on Friday (10/19) (they went on right after Savages). And having not been fully won over on the band's self titled LP (out now via Sub Pop), I admittedly didn't go into it with the same high expectations that many of the people who packed the venue had. That said, it only took me about a few seconds into their first song to "get it," and I'm 100% sold on METZ now. If anyone else out there is a naysayer, many will agree with me that METZ is really a band you have to see live. They're ruthless on stage, naturally thrashing around in the way that you just weren't seeing in indie rock's recent years when it was still rejecting punk. And lucky for METZ (and all of us), they've come along at exactly the right time, because people are showing that they really do care about this sort of stuff again.

More pictures and a video from METZ's set at the BV day party (sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, Sailor Jerry, Mercy, and Raw Revolution) , and more tour dates, below...

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METZ - "Wet Blanket" at BV day party at Public Assembly - 10/19/12

Metz - Brookyn, Public Assembly 19 Oct 2012 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.

(by Amanda)

BrooklynVegan Friday Day Party

(by Dominick)

BrooklynVegan Friday Day Party

METZ -- 2012 Tour Dates
Oct. 23 - Manchester, UK - Kraak Gallery
Oct. 24 - London, UK - Old Blue Blast (Presented by The Quietus)
Oct. 25 - Paris, FR - Nouveau Casino
Oct. 27 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Oct. 29 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
Nov. 01 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret^
Nov. 02 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Nov. 03 - Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
Nov. 05 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
Nov. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
Nov. 08 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
Nov. 09 - Costa Mesa, CA - Constellation Room
Nov. 10 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
Nov. 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Nov. 12 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
Nov. 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
Nov. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
Nov. 17 - Washington, DC - Red Palace
Nov. 19 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (late show)
Nov. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
Nov. 21 - Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs
Nov. 22 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
# w/ Roomrunner
^ w/ Ladyhawk