Kvelertak @ The Studio at Webster Hall, 5/17/2013 (more by Keith Marlowe)

Kvelertak brought the temperature up a few degrees in the basement of Webster Hall, when the band joined Cancer Bats and Black Tusk as part of a sold-out show at The Studio on May 17. More sweaty, stage-divey, rafter-hang-y pictures are at InvisibleOranges. The show was part of a tour for the Norwegian party-metal crew in celebration of their new LP, Meir, out now.

Kvelertak at By:Larm 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Kvelertak's highly anticipated Meir hits on March 26, and the band has a brand new viscera-filled video to show for it. Check out "Månelyst" from the LP below. You can also stream the album in full at Stereogum and look for the band on tour this spring with Cancer Bats & Black Tusk.

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Kvelertak at by:Larm 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Norway's Kvelertak will hit the road for a full North American tour with Cancer Bats and Black Tusk in April and May. The Norwegian party monsters, who are prepping to release their new LP , will kick off dates with a show in Chicago and head west and south before looking back towards the Northeast. The tour includes a stop in NYC at The Studio @ Webster Hall on May 17. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 1 at 10AM.

Black Tusk is missing from parts of those dates (including NYC), but will be on the road with Today is The Day / KEN Mode in the coming weeks. Tickets are still available for their appearance at Saint Vitus on March 6 and their Studio @ Webster Hall on March 8 .

All tour dates and Kvelertak's latest video for "Bruane Brenn" are below.

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Lawrence Arabia @ CMJ 2012 (more by Andrew St Clair)

OFF! at Deluna Fest 2012 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)

tonight in NYC
* Sarah Goldfeather @ Barbes
* Mika @ Webster Hall
* Diamond Terrifier @ Zebulon
* Ben Gibbard, Beth Wawerna @ HiFi Bar
* Fiona Apple, Blake Mills @ Terminal 5
* Virgil Moorefield Ensemble @ The Stone
* Crosby, Stills and Nash @ Beacon Theater
* SSPS, Father Finger, Phemale @ Big Snow
* The English Beat, Paul Collins @ BB King Blues Club
* OFF!, The Spits, Double Negative @ Irving Plaza
* Weekend, The So So Glos, Skaters @ Shea Stadium
* Autodrone, Foxes in Fiction, Datalog @ Spike Hill
* The Heavens Atheist Gospel Trombone Choir @ Joe's Pub
* The Mountain Goats, Matthew E. White @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Wharton Tiers, Aquadora, Neg Fi @ XPO 929
* Light Asylum, LE1F, True, Kirin J Callinan, Regal Degal @ Glasslands
* FORMA, The Golden Awesome, Royal Baths @ 285 Kent Avenue
* Little Green Cars, Wax Poetic, Savoir Adore, Indians @ Living Room
* Clemm Rishad, Max Burgundy, Yo Majesty, Gliffics, Dujeous @ Paper Box
* Strange Talk, Robert DeLong, Gemini Club, Doe Paoro @ The Bowery Hotel
* Dancing Heals, The Split, Holy Wave, Old Bricks, Zulu Wave @ Muchmore's
* The Ettes, Blaudzun, The Strange Familiar, Capsula @ Santos Party House
* Natureboy, Eli Mardock, Conveyor, Pree, The City and Horses @ Living Room
* White Gallery, Math the Band, Young Evils, Ducky, Future Screens @ Cake Shop
* James Iha (DJ Set), Luke Jenner of The Rapture, Sean Glass (DJ Set) @ Site/109
* Gwar, DevilDriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy of Disorder @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Chrome Canyon , Metz, Roomrunner, Moon King, Mood Rings, Heavenly Beat @ Cameo Gallery
* Tubetops, Clementine & the Galaxy, Danny Chait, The Indecent, The D.A. @ Alphabet Lounge
* Yan Wagner, We Were Evergreen @ CMJ Union
* Malachai, Ursula 1000, Good People, Inkie, Archie Pelago, DJ Milo @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Six60, Die! Die! Die!, Ghost Wave, Popstrangers, Lawrence Arabia, Tom Lark @ (le) poisson rouge
* Dent May, The Orwells, Tashaki Miyaki, Foxygen, Calvin Love, Rafiq Bhatia, Murals @ Mercury Lounge
* Mean Creek, Sydney Wayser, Young Hines, Joywave, Earthquake Party!, The Lost Brothers @ Union Hall
* Psychobuildings, Virginia Plain, Test House, Zachary Cale, Plates of Cake, Woodsy Pride @ Union Pool
* Sparxx, Caged Animals, EULA, Gunfight, Squareheads, So Cow, Surfing , Imaginary Friends @ Legion Bar
* Friend Roulette, Royal Canoe, A Severe Joy, You Won't, Happy People, Yellow Red Sparks, Cult Fever @ Pianos
* The Floorwalkers, Taurus, Black Taxi, Spacehog, Darlingside, Teddy Geiger, Marit Larsen @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Mister Lies, Psychic Twin, Cemeteries, Mean Lady, Levek, Cuckoo Chaos, Field Mouse, Teen Daze, Way Yes @ Pianos
* Caddywhompus, Prince Rupert's Drops, The Revivalists, Quilt, The Midnight Hollow, Street Smells @ Arlene's Grocery
* Heliotropes, Leda, Beach Day, Backwords, The Suzan, Easy Lover @ Public Assembly
* Friend Roulette, Zula, Making Movies, Rice Cultivation Society, Joshua McCormack, Howth, sean0sean @ The Rock Shop
* Everest Cale, Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Blonds, Swear and Shake, Town Hall, John Delore, Backwords @ The Delancey
* Levek, Young Magic, Mean Lady, Slow Magc, TOPS, It's Rain In My Face, Blue Hawaii, Tjutjuna, Yung Life, Stag @ Pianos
* Team Spirit, Slam Donahue, Zulu Pearls, You Won't, Murals, Isaac Delusion, Incan Abraham, Spanish Prisoners @ Pianos
* Ambassadors, The Jane Doze, The Last Royals, Born Cages, Gospels, Ace Reporter, Starlight Girls @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Thieves Like US, Teen Daze, Delicate Steve, Dent May, Heavenly Beat, Mac DeMarco, Bleeding Rainbow, Young Evils, Grand Resort @ Webster Hall
* Harris Trucks, The Netherlands, Dirty Fences, Gentleman Hall, The Raw Men Empire, Live Footage, Optic Yellow Felt, TV Club, Capelle @ Fontana's
* Basement Batman, Teen Commandments, Brick & Mortar, Wild Adriatic, No Way Jose, Glocca Morra, Luther, Dave Wakeling (of The English Beat) @ Spike Hill
* RAC, Alex Winston, Savoir Adore, Viceroy, Ghost Beach, Robert DeLong, Blackbird Blackbird, Queen of Hearts @ Santos Party House

The 2012 CMJ Festival starts today and about 90% of the above shows are associated with it. You can follow @bvcmj on Twitter for more coverage. What's on your CMJ agenda?

Speaking of, we finally announced the lineup for our Friday (10/19) day part at Public Assembly which starts at noon. Check out the line-up here.

One of tonight's shows, the France Rocks showcase at the Union Square Ballroom lost both Bertrand Burgalat and Juveniles from the bill today, we are sad to report.

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Gwar at Irving Plaza in June (more by Chris La Putt)

Gwar, who played NYC last month as part of Irving Plaza's Zombie Prom, have just announced the 'Fate or Chaos' 2012 Fall Tour with DevilDriver, Cancer Bats and Legacy of Disorder which will invade NYC on October 16 on Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday, July 27 at noon.

October's MHOW show won't be the first time that Gwar plays the Brooklyn venue. The band brought their bloody mess to that venue back in 2011 too and it was packed, messy, and sold out, just as this next one is sure to be.

All dates on the 'Fate or Chaos' tour are listed below...

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Primitive Weapons at Mercury Lounge (more by BBG)

Dissonant mid-paced hardcore meets sludge and psychedelia on the new Primitive Weapons LP The Shadow Gallery, which hits via Prosthetic Records on March 13th. The band will hit the road with Cancer Bats and Ringworm (who is playing the BV/Southern Lord/Power of The Riff mega-show at Scoot Inn), and eventually make their way back to NYC to play a record release party atSaint Vitus on March 24th. Tickets are on sale.

Sannhet, Bad Biology, and one more "special guest" will also be on the bill at Saint Vitus, as well as Old Lines, the new project featuring ex-members of Pulling Teeth. Check out the new Old Lines demo below. The show is one of four together for Bad Biology & Old Lines, all of which are listed below.

All tour dates and some video below...

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DOWNLOAD: Star Fucking Hipsters - "3000 Miles Away" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Star Fucking Hipsters - "Severance Pay" (MP3)

Stza of SFH, at Gramercy with Leftover Crack (more by Justina Villanueva)

Star Fucking Hipsters is a ska-punk/crust punk/Indie band that was started by Leftöver Crack's vocalist Stza and [then] drummer Brandon as a side project.. Unfortunately, Brandon died before the band was fully formed. However, Stza continued and... the band started playing shows in the New York City area early in August 2005.... Their debut album was released by Fat Wreck Chords on September 30, 2008, entitled "Until We're Dead". -[Wiki]

The NYC band will hit the road for a string of dates with Anti-Flag, Cancer Bats and Aiden as part of "The Economy Sucks, Let's Party" Tour. Look for that to hit NYC at Highline Ballroom on 2/4/10. Tickets are on sale. Prediction: bottle service and the Highline Ballroom kitchen will not do well that night. The tour hits Starland Ballroom one day later. Tickets are on sale for that too.

More info on the SFH album and all dates below...

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