Vektor at Saint Vitus last night (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Technical thrash crew Vektor kicked off a round of dates with an appearance at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn last night (Feb 14). The band was joined by 15-string brutality from Behold... The Arctopus, the lackluster Vaporizer, and discordant death-metal headscratchers Pyrrhon. Though there were many thrash fans at Best Buy to catch Testament/Overkill across town and still others sharing Valentine's Day with their loved one, Saint Vitus had an impressive number of fans for a Thursday night (insert tired glory hole joke here).

Check out more pictures and some video from the anti-Valentine's Day at Invisible Oranges.

Curran with Today is The Day, May 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Curran Reynolds always tends to be up to a lot, sitting behind the kit in Today Is The Day and Wetnurse included. After January though, he will be up to a little less as his Precious Metal series at East Village club Lit Lounge is sadly, as previously mentioned, coming to an end. There are just three more installments, including one on January 7 with Ghostlimb and The Year Is One with BV's own Fred Pessaro (BBG) DJing. The flyer for that show is below. After the 1/7 date there's one on 1/14 with Jar'd Loose, Gentlemen, End it and DJ Mike SOS; and the finale on 1/21 with Hivesmasher, Fashion Week, Flaming Tusk, SOS and DJ Zeena Koda, which is a benefit for South Sound.

We spoke to Curran to find out what he's been listening to all year in between everything else. His Top 10 Albums of 2012 list includes some of the big heavy records of the year like Converge, Napalm Death, and Swans, but it also has some indie pop like School of Seven Bells and Violens (who Curran has been digging since his friend Jorge formed the band around 2008). The whole list is pretty eclectic and you can check it out below.

Today Is The Day will kick off a tour in 2013 with a killer support lineup of Black Tusk, KEN Mode, and FIght Amp. That tour hits NYC on March 6 at Saint VItus (tickets) and March 8 at The Studio at Webster Hall with a "special guest" TBA (tickets).

Precious Metal show flyer and Curran Reynold's year-end list below...

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photos by Caroline Harrison

The Psychic Paramount at Cameo, 7/8/2012

Photographer Caroline Harrison has weighed in on her favorite photos that he took in 2012, dropping off the following chronological list. Harrison joins BV photographers Dominick Mastrangelo, Dana (distortion) Yavin, Amanda Hatfield, David Andrako, Jessica Amaya and Fred Pessaro // BBG who have all dropped off their favorite shots of 2012. Check out her list below.

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by Caroline Harrison

Car Bomb at 285 Kent, 10/20/2012

Pitchfork's unofficial Show No Mercy CMJ showcase on Saturday (10/20) at 285 Kent featured New York acts Car Bomb, Batillus, Pyrrhon, Primitive Weapons, and Theologian. Special guest Andy Stott, who played earlier in the day at a Pitchfork & MoMA PS1 CMJ show, DJ-ed starting around 1:30.

Industrial electronic group Theologian played the first set of the night, followed by Primitive Weapons who slammed through an energetic set. Singer Dave Castillo's hardcore frontman antics kept the crowd engaged.

Brooklyn's Pyrrhon played two of the new tracks up on their bandcamp during their set and anyone who worried that the bizarro metal outfit couldn't keep up the anxious intensity of their debut LP needn't have worried. Pyrrhon is even weirder than ever, and they were at the top of their game on Saturday. New York doom metal fixtures Batillus played a roaring set after Pyrrhon. Their sludgy doom was a definite genre shift following the previous three bands.

Next up was Car Bomb who assault the senses when they play. Besides immense sound and dizzying technical prowess, the band has built -- yes, built -- a number of light effects triggered by different band members. The effect is a disorienting light show not suitable for people prone to motion sickness or seizures. (Word has it that Kimbra and her band showed up to see Car Bomb.) Following the last set of the night, Andy Stott's electronic set marked a shift in the evening, and the crowd turned over.

Pyrrhon will be playing at Saint Vitus on October 27th with Tombs, 16, and Serpentine Path. Batillus will also be playing at Saint Vitus, but on Nov. 19th supporting Nachtmystium, Jarboe, Bruce Lamont (of Yakuza, who played our own BBG's CMJ showcase on Saturday), and Lord Mantis. Primitive Weapons are playing with Vision of Disorder at Music Hall of Williamsburgon November 24 and supporting Into Another at Bowery Ballroom on December 16.

Car Bomb recently self-released w^w^^w^w, their first album since leaving Relapse Records. It is available digitally on their bandcamp page, and physical copies will be available "sometime in mid-October." Andy Stott's new album, Luxury Problems, is out on October 29 via Modern Love.

More pictures from 285 Kent are below.

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Car Bomb at CMJ 2010 (photo by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Car Bomb will headline the Pitchfork-Show No Mercy unofficial CMJ event that will go down on October 20 at 285 Kent, tagging Batillus, Pyrrhon, Primitive Weapons and Theologian plus "special guests." Tickets are on sale. The show is one of three Pitchfork shows announced during CMJ.

Car Bomb have decided to go it alone with w^w^^w^w, their new album and first release since leaving Relapse Records. Stream all of that LP below and order the CD/vinyl via the band (due in "mid-October").

The show is the same night as the $5, complimentary-while-supplies-last PBR/Sailor Jerry/Mercy-drink, BBG showcase at Saint Vitus featuring exclusive CMJ appearances from Yakuza, Royal Thunder, Enabler, Fight Amp, Helen Money and Sannhet. Tickets are on sale.

Pitchfork flyer and LP stream are below.

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Tombs at Union Pool, March 2012 (more by Di Lynn Ring)

Tombs and -16- will team up for an October tour, part of a BrooklynVegan sponsored trek that covers mostly the East Coast. The dates kickoff in in Pittsburgh and head West and South, eventually looping back to NYC to play Saint Vitus on October 27 with Serpentine Path and Pyrrhon. Tickets are on sale.

Serpentine Path, who have a new LP, recently expanded from four to a five piece with the addition of Stephen Flam of Winter on second guitar (!). Look for the band's live debut at Saint Vitus that night.

All tour dates are listed below, along with the Saint Vitus flyer.

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by Caroline Harrison

Origin at Saint Vitus

Technical death metal heavyweights Origin played Brooklyn's St. Vitus last night (8/9), supported by Malignancy, fresh off a European tour, with Pyrrhon and Twin Lords.

Two-piece Twin Lords, Tombs drummer Andrew Hernandez's new project, opened playing a short set with just drums and bass. In spite of their minimal instrumentation, Twin Lords delivered a rich, complex, and unclassifiable sound marked by spiraling bass riffs. Brooklyn's Pyrrhon took the stage after Twin Lords and slammed through their deeply unsettling but highly technical brand of death metal. They played a few new songs, including the recently demo-ed "Balkanized".

New York death metal fixtures Malignancy are currently borrowing Pyrrhon drummer Alex Cohen and performing without a bassist. It seemed that half of the none-too-small audience were friends of the band. The set turned into something of a home town bro-down, and the crowd was in good spirits by the time Origin came on.

Origin guitarist Paul Ryan played with such fury it was difficult to see his fingers as anything but a blur. However, singer Jason Keyser spent almost as much time talking in between and over songs as the band did playing. The crowd seemed a little put off by his arena-antics, but were ready to forgive after being assailed by John Longstreth's inhumanly fast drumming.

Origin will be in Montreal on August 11 for the beginning of their leg of the Kataklysm tour. Those tour dates and more pictures from Saint Vitus are below.

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The Psychic Paramount at Cameo, July 2012 (more by Caroline Harrison)

Grimes at Pitchfork Fest 2012 (more by Chase Turner)

today in NYC
* Brian Marsella @ The Stone
* Gojira @ Santos Party House
* Q-Tip (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Aloe Blacc @ MetroTech Commons
* O.A.R., Rebelution @ Jones Beach
* Daily Show comedians @ 92YTribeca
* Big Black Delta, Silya @ Pianos
* Elle Varner @ Highline Ballroom
* Fake Blood @ Hudson Terrace Roof
* The Alternate Routes @ Joe's Pub
* Bethany & Rufus Roots Trio @ Barbes
* The B-52s, Love Funk @ Irving Plaza
* Golden Animals, Tiger Waves @ Pianos
* Royal Family All-Stars @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Stand, The Damn Choir @ Mercury Lounge
* Scott Kettner's Orgy in Rhythm @ Barbes
* The BoDeans, Sarah Borges @ City Winery
* Origin, Malignancy, Pyrrhon @ Saint Vitus
* Neg-Fi, Coso, NT, Sediment Club @ 929 XPO
* McGinty & White Sing Jimmy Webb @ Joe's Pub
* Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Coney Island
* Duk Duk Goose, Lil Kids, Happy Lives @ Cameo
* The Psychic Paramount, Cropduster @ Union Pool
* Ace Reporter, Lightouts, Overlord @ Union Hall
* Bloc Party, The Drums, Them Jeans @ Terminal 5
* Complexions Contemporary Ballet @ Prospect Park
* Lifeguard Nights, Razor Blazers @ Mercury Lounge
* Wild Nothing, Grimes, DIIV @ Pier 84 (River Rocks)
* Chain & The Gang, Habibi, Calvin Johnson @ 285 Kent Ave
* Ned Rothenberg/Ikue Mori/Catherine Jauniaux @ The Stone
* Lucinda Williams, Amy Cook @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Kelli Scarr, Alana Amram, Jim Campilongo @ Le Poisson Rouge
* The Building, Shy Hunters, Companion, Aaron Roche @ Glasslands
* Future Blondes, Little Debbie, Coxcombs @ Secret Project Robot
* !!!, Lenny Williams @ Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park Bandshell
* Wiccans, Warthog, Nuclear Spring, Altered Boys, Shoxx @ Acheron
* Direct Effect, This Routine Is Hell, Dead/Beat, Go Deep @ Cake Shop
* Braid, Owen, Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Aficionado @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Midnight Ghost Train, Reign of Zaius, Eidetic Seeing @ Public Assembly
* Planes Mistaken for Stars, The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, Those Mockingbirds @ Maxwell's
* The Toothaches, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly, Jackpot, Tiger, Late Guest At The Party @ Shea Stadium
* The Jukebox Romantics, Far From Finished, The Independents, Two Fisted Law, American Pinup, Lost In Society @ Knitting Factory

Lots of free shows today. Catch Aloe Blacc live at Metrotech Commons at noon; Grimes, Wild Nothing and DIIV play Hudson Park River Rocks; and !!! and Lenny Williams play Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Brooklyn death metal oddballs Pyrrhon support Origin and Malignancy at Saint Vitus tonight. Stream a new demo track below.

Once in a Lullaby, the PS22 Chorus documentary, is showing this week at IFC Center. Meet the filmmakers at 7:30 tonight.

Don't want to be cooped up in a dark theater? You've got three free, outdoor summertime movies to choose from! Wall-E screens in Brooklyn's East River State Park,; The Big Lebowski screens in Tompkins Square Park and Barefoot in the Park screens in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Today is John Cage day at MoMA.

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Lower, part of the Danish punk movement that spawned favorites like Iceage and Var, are releasing their EP Walk on Heads on US shores via Blind Prophet Records (Sean Ragon of Cult of Youth's label). Stream it in its entirety below.

Check out "Dead and Gone," the new single from UK motorik mopegazers Toy which is streaming below.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib team up on Shame, the EP available now via iTunes. Check out the video for the title track below.

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by BBG

Drugs of Faith @ Death By Audio

Drugs of Faith headlined Death By Audio on March 3rd, joined by a stellar support cast of the grind-duo Radiation Blackbody, noise-hardcore hybrid Livver, and progressive death-metal crew Pyrrhon. DOF's primary focus was their latest LP Corroded, a personal favorite from last year, with the band dipping into earlier material including their contributions to This Comp Kills Fascists, Vol. 2. You can take a look at the full setlist, and more pictures and video from the show, below.

If you missed it, you can catch Pyrrhon on Friday at Saint Vitus (3/9) with Hate Eternal. Tickets are still available.

Pictures and video from DbA, below...

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by BBG

You may recognize the name Drugs of Faith via the bountiful accolades they received for their Corroded record from last year. Or maybe you know the DC-area band via their connection to the mighty Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Either way, the band will showcase their own cocktail of furious and nihilistic hardcore with precision blasting at Death By Audio on 3/3. Look for Drugs of Faith to team with dizzying jazzy-grind combo Radiation Blackbody (ex Defeatist/Anodyne), hardcore noise-metal crew Livver (ex-Defcon 4), and death metal weirdos Pyrrhon (who also has an upcoming date with Hate Eternal). $8 gets you in.

Drugs of Faith recently reported that they're working on new material a vinyl version of Corroded. Stay tuned for more info.

Check some Drugs of Faith video, a Pyrrhon stream, some Livver material & dates, below...

Continue reading "Drugs of Faith working on new songs, playing a NYC show with Radiation Blackbody, Livver & Pyrrhon"