by BBG

Night Birds at Chaos in Tejas (more by Keith Marlowe)

Quite a few were left blue when the much loved NJ band The Ergs called it quits. Luckily, members of The Ergs are back with a new project in Night Birds, a punk/garage/surf hybrid that rips as much on record as it does live. After a series of 7"s, the band is welcoming their debut LP The Other Side of Darkness on Grave Mistake on 9/13. Stream the title track and all of their older songs below.

Night Birds are scheduled to play NYC at Public Assembly on August 15th with From Ashes Rise, and Full of Hell, one of two US shows scheduled with the other being an appearance at Best Friends Day. They tour Europe in September. All dates and songs below.

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by Black Bubblegum

Charles Maggio of Rorschach

June 1993 at ABC No Rio with Assuck & Scrog.

That's the last time that the mighty Rorschach blessed NYC. The band called it quits shortly after, splintering into projects like Gern Blandsten Records, Beautiful Skin, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, and tons more, but those great successes only highlighted an undeniable fact: Rorschach were innovative and before their time.

After deciding to reunite earlier this year in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Remain Sedate LP, Rorschach announced a short east coast tour. The band is currently in the midst of that tour, which impacts Asbury Park in their native New Jersey tonight (9/24) and Santos Party House TOMORROW (9/25, tix here).

We spoke with the mighty Charles Maggio (Vocals, owner Gern Blandsten Records) to get to the bottom of the reunion and what we can expect going forward....

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