by BBG

Wolvserpent at Acheron (more by BBG)

Let it be known that strength doesn't always lie in numbers. Wolserpent, the Idaho duo that absolutely floored me in their last outing at Acheron, will hit the road with A Story of Rats to play Acheron again on June 4th with a another show TBA. More details forthcoming, but if you aren't in NYC, make sure and catch this magnetic two piece on the road. They practice in ritualistic doom, and will rule that space in Bushwick that is turning 1 year old. All tour dates below.

Rosetta will team with Tidal Arms, Drummers, East of the Wall, and Don't Give a Fuck for a show at The Charleston on June 11th. The show is one of two dates on the band's calendar in the US. All dates are below.

Clouds are back in action, and will team with Disappearer to play new Brooklyn bar Saint Vitus on June 3rd. The show is one of two dates for the reactivated (?) band, with the second going down in their home base of Boston. All dates are below.

Coliseum are on tour in NYC for two shows this weekend. Enter to win a pair of tickets to either Public Assembly or Union Pool on the BrooklynVegan Facebook.

A rare and unmissable Black Flag tour documentary from 1986(!) was recently put on the Internet...

20 years ago I completed a one hour Super-8 sound film called "Reality 86'd". This film documented the last Black Flag tour in 1986, which I was a part of (I drummed and sang in Painted Willie). Greg Ginn signed us to his SST Records label and brought us on the road for six months that year, which turned out to be Black Flag's swan song. The tour and subsequent documentary also included Greg Ginn's Gone (who opened the show.) For reasons I will never really understand, SST Records owner / Black Flag guitarist and sole original member, Greg Ginn refused the film's release. Furthermore, he has held this film prisoner ever since.

So many years since I completed the documentary I continue to get messages from fans the world over asking me about the film. It's only music, and music needs to be shared, and it's for everybody. If you agree, feel free to share and pass this along.
-David Markey

Hostage no more, you can view Reality 86'd in its entirety on Vimeo. Kudos to Markey for preservation of such a crucial time capsule. A big list of upcoming NYC shows, below...

Continue reading "Evillive (Wolvserpent, Rosetta, Clouds, a 1986 Black Flag tour documentary & more)"

by BBG

Wolvserpent (formerly known as Pussy Gutt) played Acheron on 10/5, one of two NYC area dates as part of a larger US tour in support of Blood Seed.

Wolvserpent delivered a fantastically eerie set of blackened doom (despite the fact that 1/2 of the band faces away from the crowd) complete with violin, animal skulls, candlelight, and 10-ton riffs. If you can, get out to see them at Red Light District in Far Rockaway (1024 Bay 25th st) tonight (10/10) with Ehnahre (if you aren't going to COC at Highline).

Support at the Brooklyn show came from Archon (not to be confused with "Acheron") and Pharoah (who I missed, but didn't miss at Union Pool with Unearthly Trance and Suma).

More pictures of the bands I saw, and (((unartig))) videos of three of them that played, below...

Continue reading "Wolverspent played Acheron w/ Archon & Pharoah (pics & video), on tour (catch them in Far Rockaway tonight)"

by BBG

DOWNLOAD: Wolvserpent - "Serpent" (Edit, MP3)

It's hard enough to make a name for yourself in the music world, but to go and change it after a succession of releases is another thing entirely. That's what Northwestern doom duo Pussy Gutt has done with their new LP due on 20 Buck Spin, Blood Seed. Over two 10+ minute tracks of decidedly punishing dooooom (note the extra o's), the band currently known as Wolvserpent (not to be confused with Wolvhammer) is up to its same old riffing as displayed in the edit of one of the tracks, "Serpent", available above.

Wolvserpent will take their dark stormcloud on the road, as the band will beat down the US for a string of dates that will include Acheron on Oct 5th with Archon (who are playing Saturday (8/14) at The Charleston with Unearthly Trance and Coffinworm) and Bezoar. Full tour dates, and some video is below. If you would like to help Wolvserpent out with a show in your town, email wolvserpent (at) gmail (dot) com.

Continue reading "Pussy Gutt is now Wolvserpent (new MP3, tour dates, the Acheron w/ Archon) "