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, additional Iron Tides While 40 Watt Sun was playing slower somber pieces at Public Assembly on Friday, Elks were headlining Union Pool with Heliotropes and Iron Tides as part of their record release for the Destined for the Sun EP…

Hull at Union Pool on 9/10 (photo) Hull played the final outdoor show of the summer at Union Pool on Saturday (9/10), a free affair with the new look Wizardry, Dead Sands and DJ Misery Creep…

Elks at Le Poisson Rouge (more by Greg Cristman) The knowledge that they have signed to Tee Pee, recent shows with Pentagram, and some of the band member’s decidedly 70s look would indicate that Elks is another retro-leaning band hell-bent on reliving the golden-age of guitar rock…

Despite a climbing mercury outside, Hull headlined an icy Saint Vitus with A Generation of Vipers and Marching Teeth on Friday night (7/22)…

It’s a a triple threat of events at Saint Vitus this weekend. Things kicks off Friday (7/22) with Hull/A Generation of Vipers/Marching Teeth, continue with Batillus/Mutilation Rites/Phantom Glue on Saturday and end with Dreams Were Made for Mortals, a collective art show on Sunday (7/24)…

Hull at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by Markus Shaffer) Brooklyn band Hull will join Generation of Vipers and Marching Teeth at Greenpoint venue Saint Vitus on July 22nd, a one-off show for Hull and part of a string of dates for Generation of Vipers (which are still TBA)…

& Greg Cristman Kat (ex-Salome) joins Batillus on stage With the upstairs packed to the gills (and a few of hardcore stragglers making their way downstairs), The Studio at Webster Hall had a party of their own on 3/26 with the convergence of the homecoming show of the Hull/Batillus tour (which previously hit SXSW) and the NYC debut of Horseback with NC breathren Caltrop…

& Jonathan McPhail After a monster show at Emo’s featuring Kylesa, Trash Talk, and many esteemed others, the second of four BV-BBG Austin shows took place in the same venue on the next day (3/17) as part of Full Metal Texas…

DOWNLOAD: Batillus – “Uncreator” (MP3) Batillus at Cake Shop (more by Justin Tyler) Not to get all annoyingly misty-eyed, but I remember the first time I heard the Batillus EP (download it for free)…

Austin, get ready for some of this (more by Samantha Marble) Full Metal Texas is entering its third year as one of the biggest metal events at SXSW…