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Milwaukee's Utech Fest in pics/video ++ new Horseback video
, videos, words by BBG
The inaugural Utech Festival went down over the weekend (on 6/11), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It featured a deep lineup of bands that spanned the experimental, electronic, drone, noise, and ambient genres…
What's going on Monday?
Allo Darlin’ @ The Rock Shop in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
today in Chicago
* Horse Feathers with Hello Mtn. @ SPACE
* Keren Ann, Chris Garneau @ Lincoln Hall
* Allo Darlin’, Very Truly Yours, Chaperone @ Schubas
* Campbell Brothers @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion (Free Show)
* Locrian, House of Low Culture, Mamiffer, RM74 @ Hideout
What else…
Locrian, Martial Canterel, Blacklist & Gnaw played Europa (pics & setlist)
Chicago’s masters of blackened ambiance, Locrian, headlined a smoke-filled Europa on Sunday (4/17) with Martial Canterel, Blacklist, and Gnaw…
new bar/venue "Saint Vitus" opens in Brooklyn, Liturgy playing shows, Horseback collaborating w/ Locrian who play NY today
DOWNLOAD: Liturgy – “Generation” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Liturgy – “High Gold” (MP3)
Liturgy at Death By Audio (more by Jesse Lindmar)
Loved by some and love-to-be-hated by others (but isn’t that how the great ones are treated…
Velnias limited cassette out now (listen to a sample)
DOWNLOAD: Velnias – Untitled (excerpt) (MP3)
Velnias at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by Samantha Marble)
Apparently the time to take your band from good to jaw-dropping in black metal hours is less than two years…
new songs by Sun Splitter & the Swan King ++ a Locrian show
DOWNLOAD: Sun Splitter – “Northern Blood Tithe” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Swan King – “Staring Through Skulls” (MP3)
Terrence Hannum’s “Hateshrine”, and cover art for Sun Splitter II
Land of Decay have dropped the second release from Sun Splitter, a four-track release of killer ambient doom with touches of industrial music…
the year 2010 in Metal (BBG's favorite records & live shows)
DOWNLOAD: Thou – “By Endurance We Conquer” (MP3)
Sleep at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (more)
Lists are very subjective. A “best of” list is always an amalgam of personal experiences – that fateful moment when you press “Play” for the first time, in addition to a grade of excellent songwriting…
Locrian release a 5th video from their new LP (watch all 5)
Locrian recently released another three videos (!) from their haunting new long-player The Crystal World (art above). Dig on “Extinction” and “Triumph of Elimination” as well as “Obsidian Facades”, which makes its first appearance here…
new Locrian MP3 & video from 'The Crystal World' ++ dates
DOWNLOAD: Locrian – “Elevations and Depths” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Locrian – “The Crystal World” (MP3)
Locrian have a new LP on the way entitled The Crystal World, another disc of blackened ambient drone intensity from this Chicago (now) trio…
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Locrian, John Zorn, Bill Laswell & others appearing @ the new Museum & elsewhere
DOWNLOAD: Locrian – “Invisible/Visible” (M4A)
Locrian (photo by Lenny Gilmore)
Locrian will play NYC on Saturday July 10th as part of a artist Scott Treleaven‘s The Touching Of Hands exhibit at Light Industry in Brooklyn…