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Om touring this fall with Watter (members of Grails and Slint) (dates & related news)
Om at the Met in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)
Masters of metallic hypnosis, Om have been touring in short bursts this year. Back in April, they played a handful of dates out west…
Sleep release first new song in 20 years, "The Clarity" (listen)
A lot has changed since Sleep split. California voted in “medical” marijuana (“medical” meaning, ‘I asked and had $40 on me for a license’) the same year they recorded what would become their swansong, Jerusalem/Dopesmoker…
Windhand touring w/ All Them Witches, playing NYC w/ Ilsa
Richmond’s highly melodic trad-style doomers Windhand are opening the Philly date of the Sleep tour this summer, and after that they’ll be heading out on a headlining tour…
Chicago Heavy Show Roundup: Boris, Power Trip, Skeletonwitch, Black Anvil, Sleep AND MORE
Boris in New York in 2013 (more by PSquared Photography)
Summer in Chicago can be long and exhausting. If, by August, you feel like you can’t take any more suburban kids in neon crop tops crowding into your favorite parks, don’t worry, there’s still antidotal heavy music to be consumed in dark rooms…
Pitchfork Fest aftershows, Zammuto, Pinback, Mike Birbiglia & more tickets
Tickets for ALL Pitchfork Festival aftershows go on sale today (6/20) at noon CST.
Tickets to see The Cult at Concord Music Hall are on sale now…
Giorgio Moroder kicks off Adult Swim Singles Series (listen)
As mentioned, Adult Swim is back with their Singles Series, now in its fifth year, with a new free song to download every Monday during the summer…
Sleep touring, playing Stage 48 (dates)
Sleep at Hopscotch in 2013 (more by Karen A. Mann)
Stoner doom legends Sleep have announced five August live dates. The Bay Area bringers of riffs will get rolling August 24 in Boston with psych-rockers Heavy Blanket and close with an August 30 set in Pioneertown, California (which looks like Deadwood, by the way)…
Sleep touring in August, playing Thalia Hall
Sleep @ Burgerama III in March (more by Debi Del Grande)
The mighty Sleep have announced a handful of US tour dates slated for this August. That run includes a show at new Pilsen venue Thalia Hall on August 28…
FIDLAR, Mac DeMarco, together PANGEA, White Fang, Sleep and more @ Burgerama III day 2 (belated pics)
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On Sunday, Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco was preparing for his set in the green room when we caught up with him. “I used to think Burger was just garage, but it’s more ‘anything goes’ nowadays,” said DeMarco…
True Detective soundtrack (so far) -- Handsome Family, Black Angels, Melvins, Sleep, Primus, Father John Misty & more
I just wanted an excuse to think about True Detective more as I wait for the 7th episode, so here’s a post about the music which includes the show’s title sequence theme song “Far From Any Road”, and info on the well curated songs in each episode…
