Darkside NYC

In addition to Stardust and Martyrdoom, Brooklyn venue Saint Vitus will host yet another multi-day metal festival this year. This one’s the third installment of Rage of Armageddon, and happens from Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 18 with a number of veteran death and thrash bands including Broken Hope, …

NYHC vets Sheer Terror celebrated their 30th anniversary last year, and they’re continuing to go strong. This summer, they’ll go on a Rocks Off Cruise on Sunday, August 16 with No Redeeming Soc…

Tombs had a busy 2014, releasing their excellent LP Savage Gold and playing a ton of live shows, most recently opening for Yob. They’ve got more dates announced for 2015, including Maryland Deathfest, but before that they’ll play a hometown show with another great local metal band, Black Anvil (who also put out a new record in 2014), at NYC’s Acheron on January 30…

Reagan Youth pit @ Punk Island 2014 (via the_alouth_band)From the crustiest of street punks, to the tamest of ska fans — all punk appetites were met at the 2014 Punk Island music festival…

The massive Punk Island 2014 fest now has set times. As part of Make Music NY, the free-to-attend, DIY concert at Coast Guard Plaza in Staten Island, New York on Saturday (6/21) features the likes of Darkside NYC, Cop Problem, Raw Nerves, Two Fisted Law, the reformed Reagan Youth, and over 90 more (…

New York hardcore festival Black N’ Blue Bowl returns this year for two nights at The Well (5/17 & 5/18) in May. The lineup features d-beat pioneers Discharge headlining the second day, plus NYHC vets Agnostic Front performing with their Cause For Alarm lineup both nights…

words & In a new tradition of sorts (now three years running… pics from 2009 and 2010), Cro-Mags will play a holiday show, this time at Highline Ballroom on 12/30 with Supertouch, Subzero, and Sai Nam (mems Trapped Under Ice, Breakdown, Skarhead)…