East of the Wall

Its easy to see why members of East of The Wall and So Is The Tongue would get along; both bands clearly have similar record collections and traffic in technical rock with touches of metal, hardcore, psychedeila, and jazz…

While Coke Bust/Masakari/Sick Fix/Grudges was tearing down Acheron on 11/19, a much larger show was brewing at Terminal 5 featuring Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang as part of the trio’s tour together…

Brett of East of The Wall, his head on a swivel (more by BBG) New Jersey quintet East of The Wall walk the line between stunning instrumental prowess and keeping it heavy on the live stage, which is one reason why they’ll be a formidable match for like-minded Brooklyn heavyweights Dysrhythmia at Union Pool on 10/22…

Crosses is a new crew that features Shaun Lopez of FAR and Chino Moreno of Deftones, and the trio (Chuck Doom rounds it out) have released a new EP for download…

Flourishing hasn’t existed quite as long as Wetnurse, but Wetnurse/Flourishing guitarist Garett Bussanick has already cranked out a pair of Flourishing releases in as many years…

The Ocean released their latest LP Heliocentric last year, and will head out on tour in April of this year. They play a rare show in NYC, their first since touring with Kylesa, Withered, and Lair of The Minotaur in 2008, at Public Assembly on April 13th with East of The Wall & Flourishing …

Compared to fellow Georgians Mastodon & Baroness, Kylesa have always been sort of the underdog. Now entering their 10th year as a band, it seemed like sweet justice on Wednesday (1/26) to see the band pack a headlining show at Santos Party House, and play with another THREE underrated bands in their own right…

Acheron was beatdown by four killer bands on Friday (8/13), including the first ever NYC dates for Megasus, Judas and The Love Below who played along with the fantastic noisy hardcore trio Pollution…

Magrudergrind supporting Verbal Abuse (more by Keith Marlowe) With all of the BrooklynVegan-related shows on the horizon, it can be hard to keep up…

words and East of the Wall Primus be damned. Black Cobra raged out at The Studio at Webster Hall on Friday (7/30) with help from Rhode Island killers Howl, the Ohio freight train known as Struck By Lightning and the incredible and beyond-under-rated East Of The Wall…