Gentlemen

One listen to London’s Gentlemen, and you’ll immediately deduce that they really love the late ’60s and early ’70s. That’s far from a new thing to get from a modern band, but what keeps them interesting as they’re listing off influences is that they’ve got a lot of influences…

Black Breath at Precious Metal, May 2009 (more by Paul Birman) I can’t tell you how many great bands I have seen over the years at Precious Metal at NYC club Lit Lounge on Mondays…

Pinkish Black at WIERD, Nov 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Second chances are great. Third chances are even better. Pinkish Black played WIERD earlier this week (on 11/28) and Saint Vitus last night (12/1) and have now added a THIRD show at Acheron on 12/3 with Bezoar, Gentlemen and Dolores Boys for all of you procrastinators who didn’t get a chance to catch them their first two times…

Japanese-born/Brooklyn-residing post-punk trio ZZZ’s were formed this past March with Youkaku (guitar/vox), Yukary (bass/vox), and Lyn (drums), all of whom were members of Hystoic Vein, who broke up in October 2011…

John Stanier of Battles/Tomahawk (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Tomahawk is back! The supercrew featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, etc), Duan Denison (The Jesus Lizard), Trevor Dunn (Melvins Lite, Fantomas) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet) has returned with a new LP Oddfellows, due this January via Ipecac…

With members of Deadsea and Teeth of The Hydra amongst their ranks, you’d think that Columbus, Ohio quartet Eye would be on a quest for riff-supremacy…