Quicksand

From long-awaited comebacks to veterans who have stayed consistently great and active, here’s a list of some of the best 2017 music by artists that helped define indie and underground music as we know it.

Power Trip are playing Fort Rock (with Ozzy), Carolina Rebellion (with Clutch, Thrice, Baroness, Quicksand, Code Orange, Mutoid Man, and Turnstile), Home Sick (with Ceremony and Touche Amore), and more. Drummer Chris Ulsh (also of Impalers and Mammoth Grinder) tells us his favorite albums of the year…

Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice in Chains will headline, with A Perfect Circle, Quicksand, Baroness, Power Trip, Turnstile, The Bronx, Andrew WK, Stone Temple Pilots, Yelawolf, Mutoid Man, Body Count, and lots more also on the bill.

This week’s Notable Releases include Quicksand’s first album in 22 years, Angel Olsen’s rarities collection, Kamaiyah’s surprise mixtape, and more.

Quicksand wrapped up their tour with No Joy with two NYC shows over the weekend. They had been previewing new material off their first album in 22 years…

Walter Schreifels opened the tribute with a solo-acoustic song, and then Warzone members took the stage joined by Civ of Gorilla Biscuits, Lou of Sick Of It All, Freddy of Madball, and many others.

Though they’ve been reduced to a three-piece outfit due to some unfortunate circumstances surrounding guitarist Tom Capone, Quicksand sonically bulldozed the place as if nothing ever happened. The new songs off their first album in 22 years also stood up against the classics.

This Sunday’s (10/1) Raybeez tribute also includes the vocalists from Madball, Killing Time, Inhuman, Stigmata, Shutdown, and more.