Valient Thorr

Tim’s complete set of pictures from FFF Fest Saturday are split into two posts: HERE and HERE. A third set, that I took with far inferior skills and camera, but that fills in some blanks and includes stuff like a dude being thrown into a pool filled with thumbtacks, a member of Gwar storming the stage during Municipal Waste’s set, and people waiting in line to get Wavves’ autograph, continues below…

Valient Thorr headlined Southpaw in Brooklyn on 9/23 with support from Junius and Howl as part of a larger overall tour for the three bands…

Trap Them at Knitting Factory (more by Samantha Marble) Trap Them and Howl will hit the road for a string of dates with Every Time I Die as part of “Shit Happens: The Tour”, tagging The Studio at Webster Hall on 11/3 in the process…

photos and On their way to Boston to record their new LP with Kurt Ballou at God City, acerbie noise rock killers KEN Mode played Acheron on Tuesday (8/17) with Brooklyn’s own blackened hardcore greats Castevet and Boston’s spacey post-rock/metallers Junius…

Singapore grind trio Wormrot, who released one of my favorite LPs of 2009 (which has since been reissued by Earache this year), will play Santos Party House on September 2nd alongside Order of Ennead (members of Deicide, also Earache), Mobile Deathcamp (which features Beefcake of GWAR) and Skull Crusher…

Converge @ Hammerstein (more by Ryan Muir) The rumors are true. Converge WILL hit the road with a rotating assortment of unsavory characters like Coalesce, Harvey Milk, Gaza, Black Breath, and Lewd Acts…

Valient Thorr, laying waste Valient Thorr and Red Fang cruised on through Santos Party House as part of an east coast tour on 11/17, the same day as the BrooklynVegan sponsored Dark Castle / The Atlas Moth / Wetnurse / Tiger Flowers at Union Pool (otherwise, I would have been there)…

DOWNLOAD: Doomriders – “Lions” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Portal – “Omenknow” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Javelina – “Step Child” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Karma To Burn – Live at Lit Lounge 4/20/09 (Zipped MP3) DOWNLOAD: 20 Buck Spin Label Sampler (Mediafire, Zipped MP3 via) DOWNLOAD: Kowloon Walled City – Gambling On The Richter Scale (Zipped MP3) DOWNLOAD: Converge – “Axe To Fall” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Power Pellut – “Black Molly” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Skies – “Smoke and Mirrors” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Yoga – “Seventh Wind” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sleep – Live at ATP 5/9/09 (MP3) Javelina @ the Northside BV-BBG Showcase (more by Jason Walker) Alright…

Valient Thorr @ Roseland, (more by Chris LaPutt ) Valient Thorr will make their return to Brooklyn on April 26th at Trash Bar! There are no advanced tickets – $10 gets you in…

DOWNLOAD: Fol Chen – Cable TV (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rafter – no fucking around (MP3) DOWNLOAD: DM Stith – Pity Dance (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Parenthetical Girls – A Song For Ellie Greenwich (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Chief – Your Direction (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Shout Out Out Out Out – Bad Choices (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hymns – Your Movement (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dosh – If You Want To, You Have To (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Themselves – Dark Sky Demo (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lissy Trullie – Self-Taught Learner (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin – Fossil (MP3) DOWNLOAD: A-Trak – Say Whoa (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crocodile – August Is Over (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Valient Thorr – I Hope The Ghosts Of The Dead Haunt Yr Soul Forever A selection of free music by artists playing official showcases on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at SXSW…