Yakuza

Fueled by Sailor Jerry’s spiced rum and PBR (both were free for a limited time), the BrooklynVegan – BBG CMJ showcase at Saint Vitus on 10/20 (a measly $5 door fee at the door if you didn’t have a CMJ badge), sold-out the venue with an eclectic mix of bands that exemplified “heavy music” in many different ways: the searing post-rock/post-hardcore/black metal of Sannhet, brooding cello loops, crusty metallic-hardcore from Enabler, Am-Rep-y hardcore, searing bluesy hard rock from Royal Thunder and experi-metal from Chicago’s Yakuza (check out our recent interview with Bruce Lamont)…

Menomena @ Music Hall of Williamsburg earlier on tour (more by Greg Cristman) today in Chicago * Menomena, PVT @ Metro * Black Prairie, Shelley Short @ Schubas * Native, My Dad, Droughts @ Beat Kitchen * Abigail Washburn, Prince Florence @ SPACE * Smashing Pumpkins, Anberlin @ Allstate Arena * Old 97’s, Salim Nourallah, Rhett Miller @ the Vic * Vamos, Mondo Drag, Moonrises @ The Burlington * WHY…

Bloodiest at Saint Vitus, Nov 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Saxophonist, vocalist and all around Chicago rennaissance man, Bruce Lamont welcomes Beyul today, the new LP from his long-running experimental metal outfit Yakuza…

by Fred Pessaro // BBG Nachtmystium at The Studio at Webster Hall, Sept 2010 (more by Markus Shaffer)”Nachtmystium, regretfully, has to reschedule its upcoming US tour due to an unavoidable family emergency…

Bruce Lamont of Yakuza, with Bloodiest, Aug 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Chicago experi-metal-ists Yakuza are welcoming their new monster, Beyul, via the venerable Profound Lore Records next week (specifically, 10/16)…

Yakuza at Gramercy, October 2010 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) I am proud to announce the official BV-BBG CMJ showcase, going down in Brooklyn at Saint Vitus on October 20th…

As discussed previously, Yakuza is welcoming Beyul, the band’s new LP due via Profound Lore on 10/16. The band’s record release party with Helen Money just got a lot more interesting though with the addition of Dysrhythmia to the bill…

Tickets for The Weeknd’s September 21 show at the Congress Theater go on sale this Saturday (8/18) at 10AM CST. Tickets for The Soft Pack’s October 12 show at Lincoln Hall go on sale today (8/17) at noon…

Chicago progressive-metal outfit Yakuza are set to follow 2010’s Of Seismic Consequence with a new record this year. It’s titled Beyul and is due out on October 16 via Profound Lore, serving as their second release for the label…

Man’s Gin & Bruce Lamont at St. Vitus (more by BBG) Bruce Lamont will step out of the solo box for his appearance at Lovejoys on Saturday afternoon (3/17)…