Against the Grain

”In celebration of our fifth anniversary, National Sawdust is returning to our roots, turning the spotlight on the creative process and nurturing bold new music projects from exceptional new voices.”

The ”Use Your Collusion” tour surrounds GWAR's appearance at Riot Fest.

Plus: Parquet Courts, John Vanderslice, Municipal Waste, Metal Allegiance / Venom Inc, Iceland Airways, and more just-announced tours and shows.

The Detroit fest also has GWAR, OFF!, Weedeater, The Obsessed, Negative Approach, and more.

Ohio stoner rockers Lo-Pan are hitting the road again this March for a US tour with Detroit rockers Against the Grain (who are working on a new LP with Joel Grind from Toxic Holocau...

The Valient Thorr / Nashville Pussy co-headlining tour rolled through NYC on December 18 for a show at Gramercy Theatre. This tour was Valient Thorr's first without bass player Nitewolf, one of the founding members, who had been with the band since 2...

Valient Thorr at Gramercy in 2012 (more by Di Lynn Ring) Two southern metal party animals, Nashville Pussy and Valient Thorr, will be heading on the road together for a co-headlining tour this December with support from Against the Grain...

New York hardcore festival Black N' Blue Bowl returns this year for two nights at The Well (5/17 & 5/18) in May. The lineup features d-beat pioneers Discharge headlining the second day, plus NYHC vets Agnostic Front performing with their Cause For Alarm lineup both nights...

Church of Misery at Cameo (more by Samantha Marble) Japan's awesome "anti-stoner" (read: stoner) doom troupe Church of Misery just announced a long run of North American dates in October and November...