Belgium

Belgium is a hotbed for a certain type of hardcore sound, embodied in bands like Rise & Fall, Amenra and others. Oathbreaker is another band that flirts with that particular oppressive-hardcore sound, yet this Belgian crew also dabbles in epic screamo (ala Envy) on their new LP Eros|Anteros due via Deathwish on August 20…

photo by Stefaan Temmerman Belgium is fertile with vicious hardcore, a trend that continues with the release of the new LP from Hessian, the latest entry in Southern Lord’s crusty hardcore onslaught…

today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s * Darlene Love @ BB King’s * Brandon Ross @ The Stone * Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall * Michael Brown Duo @ Barbes * The Who @ Mohegan Sun (CT) * Os Mutantes @ Le Poisson Rouge * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * Cult Of Youth, King Dude @ Union Pool * Daniel Higgs, Kyp Malone, Hubble @ Zebulon * Railbird, Xenia Rubinos, Sean McMahon @ Big Snow * Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Starred, Gambles @ MoMA PS1 * Caspian, Moving Mountains, O’Brother @ Bowery Ballroom * Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans @ Death By Audio * Vensaire, Friends & Farmers, Dead Sexy Sheila @ Public Assembly * Teletextile, Child Actor, Hairy Sands, Jezzy & the Belles @ Cameo Gallery * Yankee Bang Bang, The Sweet Ones, Mexican Museums, Krinklebearcat @ Cake Shop * Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Johnnie Lee Jordan and the Boys @ The Mercury Lounge * Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friendlander, Jessica Kirson, Ted Alexandro @ EastVille Comedy Club * Ted Leo, Casey Shea, The National Reserve, Jena Friedman, Michael Showalter @ Littlefield * Cannibal Ox, C-Rayz Walz, Prop Anon, Double AB, Creature, Ireelz, J…

Blur at London’s Hyde Park in August (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Guess that post Olympics show wasn’t Blur‘s last show after all…..

RHCP OFF! at Europa in NYC (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Anthony Kiedis @ Rock Werchter in Belgium OFF! (aka Keith Morris and gang) play Power of The Riff West this weekend in LA before heading out on tour with Red Hot Chili Peppers (seriously)…

Tickets to The xx‘s upcoming show at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx on October 28 go on sale today at noon. Chairlift open the NYC show and others on the tour…

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Snow Patrol, both of who recently played Rock Werchter in Belgium, are teaming up for a tour of the US and Canada together this f…

Other Lives, who recently played Rock Werchter in Belgium (pictures in this post), are currently making their way around Europe, and eventually to Japan and, after taking a 2 month break, the band will head out on a fall tour of the US and Canada with Copenhagen’s I…

“Rock Werchter is a Belgian annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, since 1973. It is one of the five biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe (the other four being Exit, Sziget Festival, the Glastonbury Festival and Roskilde Festival)…

Flanders is a Festival! That was a new phrase to me prior to last week, and I’ve learned a lot since then underscoring the truth of it. For the uninitiated – Flanders (which includes Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Leuven) is rife with more than 280 music festivals per year…