Black Skies

Hopscotch lineup announced; Jesus & Mary Chain will be in NC in September; John Darnielle to do metal covers set

Built to Spill at BV SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Barkan) The Hopscotch festival in Raleigh, North Carolina will celebrate its third year from Sept…

Black Skies released an LP, on tour, playing NY twice tonight, once w/ the Atomic Bitchwax (whose LP is coming soon)

DOWNLOAD: The Atomic Bitchwax – “The Local Fuzz” EDIT (MP3) Black Skies has cancelled their appearance at Acheron, but will double up on Brooklyn shows TONIGHT (5/20) as part of a larger tour…

Short Wave Warfare (6/18/10)

DOWNLOAD: Coffins – “Black Fog of Burning Flesh” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coliseum – “Everything To Everyone” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Suma – “Headwound” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dispirit – “Bitumen Amnii” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Dispirit – “Ixtab’s Lure” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Leng Tch’e – “Wirehead Imbeciles” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Thou – tracks from Dwell in the Darkness of Thought and Drink the Poison of Life EP Split (rar) DOWNLOAD: Moloch – “Dry Cough” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ghast – “Crawl, Blighted and Afraid” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fistula – “The Ones That Got Away” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Aun – “Drainbow” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – tracks from Tears That Soak A Callous Heart Split (rar) DOWNLOAD: Ramesses – “Khali Mist” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Endless Blockade – “Clean & Prone” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Masakari – “XVI Rapid Dominance” (MP3) Thou at Scion Rock Fest (more by Christopher Mumma) The grotesquely prolific Thou is forever on the move, and in addition to their out-now Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP and the upcoming studio LP Summit due in July on GIlead Media (CD) and Southern Lord (Vinyl), the band has a pair of splits on deck…

This Week In METAL (09/30/09)

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…