Brain Slug

Hardcore legends Infest, who helped pioneer powerviolence, are reunited and played their first NYC shows ever last year. Shows have still been few and far between, but they're booked for Maryland Deathfest 2016 and now they have another NYC show coming...

Haymaker at A389 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) Ontario's long-running hardcore/grind act Haymaker re-emerged in 2013 with their first recordings in almost 10 years for A389 Recordings, who work with a lot of bands that fit the above genre tag...

Philly hardcore experimenters Blacklisted already appeared at This Is Hardcore, Deathwish Fest, and a NYC one-off this year, and now they've got two more shows scheduled for 2014: one in NYC and one in Phi...

Violent Reaction, the UK straight-edge one-man ripper who are fleshed out into a full ensemble at live shows, tear through straight-edge anthems flavored with a UK flare...

Detroit hardcore band Freedom is set to release a collection of eight 2-minute and under punishers on a 7" titled Pay the Price tonight (1/16), at the first show of the band's short east coast run...

Shoxx at The Acheron, June 2012 (more by BBG) Olympia, Washington's GAG is a hardcore punk force to be reckoned with, and the band are  currently in the midst of a lengthy US tour that, as mentioned in today's What's Going On post, lands tonight (10/8) at Fitness at 1196 Myrtle Avenue with locals Shoxx, Goosebumps, Pleasure Industry and newcomers to the scene IVY (not to be confused with the NYC pop band of the same name)...

Vampire Weekend at Roseland in April (more by Robert Altman) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights...

Power Trip at Acheron last night (more by Lukas Hodge) Crossver thrash crew Power Trip (with drummer Chris Ulsh in tow) played a late night show at Acheron last night (4/19), with support from Brain Slug and Altered Boys...

Power Trip at Show No Mercy showcase, SXSW 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) Fresh off of a zillion shows at SXSW, Power Trip will head north to play dates on their way to and from the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival...

Seattle powerviolence duo Iron Lung have been out on the road for close to a month now, playing dates with Dream Decay including Saturday at Death by Audio (3/30) in Brooklyn, NY...