Couch Slut

The Saint Vitus Bar co-owner and booker reflects on 2020 and lists some of his favorite music of the year, including releases from HUM, Gulch, Ulcerate, Nothing, Deftones, Pallbearer, Jesu, Jessie Ware, Oranssi Pazuzu, Lido Pimienta, Chubby and the Gang, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist and more.

Listen to new songs by Ka, Caleb Giles, Xibalba, Devil With No Name (mem Lord Mantis), The Drums, and more.

Plus: Psycho Las Vegas, Horrendous/Cloak, BTBAM, Church of Misery, Code Orange, Elder, and more heavy tour news.

Plus: Morbid Angel, Modern Nature, Chris Cohen, Couch Slut, and more tickets on sale.

Afropunk Fest, Drake's ”day party,” Belly, Thursday, Vetiver/Espers, Busdriver, Black Tusk, Guerilla Toss and more Sunday show options.

Finland's Throat pull from noise rock, post-hardcore, indie rock, and more, and their upcoming album on Svart Records may appeal to fans of early Iceage.

Berserker 2018 includes Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, Macabre, Negative Approach, Tombs, Homewrecker, The Armed, Couch Slut, Bloodiest, and more.

Also: Couch Slut, Detroit Cobras, Cut Worms, Protomartyr, Diana Ross, and more NYC-area shows on sale.

Their schedule includes the just-announced Fire In The Mountains festival, which is gradually revealing its lineup.

The mastermind behind the experimental noise band Gnaw, Alan Dubin (Khanate, OLD), also works in film and video, and you can really sense this when experiencing the totality of the group: one whose setting is spatial, intellectual, and challenging...