Infest

Chris' picks include Cold As Life, Candiria, and more, and he talked about why each one deserves to be acknowledged as one of the all-time greats...

Saturday options include Sharon Van Etten, Morrissey, The Feelies, Hot Snakes, the Tribeca Film Festival, Jerry Seinfeld, Infest, Earth Crisis, and more.

Plus: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Live (second Radio City show), Shura, Infest/Dropdead, Patience (Roxanne of Veronica Falls), and more tour-related news.

Powerviolence legends Infest have been reunited for a bit now, but their shows are still pretty rare, so it's exciting to hear they're returning to NYC...

Tony Rettman, author of NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990 and Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985, is releasing his new book, Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk, next week (11/14). He celebrates it in NYC tonight, with a Q&A with Scott Crawford, who directed the Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk In Washington, DC (1980-90) documentary.

Check out the updated schedule for Maryland Deathfest (including some cancellations/replacements since we last spoke), plus a handful of upcoming NYC metal shows (some related to MDF, some not).

The legendary and incredibly influential hardcore/grind band Siege have been broken up for some time, but they're billed to play at least one show this year. No word yet on who's in the band -- original vocalist Kevin Mahoney and his replacement Seth Putnam both passed away in 2011 -- but the show happens in July in Providence with Infest, Dropdead, and more.

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...

Maryland Deathfest 2016 already announced two rounds of bands, and today they added a bunch more. Additions include Testament, Discharge, Repulsion, Paradise Lost, Ringworm, Severed Head of State (who also play NYC soon), Buzzov'en, World Burns to Death, Tragedy, Satan, DOOM, Crypt Sermon, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Horrendous, Infest, Nuclear Assault (who are supposedly breaking up soon), Weedeater...

Metal festival Maryland Deathfest (which returns this May) is expanding westward and presenting California Deathfest as well this year. It happens October 9-11 at Oakland Metro in Oakland, CA, and the lineup includes Worship, Infest, Antediluvian, Autopsy, Bolzer, Disma, Dispirit, Immolation, Excel, Loss, Lycus, Cretin, Despise You, Ghoul, Nader Sadek, Noothgrush, Poison Idea, Xibalba an...