Isis
Isis, Botch, Russian Circles, Baptists members formed Sumac, releasing debut on Profound Lore
Former Isis singer — AND NOT A TERRORIST — Aaron Turner has formed a new band with Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook (Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, Russian Circles)…
ISIS the band being confused with ISIS the terrorist group
Isis at Irving Plaza in 2009 (more by Paul Birman)
The influential hardcore/post-metal band ISIS, now disbanded, is unfortunately being confused with the terrorist group of the same name…
Kanine reissuing Elastica's debut LP for Record Store Day, releasing 'Non Violent Femmes' comp ++ more
In addition to the Fear of Men special edition LP, Kanine Records announced their other Record Store Day 2014 releases today as well. One of them is a compilation called Non Violent Femmes, which culls tracks from some of today’s more promising female-fronted bands from around the globe (well, America, UK, and NZ): Speedy Ortiz, Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow, Beach Day, Tashaki Miyaki, Is/Is, Beverly, TEEN (who just played Baby’s All Right), Joanna Gruesome, Flowers, and Beaches…
Twilight (black metal supergroup w/ mems of Nachtmystium, Thurston Moore, etc) release new song from upcoming LP
We were pretty confused/excited when indie rock figurehead Thurston Moore joined Chicagoan black metal supergroup Twilight (no, no glittery vampires involved) back in 2012…
'Metal Cats' book up for pre-order; Slayer biography out now
A couple weeks back we talked about Metal Meowlisha IV: A Headbangers Furball, death metal greats Obituary‘s fundraiser fest for feral cats in the Tampa area on 12/21 featuring Exhumed and Terrorizer (lineup below)…
ALSO: Warner Bros goes Kickstarter; White Stripes, Boards of Canada and ISIS reform; Andrew WK takes it easy +++ more
Here’s some April 1 news you may have missed….
Amanda Palmer at T5, NYE 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Music biz insider Bob Lefsetz reports today that Warner Brothers will fund all new albums on the label via Kickstarter:
Perennially third, the smallest of the three majors saw a need to shake it up, to move ahead of Sony and Universal in the game of music production…
Hydra Head starts fundraiser to keep catalog in print ++ Aaron Turner lists his Top 10 2012 'albums or musical related events'
Aaron Turner w Old Man Gloom @ Europa, 5/8/12 (more by Fred Pessaro)
As announced some weeks back, Hydra Head has come to a difficult juncture in our existence and the future of the label is precarious…
R.I.P. Hydra Head Records
Hydra Head Records has never been a smooth-running operation. We’ve spent the majority of our existence excitedly scrambling from one thing to the next, taking on more than we could ever possibly hope to achieve, and never quite finding solid footing in the midst of our self-induced whirlwind of chaos…
Deftones add Terminal 5 date on burgeoning tour; Isis and Kylesa produce rarities LPs
Sergio of Deftones, on stage with Quicksand, 2012 (more by Rebecca Reed)
With Quicksand (who just played Bowery and MHoW) gearing up to play their last show in the forseeable future at FYF in LA, Deftones are gearing up for what looks to be a string of US dates this fall…
Chino forms Palms with Isis members; Deftones team w/ System of a Down for tour; Chi Cheng still recovering
Deftones & System of a Down tease their upcoming tour
System of a Down and Deftones are teaming up for a string of mostly East Coast dates in August, tagging both PNC Bank Arts Center on August 4th and Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on August 5th…
