Kill the Client

Warsaw last year (more by Chris Gersbeck) Warsaw in Brooklyn is usually busy hosting its share of parties that cater to its Polish neighbors, but the venue has recently, once again rolled out a few shows for the concert-going populus...

& BBG Ringworm headlined the BrooklynVegan/1000Knives Day Show at Lovejoys on 3/18, the third of four BV-BBG metal shows at SXSW this year...

Ringworm at FFF Fest 2010 (more by BBG) I've been super busy booking bands for FOUR upcoming metal shows in Austin, TX. Let's recap what's announced so far...

DOWNLOAD: Thou - "By Endurance We Conquer" (MP3) Sleep at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (more) Lists are very subjective. A "best of" list is always an amalgam of personal experiences - that fateful moment when you press "Play" for the first time, in addition to a grade of excellent songwriting...

Kill the Client at Hoeks (photo by Diana Zadlo) So nice, I booked 'em twice! Kill The Client was a strong cup of coffee as the opening band at my SXSW day party at Emo's, and provided the most perfectly brutal primer for Trash Talk at their appearance at Hoeks Death Metal Pizza the next day...

, Samantha Marble, BBG Grace of Landmine Marathon (by Samantha Marble) A hearty thanks go out to everyone who showed up to the BrooklynVegan/1000 Knives/Crustcake show at Hoeks Death Metal Pizza on 3/18...

Mike Hill, who wasn't the only guitarist in Tombs at SXSW... While I was thrashing my rear off between the two stages at Mohawk on 3/17, Samantha Marble was also nodding away at the Relapse showcase at Red 7 down the street...

, Tim Griffin, Brian Reilly "Emo's Jr. is way too tiny to handle their enormous sludge, enormous hooks, enormous energy, enormous crowd." - Rolling Stone.........

So a few weeks ago,I sat down with Crustcake.com and Rich Hall (1000 Knives) to decide the greatest Austin venue for a metal show. BrooklynVegan metal is already going HUGE this year between a show on 3/17 at Emo's (with Torche, Fucked Up, Salome, Dark Castle, The Atlas Moth, Javelina and more TBA), and another day party at Red 7 on 3/20 (lineup TBA), so we figured why not go small...

DOWNLOAD: Maruta - "The Collapse" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kill The Client - "Divide & Conquer" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Copremesis - "Zombie" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Defeatist - "Isolation Tactics" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Misery Index - "Conquistadores" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crowpath - "Plague Bearer" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rotten Sound - "Targets" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gadget - "HSN1" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jig-Ai - "Shu-Lin" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sulaco - "Model Of Inefficiency" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sayyadina - "My Say Shall Be The Last" (MP3) The ante has been upped...