Lich King

Thursday’s NYC-area shows include The Who, Hinds, Eartheater, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Vio-lence, and more.

Today’s NYC-area shows include Thundercat, Brandi Carlile (playing Joni Mitchell’s ’Blue’), The Feelies, Parquet Courts, One Step Closer, and more

Maryland Deathfest 2019 happens Memorial Day Weekend in Baltimore with Voivod, Anaal Nathrakh, Primitive Man, Spectral Voice, Borknagar, Unleashed and more.

Land of Talk, Diamanda Galas, King Gizzard, Yeasayer, Despot, Black N’ Blue Bowl, The Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, and many many more Saturday options.

California’s Exmortus remind me of bands like White Wizzard or (early) The Sword — not necessarily because they sound alike, but because all three pay genuine homage to classic metal tropes while maintaining some distance from them…