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Drew McDowall, Rectal Hygienics, Pharmakon, Humanbeast & more playing Summer Scum 5 (lineup)
The lineup for the annual Summer Scum fest at Trans Pecos has been announced. In what is being billed as the final Summer Scum, 52 acts will play 15-minute or less sets over the course of two days…
Cut Hands playing NYC with Container after Warm Up (dates)
UK musician William Bennett’s industrial/noise project Cut Hands is returning to the US for a few shows this month. One is the previously-discussed Warm Up at MoMA PS1 on August 15 with Untold, Ninos Du Brasil, Vessel and French Fries b2b Bambounou (tickets), and he also plays a night show in Broo…
Beech Creeps replace Pampers on Destruction Unit's Summer Thunder show; Pharmakon & more playing Summer Scum IV
Destruction Unit are in town, ready to decimate at Palisades tonight (6/26) and the free “Summer Thunder” Union Pool show on Saturday afternoon (6/27)…
Royal Trux, Royal Headache, Destruction Unit, Fucked Up, The Mob, Power Trip, Sheer Mag & more added to Berserktown II
The Berserktown II festival is happening August 14-16 in Los Angeles and they have expanded their lineup quite a bit since we last posted, with some potentially exciting additions…
Knækkede Stemmer making US debut at NYC one-off with Shredded Nerve & Scant (who tour together after)
Danish tape-noise master Mikkel Rørbo has been working under a new alias, Knækkede Stemmer. The former brains behind Alleypisser already has a few releases out on notable experimental labels Jartecknet, Nostilevo, and upcoming ones on Total Black and Alien Passengers…
Pharmakon played Palisades, added to Marshstepper / Puce Mary show at St Vitus (where Pop 1280 & Anasazi also play)
Pharmakon, who put out one of The Quietus‘ favorite albums of 2014, recently played a release show for that album, Bestial Burden, at Palisades on November 22 with Ligature…
Dream Police concluding tour w/ Honey in NYC this weekend w/ Ivy, add west coast dates; Ligature opening for Pharmakon
The Men’s avant-leaning spinoff Dream Police released their debut LP Hypnotized earlier this month via Sacred Bones and have been on tour with ripping psych punks Honey (mems Psychic Ills, Amen Dunes, Stupid Party) in support of it…
Puce Mary released an LP, touring, playing 3 NYC shows (dates with Marshstepper, Orden Mundial & more)
Danish one-woman industrial noise project Puce Mary released her newest album, Persona, earlier this year via Posh Isolation. If you’re unfamiliar, you can get a taste from the bleak, distortion-covered and effect-laden track “Courses” below…
tix on sale: Cat Stevens, Ryan Adams, Flying Lotus, Alberich, Marshstepper, The Range, Movement, Pianos BTT, more
Tickets for the Cat Stevens/Yusuf show at Beacon Theatre go on Amazon presale today at 10 AM.
Tickets for the Pianos Become The Teeth, Frameworks and Gates show at The Studio at Webster Hall go on sale today at 10 AM…
York Factory Complaint and Thought Broadcast releasing LPs, celebrating together at Nothing Changes (streams)
York Factory Complaint at Saint Vitus, January 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison)
If you’re not familiar with the NYC duo York Factory Complaint, you may know some of their other projects–Ryan Martin is the co-founder of Dais Records, and Michael Berdan also is/was in Believer/Law, Uniform, Veins and Drunkdriver…
