Lit Lounge
David Yow art exhibition opening @ Fuse Gallery (tonight)
David Yow with Jesus Lizard at Irving Plaza (more by Lori Baily)
No offense to the enigmatic frontman of The Jesus Lizard, etc, but the first thought that comes to mind when thinking of the sweaty high-octane vocals of David Yow isn’t fine art…
Trash turned 9, Lit is 9 too (party tonight)
As the NSFW gallery on Nicky Digital confirms, Trash recently celebrated their ninth anniversary at Webster Hall in the same raunchy way Trash always celebrates, and with help from DJ Jess, Alex Malfunction, Twig “The Invisible” Wunderbarkid, Lady Valtronic, Shane Bella Lugosi, Sugar Caine, and Debbie Delirium with burlesque by Magdalena Fox and Hazel Honeysuckle,
If you were aware of Trash nine (or even 8, 7, 6 or 5) years ago, when I believe it was happening at Rififi, then you were probably also aware of and spending some of your time in the smokey basement of Lit Lounge which is celebrating its ninth birthday TONIGHT (2/22)…
The Red Chord added to Sunday NYC show (!) w/ Premonitions of War & Tiger Flowers (who just played Lit - pics)
, BBG
Jesse of Tiger Flowers sings a lovely duet (pic by BBG)
I was already beyond excited about the NYC return of Premonitions of War at Public Assembly with the unreal Tiger Flowers and Descender…
DOH trying to shut down Lit, The Box & other clubs for violating the city's smoking ban
The Department of Health is looking to shut down five popular nightclubs for ignoring the city’s smoking ban.
M2 Ultra Lounge in Chelsea, The Box on the Lower East Side, Southside Nightclub in Little Italy, The Imperial in the Flatiron District and Lit Lounge in the East Village were fined in 2009 for allowing smoking indoors…
Obits working on new songs, playing two shows at Cake Shop ++ other dates, solo & art projects
Almost 25 months to the day of their live debut, Obits return to Cake Shop on two consecutive nights: February 12 and 13. Says guitarist Sohrab Habbibion:We’ve been wanting to play the Cake Shop again, but haven’t since our first show there…
forgetters playing in-store w/ The Bomb (who are on tour) ++ Iron age is here this week (Cake Shop & Charleston)
forgetters @ Lit Lounge (photo songs, so if you’ve liked any of his musical projects, you will not find forgetters to be a drastic departure…
Blake of Jawbreaker - Thorns of Life broke up. The new band is forgetters & they are playing some shows (dates)
Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker debuted a new band, Thorns of Life with Aaron Cometbus and Daniela Sea, late last year. That band has broken up and Schwarzenbach’s new trio, forgetters (who may continue playing Thorns of Life songs), with bassist Caroline Paquita and Kevin Mahon (the first drummer for Against Me…
Lightning Swords of Death, Bastard Sapling & Liturgy @ Lit Lounge in NYC (Precious Metal) - pics
What better place to see the black metal attack of Liturgy (though some call them “white metal”), Lightning Swords of Death, Bastard Sapling, and Agrath than the dingy basement of Lit Lounge, where the bands squared off on August 17th as part of Precious Metal…
Unearthly Trance, Harpoon & Casket Architects @ Lit - pics
“Thankfully, when Unearthly Trance come crashing through a howling wall of feedback into their sludgy doom metal riffing, we are back in the land of physically pulverising heaviosity…
Trap Them, Victims, Black Anvil & Black Breath @ Lit Lounge (Precious Metal) in NYC - pics
Trap Them“Much like label brethren Trap Them (oft believed to be of Swedish origin), Victim’s power lays in their earthy roar and their direct, fat free apocalyptic barrage that is built on the simplest of elements, i…
