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Relapse releases 2019 sampler ft. Torche, Gatecreeper, Inter Arma, Ceremony, more

Full of Hell, Monolord, Devil Master, Candy, Ringworm, Cherubs, Obituary, Integrity, Nothing, and more are also on Relapse’s new 26-song benefit compilation.

Hospital Fest 2018 in review (Power Trip, Prurient, Jesu, Merzbow, Kelly Moran, more)

Dominick Fernow’s Hospital Productions label celebrated its 21st birthday with a one-day festival at Queens’ Knockdown Center.

Boris and Merzbow share "Huge" + "Planet of the Cows" off upcoming collaborative album (watch the video)

We mentioned a while ago that Boris and Merzbow were working on an ambitious double LP called Gensho together, and now they’ve revealed a track…

Boris & Merzbow releasing collaborative double LP, made so both discs can be played at once (or separately)

Japanese doom metal chameleons Boris have announced a new collaborative album with fellow Japanese noisemaker Merzbow. The album is called Gensho and will be released in February 2016 on Relapse…

Pharmakon, Genesis P-Orridge, Prurient, Marshstepper, Merzbow & more played 'Nothing Changes' at Output (pics)

photos by Maria Jose Govea / Red Bull; words by Bill Pearis Pharmakon / Prurient / Genesis P-Orridge / Marshstepper

Merzbow & Xiu Xiu releasing collaborative album on Record Store Day, touring separately (dates, stream)

Japanese noise veteran Merzbow has been doing some choice collaborations with younger artists lately. Following last year’s collaborative album with Full of Hell, he’ll team up with uncompromising songwriter Xiu XIu for a two-song, almost 40-minute album called MERZXIU that will be out on splattered vinyl for Record Store Day (4/…

Nothing Changes taking over Output for one night w/ Prurient, Merzbow, Genesis P-Orridge & Aaron Dilloway, and more

Nothing Changes is the weekly late-night party that happens at small Lower East Side bar Home Sweet Home that tends to feature relatively obscure goth/noise/punk/etc artists, and sometimes hosts bigger bands while they tour through NYC like Iceage and Merchand…

Red Bull Music Academy NY returns - 2015 lineup & schedule (return of the Storm Rave, GHE20G0TH1K, a Kid Millions commission & much more)

The Red Bull Music Academy will once again take over NYC this year from May 1-30 with several very cool events and various venues. This year includes a night of all African electronic artists at Villain, a GHE20G0TH1K’s biggest ever party which will happen at BK Bazaar with a big lineup including New Orleans Bounce ‘sissy rapper’ Sissy Nobby‘s first-ever NYC appearance, the premiere of a new Kid Millions (of Oneida) piece with 20 musicians, a conversation with A$AP Rocky, a PC Music showcase with all their artists and SOPHIE at BRIC House, a conversation with George Clinton, the biggest-ever Nothing Changes party at Output with Merzbow and many others, a Tri Angle Records 5th anniversary party on Wall Street with most of the label’s roster, the return of Frankie Bones’ Storm Rave party, the debut of FKA twigs’ new live show with dancers and more, an Arthur Russell tribute with Dev Hynes, Cults, Phosphorescent (UPDATE: Phosphoresent was initially listed as part of this but is no longer on the lineup), Sam Amidon, Little Scr…

Full of Hell & The Body touring together, planning collab, and released other collabs (dates, stream)

Hardcore maniacs Full of Hell and sludge/drone metallers The Body are teaming up for a tour together this spring. It kicks off in Providence in mid-April, and ends back there in mid-…

Zs releasing a new album, playing shows, told us their top LPs and "most anonymous comments on BrooklynVegan" of 2014

Long-running NYC experimental band Zs debuted their newest lineup in 2012, which is founder Sam Hillmer with Patrick Higgins and Liturgy drummer Greg Fox, and now they’re set to release the first album with that lineup, Xe, on January 27 via Northern Spy…
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