Millions

A few weeks back, we mentioned that Todd P has established a new, legal/up-to-code venue called Trans-Pecos in the former Silent Barn space at 915 Wyckoff Ave; the venue officially opened its doors with a Northern Spy Records-curated Gnaw/Notekillers/Psalm Zero show last week...

The always-prolific Motion Sickness of Time Travel (aka Rachel Evans) had a few releases last year, and she's already got one out in 2013, The Perennials EP, which dropped on New Year's Day...

Noise rockers Millions (ex-Small Brown Bike) are celebrating the release of their brand new record, Failure Tactics, with a precision strike on the East Coast...

DOWNLOAD: Millions - "Kept Alive By Drugs & Magick"(MP3) DOWNLOAD: Millions - "Lest the Professor Catches Fire"(MP3) Though he isn't part of the upcoming Small Brown Bike NYC reunion shows, Scott Flaster is doing just fine as owner of Seventh Rule Recordings and as member of his latest undertaking, Millions...

Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin) BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here's what Decibel Magazine had to say:

DOWNLOAD: Doomriders - "Lions" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Portal - "Omenknow" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Javelina - "Step Child" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Karma To Burn - Live at Lit Lounge 4/20/09 (Zipped MP3) DOWNLOAD: 20 Buck Spin Label Sampler (Mediafire, Zipped MP3 via) DOWNLOAD: Kowloon Walled City - Gambling On The Richter Scale (Zipped MP3) DOWNLOAD: Converge - "Axe To Fall" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Power Pellut - "Black Molly" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Skies - "Smoke and Mirrors" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Yoga - "Seventh Wind" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sleep - Live at ATP 5/9/09 (MP3) Javelina @ the Northside BV-BBG Showcase (more by Jason Walker) Alright...

DOWNLOAD: Coalesce - "Questions To Root Out Fools" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brutal Truth - "Sugardaddy" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "Agorapocalypse Now" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: General Surgery - "Restrained Remains" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lord Mantis - "Lord Mantis" DOWNLOAD: Mournful Congregation - The June Frost Medley (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Atomic Bitchwax - "Revival" DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos - "Pain Over Acceptance" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos - "Shot In The Head" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ruins - "Suicidal Pulse" (MP3) Coalesce LIVE at Scion Rock Fest (photo by Mike White) Relapse is KILLIN' IT in the 09 so far...

My favorite of the two Oceans, the one missing a definite article in front of their name (Ocean of Maine), will be the next heavy band to headline Show No Mercy at Public Assembly (Feb 15th)...

DOWNLOAD: Khanate - "Wings From Spine" (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Grey Machine - Vultures Descend (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Outlaw Order - Siege Mentality (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Millions - "Lest the Professor Catches Fire"(MP3) DOWNLOAD: Orphan - "Bogman"(MP3) Hmm...