Power of the Riff Festival

High on Fire at Bowery Ballroom, Nov 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Sam Velde and Greg Anderson of The Power of The Riff festival have unleashed their thoughts on the past year, giving us with their favorite shows and albums of 2012...

DOWNLOAD: Hoax - "Free The Land" (MP3) Hoax at Power of the Riff East, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) The brutal punk assault of Massachusetts's Hoax gets a video treatment for "Fantasy," which appeared on their recent 7" via Painkiller Records...

Despite the mayor's perhaps optimistic statement about rescheduling the big NYC Halloween Parade that was cancelled due to Sandy, there has been no update since November 3rd when the Village Parade organizers posted the following:The Mayor's Office has told us that the event is cancelled and they cannot give us a reschedule date any time in the foreseeable future...

and Samantha Marble The final day of The Power of The Riff festival at Warsaw in Brooklyn over Labor Day Weekend featured a headlining set from sunn 0 ))) who are currently on the road and played a show at Union Transfer in Philly last night with Dead in the Dirt...

I am proud to announce a pair of Power of The Riff East afterparties, set to burn Saint Vitus to the ground on Saturday (9/1) and Sunday (9/2)...

I'm proud to announce that in addition to the special Agnostic Front set at Power of The Riff (all of Victim in Pain/United Blood), Pentagram will perform their classic debut, Relentless, from front to back and for the first time since the 80s...

Bloodied, battered and unphased, Hoax at LPR in Feb 2011 (more by Sarah Coulter) Bad news first.... Poison Idea have in fact cancelled their appearance at Power Of The Riff East and all East Coast dates due to medical-related issues...

sunn 0))) We already knew that sunn 0))) and Dead In The Dirt were heading towards NYC for Power of The Riff East, the two-day festival at Warsaw in Brooklyn going down from 9/1 - 9/2 (tickets for day one HERE, day two HERE)...

OFF! at Europa(more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) OFF! will hit Power of The Riff West this weekend (8/11) in LA before eventually playing a string of shows with Negative Approach, Double Negative and Power Trip that will skirt the southern portion of the US...

, additional words and Southern Lord's been keeping plenty busy on the live front with their various Power of the Riff showcases, but have only recently ventured into the wonderful world of curating tour packages...