Saint Vitus

NYC has fallen rapidly into the grip of a surge of the Omicron COVID variant, and some venues are cancelling and postponing shows, and implementing new mask policies, in response.

This week on our Vans Channel 66 show, we'll be chatting with three of Saint Vitus Bar's co-owners about the Brooklyn metal scene and more, and we've got a live set from local sludge metallers Somnuri...

Live music is returning to NYC, and we're excited to help Brooklyn's Saint Vitus announce their initial reopening lineup.

See your favorite senator from Vermont photoshopped into album covers, rock shows, punk club bathrooms, record stores, and more.

The Saint Vitus Bar co-owner and booker reflects on 2020 and lists some of his favorite music of the year, including releases from HUM, Gulch, Ulcerate, Nothing, Deftones, Pallbearer, Jesu, Jessie Ware, Oranssi Pazuzu, Lido Pimienta, Chubby and the Gang, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist and more.

Code Orange, Converge, Deafheaven, Touche Amore, Ice-T, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed & Cambria, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Every Time I Die, Stephen Brodsky, and many others have already paid tribute to the late Power Trip vocalist.

Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby's All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe's Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.

Heavy metal legend Wino (The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, etc) spoke to us about what influenced his upcoming acoustic solo album, and we're also premiering his new song...

”Independent venues exist in every state across the country; they were the first to be closed, they will be the last to open,” a statement from the National Independent Venue Association reads.

Descendents updated their Everything Sucks cover image ”to reflect these strange times we're living in!”