Desertfest is a stoner/doom/psych metal festival that already has editions in London, Berlin, and Belgium, and is now coming to the U.S. with help from Tee Pee Records...
Today's NYC-area shows include Governors Ball, Bushwick Collective Block Party, SummerStage kickoff with Mavis Staples, The Avalanches, Lupe Fiasco, Warpaint, Tim Kasher, Parquet Courts, The Weeknd, Marissa Nadler, Chocolat, and more.
Worshipper traffic in the kind of classically-oriented capital-h Heavy Metal that delivers hooks as directly and effectively as possible. Equal parts Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden, and with a sugar-sweet approach to harmony (both of guitar and vocals), this ends up as some of the catchiest metal being …