Less a power trio than a powerful trio, Kentucky’s Coliseum played Brooklyn’s Europa last night in support of their new album, House With A Curse. They played the entire new album, as well as a smattering of older songs. While the new album is a bit of a departure from their earlier material, it’s more hooky, and seeing them in a live setting made us appreciate them even more. Check out their tour dates here, and check out some sweet pics below.
Posted by Bram Teitelman on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Our friend Chuck does merch for a living. It’s a mercenary lifestyle, so sometimes he’ll find himself on the road with bands he wouldn’t normally listen to in his normal life, like Hollywood Undead. Or ones he actually does, like Norah Jones. He took this picture at the Charlotte stop of her tour tonight, where he caught the following gentleman on his way in to hear the dulcet, soothing tones of the songstress (photo altered to protect the innocent).
Either this guy’s got some pretty disparate tastes (probably not) or his girlfriend made him go and he’s protesting in the best way he can (more than likely). Either way, hats off to this guy, quite possibly the most metal person ever to attend a Norah Jones show.
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:59 pm
High on Fire played to an (over) sold out crowd at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Considering the last time they headlined in New York a few years ago, it was at at Brooklyn’s Europa and wasn’t sold out, they’ve come a long way. Check out the photos from the show below
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 pm
The Dillinger Escape plan laid waste to Irving Plaza last night with an 90 minute set featuring old favorites as well as cuts from their highly anticipated new album Option Paralysis
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Naam rattled the floorboards of Generation Records upstairs neighbors this past weekend with their sludgy reverb-drenched metal. Check out some photos from the in-store performance after the jump.
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Josh Homme. Dave Grohl. John Paul Jones. Those three names alone were enough to fill New York’s Roseland Ballroom on a rainy Thursday night. With the exception of several clips of the band playing in the studio and some amateur YouTube footage, nobody had heard a note of music. But those three names, spanning several generations of rock icons, were promise of a memorable evening. The band delivered on that promise.
Playing for about 80 minutes, the band played all-new original music. Even the band’s labels (Interscope in America, RCA everywhere else) were hearing the music for the first time. Musically, the band had a lot in common with Queens of the Stone Age, not surprising condsidering that Homme was the only lead vocalist and Grohl played drums on their breakthrough album, Songs for the Deaf. For anyone unfamiliar with seeing the Foo Fighters frontman behind a kit, it was a pure joy to watch his unrestrained enthusiasm. That enthusiasm was also apparent in John Paul Jones, who was playing bass in Led Zeppelin since well before the rest of the band (which also included Eleven/QOTSA member Alain Johannes) had ever picked up an instrument.
It’s hard to go into detail about the songs. Most were muscular riffs, held down admirably by their all-star rhythm section and Homme’s melodies. Songs like “Reptile,” “Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I,” and “Daffodils” could best be described as stoner rock with a touch of psychedelia. Some of the older attendees that likely caught JPJ onstage with Zeppelin were no doubt reminded of Cream, due to Homme’s falsetto. Jones also played some piano, and in one of the more unlikely events of the evening, even rocked a keytar! While it might have been nice to see Grohl take the mic for a song or two, or have the band play a song the crowd recognized, even if it wasn’t by any of their “other” bands, that was beside the point, and not necessary at all.
In this day and age of instant gratification and bit-torrents of albums being leaked before they’re even finished, the Them Crooked Vultures show stood out. It was refreshing to see an audience put their trust in a band who they’d barely heard a note of. It was a leap of faith for a band to road-test unheard music on an audience without throwing in a familiar song or two. And as the capacity crowd spilled out onto 52nd street satiated from the 80 minutes of music they heard, it was apparent that leap of faith worked.
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Behemoth was easily one of the standout acts of Mayhem Festival this year despite having to play in an unusual setting for a band wearing corpse paint…sunlight! The band’s latest, Evangelion, has been getting rave reviews and it seems as though the band’s profile will only continue to rise this year.
Check after the jump for more photos.
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:03 pm
The Thrash and Burn tour laid waste to The Fillmore at Irving Plaza this past week with a huge lineup featuring performances from Devildriver, Despised Icon, MyChildren MyBride, Thy Will Be Done, Emmure and more. Click more for some photos from the event.
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Yesterday, Testament took over SiriusXM’s New York lobby for an installment of the company’s “Artist Confidential” series. While artists ranging from Coldplay to Santana have participated in the series, this was the first pure metal band to do one. Playing to an intimate crowd of journalists and fans, Testament ripped into “Over the Wall,” “The New Order,” “Practice What You Preach,” More Than Meets the Eye,” and “Into the Pit” in between fielding questions from SiriusXM host Lou Brutus. Here are some exclusive photos from last night’s event. 
Posted by Bill Shouldis on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:32 am
“FUCKIN’ SLAYER!” was something we heard approximately 16,349 times throughout the ten-hour day at Mayhem Festival this past Friday. The band killed it (obviously!), opening with “God Hates Us All” followed by “War Ensemble” followed by…our fuckin’ faces were melted off. They also featured “Psychopathy Red” from their upcoming World Painted Blood, which we promise is a true return to form. We’re talkin’ Reign In Blood redux 2009 type shit. Hit the jump for photos from the set, and keep coming back throughout the week as we post more from the event.
Taddy Porter is giving fans a chance to win two tickets to see them open for Slash this Fall.
CKY has added more dates to their previously announced Fall tour.
Audio samples from Lordi’s new album Babez For Breakfast can be heard at Amazon.de.
36 Crazyfists has announced dates for a headlining tour, with Straight Line Stitch and Taking Dawn providing support.
Stone Sour is streaming their new album Audio Secrecy in its entirety at NME.com.
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Posted by Bill Shouldis on Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:02 pm
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