BTW Cold Cave played to a sweat-drenched capacity crowd at the Ukrainian Cultural Center for a show ending with Wes Eisold being pulled into the clamoring masses. Another BTW alumnus Austra seduced…   Read Story »

When posting Bermuda Drain's "A Meal Can Be Made" I spoke about how the nine songs on Prurient's new game-shifting album "construct an even darker, deeper, violent, emotionally charged edifice to…   Read Story »

We still have plenty of time and music left in 2011, but since we're at the halfway (or so) mark, we thought it made sense to pause and take stock of the best albums of the year so far. There was…   Read Story »

It's been bubbling awhile, but the anticipation for Iceage's sold-out American live debut boiled-over in the weeks leading up to the Stereogum/Sacred Bones Northside Showcase at Public Assembly. The…   Read Story »

Prurient's Bermuda Drain finds Dominick Fernow, now a full-time Cold Cave member, taking his longtime noise project into new territories. A few purists will probably get antsy, but if you've paid…   Read Story »

Before Dominick Fernow joined Cold Cave, he'd already built a longstanding name for himself in underground noise as Prurient, black metal via his Ash Pool project, and both genres via his excellent…   Read Story »

I woke up early Thursday to a message from Sasha Grey titled "Sleazy Passed." She'd sent it at 5:30 AM and said, among other things, "Now I know how people felt when MJ died ... I think." A certain…   Read Story »

As mentioned, Haunting The Chapel teamed up with the Blackened Music Series and ISSUE Project Room to present Swan's Brooklyn Masonic Temple show on October 8th. A great show deserves a great…   Read Story »

This "And Clash And Clash Of Hoof And Heel" video is more a teaser (or "a really elaborate song stream," to quote Jessica) than an actual "video," but it gives you a complete listen to another track…   Read Story »

A few months ago I was DJing metal and noise at what was more of a sweaty dance party than a space for metal and noise, but somehow Pyramids "Hellmonk" got people especially psyched: Arms in the air,…   Read Story »