Thundering Florida riff-monsters Torche are getting ready to release the new album Harmonicraft, and if first single "Kicking" is any indication, it's going to be an absolute hellbeast of an LP.…   Read Story »

Underground metal is generally a willfully insular world, but anthemic Florida stompers Torche don't care about any of that. Their surging stomp is as much Superchunk as it is Slayer, and they cover…   Read Story »

Fox News's "Resident Doom Metal Expert" Mike Huckabee stumped for Haunting The Chapel regulars Torche -- "a band with more hooks than a pirate convention" -- on Red Eye Monday night. Ridiculous and…   Read Story »

Just like last week, here are this week's attention-worthy videos. New ones from Serena-Maneesh, Antony and the Johnsons, Gatekeeper, Gordon Voidwell, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Mark Ronson, Torche, and…   Read Story »

A couple of months ago I passed along details about Songs For Singles, Miami trio Torche’s followup to 2008's beloved second album Meanderthal. I mentioned "songs for singles" could mean radio hits…   Read Story »

In 2008, hardworking Miami trio Torche's Meanderthal topped a number of year-end lists, metal and otherwise. They were a standout at SXSW 2010, partly because the entire room was singing along (and…   Read Story »

In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California's state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with "Fuck" in the title.…   Read Story »

Meanderthal made its way onto my and our and various other folks' 2008 best-of lists, and it continues rolling well into 2009. Torche's David Kleiler-directed video for "Across The Shields" was…   Read Story »

Meanderthal was one of last year's best records, one we selected for a Friendly Deal at the start of '09, and praised over and over: We posted "Grenades" while telling you about main man Steve…   Read Story »

Every week, Amazon.com lets us select one recent release from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to your library…   Read Story »