Bambara / Grim Streaker / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge / The Infra-Men @ Sunnyvale – 1.5.18


Runny / Trashy / Swilson / Nola Gras / The Last Throes / The Whores @ St. Vitus – 1.13.18


Mayhem / Immolation / Black Anvil @ Irving Plaza – 12.2.17


Fleet Foxes w_ Bedouine @ ACL Live (Austin, Texas, Aug. 17, 2017)


LISTEN! to Full of Hell Ruin Everything with Crawling Back to God
So, you know how sometimes you sit in bed at night and think “Well, I could always kill myself” and suddenly all the world’s
- LISTEN! to The Night Beats’ Space Grease Cover of “Sloop John B”
- WATCH! Wussy Ripple Rock Space Time in “Dropping Houses”
- WATCH! Amber Tamblyn Cry (Havoc) Over Spilled (Condensed) Milk in “Hungry”
- WATCH! Kill the Vultures Wax the Callow Depth in Top Soil
- MYRKUR IS TOURING NORTH AMERICA!
- LISTEN! to the Swooning Tar Beach Beat of Heat Dust’s “Seeking a Praxis”

Bambara / Grim Streaker / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge / The Infra-Men @ Sunnyvale – 1.5.18
Jesus FUCK, this gig was a month ago? I’m a terrible, terrible internet presence. This show was a benefit for Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and offered a choice lineup (some of which I missed) of weirdos honored to pay homage to the high priest/ess of becoming. The Infra-Men Deadpan, deathtrap concrete...

Runny / Trashy / Swilson / Nola Gras / The Last Throes / The Whores @ St. Vitus – 1.13.18
The Minutes were supposed to play this show which is why I opted to head out into the cold despite Cupcake’s protests and the clarion call of Zak Bagans’ “BRO!” screams (I am a simpleton on Saturdays) but they didn’t. Not sure why. Something to do with the logistical pitfalls...

Mayhem / Immolation / Black Anvil @ Irving Plaza – 12.2.17
Prospect Park might not be the best zoo in NYC but it is certainly the most metal. I mean, seriously, that place has fucking everything. They have a Sumatran Goth Chicken and a Chinese Fanged Deer. They’ve got an existential otter and an invasive Mallardian horde. They have a goat...

Bleachers @ Emo’s (Sept. 19, 2017)
Pictures and Words by David Brendan Hall “This is our first headline show in Austin!” exclaimed Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff toward the beginning of the band’s Tuesday night show at the storied Central Texas venue. “We’ve been waiting five fuckin’ years for this!” His exuberance wasn’t totally lost on the...

Fleet Foxes w_ Bedouine @ ACL Live (Austin, Texas, Aug. 17, 2017)
Pictures and Words by David Brendan Hall Gallery of Fleet Foxes w_ Bedouine by David Brendan Hall It’s got to feel somewhat surreal playing live for Fleet Foxes on this tour. Imagine taking a six-year break after releasing two of the most compelling folk albums of the past decade (2008’s...

Fotocrime / Austerity Program / Body Stuff @ St. Vitus – 7.3.17
Sometimes, you need to get the squirrels out… Body Stuff I can’t tell if this band is a joke or if they are three riffs from kicking the shit out of me. I hear tell that they’re weirdos which makes sense since the one dude is all heavy-hung chug thunder...

Roger Waters @ AT&T Center (San Antonio, Texas, July 1, 2017)
Pictures and Words by David Brendan Hall Gallery of Roger Waters by David Brendan Hall It’s no secret that Roger Waters hates Donald Trump – the giant inflatable pig he flew through the Desert Trip crowd last October was emblazoned with the ireful text, “Fuck Trump and his wall.” That...

X w/ Rosie Flores – the Masquerade Atlanta – May 16, 2017
Pictures and Words by David Brendan Hall Know any of those people who love spouting that line, “Punk rock is dead”? X’s Tuesday night performance at the Masquerade in Atlanta – a stop toward the tail-end of the first leg of the influential L.A. band’s lengthy 40th (!) anniversary tour...