by Bram Teitelman | Aug 29, 2016 | Touring
If you’re in a band that’s popular enough for you to graduate from touring in a van to actually having a bux, that means you’re on easy street, right? Not necessarily. Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach found out the hard way recently. Currently...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 12, 2016 | Tour Diary
Brooklyn “sludge/gaze” band Spotlights are in the middle of two weeks on the road supporting Deftones and Refused. It’s a dream come true for the two principle members, married couple Mario and Sarah Quintero. The band is writing a tour diary for us chronicling...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 11, 2016 | Photos
If you were alive and listening to heavy music in the ’90s, you probably owned albums by Deftones (probably Around the Fur) and Refused (definitely The Shape of Punk to Come). While Refused broke up just after the release of that seminal 1998 album, Deftones...
by Metal Insider | Aug 10, 2016 | Photos
It’s not always that often that new venues open, particularly in New York City. In fact, between Roseland (on a big scale) and The Acheron, Trash Bar and Grand Victory (on a smaller scale), we seem to be losing venues quicker than gaining them. However, the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 11, 2016 | Photos
When Sick of it All first formed back in 1986 in Queens, you’d be most likely to catch them on a Sunday afternoon at CBGB’s for a hardcore matinee than up the road at Webster Hall, which was then called The Ritz. However, with the closest CBGB location now...