Justina Villanueva
Kayo Dot’s Toby Driver Books Shows He Wants to See
Along with all things Kayo Dot, multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver has been especially busy this month. Venue owner John Zorn invited Driver to curate a month's worth of shows at The Stone -- something Driver says has taken him about a year to plan...
Dysrhythmia’s Kevin Hufnagel Makes Dark Music With One Instrument
The Stone is a venue owned by the renowned musician John Zorn. It sits on the busy Alphabet City corner of 2nd Street and Avenue C in New York City. With the exception of one wall covered in a mosaic of large black and white prints of performances, The Stone is pretty boring aesthetically...
Humanity Falls Working on a New Record
"That was disgusting with a side of nasty," Humanity Falls guitarist Ammo Diaz said at the end of Disgruntled's set. Disgruntled -- a brutal grindcore duo with a monstrous grunting drummer -- played right before Humanity Falls and right after Grindbastard on Feb...
Made Out of Babies Are Stopped by Nothing
A Friday night at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Union Pool usually consists of madness from wall to wall. And with snow still on the ground, Feb. 12 was no different. Well, it was a little different, because the back room was filled with people waiting to see Made Out of Babies, Unsane, United Nations and Dark Vibe...
Tiger Flowers Only Tour to Eat at Waffle Houses
"We're on tour with the awesome Tiger Flowers. Make sure you stick around and watch them. They rip even harder than us," March of Echoes frontman Nicolai said Feb. 18 at The Charleston. Boy, he's not kidding. I've literally seen Tiger Flowers frontman Jesse Madre rip his own shirt off...
Kayo Dot Get Former Guitarist to Play ‘Choirs of the Eye’ Again
While many major metal bands are playing albums in full (from Opeth to Megadeth), it is still a rarity to see a more underground, experimental metal band do the same. On Feb. 6, Kayo Dot not only played two albums in full, but they played them to sold out crowds...
Unsane Dedicate Song to Dying Pet at One-Off Show
A song or two after noise rock monsters Unsane started played, vocalist Chris Spencer wanted to make sure everyone in the audience heard the most important statement of the night. "We just wanted to play this show to hang with each other," Spencer said after he got the attention of the crowd at New York City's Union Pool on Feb...
Acrassicauda Make Public American Debut in New York
For six years now, Vice Magazine has consistently updated the world with the whereabouts of Iraqi heavy metal sensation Acrassicauda. After being able to make the move to the States, it was just as appropriate for Vice to support the band's first live U...
Them Crooked Vultures Said Swear Words on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Monday night a line wrapped around the corner of the former disco club Roseland. Scalpers circled the block asking, "Anybody selling tickets?" "How about, 'Is anybody selling six-packs on this damn line?'" a man walking to the back of the line said...
Richard Christy, Ripper Owens Cover ‘Living After Midnight’ with the Hixon
What started as just a CD release party for new band Charred Walls of the Damned -- featuring Richard Christy and Tim 'Ripper' Owens -- on Feb. 2 became a party to celebrate iconic metal legends Judas Priest's winning of a Grammy. The scenario: a bunch of old friends jamming a song by one of their favorite bands of all time at a local bar...