shellac

Since 1996, Philadelphia instrumental metal band Stinking Lizaveta have created freak-out progressive jazz/stoner metal that has earned them a loyal following. They've toured with Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity, and hotshot producer/Shellac frontman Steve Albini handpicked them for All Tomorrow's Parties in 2004...

"The thing I will say about the Web site is, when two years ago, no one was doing anything but counting on MySpace, I was like, 'I don't know, is it worth it to put that sort of energy towards a Web site?' Now, no one pays any attention to MySpace...

"Can we get a volunteer to start our drum machine?" Justin Foley asked Friday night at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Union Pool. Unlike many other humans I've come across, Foley and bassist Thad Calabrese don't have to try to hard to be funny. Since their enlistment in the Hydra Head army in 2003, they've put out some of the most unconventional press releases this writer has ever seen...

It's taken over 15 years, but the real debut from the Athens, Ga. purveyors of doom, blues and noise, Harvey Milk, is finally out. Over the years, this self-titled album -- dubbed 'The Bob Weston Sessions' on tape bootlegs and blog download sites -- has attained a legendary status thanks to never being officially released...

They really don't. "We don't mind the metal tag. Metal is f---ing fine," bassist Stephen Tanner told Noisecreep. It wasn't until the band reformed in 2006 after an eight-year break up that the members of Harvey Milk heard their band referred to as metal...

2009 was a fantastic year for heavy music. Not only was Noisecreep launched (just joking), some of our favorite bands came back from hibernation, showing us that playing metal and hardcore isn't just a young person's sport. With the end of the year upon us, every magazine and Web site is unleashing its 'top 10 of 2009' list, and Noisecreep is no different...

Vinyl records should have been something dead and buried when the digital age took its big thick grasp, as the number one music store in the country became a digital one. But the truth is, vinyl might be a driving force, helping keep the aching music industry alive -- especially in the underground metal and punk community, which is what Eric Mueller from Pirate Press told Noisecreep in an intervie