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There's nothing subtle about Coliseum. The punk power trio's aural assault overpowers anyone who comes across it. Their sleeve and T-shirt art also delivers -- with the kind of death and doom type of stuff all Noisecreep readers can get behind...

"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...

If you go to shows at all, you've probably seen Coliseum. It's just a fact that the band has been crisscrossing their way around the States and Europe with nothing -- not even various member changes-- slowing them down since their 2003 inception...

Sargent House is not the typical record label, and the one behind it, Cathy Pellow, prides herself on this. Rather than sit around discussing the next trend and newest marketing technique to get the applause of the blogs, she wants to talk about music and how to help keep good bands on the road...

On Dec. 21, while New York City's ground was still muddy with snow leftover from a weekend storm, Torchbearer, Radiation Blackbody, Rising Up Rising Down and My America played a show at Lit Lounge. "We're My America. Some of us are from Delaware...

"F--- that song anyways. We got new s---. That was old. It was old," Russian Circles guitarist Mike Sullivan said as he scrambled to get his pedals working. He was stuck in a thick sea of the crowd's "Awwws" and "What happeneds?" The band headlined Bowery Ballroom for the first time -- but got off to a rough start when Sullivan's guitar went completely out only mid-s

For 2008's 'Old Wounds,' Young Widows did an experiment in recording hoping to capture the loud, abrasive ampage of their live show for the album. On a small tour that led the band over to Godcity Studio in Salem, Mass., they recorded their live sets and did tracking to splice into what they were to use in the studio...

Currently Young Widows are out on the road supporting Russian Circles. If you're lucky enough to see these fine Louisville, Ky. fellows on their current jaunt, be prepared to hear a good chunk of new material. "These songs are all over the place," vocalist/guitarist Evan Patterson tells Noisecreep of the tracks being planned for their follow up to 'Old Wounds...

There is a bit of luck involved in being a touring band; there will be times when touring will just not be in the cards -- times to write, times to not sleep on floors. And in those times, it's good to be lucky enough to score a job that allows the touring time to take place without getting fired...