Category: Music News

Fugazi released the live audio as part of their Live Series today recorded at the Kilburn National in London in 1990 on Wednesday 19th September.

It was James Sherry’s 19th Birthday, so we went down there to have the best night out ever. In fact so much so, that I was getting crushed at the front so badly that Ian Mackaye asked the crowd to cut me some slack and then asked me to get up on stage to watch the rest of the show from there. So there I sat, stage left, like a dumbass, (a very proud one though) throughout a few songs at the end of the show. I will never forget it and have been waiting for this recording to drop since it launched.

Fugazi were supported by Silverfish and Didgits the audio for this show, download for $5 here. The footage from this show is below, we have on VHS somewhere in the archives too.

These sorts of back slapping moments always suck but Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age with Dave Grohl at the Grammy’s performing with Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac was a must watch. Why the hell did they break for an advert half way through the performance though? Another example of pure greed ruining the arts. Thanks America, you suck.

If you liked Deliverance then the Black Lips should make your morning way more interesting. Play this video of ‘Boys in the Wood’ to your boss today. The True American Redneck Dream has been unleashed. Amazing as expected.

Recent Simpsons episode sparked controversy amongst Judas Priest fans after a scripting error lead to the iconic rockers misclassified as ‘Death Metal’.

Rob Halford & co. made a cameo appearance performing their 1980 single ‘Breaking The Law’ when trying to lure a fugitive Homer Simpson and his family from their hideout at the Springfield Swedish Embassy after Homer downloaded too many pirate movies.

The line that caused this uproar from Priest’s loyal fans came from Springfield police chief: “There’s only one surefire way to get fugitives out of a foreign building. Blasting death metal!”

Despite the band themselves not seeming to give a toss about this genre confusion, it ignited rage amongst fans and some fierce tweets.

Metal Insider tweeted: “Judas Priest were called “death metal” on The Simpsons, which is like calling The Simpsons a documentary.”

Followed by: “While it’d be ridiculous to suggest that Opeth, Amon Amarth or Entombed would be on the show in place of Priest, it might have been a good idea to not call a 43 year old song that gets played on classic rock ‘death metal.'”

Stereogum then joined in with: “I don’t care if you want to have fun at metal’s expense but if you brazenly mix up black metal and death metal – and the essence of the joke hinges on getting that reference right – well, that’s just lazy writing and it deserves to be called out and mocked relentlessly”.

It’s safe to say Matt Groening won’t be making the same mistake again. Apologies were made in the opening credits of the very next episode. The famous chalk-board scene featuring Bart scrawling his detention lines this time read: “JUDAS PRIEST IS NOT “DEATH METAL”.

Hit play below to see this metal mix up for yourself.

Watch this rad performance from one of our bands of 2013, Parquet Courts. The band are back in the UK on the following dates in February:

14 Brighton, Concorde 2
15 Manchester, Academy 2
16 London, Electric Ballroom

Texan stoners True Widow will be revisiting European shores in April this year following pre-Christmas shows and a banging new album titled ‘Circumambulation’ that dropped on Relapse records last year. It made our albums of the year for a damn good reason:they rip, in a very slow and seductive way.

See them at the following UK dates:

Apr 05 Milton Keynes UK Crawford Arms
Apr 06 Glasgow UK Broadcast
Apr 07 Leeds UK Brudenell Social Club
Apr 08 Liverpool UK The Shipping Forecast
Apr 09 London UK O2 Academy 2 Islington

Pixies have release another new tune this week. Let us know what you think of ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’.

Let’s face it, your Christmas light efforts are probably minimal. I guess they consist of wrapping them round a tree and maybe if you are that arsed, some on the porch right? Well this bloke Slayer Bob in the US risked his marriage for this one but I reckon he gained a few mates. Stick with it until it kicks in.