words by Black Bubblegum (and Dave Hill), photos by Toby Tenenbaum Doom legends Pentagram played Webster Hall on March 6th flanked by Canadian big rig Priestess and the blood-soaked Dutch known as The Devil's Blood . A Pentagram show is a true rarity, and Webster Hall was one of only two US shows li...

by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: BLK JKS - "Lakeside"(MP3) South Africa's BLK JKS (pronounced 'Black Jacks') will be playing a pair of NYC dates, this Friday (3/13) at Union Hall (TICKETS) and Saturday 3/14 at Santos Party House with Preacher & The Knife (TICKETS). The band then heads to SXSW for a ful...

John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders (more by Lori Baily) today in NYC * DANCE * Reggie Watts @ The Studio * Let's Wrestle @ Maxwell's * REM Tribute @ Carnegie Hall * Hall & Oates @ Irving Plaza * Alaska In Winter @ Glasslands * Coltrane Motion @ Public Assembly * Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek @ The Bl...

by Andrew Frisicano (Tinmariwen photo by Thomas Dorn) The six members of Tinariwen...are Tuaregs, a nomadic people spread across the Sahara who staged fierce, unsuccessful rebellions during the 1990's in Mali and Niger. Tinariwen was formed by exiled Tuaregs in a refugee camp in Libya. A Tuareg rebe...

"Yeah, we're getting really good at mergers and acquisitions at this point, so we've had a lot of companies that we've acquired and had to integrate. But we're working on our ability to do this much quicker. We have to keep some of these systems distributed; sometimes you just can't directly integra...

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Young Widows - "Old Skin" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Young Widows - "The Heat Is Here" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Young Widows - "The Charmers" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Annihilation Time - "Splashback" (MP3) The Bronx What are you up to Wednesday, March 18th? If you're in the greater Austin region, it...

DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Starting Over (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Short Fuse (MP3) "Having previously conquered Mexico and the Holy Land, in this edition of Music World the Black Lips set out for a six-city tour of the Indian subcontinent. While bringing punk to the second most populous (and first m...

by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Dynasty Electric - "One Small Push" (MP3) "Since becoming a vegetarian I've felt a new openness and lightness. Channels have been cleared and obstacles have been removed; energy is flowing more freely from top to bottom. An elimination of obstructions, both physical and...

"Legendary New London, CT trio the Condo Fucks returned to the stage last March after a long absence from the Tri-State Area's concert circuit. A secretive Hoboken rehearsal was recorded and is being released March 24, 2009 by Matador as the LP/CD, Fuckbook. Eschewing such Condo Fucks originals as '...

by Andrew Frisicano Record Store Day - a nationwide event created to support independently owned record stores - will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2009. A list of participating NYC stores is available online at the Record Store Day venue list. On RSD, Generation Records (210 Thompson Street, NY...