…car, and headed downtown to Waterloo park to see what I could see. I was a bit early so I hung out at Spiderhouse for a bit and read a…

…(I’ve never heard anyone say “Mogwai sucks.”) I’m in the former category, but I’ve heard enough good things about them over the years to spark my interest. When I interviewed…

…Batillus have announced that they’ve signed with Seventh Rule Records, who will release their new, Sanford Parker-produced debut full-length, Furnace, sometime in the spring of 2011. You may recall that…

…fetch lots of comments and spark controversy from our male-driven Interhole portals. This chick is hella talented — in all my years of making a serious go of being in…

…a spark to a hum-drum D and also has a chance to reinvent his career, I am also a realist. While Merriman may be able to gear himself back up…

…my cable box stays parked between the channel range of 270-290 on Direct TV, aka all the dork channels: Discovery, History, A&E, etc. But one channel really takes the cake;…

…been to Thee Parkside, it’s fucking tiny; crammed into a café-size pit while Devourment blasts out “Baby Killer” with way too many people, most of which were 2-3 times my…

…you will about them, they put on a show and I parked myself right on that handy barrier behind the pit and sat to watch. Flying moshers, you’re welcome. I…

…venue for soundcheck at 3. As I’m meandering the streets of Pittsburgh’s South Side, a cultural hotspot primarily known for onmipresent bars and omnipresent illegally parked vehicles, I catch a…

…you should be familiar with them. I always thought Minsk were from Chicago, ’cause Sanford Parker is in the band. But I stand corrected. Anyway, definitely check out Minsk if…

Besides Times Square, this may be the single greatest use of resources in America. It’s a good thing we’re not in the middle of an energy crisis or anything. So…

…across the street to the Enormo-Dome where we would rock with the squares. Pssht suckerz. Okay, that seems a bit reverse-snobby in print, but hey dude, if we’d attended that…

…has coffee shops rather than nine Starbucks on every street corner, and Chicago gave me a glorious coffee shop with an ‘80s theme; there was a DeLorean parked in the…

…for whatever reason, no one seems to be put off by that). Longtime MetalSucks Mega-Maniac Shinaain writes, “I was little taken aback… Should I be?” Reader Stephen Parker, meanwhile, cries…

…and we were going to do a vid for it. But we decided against it, as Xentrix’s [cover of the Ray Parker Jr. movie theme] Ghostbusters and Lawnmower Deth’s [version…

…on this same video.” Unfortunately, the band has all the originality of last week’s South Park episode. They’re from Italy, but the music can best be described with a term…

…of psychological horror the music churning under it suggests. But unlike that record (even despite the presence of producer Sanford Parker on both), it’s not reliant on funky Moog asides….

…it as cool as possible for everybody. So in addition to the Food Truck Race, there was the Food Wars show where you squared off against your former boss. What…

…AR @ The Village 11/4 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues 11/5 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues 11/6 – Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park* 11/8 –…

…they trekked to Chicago to record with esteemed producer Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Rwake, Pelican, etc); we can’t wait to hear the combined efforts of that pairing at some point in…