CONCERT REVIEW: Napalm Death – Primitive Man – Nastie Band Live at Rocks Off Concert Cruise, NYC


Camera? check.
Ear plugs? check.
Cash for the bar? check.
Dramamine? check.

Playing in Grindcore bands for the past decade, I owe a lot to Napalm Death. And yet I had never gotten the chance to see them. So when the opportunity struck to not only catch the OG’s live, but to see them on a boat, I jumped at the opportunity. Even more exciting, the British extreme metal band was joined on the US leg of their 2026 festival season tour dates by Colorado Sludge-Doom legends Primitive Man and artsy Blackened Funeral supergroup Nastie Band. Continue reading


CONCERT REVIEW: ‘68 – Nate Bergman Live at The Meadows, Brooklyn


When I first moved to NYC, I was ready to dive into the veritable buffet of live music the city has to offer. The first show I made it to upon relocating was ’68 at The Meadows. Having first discovered the one-of-a-kind hardcore-blues-rock-noise-whatever duo during their 2017 run with Atlanta Post-Grunge outfit Whores., they were one of the bands that could get me out of the house no matter the weather. So of course I was thrilled to hear that I’d get to see them again in the same venue as I had two years prior, until I read further. The poster said “’68 Farewell Tour, Playing The Meadows …for the very last time!” Fuck. Continue reading


CONCERT REVIEW: Satanic Planet – HIRS Collective – Venus Twins – Bailey Pope Live at TV Eye


 

“We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.”
– Mark Twain

“The devil went down to [Brooklyn], he was looking for a soul to steal.”

Charlie Daniels, kinda

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