Thou - Peasant
by Cosmo Lee Baton Rouge’s Thou were hands down the most hotly tipped band for me this year. I’m astonished by how many people in different quarters recommended them to me. Interestingly, no one told me why Thou were good. (In this increasingly democratic information age, distressingly few people articulate why they like or dislike...
Nachtmystium, Wolves in the Throne Room - Free show, unlikely sponsors
Corporation Pull-In Nachtmystium and Wolves in the Throne Room are playing a free show at the Knitting Factory in LA tomorrow (RSVP required – see here). The reason it’s free is sponsorship by Scion and Vice magazine. In this era of corporate-branded everything, including metal – e.g., the annual Jägermeister tour (which is schizophrenically inconsistent...