Artist: Big Business

Artist: Big Business / Neil Hamburger When: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Who Should Go: People who shop at Vacation Vinyl Where: Alex's Bar in Long Beach Tickets: $10 ( buy )

MP3: Big Business - Guns I've got to go and get some beers for tonight, so this is a quick one - enjoy the best song on the recent Quadruple Single by Big Business . Have a good weekend!

• Big Business - Guns

Hot diggity dang, it must be fun being in Big Business. The core duo of bassist/frontman Jared Warren (ex-Tight Bros from Way Back When, which I'm only mentioning because I love the name) and Coady Willis (ex-Murder City Devils) write catchy, sludgy numbers with funny names like "Stareadactyl". They also joined their favorite band, the Melvins, just because. On top of that, they get to look

It's late Tuesday, sorry about the lack of blog updates but my internet has been having problems and I spent all day hanging out with the foreman of Time Warner Cable. Very exciting. The best part is my internet is still fucked. Anyway, here is a roundup of all the new music that was posted ...

Torche When: July 31, 2011 Where: Bluebird Theater, Denver, Colo. With: Big Business, Helms Alee By Andrew Wilhelm (Denver) Torche and Big Business: both are bands I passionately adored, fell out of favor with, and fell back in hard. Why did I abandon them in the first place? Love's a fucking battlefield. And war is beautiful, as Torche once said on "Charge of the Brown Recluse." Due to

► Ari Shine brings his new power-pop to the Sunday Night Jones series at the Satellite tonight. That's his video for "Ship in a Bottle" above. [Make sure to grab "It's A Go." ] Also, Daniel Ahearn and the Jones play in addition to Americana-folk collective Eagle Rock Gospel Singers who round out the bill for one eclectic evening. ► It's a loud and heavy night at the Troubadour. Rockers Torche headline with Big Business and Thrones playing as support. ► The Preservation [...]

Word on that street is that longtime correspondent Oderus Urungus of Gwar was recently dismissed from Fox News Red Eye without any explanation. My working theory: Urungus discovered that Rupert Murdoch was hacking the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu's cell phone and Fox sent his ass packing as a precautionary measure against cumming boatloads on the television [...]

Photos by Wade Wenzel ​Big Business, Torche, Helms AleeJuly 29, 2011Triple Rock Social ClubThat unholy rumble you might have heard emanating from the Triple Rock on Friday night was one of the best (

Don't let Tuesday morning get you down. Especially when there is all this tunage to keep you pumped! I saw Big Business last week and they blew me away. I highly recommend you guys check out their new EP, Quadruple Single, which is streaming at Brooklyn Vegan. The EP hits stores today. The band is ...

Speed, power and volume are the tools of the Big Business trade. And, Jesus Christ, did they put them to proper use at the Earl last Thursday night. But while a feverish intensity certainly played into their set, the group once again showed they have a definite knack for injecting their blistering swells of noisy sludge with melodic fragments that actually stick with you instead of fading away with the rest of the raucous din. For all their burly, primal aggression, the band's music has always been clever and compact, with genuine hooks buried deep in [...]

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011 TORCHE & BIG BUSINESS @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $15, 8PM Be prepared for something big tonight when heavy acts Torche and Big Business hit the stage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. It's hard to imagine a heavier show. Chris Thile @ The Bell House Tinariwen @ Highline Ballroom EMA & Helado Negro @ Mercury Lounge Fishdoctor & Decades @ [...]

Photos of Big Business and Torche performing at the Earl on Thursday, July 14, 2011. All photos by Moe Castro. Click on any image to enlarge. [...]

Photography by Ramon Felix Dale Crover of the mighty Melvins will do a special DJ set at Big Freak tonight , so in honor of this momentous occasion, we are redeploying our gigantic Melvins interview by Chris Ziegler. Do you still have those charred roof tiles from Hiroshima? Buzz Osborne (guitar, vocals): How'd you find out about that? Decades of Buzz-o-graphy. BO: I have bunches of that kind of stuff. I'm a big history of World War [...]

THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Big Business w/ Torche, Helms Alee Thursday, July 14 The Earl - 488 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316 Admission $12 ADV / $14 DOS / Purchase Tickets Holy baby Jesus, it's a Hydrahead triple bill. Tour of the summer? Well, if you like your rock big and burly with a touch of prog and bit of caustic humor, then, yeah, it probably is. On their own, a headlining slot by either openers, Torche or [...]

• Melvins - Zodiac

While we are getting our barrings back from a long weekend of partying, we present you with this list of new music that has surfaced in the last few days for your enjoyment. There are new tracks from The Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Silence, Big Business, Tombs and Unexpect, a new mathcore/tech death compilation for free ...

Cheeky Melvins/Karp/Murder City Devils/White Shit/etc-associated sludge-rock heroes Big Business are celebrating the late 2010 addition of fourth member, guitarist Scott Martin of Crom/400 Blows, and upcoming tour with aesthetic allies Torche by following 20092s Mind The Drift with the Quadruple Single 123 EP on their very own, recently launched new label Gold Metal. As the EP's title suggests, it's four songs, each strong enough to be its own single. Get a taste via mighty opener "Always Never Know When To Quit." Read More...

Summer in the Midwest is looking righteous this year, and for us headbangers, it has nothing to do with Lollapalooza. First, we got you hip to Utech Fest in Milwaukee, and now the Indianapolis' Dudefest will return July 27-30 at The Hoosier Dome. A slew of killer names have already been confirmed -- Torche (pictured), Big Business, and Helms Alee's previously announced tour will include a stop at

John Butler Trio at Central Park Summerstage Photo : Jon Klemm May 2 2010 The Ludlow Thieves Mercury Lounge New York, NY 06:30 PM Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 04/15/11 11:00 AM [...]

Get your grills fired up! Whip out the Slip n' Slide! But leave your sunscreen at home, because this heat will roast your ass anyway. Torche and Big Business are heading out on tour this summer, and it's gonna get wild all over the nation. Wherever they play, the block is hot. Both bands lay on the hooks and humor with their heaviness, so they're the perfect Summer time combo. Helms Alee will