Artist: Thou

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By Andy O'Connor (TX) Rattails spanging you. Split heads. All the right patches in all the right places. Broken 40s next to broken hearts. Vegan barbecue. Barbecue barbecue. A flyer that featured Absu, Antisect, and Best Fucking Coast. Bangovers that last longer than the hangovers. Metal dudes blasting club bangers in their car. Just another weekend in Austin. STARTING OFF THE WEEKEND WITH A

When you're scraping coins from the pool of dried soda in your car and filching fives from your mom's purse, it's justifiable: You're a new music zombie, forever dragging your limbs near and far in search of the freshest, br00talist new jamz. This week's Shit That Comes Out Today shall slake your thirst for hot [...]

02.09: Sphynx + Noir Fonce + Rhodes - Siberia 02.10: Yob + Thou - The Big Top Anyone who has been to even a handful of underground or DIY concerts in New Orleans over the last couple of years is probably at least casually aware of the astounding creative talent that continues to bubble under its surface while going anomalously unrecognized by much of the outside world. For most, that "Us Against Them" narrative is and always has been this city's defining characteristic. But within a steadily rising [...]

Thou + The Body + Kindest Lines performing at the Zeitgeist Theater on January 24, 2012 Tweet

01.19: King Louie's Missing Monuments + Bipolaroid + Lonely Nights + DJ Matty + Lefty Parker - Siberia 01.20: Rik Slave & the Phantoms + O.L.D. + Little Maker - THE CIRCLE BAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 01.21: Rotary Downs + R. Scully's Rough 7 - One Eyed Jacks If I learned one thing in 2011, it's that there is no bad way to see greatest band in the universe [...]

• Rotary Downs - A Drink From the Clouds

by Van Damned (TX) Thou's Summit, (Gilead Media/Southern Lord) was one of my favorite albums of 2010. It was black, oily and rotten and anchored in hate and bile. Yet it was buoyed by moments of floating beauty and effortless grace. It was, as I said then, the sonic equivalent of the Gulf Oil Spill -- massive, profound and tragic. It was those moments of melody and color -- the horns and strings

On Monday, Oct. 12 at King's Barcade, Make, The Proselyte and Thou played an excellent show. Put on by Primitive Ways this show was heavier than any other that has come through Raleigh in a while. Show Flyer (L. Greenwood) Make Hailing from Chapel Hill, Make was a great opener for this show. Heavy, sludgy doom that had a bold psychedelic flavor; Make produces some very excellent metal. Support local [...]

08.04: Avi Buffalo + Nik Freitas - One Eyed Jacks 08.05: The Iko All-Stars - Tipitina's There are few things more polarizing in musical discussion circles than the Grateful Dead. But, apparently, it's not the music of the Dead that grinds the gears of so many critics, as most spend very little time discussing the actual songs the band produced during the course of their derisive rants and usually focus on some combination of the dangers of psychedelic drug use and the misgivings of hippies.  [...]

• Grateful Dead - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo

I was listening to an interview with Sarah Vowell last weekend, in which she proclaimed that, as a writing exercise, she did not allow herself to use any F-bombs in her new book, Unfamiliar Fishes. I decided to do her one better this week - I did not swear at all. Unless you count "crap," [...]

A new Thou release is as expected and shows up as reliably often as a new season, so it can be a little hard to keep track of them. Being wonderful, generous, and generally superior people, we here at MetalSucks wants to help by streaming their new EP, The Owle and The Archer, right here, [...]

A new Thou release is as expected and shows up as reliably often as a new season, so it can be a little hard to keep track of them. Being wonderful, generous, and generally superior people, we here at MetalSucks wants to help by streaming their new EP, The Archer and The Owle, right here, [...]

Recorded throughout the turn of the decade, The Archer and the Owle’s triumphant, doom-laden sludge fury unfolds over the course of six massive tracks. Atypical heaviness to say the least, Thou’s ultra-crushing sound is enhanced by unique and subtle elements: piano, atmospheric noise, horns, double bass and several re-envisioned cover songs for keen ears to decipher. Along with unreleased

Potrei esserci rimasto anche un pò male che non hanno fatto neanche un pezzo di Summit (mi sembra) e che non mi hanno fatto i 'romantici' ma mi sono inchinato volentierissimo al marciume che i Thou ieri hanno vomitato ai pochi presenti nel Dauntaun del Leoncavallo. Così, a orecchio, mi sembra di aver riconosciuto qualche pezzo da Tyrant - da ascoltare assolutamente per capire dove stanno i semi poi sbocciati su Summit - ma alla fine chi se ne frega. Quanto hanno suonato non lo so, mi è sembrato poco, uno show di una intensità [...]

I've been into this Baton Rouge sludge metal band ever since NPR Music turned me on to their Summit LP last year. I even gave it a pretty positive review . Well, since I first heard these guys, I've been convinced that they're one of the grimiest and most apocalyptic bands in the genre. Plus, I love that these guys always making their music available to the fans-you know, as a free download . And this summer has been a busy one in terms for releases from these guys. This month, they've had [...]

Me ne vado affanculo per un weekend in power trio con mujera e cucù. Gli amici sono partiti per l'Hellfest, certo che rosico, è il mio primo obiettivo del prossimo anno. Tornerò bello carico per i Thou , il 22 al Dauntaun del Leoncavallo mentre nel main stage ci sarà Jello Biafra ' e quella roba di Guantanamo'. Seratina pettinatissima, direbbero i miei Beavis & Butthead di Macellomagnolia. Li aspetto intensamente, Summit gira ancora abbastanza di frequente, cresce con gli ascolti e rimane tra le cose migliori ascoltate lo scorso anno. Si, ho [...]

I’m working on something that’s going to bum out a LOT of people on here, and need to give it my full attention, so in the meantime, here’s some news from the void. Music Ruins Lives will be reissuing the debut release from Ohioan blackened doom masters Vit. The album, -, will come in a [...]

Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.by Andrew Wilhelm (TX)What, you thought we were going to post some Minor Threat?Celebrate "Everywhere is Boulder, Colo." Day and the birthday of a man Bill Hicks once called an

By Andrew Wilhelm (TX)(YO, ANYBODY GOT GAGA TIX, HOLLA AT ME)They say April showers bring May flowers, and with the lineup for shows this month, those flowers will have spiked wristbands for stems.Hometowners Mindless have two gigs of note. They'll be playing with Disciples of Christ, featuring members of Magrudergrind, at The Broken Neck on the 18th. Better yet, on the 23rd, also at The Broken