Have you even *started* to think about gigs this autumn? Evidently Ed Sheeran has. 'The A Team' man has already announced a significant tour for October and November. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 13th October 2012 - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Tuesday 16th October 2012 – London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Saturday 20th October 2012 - Newport Newport Centre Sunday 21st October 2012 - Bournemouth Windsor Hall at BIC Monday 22nd October 2012 [...]
Talk about a first world problems: there are too many awesome tours coming down the line in the next few months! Too many great bands to see! Too many excuses to leave the house even though I'm high and it's freezing out side! THERE'S TOO MUCH FUN TO BE HAD! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! The latest "Holy crap [...]
Of all the bands to do a performance on TV, the last one I would think that would be asked to do so are my good friends, Brooklyn doom masters Hull. The band were recently asked to perform on Cake Boss spin off show, The Next Great Baker which airs on TLC. The metal-themed episode ...
Toy Horses are going on tour in England in March. The band told me on Facebook that tickets for most of these dates are available now, so go forth and prosper! Thursday 1st March 2012 - Bristol Croft Friday 2nd March 2012 - Leicester Lock 42 Saturday 3rd March 2012 - Leeds Empire Sunday 4th March 2012 - Milton Keynes Watershed Monday 5th March 2012 - Birmingham End Tuesday 6th [...]
Dog is Dead have announced a significant tour of the UK and Ireland for February and March 2012. A presale starts tomorrow (14 December) at 9 AM but the general sale begins on Friday (16 December) at 9 AM. We have something cool and Dog is Dead-flavoured on TGTF tomorrow morning, so stay tuned for that! Saturday 18th February 2012 – Norwich Arts Centre Sunday 19th February 2012 – Oxford Academy 2 Monday 20th February 2012 - Birmingham Academy 3 Tuesday [...]
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Went to a show down in Hull on December 8, 2011. Fearing of getting lost I actually found Le Temporaire. It is a really nice venue/artspace. This was a record release show for Ferriswheel . They released their album Un Peu au Nord et Sans Distorsion . Ferriswheel doesn't get to play live alot due to the some of member's busy schedule with their other bands. The set [...]
FEATURING MEMBERS OF MELVINS, RED FANG, JUNIUS, EXHUMED, RWAKE, ORPHANED LAND, HULL, EARTH, AND KILL THE CLIENT Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsphere) what their favorite albums of the year have been. Death metallers, thrash metallers, black metallers, stoners, grinders, and djenters alike [...]

A perfect example of an album that's greater than the sum of its parts, Beyond the Lightless Sky by Hull is a musical saga loosely based on the adventures of the Mayan Hero Twins . Hull's second effort showcases the contrast between light and dark, as if to call attention to one of the central pillars of Mayan belief: duality. A concept album like this, with the artist's intention so obviously laid out for the listener beforehand, is a tricky thing. Knowledge of a storyline can allow for a new level of intellectual engagement, but [...]

A perfect example of an album that's greater than the sum of its parts, Beyond the Lightless Sky by Hull is a musical saga loosely based on the adventures of the Mayan Hero Twins . Hull's second effort showcases the contrast between light and dark, as if to call attention to one of the central pillars of Mayan belief: duality. A concept album like this, with the artist's intention so obviously laid out for the listener beforehand, is a tricky thing. Knowledge of a storyline can allow for a new level of intellectual engagement, but [...]

Alright, alright, so The Waffbags is a pretty horrendous name for an act. It doesn't roll off the tongue particularly elegantly, quite a contrast to the music in fact. If you're not a fan of slightly cheesy, Scott Walker inspired 602s ballads then The Waffbags are probably not for you. However, if like myself, you love charming sonnets and a sultry drawl that sounds as if it should belong in an American dinner, then you're gonna lap this up. Picture this. A near desolate cinema, a 19602s classic romantic film flickers despairingly [...]

Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Battles w/ Nisennenmondai Friday, October 28 The Masquerade - 695 North Avenue in Atlanta 30306 Admission $18 / Purchase Tickets I can't think of a more innovative rock band to emerge in the last decade than New York-based, Battles . I put the emphasis on rock because for all their experimentation and rhythmic ingenuity, the never strays too far from the traditional rock template. At [...]

DOWNLOAD : Hull - "Beyond the Lightless Sky" (hosted on Pitchfork.com) Brooklyn three-guitar led sludge rock collective Hull will play the Tee Pee Records CMJ showcase this Friday, October 21 at Union Pool in Brooklyn. Also appearing on the show will be Naam , The Fucking Wrath, ELKS , Mirror Queen and Unstoppable Death Machines . Tickets are $8. Hull will kick off a long-awaited, near month-long U.S. tour on Wednesday in support of their monolithic Beyond The Lightless Sky full-length [...]

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Next week, some 900 bands will rain down upon New York City at the 2011 edition of CMJ Music Marathon . Here's the dilemma: You can't see 900 bands. You might see 100, but despite all the cab fares and hours of sleep you'll waste away, you won't see it all. That's okay, you'll still catch plenty of talent. Even if your plane lands late (it's inevitable), or your trip from JFK to Manhattan ends up being one long, monotonous slog, chances are you'll still have plenty of tales from The Cake Shop or The Bowery to [...]
We have a decent amount of new stuff this week, including quality releases from Skeletonwitch, Black Cobra, Hull, Fuck The Facts and more. This writer's opinion on all of it after the jump. 3 – The Ghost You Gave To Me (Metal Blade) 3 are an odd band to be on Metal Blade. They play [...]
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Casiokids, Crooked Fingers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Emil & Friends, Extra Arms, Future Islands, John Wesley Harding, Hess Is More, Hull, Icebird, Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers, Ben Lee, Paley & Francis, Rocket From The Tombs, Still Corners, TW Walsh and Yuck. Also, vote for [...]
Scotland's the Twilight Sad will be touring Britain next month. Get your tickets now. 'Sick', the band's first single from their forthcoming 2012 album, will be released on the 14th of November. 'Sick' will be backed by the song 'Untitled #672. A review of the album's initial taster 'Kill It in the Morning', which shows the band's move to a more electronic direction, can be read here. Sunday 13th November 2011 - Dundee Doghouse Monday 14th November 2011 - Aberdeen Tunnels [...]
Brooklyn's finest metal band, Hull, has a new album entitled Beyond The Lightless Sky and it's streaming for free on AOL. Link: Hull Beyond The Lightless Sky
At least here in New York, we are now experiencing full-on the-sun-never-comes-out-and-it 's-cold-as-fuck weather - y'know, in case we somehow failed to realize that it's October. Luckily, we have two terrific records with uplifting, happy-go-lucky titles to stream this morning, so that should perk you right the fuck up. Cold Winds on Timless Days, the sophomore [...]
Benjamin Francis Leftwich just started a tour last night, a 28-date strong affair. Tickets are available now for all the shows below in the UK and Ireland. Tuesday 4th October 2011 - Nottingham Glee Club Wednesday 5th October 2011 - Hull Adelphi Friday 7th October 2011 - Newcastle Riverside Saturday 8th October 2011 - Aberdeen Tunnels Sunday 9th October 2011 - Glasgow Oran Mor Monday 10th October 2011 - [...]