shrinebuilder

Shrinebuilder will perform three shows in November and one of those will be at Emo's in Austin. I was unaware of Shrinebuilder until today, and now I'm already ready to get tickets to the show and buy their new album...I'm waiting...

Scott "Wino" Weinrich - The Hidden Hand
Scott Kelly - Neurosis
Al Cisneros - Sleep, Om, Asbestosdeath
Dale Crover - The Melvins, The Men of Porn

November Shows:
14th: Empty Bottle in Chicago, Illinois
15th: (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY
16th: Emo's Outdoor in Austin, Texas (w/Sub Oslo)

Lost - Neurosis (buy full album)
Rays Of The Sun / To Shrinebuilder - Om (buy full album)
Sacrifice - The Melvins (buy full album)
Ramblin' Man (featuring Hank Williams III) - The Melvins (buy full album)
Celestial Dub - Sub Oslo (buy full album)

Here is a link to Scott Kelly's Return to Zero radio show in which midway he plays a Shrinebuilder song, which can also be found on their MySpace.

wish list

From folk to metal, so many upcoming shows I would love to see. Here are just a few.

10/2: Cotton Jones, Wye Oak
Gotta Cheer Up - Cotton Jones (buy full album)
I Don't Feel Young - Wye Oak (buy full album)

10/2: The Dodos
The Strums - The Dodos (buy full album)

10/18: Valient Thorr, Early Man, True Widow
I Hope The Gods Haunt Yr Soul Forever - Valient Thorr (buy full album)
Death Is The Answer - Early Man (buy full album)

11/16: Blues Control, Fungi Girls, Darktown Strutters
Rest On Water - Blues Control (buy full album)
Pacifica Nostalgia - Fungi Girls (buy full album)
Baby Godzilla - Darktown Strutters (support artist)

12/11: Greg Ashley, The Duchess and the Duke
Song From Limestone County - Greg Ashley (buy full album)
Hands - The Duchess And The Duke (buy full album)

the witch is back

Click image to see full cover for Skeletonwitch's new album "Breathing the Fire." The album release is October 13.

metals

In honor of some good metal shows coming up I decided it was time for my shuffle to go metal.

Motown - Harvey Milk (buy full album)
Grinder - Judas Priest (buy full album)
Baroness - Birthing (buy full album)
Purification of Ignorance - Withered (buy full album)
Wild Dogs - Toxic Holocaust (buy full album)

heavy metal animated lot

In case you missed the real Heavy Metal Parking Lot, which if you have you should rent immediately, here is the real deal...

tonight

Last-minute reminder. Tonight at the Bike House, Maleveller's first show! They will be playing with WITCH HUNT, VORVADOSS AND THE INITIATIVE. The show starts at 7 p.m. at 5640 Vickery in Dallas.

isiscapades

Look what I'll be missing tomorrow night while I work. Uh oh, is that the beginnings of a sore throat I feel?

20 Minutes / 40 Years - ISIS
Last Day of Winter - Pelican
Gossamer - Tombs

The show will be at The Granada. Show at 9 p.m. and tickets range from $14 to $18.

torment of st. anthony

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has acquired a Michelangelo piece called "The Torment of St. Anthony," which scholars say he painted probably at the age of either 12 or 13. It is one of only four known easel paintings. Right now, the painting is in New York and won't be at the Kimbell for viewing until fall.

The painting is pretty dark, which makes me thinks it calls for a posted song from Malevellar, a recently formed metal band from Dallas that will soon be playing at the Bike House.

in flames

Break out your \m/. I believe watching a good metal show probably has the same effect on me as it did for those who first attended a good Mozart opera or Beethoven symphony. Seeing a metal band live should be up there on everyone's to-do list (except my mom's). One of my very favorites is in town tonight. Skeletonwitch is playing at Club DaDa tonight w/ Black Tusk and Kylesa. But an even better show will be on 4/16 at the Granada with Amon Amarth. Don't be scared.

As for the music stream, it isn't Skeletonwitch...but it is Dethklok. We swim on.