Northside Festival

Harkonen came from the Pacific Northwestern hardcore scene of the late 90s, but their sound moved quickly beyond that genre’s basic moves. Given to intense metal riffing, ominously slow-paced tempos, and disconcerting ambient drones, the band fit in perfectly with the progressive... Read More →

The Atlas Moth, a three-guitared, heavy-duty hydra out of Chicago, may have recorded their masterwork with 2011′s An Ache for the Distance. The record–a giant-sized amalgam of stoner metal, blues, deep sludge, and psychedelic rock–blasted through genre lines, reaching listeners... Read More →

"Atlanta, GA noise merchants WHORES. return with their highly anticipated second offering, Clean. Recorded this past May by Ryan Boesch (Melvins, Helmet, Tomahawk, Fu Manchu) at Parhelion Recording Studios in Atlanta, GA, Clean sees the band refine their crushingly heavy, catchy as... Read More →