Gig Diaries #3 : BLOOD (Philly)

Gig Diaries #3 : BLOOD (Philly)

Both celestial and angular, Philadephia’s answer to the worldwide post-punk phenomenon are a literal house-ful of musicians, collectively known as Blood. The six-piece, Austin turned Philly-project descended upon New York City for two shows in April and immediately peaked my interest and got me stoked for the current sounds of the Northeast megalopolis. After catching […]

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 In Conversation With Sid Simons (NYC)

In Conversation With Sid Simons (NYC)

A- Ok Sid, a couple questions if you don’t mind- Why, after living in so many cities with large cultural footprints did you choose Brooklyn, NY, as your base? Sid- Basically, my parents moved outside the city- suburbs or whatever, and the idea of NYC sounded amazing to me from about age 13, traveling down […]

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 Gig Diaries #1 : PIGSx7 live at the Mercury Lounge, NYC

Gig Diaries #1 : PIGSx7 live at the Mercury Lounge, NYC

PIGSx7 close off their American-tour with a packed house at the Mercury Lounge in NYC, April 4th.  Bringing their doom-infused, trance-inducing fervour from Newcastle all the way to the Lower East Side, they annihilated any expectation of what a 6pm-gig should look or feel like. Opening the show was locals, White Hills, who immediately launched […]

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