The best thing about Metz might also be the worst thing about Metz. The Toronto-based trio have been cranking out high-volume noise rock for more than ten years. Their music is solid, reliable, and interesting—and like Nirvana before them, they begin with a subversive sound, then add enough melody and take away enough grime to […]
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Portrayal of Guilt’s Christfucker is just as gnarly as the title suggests
Look, if you’re going to name your record Christfucker, it better be next-level gnarly. Otherwise, what’s the point? Luckily the second LP of the year from Austin’s Portrayal of Guilt is next-level gnarly and then some. The band leaned toward screamo from their formation in 2017 till their second album, January’s We Are Always Alone, […]
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Noise-rock masters Uniform get even bigger, better, and darker on Shame
I’ve spent a lot of Reader ink gushing about Uniform and the previous projects of their members. With the release of their new fourth full-length, Shame, the band’s sonic assault continues—and so does my adoration. Formed in 2014 as a wildly abrasive industrial-noise-rock-drone duo of vocalist Michael Berdan (formerly of unreal noisecore trio Drunkdriver) and […]
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Prolific punk guitarist Ben Greenberg releases more new music
The Brooklyn musician drops the Beat Depression demo.
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Listen to a new track from noise-rock duo Uniform
The band’s debut full-length is out early this summer.
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Extreme noise-rock-industrial duo Uniform plays at the Empty Bottle this weekend
The confrontational Brooklyn duo is back with more hard sounds.
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12 O’Clock Track: ‘Our Blood’ is brand-new noisy industrial from New York’s Uniform
Two of New York’s best noise-rock musicians team up on this new project.
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Ben Greenberg of the Men embarks on a spacey solo mission
Ben Greenberg, bassist for the Men, comes to town this weekend with his solo guitar project Hubble