Friday, July 15th, 2011
Camp Bisco Ten began for me at 6:30am Thursday July 7th, 2011. I awoke to a gorgeous sunrise over Mariaville Lake, which found its normally peaceful road activity saturated with bumper to bumper hardcore electronic and jam music fans. I stepped out of the cramped backseat of a Volvo to stretch and was met with the familiar greetings of what most of us within this particular music scene would call "family." Somehow hearing "Good Morning" from 20 different strangers within a half hour of waking up will always make for a great day, which I would find out, foreshadowed an even more amazing weekend.
As cars piled through the ...
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
“They’re All Saturdays”
The Lo-Pan Interview
By Andy McNeil
Sitting in a van adorned with bull horns in the shadow of the 31st Street Bridge in Pittsburgh, the members of Columbus hard-rock outfit Lo-Pan anticipate a barrage of ill-conceived questions, but almost immediately their ears perk up at the mention of their gear.
“We get a lot of really stupid questions,” says bassist Skot Thompson. “But we like to talk about our gear,” adds drummer Jesse Bartz, finishing his bandmate’s thought – a common occurrence after years together on the road.
The group’s jet-fighter loud equipment has become its own persona – a fifth member. Their new album, Salvador, released on May 24 ...
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Nearly a decade after Face to Face released Standards & Practices and How to Ruin Everything, the SoCal crew is back – a little grayer, a touch heavier but still having a blast. Trever Keith and company are set to release Laugh Now, Laugh Later on May 17 on People Like You Records, which he says “incorporates tiny elements from each of our previous records.”
Face to Face must have been bottling up energy for the past few ...
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Legendary Inglewood powerviolence band, Despise You, just dropped their first new release in over a decade this past Tuesday with East Coast grind veterans, Agoraphobic Nosebleed in the form of a devastating new split LP, And on and on... via Relapse Records. Blow The Scene reviewed the album in detail, which you can check out here. With one of the top grind/powerviolence releases of the 2000s, we are incredibly stoked to have caught up with vocalist Chris of Despise ...
Monday, April 11th, 2011
With over 15 years active, Sweden's d-beat practitioners Victims, is one of the most important punk bands in the world. Having maintained a prolific outpouring of material for well over a decade, the long-time three piece, recently added a second guitarist before recording their latest full-length, A Dissident, which drops tomorrow (4/12/11), via Tankcrimes, DeathwishInc, and La Familia Records. A Dissident hits in all the right spots, with tracks that range from punk-rock, gang-vocal-ridden anthems, to aggressive, d-beat masterpieces, and glimpses of old-school metal with blazing solos. It's only April, and we already have a definite contender for "Album of The Year." Blow The Scene Editor, ...
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
We know you're here for the pics, so I'll keep this brief.
Saturday, April 2, 2011, James and I zipped over to The Barbery, located at 951 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA to catch Nails, All Pigs Must Die, Wormrot (who got added to the bill last minute as the Philly Parking Authority jacked their van), New Lows, and Deathbeds.
I dig this spot. One of the few smaller venues in the city that does ...
Friday, March 18th, 2011
Obscura Interview
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Metal intellectuals may want to bust out their philosophy text books before they listen to Omnivium, the latest effort from German death metal band Obscura. The album flies like a supped-up Benz on the Autobahnen – the ideal mix of speed and sophistication. Omnivium expands on the astrophysical themes from Cosmogensis all while melting your face like a collapsing quasar. BTS’s gargantuan Assistant Editor corresponded with the band’s vocalist and guitarist Steffen Kummerer through the wonders of cyberspace to bring you an in-depth look at this stellar new album. Omnivium drops on March 29, 2011 on ...
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Last week, Long Beach CA's snotty metallic-rockers, The Greenery, announced signing to Prosthetic Records as they track a new full-length record with Paul Minor at BuzzBomb studios. Their infectious blend of metallic punk-rock has drawn comparisons to Every Time I Die, The Bronx, and The Stitches. Blow The Scene's Joshua Cohen caught up with The Greenery guitarist Derek, as he discusses the writing process for the new record, equipment picks, life in Snoop's backyard, tour stories, and more in this in-depth interview exclusive.
Joshua BTS: Ahoy! Thank you for taking some time to answer a few questions for Blow The Scene readers around the World. ...
Monday, February 28th, 2011
New York based three-piece Grandfather, has been creating quite a buzz with their self-described "dynamic, intense and violently rhythmic psychedelic flavor of rock."
Many new listeners were turned on to the band when legendary producer Steve Albini, had this to say in a recent interview with GQ, "There was a band that came into the studio a while back called Grandfather. They were an art-rock band that organized the funding of their record through Kickstarter. They were really well rehearsed and came into the studio and knocked the record out in a couple of days... That's the kind ...
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
We recently caught up with One Win Choice founding member and vocalist Dan Kloza, as the band prepares to release their latest full-length, Conveyor, on March 1. One Win Choice has built a steady following of fans throughout the East Coast and in recent years, the world around with consistent touring both in the US and abroad. OWC play a fast-paced style of melodic-punk that is defined by energy and passion, much like fore-bearers Strike Anywhere and Boy Sets Fire, who had equal passion and drive for music ...
Monday, February 21st, 2011
We recently caught up with Cliff Wiener who co-operates 1981 Clothing with Alex Kenny as they prepare to launch some hot new items and are set to host a two day festival to celebrate hardcore music and a hardcore lifestyle May 13 and 14th. The festival titled “Bringing It Back For The Kids” will feature performances from some of the most intensely followed bands in hardcore today, including Terror, Stick To Your Guns and Casey Jones.
Wiener and Kenny founded 1981 Clothing in 2005 with the intention of making shirts as fun and unique as the individuals who comprise the world-wide hardcore community. ...
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Mesa, Arizona's hardcore quartet, Out For Revenge released their latest full-length Black Market Status, on Mikey Hood's legendary West Coast Worldwide Records in November of 2010 and have been received with open arms by hardcore fans and critics around the globe. StereoKiller.com named BMS the #3 User-Voted Album of 2010. Out For Revenge fuses a pummeling, double-bass ridden hardcore sound with socially conscious lyrics that saw guest appearances by the likes of Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Mikey Hood (Hoods), Danny Northside (North Side Kings), and Eddie Dan (Beg for Life) accompanying vocalist Darin aka "Spyderdog" in the West Wordwide ...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Lohio Release “Adelai” Music Video
Interview with Director Thom Glunt
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
(See Video At Bottom of Interview)
Late last week Pittsburgh’s indie darlings Lohio released a sparkly new music video for “Adelai” onto wilds of the Internet. Blow The Scene’s resident giant tracked down the director, Thom Glunt, for a lengthy conversation about his team's creative process, their adventures on set and the issues that took place behind the scenes. Glunt has directed music videos for a number of artists including Anti-Flag, RJD2, Punchline and Meeting on Important People.
Andy BTS: The concept for ...
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Michael Walsh Interview
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Artist Michael Walsh exists and creates in a realm of juxtaposition. The Sonoma-based sculptor has found a way to successfully fuse art forms that possess antithetical shelf lives and are comprised of unrelated mediums: metal crafting and graffiti.
“See that’s the contradiction - that’s what I like about it,” Walsh says, speaking from a friend’s studio in Northern California. “I’m trying to take something impermanent and go backwards in a way to make it somewhat permanent.”
Walsh, a man as transient as his work, is returning to Gallery 4 in Pittsburgh on Friday, January 28 for the closing reception of ...
Monday, January 24th, 2011
Ectoplasmic Meltdown: Special Edition! Interview Andy Horn of Cannabis Corpse and BattleMaster
Greetings Ghouls and Ghoulettes!!!
Yes I know, it has been a LONG FUCKING TIME since I have given an update. I must say that I have been quite the busy little ghoul!
My requests for artwork have been higher than they ever have, so I have been keeping extremely busy. On top of that, I just graduated from WCU with a BA in studio arts, and Coffin Dust also completed our first tour (although it was just a weekend, it was a WILD weekend) at the beginning of December! We ...
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Last month we started to notice bands Comadre and Daytrader taking part in live, interactive, web shows on a new site called Yowie.com. We zipped over to check things out and hooked up with Erica Shultz of the Yowie team. Erica recently sat down with Blow The Scene Editor Joshua Cohen for the skinny on what's cooking at Yowie.com!
Joshua BTS: Greetings! Thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions for Blow The Scene readers around the world! Let’s begin by having you introduce yourself, and tell, what is Yowie?
Hi BTS readers! My name is ...
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Noisear are an American grindcore institution. With over 14 years active in the grind world, Noisear have remained one of the genre's staple bands, releasing many splits and works with various underground labels and leading extreme bands from around the Globe. Noisear's highly-anticipated 30-track full-length on Relapse Records, Subvert The Dominant Paradigm, is set to hit streets February 1, 2011. As the band gears up for this worldwide release, Blow The Scene's Joshua Cohen caught up with Noisear drummer Bryan Fajardo and guitarist Dorian Rainwater for an exclusive, in-depth interview as the band discusses the recording process for the new record, ...
Camp Bisco Ten began for me at 6:30am Thursday July 7th, 2011. I awoke to a gorgeous sunrise over Mariaville Lake, which found its normally peaceful road activity saturated with bumper to bumper hardcore electronic and jam music fans. I stepped out of the cramped backseat of a Volvo to stretch and was met with the familiar greetings of what most of us within this particular music scene would call "family." Somehow hearing "Good Morning" from 20 different strangers within a half hour of waking up will always make for a great day, which I would find out, foreshadowed an even more amazing weekend.
As cars piled through the ...
We recently caught up with Cliff Wiener who co-operates 1981 Clothing with Alex Kenny as they prepare to launch some hot new items and are set to host a two day festival to celebrate hardcore music and a hardcore lifestyle May 13 and 14th. The festival titled “Bringing It Back For The Kids” will feature performances from some of the most intensely followed bands in hardcore today, including Terror, Stick To Your Guns and Casey Jones.
Wiener and Kenny founded 1981 Clothing in 2005 with the intention of making shirts as fun and unique as the individuals who comprise the world-wide hardcore community. ... 
Mesa, Arizona's hardcore quartet, Out For Revenge released their latest full-length Black Market Status, on 
Lohio Release “Adelai” Music Video
Interview with Director Thom Glunt
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
(See Video At Bottom of Interview)
Late last week Pittsburgh’s indie darlings Lohio released a sparkly new music video for “Adelai” onto wilds of the Internet. Blow The Scene’s resident giant tracked down the director, Thom Glunt, for a lengthy conversation about his team's creative process, their adventures on set and the issues that took place behind the scenes. Glunt has directed music videos for a number of artists including Anti-Flag, RJD2, Punchline and Meeting on Important People.
Andy BTS: The concept for ... 
Michael Walsh Interview
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Artist Michael Walsh exists and creates in a realm of juxtaposition. The Sonoma-based sculptor has found a way to successfully fuse art forms that possess antithetical shelf lives and are comprised of unrelated mediums: metal crafting and graffiti.
“See that’s the contradiction - that’s what I like about it,” Walsh says, speaking from a friend’s studio in Northern California. “I’m trying to take something impermanent and go backwards in a way to make it somewhat permanent.”
Walsh, a man as transient as his work, is returning to Gallery 4 in Pittsburgh on Friday, January 28 for the closing reception of ... 
Ectoplasmic Meltdown: Special Edition! Interview Andy Horn of 
Last month we started to notice bands 
Noisear are an American grindcore institution. With over 14 years active in the grind world, Noisear have remained one of the genre's staple bands, releasing many splits and works with various underground labels and leading extreme bands from around the Globe. Noisear's highly-anticipated 30-track full-length on Relapse Records, Subvert The Dominant Paradigm, is set to hit streets February 1, 2011. As the band gears up for this worldwide release, Blow The Scene's Joshua Cohen caught up with Noisear drummer Bryan Fajardo and guitarist Dorian Rainwater for an exclusive, in-depth interview as the band discusses the recording process for the new record, ...