Ian Christe's Blog, page 75
December 3, 2014
Sat 12/6, Portland, OR: SUB POP USA Party at Reading Frenzy/Beacon Sound w/Bruce Pavitt & Selector Dub Narcotic
Sub Pop USA‘s celebration of local and regional independent music comes to Portland, OR, the nightof Saturday, December 6, as author Bruce Pavitt lays down the law with Selector Dub Narcotic, aka original Subterranean Pop contributor Calvin Johnson.
WHEN: Sat. 12/6/14, 7PM
WHERE: Reading Frenzy, 3628 North Mississippi Ave.
AFTER-PARTY: Beacon Sound, 3636 North Mississippi Ave.
Many people don’t realize that years before there was Sub Pop, the legendary indie record label, co-founder Bruce Pavitt...
November 29, 2014
Bloody Roots of Australian Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODYROOTSOFAUSTRALIANMETAL
Week of November 29, 2014
Sat 11/29, 6PM ET
Sun 11/30, 1PM ET
Mon 12/1, 9AM ET
Tues 12/2, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/4, 9PM ET
The thunder from down under! From the land of sharks, snakes, spiders, Mad Max, and howling marsupials! Bloody Roots of Australian Metal, spanning 40 years of metal from Oz, including Buffalo, Portal, Shackles, Sadistik Exekution, Alchemist, Mortal Sin, Parkway Drive, Destroyer 666, and more!
PLAYLIST:
ALCHEMIST – “Austral Spectrum” from ORGANASM
BUFFALO – “Su...
November 22, 2014
Bloody Roots Thanksgiving Week Cannibal Feast on Sirius XM
BLOODYROOTSTHANKSGIVINGWEEK CANNIBAL FEAST
Week of Nov. 22, 2014
Sat 11/22, 6PM ET
Sun 11/23, 1PM ET
Mon 11/24, 9AM ET
Tues 11/25, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/27, 9PM ET
As the holidays approach, and the season of gastronomy and gluttony approach, Bloody Roots gives thanks and shows a love of humanity—well-seasoned with salt and pepper! Metal’s adventures across the ultimate taboo are on the menu, with cannibal tales of turmoil from Necrophagia, Exodus, Slayer, Black Uniforms, Bloodbath, SNFU, Misfits, Avulsed,...
November 21, 2014
Sat 11/29, Seattle: SUB POP USA Storms Small Business Saturday at Fantagraphics Gallery
photo courtesy of Selectism.com
Hi everybody. Thirty yearsof indie publishing and independent music will collide in Seattle on November 29, celebrating “Small Business Saturday” in intimate grand style with the release of SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988, by Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt. This 400-page survey of independent music during the 1980s is both a prelude to the creation of Sub Pop Records, and a call to arms for independent artists, writers, and musicians e...
November 18, 2014
Bloody Roots of Death Doom on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OFDEATH-DOOM on SIRIUS XM
Week of November 15, 2014
Sat 11/15, 6PM ET
Sun 11/16, 1PM ET
Mon 11/17, 9AM ET
Tues 11/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/19, 9PM ET
Combining the low-end suffocation of doom metal and the oppressive vocals and power of death metal, the thin substrate of death-doom is a rarely-mined but almost always overwhelming breed of metal beast. Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a handful of classic death-doom evocations, ranging from the early doom-infl...
Friday 11/21, Brooklyn: LAINA DAWES To Host Black Rock Coalition’s Blunt Force Trauma
The tirelessLaina Dawes, author of the call-to-actionWHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, is powering her way through aspeaking tour this fall. She will be hosting Black Rock Coalition’s November 21 Blunt Force Trauma event at Littlefield (622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY), a night set toexplode withsets from the Dust Rays (feat. “Captain” Kirk Douglas and Mark Kelley of the Roots), Year of the Dragon (feat. Dirty Walt of Fish...
November 14, 2014
Nov./Dec.: Upcoming NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 Book Release Events
Agnostic Front photo by Randy Underwood
Tony Rettman has been polishing his black boots and getting ready to hit the road in support of his upcoming NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990. Check out this flight path, and make your plans:
NOVEMBER 22nd: 7 pm at Natural Habitat/723 Cookman Avenue/Asbury Park, NJ/07712.
This will be a pre-release book event where author Tony Rettman will lead a discussion and Q&A session with NYHC visual artist Sean Taggart (Cro-Mags, Crumbsuckers, etc.) A limited editi...
October 25, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal Movies: Halloween Edition, w/Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
BLOODY ROOTS OF HEAVY METAL MOVIES: HALLOWEEN EDITION
With special guest Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
Week of October 25, 2014
Sat 10/25, 6PM ET
Sun 10/26, 1PM ET
Mon 10/27, 9AM ET
Tues 10/28, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/30, 9PM ET
Armed with a bloody hatchet and the greatest playlist of horror-movie metal songs ever assembled, Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of HEAVY METAL MOVIES:Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever , joins host Ian Christe...
October 20, 2014
Tues 10/21, NYC: LAINA DAWES Talks Music Criticism on CMJ Panel
On Tuesday, October 21, author Laina Dawes (WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal) will discuss “Influencing Trends and Igniting Debate: The Role of the Music Critic Today” on a panel at the CMJ Music Marathon Festival. Dawes joinsMichael Azerrad (Our Band Could Be Your Life, Come As You Are), Andre Torres (Wax Poetics), Christopher R. Weingarten (Rolling Stone), and Zachary Lipez (Please Take Me Off the Guest List) at 2PM in the NYU Kimmel Center, 10th f...
October 18, 2014
Bloody Roots of Werewolves in Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF WEREWOLVES IN METAL
Week of October 18, 2014
Sat 10/18, 6PM ET
Sun 10/19, 1PM ET
Mon 10/20, 9AM ET
Tues 10/21, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/23, 9PM ET
Unleash the beast inside, that hairy little critter in your heart, as Bloody Roots captures the werewolves of heavy metal. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) summons a vicious pack of half-human predators in songs by by Death Breath, Moonspell, Dillinger Escape Plan, Metallica, Usurper, Macabre, Six Feet Under and more!...
