BROOKLYN, NY—Much-hyped reunion shows from bands unappreciated during their time are often once-in-a-lifetime events, but in the New York area, it’s fairly common. You know, every few months. Sleep’s coming around? Must be time to change my toothbrush.

That’s about how often once-in-a-lifetime reunion shows happen around here.

After dipping…

Oakland’s gods of stoner metal return! The mighty Sleep will be hitting Brooklyn for two special performances at the Masonic Temple on Sept. 6 and 8, with a show in between in Philadelphia’s Starlight Ballroom. Their reunion is years in the making, and they’re only doing a limited number of…

I don’t think I need to say it anymore that these lists don’t matter. It’s why I haven’t done a “Top 10 Of The Decade” and why I won’t be doing one anytime soon. But the year-end list, well, I’ve been doing it every year for a while, and as…

Naam do not just pray at the altar of early metal legends like Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, one listen to their forthcoming record titled Kingdom and you’d think the Brooklyn psychedelic rockers were nursed on riffs from the latter’s early works—and that’s not a bad thing. The record…

Normally I don’t go ga-ga over some mere show dates and album tracklistings being announced, but this is Shrinebuilder, featuring Wino of Saint Vitus / The Obsessed et. al., Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Al Cisneros of Sleep / Om, and Dale Crover of the Melvins. So this is an important…