The Massachusetts quartet's forthcoming seventh album -- one of the year's heaviest and best -- is streaming from start to finish at MySpace prior to its 10/19 release. Don't get whiplash.... CONTINUE READING STREAM CONVERGE'S AXE TO FALL»
Posted on October 13, 2009 (0 comments)
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When we posted "Dark Horse" I went into some detail (aka babbled) about how much I like Converge's seventh album Axe To Fall. It's easier to backup the enthusiasm with a second bullet in the chamber in the form of... CONTINUE READING NEW CONVERGE VIDEO - "AXE TO FALL"»
Posted on October 8, 2009 in (14 comments)
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In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California's state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with "Fuck" in the title. (Well OK: this year did bring the family... CONTINUE READING FUCK YEAH FEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in , (6 comments)
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Somewhere between releasing 2004's You Fail Me and No Heroes in 2006, I started seeing Kurt Ballou getting name-checked more as a producer at his Salem-based GodCity studios than as the guitarist of one of Massachusetts's mightiest exports, Converge. If... CONTINUE READING NEW CONVERGE - "DARK HORSE"»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in , (11 comments)
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