If you’ve been keeping up with the members of Thrice and what they’re doing now, you’ve certainly heard of Riley Breckenridge and his involvement with Puig Destroyer; one intense, loud, almost thrash-filled project that’s as entertaining as it is terrifying. It’s quite the departure from Thrice, but that’s half of the fun. With every track […]
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Merge Records’ 25th Anniversary Festival Features Neutral Milk Hotel, Destroyer, and Lambchop
March 19th, 2014 
Nina Corcoran Merge Records is turning 25 this year, and to celebrate they’re gearing up to celebrate the proper way: by throwing their own festival in Carroboro this summer. Let the celebration begin. The three-day festival will take place July 23-26 in the Merge Records’ own North Carolina. The event features a number of their past and present […]
Destroyer Of Wallets: Kiss And Def Leppard Announce Summer 2014 Tour
March 18th, 2014 James Shotwell It would not be a modern summer concert season without at least a handful of major classic rock outings. Motley Crue were the first to toss their hat in the ring with the January announcement of their ‘final tour,’ and now two acts with even more platinum plaques have announced a 42-date run of their […]
Provoke, Destroy Sign To Indianola Records
February 17th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Earlier today, the Virginia-based metal outfit Provoke, Destroy happily announced that they’ve signed to the alternative label Indianola Records. The band will release their debut full length album through the label, titled Vultures, this spring. You can read their announcement by clicking through the jump. According to the band, Vultures will contain nine tracks. They […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Close Your Eyes – “The End”
January 2nd, 2014 Kriston McConnell Close Your Eyes released their third studio album this past October via Victory Records. The album was a first with their new lead vocalist, Sam Ryder Robinson. Luckily for fans, he easily fit right in with the band and helped make sure they kept moving forward with the release of Line In The Sand. One […]
LYRIC VIDEO: Provoke, Destroy – “Hellbent” Feat. Shawn Spann
November 25th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Provoke, Destroy are a five piece metal outfit hailing from Virginia Beach, Virginia. The band has been together since 2011, and in that time have released some singles and an EP. A couple of days ago, the band premiered another brand new single. The song is titled “Hellbent,” and it features guest vocals by Shawn […]
ALBUM STREAM: Destroyer – ‘Five Spanish Songs’ EP
November 23rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell Destroyer will be releasing an all-Spanish EP on November 29 via Merge Records, titled Five Spanish Songs. The artist decided that he wanted to release some cover songs, but felt it would be best to try singing music from an artist that he really felt a connection with, which is why he chose songs by […]
Destroyer Releases New Single, “El Rito”
October 7th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Dan Bejar, better known as Destroyer, will be releasing his Five Spanish Songs EP on November 29. The EP will feature covers of songs originally written by the Spanish group known as Sr Chinarro. To get fans excited for the EP, he’s premiered one of the songs off of it, titled “El Rito.” You can […]
75% of Passion Pit’s Equipment Was Destroyed
September 2nd, 2013 Nina Corcoran In a predictable but unfortunate set of events, Passion Pit have had a good chunk of their equipment damaged in a storm this past Friday night. When gearing up to play at Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival, the festival was delayed and shortly after “approximately 75% of” Passion Pit’s gear was destroyed before they went […]
Destroyer Announces Last Tour Until 2015
August 10th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Canadian indie rock band Destroyer have just announced that they’re packing their bags and hitting the road once more to tour. The last we saw from them was 2011’s much talked about Kaputt and the interesting music videos that went along with it. Now it’s time to catch them performing songs from that and their nine other albums […]