Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Clutch in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Maryland stoner rock vets Clutch returned earlier this month with their eleventh album, Psychic Warfare, on Weathermaker Music. It includes the song "X-Ray Visions," which they've got a video for,... more info

Stereogum — Gwyneth Paltrow’s website GOOP is selling hip-hop themed pearly clutches. Paltrow enlisted Edie Parker to design the two styles exclusively for GOOP. The “Flavia” clutches come in pearlescent or hand-poured acrylic and are emblazoned on each si... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Summer in NYC means SummerStage, mostly-free concerts in Central Park and many other parks around NYC. Who caught Mastodon and Clutch? The Felice Brothers + The Barr Brothers? Charles Bradley? The series continues TONIGHT (6/11) with the BrooklynVega... more info

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Thrash Hits — Nexilva From: Sunderland, UK Lazy equation: The atmosphere of a weird Japanese forests + Bleeding Through’isms + throatpunching. URLs: Facebook // Twitter Eschewing the diet of nothing bu tired, reskinned deathcore breakdowns that’s been the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Mastodon / Clutch / Graveyard show at Central Park Summerstage on May 19 go on Invisible Oranges/BrooklynVegan presale at noon today (1/22). Get yours using the PASSWORD: clutchoranges. If you miss out on getting tickets, the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mastodon in Austin in 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Two bands that toe the line between hard rock and metal, Mastodon and Clutch, will be heading out on a co-headlining tour this spring, and fellow riff-bringers Graveyard and Big... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Patti Smith at Riot Fest Chicago 2014 (more by James Richards IV) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Patti Smith @ Webster Hall Punk legend Patti Smith put... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As discussed, poppy sludgesters Torche have a new LP on the way and that's now been officially announced. It's called Restarter and will be out on February 24 via Relapse, their first LP for the label. That's the album... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV, words by Zach Pollack Jane's Addiction / GWAR fans / Title Fight Riot Fest Chicago is currently underway at Chicago's beautiful Humboldt Park. It kicked off on Friday (9/12) and that first day was plagued... more info