The Telegraph — After a master stroke the production's shock value, impetus and intensity is lost. Rating: * * * more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-13 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *07-14 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *07-15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *07-17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *07-18 Newport, KY - The Southgate House *07-20 Nashville, TN - Exit/IN *07-21 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's... more info

The Telegraph — A darkly erotic production of Oscar Wilde's decadent tosh. Rating: * * more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Landmine Marathon & Salome @ Emo's (more photos by Tim Griffin & Brian Reilly) It's with the utmost excitement that I can announce Landmine Marathon and Salome will team up for a TWO nights of carnage in NYC!... more info

Guardian Music — Holland/Schuster/Wölfel/Frank/Frankfurt Opera/Stenz (Oehms)Detlev Glanert's Caligula, his fifth, full-length opera for adult audiences, was first staged in Frankfurt in 2006. It is based upon Albert Camus's 1945 play, which depicts the Roman emper... more info

Topix — Opens Saturday: Mlada Khudoley returns to Minnesota to sing the celebrated lead in Richard Strauss' opera. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by BBG, photos by Samantha Marble, BBG Coffinworm (by BBG) If there was a single SXSW show that intrigued from top to bottom, it'd have to be the Profound Lore/20 Buck Spin official showcase at minuscule Headhunters on 3/19... more info

Metalsucks — “With Hell for a Mouth,” live in Raleigh, NC Virginia doom crew Salome have been busting eardrums and making waves across the Eastern half of the US on their latest tour, with stops at NYU (with Shrinebuilder/Wolves in the Throne Room) and ... more info

Metalsucks — Virginia doom crew Salome have been busting eardrums and making waves across the Eastern half of the US on their latest tour, with stops at NYU (with Shrinebuilder/Wolves in the Throne Room) and at the SXSW madhouse, where they decimated showca... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by BBG, photos by Samantha Marble, Tim Griffin, Brian Reilly "Emo's Jr. is way too tiny to handle [Torche and] their enormous sludge, enormous hooks, enormous energy, enormous crowd." - Rolling Stone.com Landmine Marathon (by Tim Griffin) ... more info