Stereogum — Underground metal is generally a willfully insular world, but anthemic Florida stompers Torche don’t care about any of that. Their surging stomp is as much Superchunk as it is Slayer, and they cover three songs from indie-nation heroes Guided By Vo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Torche at MHoW (more by Justin Tyler) Torche will hit the road with the UK's Part Chimp for a string of East Coast dates, according to recent tweets by the band. Though the full tour routing has yet... more info

Metalsucks — We’re extremely excited about MonstrO, the new band featuring ex-Torche guitarist Juan Montoya, bassist Kyle Sanders (Skrew, Bloodsimple, brother of Mastodon’s Troy Sanders), drummer Bevan Davies (Danzig, Comes With the Fall), and vocalist and ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Justin Tyler, words by BBG Torche (and wig) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Torche headlined a triple threat of massive riffery with Big Business and Helms Alee at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Wednesday (7/20) as part of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cass McCombs Torche (more by Greg Cristman) today in NYC * Slow Six @ The Stone * Ellery Eskelin @ Barbes * U2, Interpol @ the Meadowlands * Tinariwen @ Highline Ballroom * The Big Terrific @ Cameo Gallery *... more info

Metalsucks — If you’re immediately struck by MonstrO’s musical resemblance to Torche, don’t be: that’s ex-Torche guitarist Juan Montoya’s electro-fried “stoner pop” tones you’re hearing in the Atlanta quartet’s debut song “Anchors Up!” And i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Helms Alee at Cake Shop (more by Markus Shaffer) Similar to their labelmates Torche and Big Business, Helms Alee mixes the sweet with the blistering on their latest LP, Weatherhead. The Seattle band, which contains Ben Verellen of... more info

Stereogum — Cheeky Melvins/Karp/Murder City Devils/White Shit/etc-associated sludge-rock heroes Big Business are celebrating the late 2010 addition of fourth member, guitarist Scott Martin of Crom/400 Blows, and upcoming tour with aesthetic allies Torche by foll... more info

Guardian Music — They might be known for their uncompromising and frenetic live shows, but Texas garage punks White Denim are now under pressure to write pop songs'We've talked about starting another band and just writing really straightforward, boring pop songs," sa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Boris' wide-ranging Attention Please comes out May 24. You can't really accuse Boris of slowing down. The Japanese heavy music trio hasn't released a proper "rock" album since 2008's Smile, but in the interim put out a split 10" with the pop-metal ... more info