Metalsucks — East of the Wall’s Ressentiment is one of my favorite metal records of 2010 and you haven’t listened to it yet. Why not? It’s full of expansive, progressive post-hardcore soundscapes and it’s intelligent beyond belief; it’s like if Walter S... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gabi Porter "Hello there. As many of you know, I can't stop rocking. And now- in addition to fronting my own incredible rock band Valley Lodge and also playing guitar in the incredible Walter Schreifels Band- I have... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Redboy Walter Schreifels made it out of Russia in time for the Rival Schools show at Union Pool on Friday night. Check out the setlist at the end of the pictures that continue below...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Walter Schreifels @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Nicole Kibert) Walter Schreifels unfortunately cannot make his solo show at Generation Records tomorrow on Record Store Day. Due to the Icelandic volcano, Walter is stuck in Moscow and won't be able to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Generation Records (210 Thompson St. in NYC) has one of the busier Record Store Days this Saturday (4/17), with live sets from Cymbals Eat Guitars, Black Wine (ex-The Ergs/Hunchback who play April 25th at Mercury Lounge), Walter Schreifels (ex-Gorill... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Caspian - "Ghosts of the Garden City" (MP3) Caspian Caspian is crescendo-ing their way through a US tour that placed them in Austin during SXSW, and will land the soaring post-rockers in NYC on April 15 at... more info

DrownedInSound — Walter Schreifels is commonly remembered as the fellow who founded Rival Schools back in 1999. We all know what happened there. Since they split up and more recently, he's embarked on a solo career but with music of a different...style to what came b... more info

Metalsucks — The reactions to yesterday’s post about the Rival Schools reunion record were much to my surprise mostly positive, which I guess could just indicate that those who didn’t know the band chose to skip over the post. But I’m guessing that even mor... more info

Metalsucks — Recently reunited post-hardcore vets Rival Schools have a new album on the way via Photo Finish Records, report our metal cohorts at SMNnews.com. The dudes in Rival Schools are hardcore and post-hardcore royalty: Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla... more info

Silent Uproar — Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools) will release a solo album, An Open Letter To The Scene, through Academy Fight Song on May 4th. Preview and download "Arthur Lee's Lullaby" in Music. In related news, a new Rival Schools a... more info