Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman DOWNLOAD: Rocket From the Tombs - Ain't it Fun (MP3) Rocket From The Tombs played The Bell House on 12/12 and Maxwell's last night (12/13), concluding a string of dates for the protopunk legends. The band,... more info

Impose Magazine — Novelist and sad literary man Keith Gessen was arrested during some OWS protests in November. His tale about peanut butter and stuffing Corn Flakes in his jacket and life in the Tombs is in the New Yorker. It's an interesting read, but one that&... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offSiri Nilsen Alle Snakker Sant The title track from the American-Norwegian singer's excellent new album is, like the rest of the record, sung in Norwegian. But you don't need... more info

Stereogum — The early onslaught of year-end best-of lists continues! The great underground metal magazine Decibel has now joined the fray, publishing its list of the 40 best metal (and, I guess, metal-ish) albums of the year. The top spot goes to Path Of Totalit... more info

Metal Injection — This month on the Relapse Records Podcast, we premiere exclusive tracks from Abysmal Dawn, Liberteer & Brutal Truth in addition to highlights from 2011 albums from Obscura, Toxic Holocaust, Revocation and many more!  As always, we have the latest up... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Tombs at BV-Rocks Off Official CMJ Showcase 2011 (more by Jonathan McPhail) Decibel released their list of the best LPs of 2011. The list features a few repeat offenders and not too many surprises. One record listed technically... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jonathan McPhail & Greg Cristman, videos by (((unartig))), words by BBG Kvelertak on the Jewel (photo by Greg Cristman) A hearty thank you goes out to Rocks Off crew and the audience who baorded the Jewel on Saturday... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Rocket from the Tombs - "I Sell Soul" (MP3) Cleveland proto-punks Rocket from the Tombs formed in 1974, and without ever having released a record or playing more than a few shows, they broke up in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Kvelertak at Parkside in SF (more by Taylor Keahey) While we couldn't be more excited about our own official showcase with Kvelertak, Skeletowitch, Tombs and Psychic Limb aboard the Jewel on 10/22 (tickets, the only boat show during... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: Walls Video: 'Sunporch' Highlight: "This song was based around the central arpeggio and a bunch of samples processed from some old movies. We had multiple different versions, but this was the one that we settled o... more info