Stereogum — Robotic Empire has put together a second Nirvana tribute album for Record Store Day. The first one was released for last year’s RSD, and had various artists covering the entirety of In Utero. This year’s edition sees them tackling Nevermind with ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Nothing at Saint Vitus last week (more by PSquared) Merchandise, who recently wrapped up a tour with Title Fight and Power Trip, and Nothing, who recently wrapped up a tour with Torche (which hit NYC last... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Photography; words by Andrew Sacher Torche / Nothing's crowd Torche put out their killer new record Restarter on Relapse last month, and last night (3/26) they brought their tour with Nothing and Wrong to NYC for... more info

Stereogum — Torche’s latest album, Restarter, is a chugging beast. It’s “darker, heavier, and moodier” than a lot of their previous work, as bassist Jonathan Nuñez told us last month. And as the album’s leadoff track, “Annihilation Affair” begins ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Torche at Gramercy Theatre in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Torche, Nothing, Wrong @ Saint Vitus This bill is pretty amazing... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Janette Valentine We're still about about a month away from the new Torche album, Restarter (due 2/24 via Relapse), and today we get its third single, "Loose Men," via Rolling Stone. Following the two four-plus... more info

Stereogum — “Loose Men” is a pretty hilarious thing to name a song when your band’s frontman is one of the few openly gay men in underground metal. Florida fuzz-metal asskickers Torche are back next month with the new album Restarter, and early songs “Mi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Torche at IO Northside 2014 at 285 Kent (more by Harriet Roberts) As you may know, sludge popsters Torche are putting out their new album, Restarter, on February 24 via Relapse, and they've now announced a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hellbent Hooker As always, there are tons of good metal and metal-related tours swinging through NYC and other one-off heavy shows happening here. We don't get around to posting all of them, so here's a roundup of some of the... more info

Stereogum — The Miami metal band Torche will return next month with Restarter, another album of towering melodic anthems. If you’ve heard any of their previous albums of towering melodic anthems, you know that this is a great thing. We’ve already heard first... more info