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Help Torche Get its Stolen Gear Back

Former Paste Band of the Week Torche has been forced to cancel a number of gigs after having gear stolen from its van following a Friday-night show at Chicago’s Congress Theatre. Helpful fans in the Chicago area can keep an eye out for the stolen equipment, of which Torche’s publicist has provided a list, which we’ve posted in full below. Got a lead on Torche’s missing gear? Let their booking agent know at daveshapiro@theagencygroup.com....  read more

Easy Listening: A Playlist that Proves Metal isn't as Inaccessible as You Think

For many, "metal" might as well be a swear word. People wrinkle their noses at the term, and treat it like some wholly unapproachable genre fraught with Cookie Monster vocals, overwhelming guitar riffs, etc. "Yeah, yeah, I know metal," you might say. But with all due respect, you probably don't. And neither do I, really—I'm only in the early stages of an appreciation I can tell is going to take a while to fully develop. Metal is a complex beast, far too varied to be pigeonholed into a simple description. Its sub-genres, from doom to thrash to sludge to so...  read more

Nine Reasons Why the Scion Rock Fest Will Melt Faces

If you're a fan of heavy rock music, there's a good chance you've heard rumblings here, there and pretty much everywhere about the Scion Rock Fest. Organized by those metal-loving so-and-so's at Vice and Scion, the one-day, absolutely-free festival promises to take Atlanta's Masquerade by its shirt collar on Feb. 28 and shake the rock venue and every one of its denizens to their knees...for 12 hours straight! But don't take my word for it: peep the line-up, which is still growing, and enjoy the top nine reasons why I won't be standing at the end of that sure-to-be-unforgettable Saturday...  read more

Atlanta's Scion Rock Fest to feature Mastodon, Neurosis, Harvey Milk, Torche, High on Fire, Boris, many more

We've been trying to come up with a descriptor that adequately describes Atlanta's upcoming Scion Rock Fest. Rockmageddon? Destructioniptica? Metalgeddonocoplyse?...  read more

Staff Picks - Austin L. Ray (web editor)

Each year, I open a fresh Word document and initiate, once more, a war with myself. This year was no exception. Titled "An Assortment of 2008 Musical Things in a Semi-Particular Order," my list, which includes albums you may have seen previously featured here and here, is absolutely and totally subject to change until Dec. 31. That being said, take a gander at its current iteration:...  read more

Torche schedules tour dates into November

A pitfall of writing about bands and songwriters that wield acoustic guitars is that one rarely gets to...  read more

Band of the Week: Torche

Pummeling, earth-shattering noise married to gorgeous melodies: It’s the golden egg so many underground acts have searched for, but only a handful have had the chops to pull off. Sonic Youth has made a career of the combination, My Bloody Valentine collapsed...  read more