We're very pleased to announce that the CupcakeGoth / Annihilus "BLEAK NOVEMBER" Event is now happening at the Acheron, and it's Happening tonight! This festival of evil will showcase artwork from Fade Kainer, Seldon Hunt, our buddy Rich Hall, and many more, as well as sets of industrial, mtal and harsh noise from CONTROLLED BLEEDING, BATILLUS, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, and others. A great night of doom and gloom! and art!
A great week ahead of us here at the Acheron! Tonight we're excited to announce that Detroit rock n' roll juggernaut EASY ACTION grace our stage. Their brand of dirty, angry, sleaze-rock stands on its own, but it sure doesn't hurt that the inimitable John Brannan of NEGATIVE APPROACH does his duty as frontman. The killer lineup includes Brooklyn fuzz punkers THE MEN and the hard working PREGNANT. This should be a full night so get there early!
And for all of you that want the flyer - download the pdf HERE
tonight! November 15th 8pm $8 ALL AGES
And tomorrow REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE triumphantly returns with Last Comic Standing Top Five finalist MYQ KAPLAN. His amazingly quick wit and wordsmithery will leave your head spinning... or maybe that'll be the beer. Anyways, Check out his recent set on Craig Ferguson:
But wait! there's more reason to come than just Mr. Myq, we've also got the hilarious Jena Friedman, who's appeared at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival as well as the Laughing Skull festival in Atlanta. Of course we're also proud to present our favorite local comics Max May, Dylan Love, and Jordan Hubert. Make sure to get out to this one for Sure!
REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE FREE STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT - tomorrow, 11/16 9pm FREE!!
...since I've had a chance to update the blog, so let's get back down to business! Due to some unfortunate circumstances, This Saturday's double header is cancelled. But fear not! We've got a hell of a lineup this week starting with Sunday.
Listen Listen from Houston play haunting, lonely, memorial hymns baked by the Texas sun and aged by the dust of the plains. Their last LP, "Hymns from Rhodesia" made the top lists of 2009 by everyone from bloggers to Rolling Stone. Their new album, "The Dog" delivers more acheful country / folk tinged with gospel and even some experimentation into more modern sounds. Joining them this Sunday are Chicago's Conductive Alliance, who's recent EP "Water Glyphs" has received critical acclaim over the last year; and Brooklyn indie faves Bad Credit No Credit and Binary Marketing Show.
Copenhagen's HJERTESTOP were here a couple years ago, and tore the charleston apart. This year we're lucky enough to have them at the Acheron, sharing the stage with Brooklyn rippers NIGHT BIRDS and CERVIX, who just opened for AGE and HELLSHOCK at the Knitting Factory Saturday night. This one should really not be missed!
So we can't be all "doom and gloom" all the time, can we? We've had a great run over the last few weeks with THRONES, WOLVSERPENT, NATUR, WORMROT and LITURGY, but maybe we should cheer up a little... So our buddy James at CITY LIGHTS brought us a couple of big time pop punk and hardcore shows this weekend to get the kids who actually don't wear black all the time:
AFTER THE FALL from Albany just released their third LP, ERADICATION on MIGHTIER THAN SWORD Records, and the kids have been going crazy for it. Similar to Propagandhi or Strike Anywhere, AFTER THE FALL play fast, politicized punk that rides the line between hardcore and pop-punk. Just pogo the shit out of this.
Then on Sunday, we've got a brutal Nor-Easter coming down from Maine. Just like Old Man Winter, Portland's OUTBREAK is an unforgiving blast of ice-cold harshness that would kill a weaker person. Fast, Angry, and out of control, OUTBREAK would be likely to destroy our fair space if we hadn't just recently reinforced the walls. Get ready for moshtastic good time.
