Southern Lord Recording Artists Sunn O))) and Boris will unite to perform as Altar

We gave you a preliminary rundown of this fall’s ATP NY, but the folks at ATP have thrown Tortoise, Bardo Pond, and Sleepy Sun onto the bill and guest curator Jim Jarmusch added folks to his Sunday showcase. In addition to Jarmusch’s previously mentioned cast of Brian Jonestown Massacre, Raekwon, Girls, Fucked Up, Wooden Shji...

Photos by Mike White; Above: MastodonThe Scion Rock Fest pulverized the city of Atlanta on Saturday, with just about every single awesome metal band on the planet crammed into the Masquerade for a ridiculously badass day of music. Mastodon capped off the blitzkreig, performing songs from their forthcoming album Crack the Skye, and welcoming spec...

With their black robes and impossibly foggy live shows, drone-metal duo Sunn O))) could be mistaken for a parody, if they didn't make music that heaves with the intensity of a contemplative Deathlord. We called their last solo studio album, Black One, a "doom'n'gloom masterpiece," so our excitement over the follow-up is understandable.Monoliths...

Scions look like shoeboxes with wheels, and for some reason they're usually the exact same color as orange Tang. They're like Honda Elements except somehow less cool.And yet the company must have at least a few incredibly cool people working for it. Because Scion, as a brand, has promoted something like a million really good rap shows over the p...