NEW WORLD BREWERY SHOW - Torche, Jeff Carey, Day Old Man, Meatwound

Torche, our favorite sludge pop geniuses, who by our reckoning should be HUGE. They may be heavy and loud and distorted, and feature members of Shitstorm and Floor and Dove, but the music they make as Torche is something else entirely. The guitars massive chugging and crunchy, the drums pounding and brutal, the bass thick and buzzy, the vocals a totally unique wail / croon, they sound a bit like the Foo Fighters, if the Foo Fighters were heavier and catchier and more punk rock.

Big guitars, a killer hook of a chorus, amazing harmonies, kick ass drumming, even some shredding leads, this band just keeps getting better and better, but also tighter and more polished, without ever sounding wussier or like sellouts.


Jeff Carey performs noisy computer music using a joystick and a gamer keypad, improvises in electro-acoustic ensembles, and composes multi-channel acousmatic pieces.


Sludge metal from Atlanta, GA.


Old men failing to give up at music. Tampa throws rocks in a blender.