Hey, swamp thing. Phoenix Project is now 406 Arts, and they're throwing an appropriately crusty punk-rock house party. Dallas duo Legsweeper, fresh off their star turn covering Bun B's "My Block" for 35 Denton, will rattle the windows along with hardcore heads Guiso and Cleric, Austin's Cabra and...

Two of the surprise hits of DC New 52 initiative were Jeff Lemire's trippy horror series Animal Man and his action-packed Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Both made a big splash for the Sweet Tooth scribe. Here we talk for a spell with the inspiring young writer. He dishes back his thoughts on the collaborative environment of DC Comics, reluctant heroes, ceding control to artists, and remaining silent about the Mysterious Red-Hooded Woman. Also, see our discussion with his partner in crime, Scott Snyder (Batman, Thing">Swamp Thing).

Scott Snyder had a very successful year in 2011 with his creator-owned American Vampire comic, Batman: Gates of Gotham, and his excellent Black Mirror run for DC Comics' Detective Comics series. He now writes for Batman and Swamp Thing in DC's New 52 universe that rebooted last fall.

After playing Woodford this New Year’s break, power blues duo Thing">Swamp Thing (pictured) play The Joynt on Thursday Jan 5, 2012, and Joe’s Waterhole on Friday Jan 6, 2012. Comprised of Michael Barker drums/percussion (ex-The John Butler Trio and touring drummer for Split Enz) and the gravel-voiced Grant Haua, they’ll be playing tracks from their debut, Balladeer.

The Chameleons split in the late 1980's when their manager, mentor and friend suddenly died. Not being able to stand the consequences of being without such inspirational leadership, the four members went their separate ways. Various bands emerged out of the wreckage but none of these ever achieved the same level of brilliance that the Chameleons did. Not, of course, that most people ever noticed this. The Chameleons , you see, followed in that great British tradition of producing fantastic music which went totally overlooked and unappreciated in their own country, save for a few who had the intellectual independence ...

The Halloween Double Feature enter the twilight zone with the biggest, the baddest and the scariest. Starring wolf-people (gotta keep it PC), Goblins, a mad-scientist with split personality, blood-thirsty vampires, ghosts, exorcists, screaming babies, a boogie man, witches, rapists, murderers, swamp thing, the devil, grave-robbers, and more!  ALAS the third annual of Omri S. Quire‘s curated playlists is here!

David Alexander Hess started out his incredible career as a songwriter and musician. At the age of 15 he was the first to record Otis Blackwell 's "All Shook Up". Later picked up by Elvis. His stage name was David Hill. He also penned (with Aaron Schroeder) " I Got Stung " for Elvis and then also co-wrote and recorded "Speedy Gonzales", later made famous by Pat Boone . He now called himself David Dante. He then went on to record 2 solo albums for Kapp Records . At the end of the 1960s he co-wrote the rock-opera ' The Naked Carmen ' with John Corigliano ...

Batman #1 comfortably sits alongside the relaunches Action Comics, Animal Man, Batwoman, Justice League, Thing">Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman. It's one of the best examples that DC's New 52 relaunch is an out-and-out success.

The JSA doesn’t exist in “our” world—they’re going to get their own Earth-2 series. Vertigo exists in our world…Except when it doesn’t.  Thing">Swamp Thing and Constantine are here—but it’s not clear whether the “Sweet Tooth” world will be explained and “fit in” to the new DCU.  I always assumed Swampy and Consty were already in [...]

Vertigo's Thing">Swamp Thing is a treasured series for many comic book readers. Alan Moore's iconic run is untouchable in my opinion, but the yarns spun by Rick Veitch, Mark Millar, Brian K. Vaughan, Andy Diggle, and Joshua Dysart left a strong legacy as well. Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Batman) knows this and isn't screwing with too much continuity. You can tell, even from this debut issue, that he has plans for an epic story arc all his own.

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Part of what's exhausted me on most of the DC books that I once enjoyed so much is that they've all become so self-reflexive & insular. Their subtext, if they have any, is themselves. One of the last Teen Titans books I read (circa Infinite Crisis ) involved a literal Revolving Door of Death! And of course, Watchmen and DKR were loaded commentaries on superhero comics (as is Grant Morrison's Batman saga), but they also had loads to say about REAL LIFE! Especially Cold War paranoia, the gift that kept on giving--superheroes as nuclear proliferation; Frank Miller had Soviet state-sponsored Superman vs. quintessentially American capitalist rugged individualist Batman; Alan Moore gave us Dan Dreiberg's dithering liberalism and Adrien Veidt's aggressive interventionism on the left vs. the obviously psychopathic rightwing vigilantes Rorschach and the Comedian. These were comics about comics, yes, but they also spoke to world in which they were created.DC recently announced that in September, they will be relaunching all of their superhero titles from ...

Aidan Moffat is one of Scotland's most distinctive - and best loved - songwriting voices. For the past fifteen years his frequent glimpses of beer soaked melancholia have pushed back what is acceptable in pop music. Recently teaming up with multi-instrumentalist (and fellow Scot) Bill Wells, the sessions resulted in new album 'Everything's Getting Older'. A bracing blast of cynical wit shot through with a genuine sense of tenderness, Aidan Moffat's songwriting benefited greatly from Bill Wells virtuoso musicianship. Out now on Chemikal Underground, if you ask us it's well worth tracking down! Tracking down the Scottish bard ...

Artist: Thing">Swamp Thing Album: Thing">Swamp Thing Released: 2011 Style: Hardcore Format: MP3 192Kbps Size: 9 Mb Tracklist: 01 – I Never Knew 02 – Out Of Character 03 – Clout 04 – I Know You DOWNLOAD LINKS: FILESONIC: DOWNLOAD FILESER...

A handful of bands have been added to this year's Sound & Fury Festival . The latest additions include Bracewar , Burning Love , Defeater , Downpresser, Living Eyes, Such Gold , Thing">Swamp Thing , The Warriors and Trapped Under Ice . They join previously confirmed acts have been confirmed including Calculator , Cruel Hand , Death Threat , Minus , Mongoloids , Not Sorry , Over My Dead Body , Run With the Hunted , Seahaven , Suburban Scum , Trial , Alpha and Omega , Bitter End , Ceremony , Deafheaven , Down To Nothing , Incendiary , Joyce Manor , Maker , Nails , New Lows , Ringworm , Suicide File , Venia and Violation . You can find ticket information on the festival's official website ...