Imagine surf-guitar god Dick Dale burning in hell, lonely and forgotten. Or, if that thought exercise proves to be too cruel and sadistic (gee, wonder why), picture instead Black Sabbath covering Dale’s Pulp Fiction--appropriated classic “Miserlou.” That opening sixteenth note machine-gun riff, now played on a downtuned guitar, moves like a bat out of Hades, and it probably sounds a lot like “Fallen,” the opening salvo on Bloodiest’s debut record Descent. more ›

[Ed. note: Lizz was our eyes and ears at this year's SXSW ... here's our last peek at what she saw.] more ›