YOB News and Photos

SIFF 2013 Face The Music Preview: Mistaken For Strangers, a documentary (sort of) about The National (somewhat)

Wed, May 15 2013 6:50pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

"You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends," goes the lyric in The Nationals' song "Mistaken For Strangers." "you don't mind seeing yourself in a picture / as long as you look faraway, as long as you look removed."

Question Of The Week: What Sleeper Is In Your Hall Of Fame?

Fri, March 08 2013 9:06pm - Source: Metal Sucks

What Sleeper Is In Your Hall Of Fame?

Horns Up Ya Shitters! February's Best Metal Reviewed

Wed, February 27 2013 2:20pm - Source: The Quietus

It's a very particular, pivotal moment in your life when you start phoning up your local council to report potholes and faulty manhole covers, once it's done there's no turning back and you'll have forever joined the fraternity of the suburban dammed, the curtain-twitching cunts with better looking geraniums than record collections.

Kowloon Walled City's Scott Evans on Their Sound: 'It's Heavy But it Isn't Metal' (INTERVIEW)

Wed, February 13 2013 8:36pm - Source: Noisecreep

Kowloon Walled City 's sophomore album, Container Ships , garnered glowing reviews throughout late 2012.

ANDY O'CONNOR'S TOP 10 THINGS OF 2012

Tue, January 15 2013 8:38pm - Source: crustcake

If you want an albums list, you can find that at Metalsucks. 10.

Horns Up Ya Shitters! A Look Back At 2012 In Metal

Thu, December 20 2012 3:24pm - Source: The Quietus

And so we've made it to the end of another year; 2012 is almost behind us and so far the World hasn't ended.

Jeremy's Top 10 Albums of 2012

Tue, December 18 2012 8:42pm - Source: Metal Injection

I have a love/hate relationship with these damned things.

Thriller Night

Wed, November 07 2012 9:04pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

ON THE CUSP of Thrill Jockey's 20th anniversary as one of the most eclectic producers of independent music in the world, obvious retrospective inquiries are expected of founder Bettina Richards.

Saint Etienne and Snowblink at The Opera House in Toronto

Fri, October 26 2012 12:36pm - Source: Chromewaves

Frank Yang So after a five year layoff, following the almost-simultaneous implosion of all my bands, I've begun picking up the guitar again on a regular basis.

YOB: BETTER THAN A CHRISTIAN MISFITS TRIBUTE BAND

Thu, September 27 2012 9:32pm - Source: crustcake

Yob are from the sunshine-deficient Eugene, Oregon.

Label Profile: Profound Lore Records Founder Chris Bruni

Thu, August 16 2012 2:07pm - Source: Noisecreep

It somehow makes all the sense in the world that Chris Bruni, the proprietor, sole employee and prime mover behind Profound Lore , one of the most prolific labels on today's metal landscape, is also a conservatory trained pianist.

Norska ready debut LP for vinyl release (stream a song), touring with Yob (dates)

Tue, July 24 2012 5:15pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

You may recognize the sunny-haired Aaron Rieseberg of Norska.

Mike Scheidt, Nate Hall and Kevin Hufnagel played an acoustic show at Saint Vitus (pics)

Mon, July 23 2012 9:58pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Saturday night (7/21) saw an unusual double header at Saint Vitus.

This week's cool shows: Mike Scheidt & Nate Hall, Town Mountain and more

Wed, July 18 2012 1:20am - Source: Mann's World

Lots of good shows happening this week, but I'm personally most looking forward to the solo acoustic show featuring Mike Scheidt of Yob and Nate Hall of U.S. Christmas , Wednesday, July 18, at Kings.

This week's cool shows: Buried Underground, Weese Fest and more!

Thu, June 28 2012 12:31am - Source: Mann's World

The Independent nicely summed up this weekend's festival mania in today's issue.

A Bold New World

Wed, June 27 2012 11:24pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

THE SEED WAS planted in fall of 2010, when YOB—a heart-slowing, austere, cresting, and critically acclaimed doom metal group from Eugene—opened for Sleep at the Roseland.

Mike Scheidt (YOB) and Nate Hall (USX) are on tour, including Saint Vitus show with Kevin Hufnagel (dates)

Fri, June 22 2012 7:17pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Mike Scheidt of YOB will head out on the road on a string of tour dates with Nate Hall ( US Christmas ), hitting the East Coast as part of a celebration of both's recent solo releases.

I'll Be Your Mirror (Featuring Slayer, Mogwai, Afghan Whigs etc) @ Alexandra Palace, London (Pics/Review)

Thu, June 07 2012 1:01pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

I'll Be Your Mirror (featuring Slayer, Mogwai, Afghan Whigs and many more) at Alexandra Palace in London, England on May 25-27, 2012.

Haunting The Palace: ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror Slayer Day Reviewed

Tue, June 05 2012 10:01am - Source: The Quietus

You have to hand it to ATP... when they do something well they raise it to an art form.

ATP I'll Be Your Mirror 2012: the DiS review

Fri, June 01 2012 10:25am - Source: Drowned In Sound

With ATP's London based-festival back for a second year and a much earlier slot in the calendar, the British festival season is GO, sort of.

Yob played Bell House with Cough and Mike Scheidt (pictures)

Wed, May 30 2012 1:09pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Joey and Danny (Spitz) need to be there for the proper chemistry. ...

Agalloch touring after Maryland Death Fest, playing MHOW (dates) and other related news

Wed, May 16 2012 7:08pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Agalloch will be on the East Coast this month for Maryland Deathfest , and will be back to the East Coast for more shows very soon.

Mike Scheidt – “In Your Light”

Tue, May 08 2012 7:23pm - Source: Stereogum

Mike Scheidt is best-known as the frontman of the thundering Oregonian doom metal power trio YOB.

Cough and Mike Scheidt (of Yob) added to Yob show

Tue, May 08 2012 6:56pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Mike Scheidt (of YOB ) just may surprise you with "In Your Light", which is due via his previously discussed solo debut Stay Awake , due on May 15th via Thrill Jockey.

Roadburn (Sleep, Om, Voivod, The Obsessed, Killing Joke, Yob, Agalloch, etc) - 2012 (Pics/Review)

Wed, April 25 2012 2:26am - Source: Prefix Magazine

To properly prep for the four day marathon of Roadburn, I flew in early and spent an extra day in Amsterdam to fight jet lag and spent some time at Excalibur and The Cave with a local metal fan originally from Poland.

Roadburn Recap 2012 Companion to Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine

Thu, April 19 2012 4:18pm - Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Devil, 40 Watt Sun, Tombs, Jucifer, Alkerdeel, Bong, Black Cobra, Electric Orange, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Aun, Gnod, Solstafir, Hexvessel, Nachtmystium, End of Level Boss, Celeste, Conan, Valient Thorr, Black Breath, Chelsea Wolfe, White Static Demon/JK Flesh, Om, diSEMBOWELMENT, Michael Gira, Christian MIstress, La Otracina, Hammers of Misfortune, Spiders, Ancestors- that list alone could make a fine festival!

Mike Scheidt Of Yob Solo Album Stay Awake

Mon, March 12 2012 10:10am - Source: The Quietus

More details are emerging from Thrill Jockey about Mike Scheidt's solo album Stay Awake.

Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction

Thu, March 01 2012 7:34am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Doom is a broad category, one of those descriptors that needs an extra word like "stoner," "funeral," "sludge," "death," or "drone" to help narrow things down a little.

Pilgrim: Misery Wizard

Mon, February 20 2012 6:14am - Source: Pitchfork Media

There was Liturgy , of course, the Ivy League Brooklyn boys in tattered jeans and baggy t-shirts.

Evillive (Unearthly Trance, Noisear, Horseback, Slices & more)

Fri, February 03 2012 6:59pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Unearthly Trance shows are few and far between nowadays, but the band will awaken from their live slumber to play Acheron on March 1st as part of a bill that includes The Communion , Water Torture , and Syphilitic Lust. $8 gets you in the door.

Yob - Live 1/23/12 - The Bourbon Theater, Lincoln, Nebraska

Tue, January 24 2012 7:23pm - Source: The Ripple Effect

Yeah, I may be getting old but I can still rock out the hell out.

In Which I Review The Entire Coachella 2012 Lineup (Part 2)

Thu, January 12 2012 11:36pm - Source: Swan Fungus

you just might be the perfect fit for Coachella 2012!

CRUSTCAKE INTERVIEWS: YOB

Wed, January 04 2012 6:13pm - Source: crustcake

The Eugene, Ore., trio has always been a cult favorite amongst doom-inclined metalheads, and in the past year, they've ascended to new levels.

Portland's Favorite Records of 2011

Thu, December 22 2011 2:10am - Source: The Portland Mercury

AS THE CLOCK runs out on 2011, it's that time of year for making lists—and we asked many of the hundreds of talented folks in the Portland music scene for their top five favorite records of the year.

Download: The Minutes - Secret History

Thu, December 08 2011 4:35pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

The Minutes have handed ClashMusic a free download stripped from their debut album.

LOUTALLICA’S LULU: THE METALSUCKS REVIEWS

Mon, October 31 2011 9:29pm - Source: Metal Sucks

Three years ago we celebrated acknowledged the release of Metallica's Death Magnetic by re-christening MetalSucks as "MetallicaSucks" for the day, and asking the entire MS staff (and some our guest bloggers) to review the album.

STV’s Flair for Satire Continues

Wed, October 26 2011 3:28pm - Source: Song, by Toad

STV have come in for some massively unfair stick in the past, but they have come back fighting this week with one of the funniest pieces I've seen in ages.