My War

FLY BOYS

2012-02-13T12:12:00.000-08:00

Skateboarding.

HOLE IN THE SKY

2012-02-08T11:37:00.001-08:00

Nuff said.

BEACH BLANKET BONGOUT

2012-02-03T12:22:00.000-08:00

Pics by Michael C. Hsiung

My good buddy Rich Jacobs had a solo show in LA last weekend. Check it out on the Vans blog:

Vans Blog- Rich Jacobs show

TURNOVER

2012-02-02T15:15:00.001-08:00

RUNNING, RETURNING

2012-01-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

Last Summer was rad.

August 2011.

Photos by Gino Lurkhard.

HEATER SWEATS NAILS

2012-01-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

One of the more overlooked bands of the early 90s. ENGINE KID from Seattle. Featuring future Southern Lord head honcho and member of SUNN O))). Engine Kid mixed Slint dynamics with a massive dose of Melvins worship. Here is a full set performance from Chicago, IL from their last US tour in 1995

GO WEST

2012-01-23T12:09:00.000-08:00

Endless amounts of inspiration out here in the west.

Northern Malibu, CA 1.22.12

I WILL

2012-01-17T11:41:00.000-08:00

Cha Cha Lounge. 1.15.12

Pic by Andy Coronado.

2011......

2012-01-11T13:32:00.000-08:00

Some stuff I dug music-wise. I'll probably add more cuz that's what I do.

In No Order:

Balaclava- Crimes Of Faith
Chelsea Wolf- Ἀποκάλυψις

The Men- Leave Home

Joyce Manor- S/T

Trap Them- Darker Handcraft

Hoax- S/T

Omegas- Blast Of Lunacy

Deafheaven- Roads To Judah

Wolves In The Throne Room- Celestial Lineage

Leather- Sterile

Death Grips- Ex Military

Dark Ages- Can America Survive?

Iceage- New Brigade

The Skull Defekts- Peer Amid

Trash Talk- Awake

Drake- Take Care

Kendrick Lamar- Section.80

Terius Nash- 1977

Ferrari Boyz- S/T

A$AP Rocky- LiveLoveA$AP

True Widow - As High As...

All Pigs Must Die- God Is War
Danny Brown- XXX

Russian Circles- Empros

Coliseum- Parasites

Orange Code Kids- Cycles

Future-Streetz Calling

James Blake- S/T
Frank Ocean- Nostalgia, Ultra

COPPER BLUE

2012-01-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

Sam James Velde by Jay Howell.

SLANDER

2012-01-10T13:17:00.000-08:00

Me & a lot of my friends have been immortalized in the new & amazing Trash Talk video created by Jay Howell & Jim Dirschberger for Creature Skateboards. Can you guess which one is me?

CHANGE TODAY

2012-01-05T17:58:00.001-08:00

Gotta make some changes here.

VALE OF TEARS

2012-01-03T16:30:00.000-08:00

NO MORE ALWAYS

2011-12-27T10:50:00.000-08:00

Ya feel me?

2011-12-22T11:31:00.000-08:00

See the movie. Listen to the music. Don't do heroin.

COOLIDGE

2011-12-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

3rd time this year I've seen The Descendents. 2011 has been good!

GO LET IT OUT

2011-12-17T17:32:00.000-08:00

“I heard that f*cking Radiohead record ['The King Of Limbs'] and I just go, ‘What?!’”. “I like to think that what we do, we do f*cking well. Them writing a song about a f*cking tree? Give me a f*cking break! A thousand year old tree? Go f*ck yourself!”

YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME

2011-12-16T09:51:00.001-08:00

You were right.

CANDY APPLE GREY

2011-12-12T10:19:00.000-08:00

Hu knew?

THESE LONG STRANGE NIGHTS

2011-11-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

Photo by Young Larry Susan

DINE ALONE

2011-11-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

This pic makes me laugh every time.

My friends Lee and Kellen.

September 2011

DOLDRUMS

2011-11-23T11:33:00.000-08:00

My friend Ross Farrar drew this of me. It makes me laugh. Ross rules.

STOP THE CLOCKS

2011-11-17T09:31:00.001-08:00

Nuff said.

PURPLE SWAG

2011-11-15T20:05:00.000-08:00

'ASAP Army'

Courtesy of Vice

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

2011-11-14T10:48:00.000-08:00

If you don't know this place, you sure as damn should!

Dino's

LA, CA

Pic Courtesy of The Hundreds.

OPEN HEAD

2011-11-11T13:30:00.000-08:00

Ceremony

11.10.11

LA, CA.

FACILITY GIRLS

2011-11-10T07:38:00.000-08:00

Was woken up way to early this morning. View from my bedroom window round 6am. Not sure I'm feeling Daylight Savings Time.

THE FIERY EYE

2011-11-09T09:35:00.000-08:00

Every morning, Every Day. Sometimes (Alot of times) at Night. The Ritual.

It's been in the mid to low 40's here at night and in the mornings. My intake will most likely go UP!

LAX

2011-11-07T13:25:00.000-08:00

Was in Austin this weekend for Fun Fun Fun fest. Hot Snakes absolutely blew me away. Playing a set that incorporated both drummers Jason and Mario. They just hypnotized everyone. Grateful!

HORROR SALE

2011-11-02T16:21:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual why did you break up?

Photo by Whitney?

CEMETERY GATES

2011-11-01T18:45:00.000-07:00

"Two Ski Masks, a Taco & a Dodger Dog"

Halloween 2012 / Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Photo courtesy of Lee Spielman, courtesy of someone we dont know who took it.

SAMHAIN JAMES VELDE

2011-10-31T15:00:00.000-07:00

Made a Halloween / Samhain mix tape for TerrorEyesTV today. Check it out here and go HAM!

'Samhain James Velde' Halloween Mix Tape

HALLOWEEN

2011-10-31T10:05:00.001-07:00

SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT

2011-10-29T22:44:00.000-07:00

SICK PEOPLE

2011-10-28T13:06:00.000-07:00

Random thought....Been listening to the 80s compilation "New York City Hardcore- The Way It Is" and thinking to myself Breakdown's 'Sick People' could be the hardest song ever!?!

MARDI GRAS

2011-10-26T17:31:00.000-07:00

Scream promo photo-Circa 1990.

What an era this was. Scream were at the top of their game.

The 'Land Torn Down' seven inch is unstoppable.

ENJOY!

2011-10-24T12:42:00.000-07:00

FYF Fest 2011

Pic courtesy of RVCA

NEW ORDER

2011-10-20T12:07:00.001-07:00

DONT TREAD ON ME

2011-10-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

Photo by Patrick O'Dell

-FYF Fest 011-

WHISKEY FOR THE HOLY GHOST

2011-10-18T20:24:00.000-07:00

Photo by Kerry Krogstad

New Morning

2011-10-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

IN A MINUTE

2011-10-10T15:46:00.000-07:00

Haven't been here in a minute. Been bloggin' with some friends over at Pagan Punx
Promise I'll get back to postin thangs here soon enuff. Til then, peep this bit of inspiration by one of the best DC bands ever- SWIZ!

ADAMANTINE

2011-07-13T23:55:00.000-07:00

STREET JUSTICE

2011-07-13T23:29:00.000-07:00

I'll be DJ'n the July 29th Fucked Up / Cro Mags / Screaming Females / Pissed Jeans show in Brooklyn, NY. Come and hang and go crazy!!!

TWIN INFINITIES

2011-07-13T23:26:00.000-07:00

C'MON PEOPLE, WERE MAKING IT NOW

2011-07-13T23:19:00.000-07:00

DON'T TELL A SOUL

2011-05-19T00:36:00.000-07:00

THE BEAR WILL DANCE AND THE ORGAN WILL GRIND

2011-02-10T13:14:00.000-08:00

YOU WANTED THE BEST, YOU GOT THE BEST

2011-01-13T18:05:00.000-08:00

Here's a bunch of releases I dug from 2010. There was so much good music it was overwhelming. I'm still discovering stuff. These are more or less the releases I listened to the most. In no particular order.

Swans- My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Trap Them- Filth Rations
Merchandise- Strange Songs (In The Night)
Raw Nerve- Teens In Heat
Drake- Thank Me Later
Vaccine- Human Hatred
Slices- Cruising
Tamaryn- Waves
Punch- Push/Pull
Seven Sisters Of Sleep- Demo
Nails- Unsilent Death
Trash Talk- Eyes & Nines
Aloe Blacc- Good Things
Ceremony- Rohnert Park
Grinderman- Grinderman 2
Black Breath- Heavy Breathing
SQRM- Rodeo
Coliseum- House With A Curse
Skin Like Iron- Decent Into Light
J. Cole- Who Dat
Deafheaven- Demo CS
Mauser- Summer Tour Tape
Nomos- Notes From The Acheron
Mt Carmel- Mt Carmel
Kanye West- My Dark Twisted Fantasy
Burning Love- House Of Burning Lovers
The Secret- Solve Et Coagula
Heathens- II
All Pigs Must Die- All Pigs Must Die
Dag Nasty- Dag With Shawn

HOLD ON

2010-12-27T13:51:00.000-08:00

HEY BLACKBERRY

2010-12-15T19:00:00.000-08:00

NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE

2010-12-15T18:36:00.000-08:00

MEMENTO MORI

2010-11-17T00:23:00.001-08:00

HIT IT AND QUIT IT

2010-11-17T00:21:00.000-08:00

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2010/11/night_horses_frontman_sam_jame.php

http://www.buddyhead.com/2010/11/03/night-horse-interview/

http://www.converse.com/content/1981.html?sitesrc=conv_twitter

Part 1 of 2 of Night Horse / Ancestors min-doc of Spring Euro Tour I put together for Converse. Pretty amateur, but you gotta start somewhere right?

SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE

2010-10-21T21:11:00.000-07:00

THE ACT WE ACT

2010-09-13T22:31:00.000-07:00

MY MINDS EYE

2010-09-03T13:48:00.000-07:00

I directed this shizz. Our new video from "Rollin' On." Hope you like it. Premiered on AOL Music's "NoiseCreep". Peep it::

http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/09/03/night-horse-rollin-on-video-premiere

DAMN DEAL DONE

2010-08-30T23:49:00.000-07:00

IVE BEEN THINKING GOOD GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU

2010-08-23T18:09:00.000-07:00

COLISEUM / NIGHT HORSE / FIXED GEAR / KALE / BEER / GORILLA GREEN DRINK / GALLOWS / CEREMONY / THE BLACK CROWES / JJ CALE / BIG DRILL CAR / THE NILS / HUSKER DU / SUGAR / BOB MOULD / ENTOMBED / STEPHEN STILLS / TRAP THEM / PUNCH / CHRON GEN / BLACK BREATH / NAILS / LECHEROUS GAZE / O / VIETNAM / ALOE BLACC / DAX RIGGS / SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / PARIS, FRANCE / CARLOS SANTANA / BLACK ELK SPEAKS / POSITIVE MAGIC / GOATSNAKE / THE POWER OF THE RIFF / FROM ASHES RISE / BAD BRAINS / PCH / THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO / HUNGER / CRO MAGS / 3 / SOULSIDE / SOUNDGARDEN / LAGUNA BEACH / MALIBU / BIKE LIGHTS / SLEEPY SUN / BORIS / THE SHRINE / CITY OF DEVILS / CHRONIC YOUTH / STAY GOLD / MOOI / CRU / FLORE / FARMERS MARKET / VACATION VINYL / LEWD ACTS / LEMONHEADS / SEAWEED / DOWN / BLACK SABBATH / SHRINE TATTOO / TEE PEE RECORDS / SOUTHERN LORD RECORDS / YOB / SLICES / 180 SOUTH / MOLLUSK SURF SHOP / VENICE BEACH / LA DODGERS / EL PRADO / EAGLE TWIN / TRAGEDY / GBH / DOOMRIDERS / BURNING LOVE / TRASH TALK / NIGHT MARCHERS / SWEETAPPLE / COLD SPLINTERS / CASH ONLY / ULTRA GLIDES / BLUEBERRIES / CHERRY TOMATOES / LOCAL / AMMO / BAPTISTS / MAKH DANIELS / MAIN STREET GOSPEL / SEMEN SUNDAE / J COLE / KANYE WEST / TREEPEOPLE / PREDATORS / TABLE ROCK / MOM / DAD / COURTNEY / ANDREA / FAMILY/ FRIENDS / FEARLESS / AMOEBA / ACE / LILY.

HATCHET FAMILY

2010-07-29T13:05:00.000-07:00

Oil Spill got you down? Summer heat wearin ya out?? WATCH THIS and remember AMERICA!

JEALOUS GOD

2010-07-26T21:35:00.000-07:00

DO STUFF!!!

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PRE PARTY PARTY

2010-07-26T16:02:00.000-07:00

AUGUST 7th 2010

"The Power Of The Riff" Festival -PRE PARTY!!!!! with performances by: Lecherous Gaze (x-Annhilation Time) Righteous Fool (members of C.O.C.) The Shrine Semen Sundae DJ Sets by Greg Anderson (Southern Lord) & Sam James Velde (Night Horse) Free / 21+ / Doors @ 9pm $5 whiskey specials $3 Colt 45s ALL NIGHT LONG at 3 Clubs 1123 Vine Street LA, CA (323) 462-6441

"The Power Of The Riff" Festival -PRE PARTY!!!!!

with performances by:

Lecherous Gaze (x-Annhilation Time)
Righteous Fool (members of C.O.C.)
The Shrine
Semen Sundae

DJ Sets by Greg Anderson (Southern Lord) & Sam James Velde (Night Horse)

Free / 21+ / Doors @ 9pm

$5 whiskey specials
$3 Colt 45s
ALL NIGHT LONG

at 3 Clubs
1123 Vine Street
LA, CA
(323) 462-6441

THE GIRL

2010-07-26T15:35:00.000-07:00

BIG FREAK

2010-07-19T16:49:00.000-07:00

BIG FREAK -- Mon July 19

DJs Pete Stahl (Scream, Goatsnake)

& Sam Velde (Night Horse, The Power of the Riff Festival)

+ residents Short Shorts

& Chris Zeigler (L.A. RECORD)

Black Boar 1630 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock

9PM-2AM

Happy Hour 11PM-Midnite - $3 Wells & Pints

L.A. RECORD 100 specials

twitter.com/hewasabigfreak

THE POWER OF THE RIFF

2010-07-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

Converse presents....

'The Power Of The Riff' Festival

Sunday Aug. 8th 2010

@ The Echo and EchoPlex in Echo Park-Los Angeles, CA

12pm-12am

In Association with Scion, Southern Lord and Spaceland Productions

All Ages

Free Admission with RSVP

RSVP Link: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2xw020jc34a5d37

Curated by Greg Anderson (Southern Lord) and Sam James Velde (Night Horse) with the intent to blur the lines between Metal, Hardcore, Punk and Rock music. To celebrate and encourage the cross over of genres and to dispel the common homogeny that exists within today's music cultures. A free event that honors fans and musicians of 'heavy music' of all ages. Tapping into a line up that represents the forefathers, milestones and current touring acts such as Repulsion, Corrosion Of Conformity, From Ashes Rise, Trap Them, Coliseum and Goatsnake. Shedding light on 'up and coming' acts such as Nails,The Fucking Wrath, Night Horse, Eagle Twin and Black Breath to name a few.

'The Power Of The Riff' Festival 2010 Line Up:

Corrosion Of Conformity III

Goatsnake

From Ashes Rise

Repulsion

Coliseum

Trap Them

Black Breath

Night Horse

Eagle Twin

Early Graves

Nails

Righteous Fool

Semen Sundae

The Fucking Wrath

Rats Eyes

Spider Fever

SVP is strictly required. Early arrival is suggested as space is limited.

The Power Of The Riff festival will be an all day, all ages, free music event that also includes a record swap meet of local stores such as Vacation Vinyl, Origami Vinyl, and will also feature pop up stores by Tee Pee Records, Southern Lord Recordings and more.

DJ sets throughout the day currated by Pete Majors (Harassor/Vacation Vinyl)

In addition, the festival will feature a gourmet food truck court of Los Angeles' best purveyors of street food dining. There's something for everyone...from vegan delights by Sweet Vindication, stacked burgers by Grill Em All and head high sandwiches by the legendary Canters Deli... plus more.

*RSVP is strictly required / Entry is not guaranteed / Line up subject to change.
No Ins and Outs after 5pm /
Set Times announced day of the show at The Echoplex

BLACK COFFEE

2010-07-06T22:20:00.001-07:00

ODESSA

2010-07-04T11:28:00.003-07:00

I WNT VR SKVLL

2010-06-28T18:59:00.001-07:00

I DON'T MIND

2010-06-23T20:17:00.000-07:00

Imaad Wasif // Gilded Splinters
Brookedale Lodge. Santa Cruz, CA. 7 / 11 / 10
http://www.myspace.com/gildedsplintersmu
sic

ENDLESS SUMMER

2010-06-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

I've been listening to this song and the record it's on "Type Thing" since it came out. It is still the eternal summer jam. The whole record start to finish is a masterpiece in my book. Not to mention a southern california milestone in music.

BURY MY HEART

2010-06-21T23:03:00.000-07:00

LP Jacket Test Press.

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SYMPATHY AINT FREE EP

2010-06-16T10:11:00.001-07:00

Download 3 new Night Horse songs. Rollin' On off our upcoming record "Perdition Hymns" and 2 exclusive b-sides. Just click the image.

BLIND IN ONE EYE

2010-06-13T10:24:00.001-07:00

Loving this! They're back with "House with a Curse". Packed with some serious 90's rock influences ala latter era Dischord via Jawbox, Bluetip and Crown Hate Ruin meets midwestern jam styling ala Tar, Shiner, Pegboy. Good Stuff. Blind In One Eye is triumphant!

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

2010-06-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

2 new Night Horse shirts available for a limited time in the Tee Pee Records webstore. These are shirts that were left over from our European tour. Grab one while you can! http://teepee.hasawebstore.com/artist/37460

ALIEN VS. CREDITOR

2010-06-10T20:23:00.001-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/burninglovers

Chris from Cursed new band. Love this!!!

Reminds me of 'Blank Blackout Vacant' era Poison Idea.

SYMPATHY AIN'T FREE ep

2010-06-10T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hey Ya'll...on June 15th well be giving away 3 new Night Horse songs. Go to http://www.nighthorsemusic.com/ and enter your email and they will be sent directly to you!

A LOVE LIKE THIS

2010-06-09T14:21:00.003-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/gildedsplintersmusic

Myself and Eli Wulfmeier have crafted some songs under the moniker "Gilded Splinters." We created a myspace to showcase the 1st two we recorded. Working on some new stuff now and playin' some shows this summer. July 11th @ Brookdale Lodge in Santa Cruz, CA is one of em. Check out the tunes. I posted a video a couple posts ago from a show we did out in Joshua Tree a few months back. I'll put a few more up soon.

ROLLIN' ON

2010-06-09T00:08:00.000-07:00

LA Weekly premieres a new Night Horse song titled "Rollin On" from our up-coming full length on Tee Pee Records due on 8 / 3 / 2010 here:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/mp3/mp3-exclusive-night-horse-rollin-on

What's better, that or this funny ass photo Magdalena Wosinka took us out in front of our rehearsal space?

SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS

2010-06-08T02:27:00.001-07:00

Eli and I ('Gilded Splinters') @ Pappy & Harriets-Joshua Tree, CA 2/19/2010.
Click on the actual title to watch it on youtube and see the full frame footage.
Shot by Andrew Marquis.

WASTED

2010-06-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

I love Spacemen 3. "Fake Can Be Just As Good"....well, almost. I love this record!

BASTARD IN LOVE

2010-06-03T21:13:00.001-07:00

Been seeing alot of hardcore lately. Shooting it on the lil powershot 'point and shoot'.

FIRE ON THE BAYOU

2010-06-03T18:20:00.000-07:00

FOG RISING

2010-05-24T14:56:00.001-07:00

Pics by Heather Bernard. Fog Rising Festival. San Francisco, CA November 2009.

DIG OUT YOUR SOUL

2010-05-17T20:38:00.001-07:00

IF LIGHTNING WAS DESIRE

2010-05-11T14:00:00.000-07:00

DESTROY

2010-05-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

I made a youtube channel with stuff I've filmed, and have been filmed in. Let's start here with a little 'Trash Talk' footage I shot on Mother's Day!

LIGHTS PLEASE

2010-05-09T10:13:00.001-07:00

TRAP THEM- SEIZURES IN BARREN PRAISE
SLICES- CRUISING
J. COLE- THE WARMUP
SANTANA/MCLAUGHLIN- LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER
DE LA SOUL- BUHLOONE MINDSTATE
BLACK FLAG- IN MY HEAD
RODAN- RUSTY
H.R.- IT'S ABOUT LUV
PETER BROTZMAN- WOOD CUTS

RED RAFT

2010-05-04T07:12:00.000-07:00

Slices: "Cruising"
Love this record. Its everything I love about punk and hardcore. GET IT!

SONG FOR BEGINNERS

2010-05-04T06:54:00.001-07:00

CHANT DOWN BABYLON

2010-04-30T16:18:00.001-07:00

HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

2010-04-30T15:57:00.001-07:00

TOP RANKIN'

2010-04-30T02:40:00.001-07:00

LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

2010-04-29T05:32:00.000-07:00

A LOVE SUPREME

2010-04-29T04:35:00.001-07:00

SISTER

2010-04-28T09:33:00.000-07:00

"For You" Live @ Roadburn Festival
TILBURG HOLLAND. APRIL 15 2010
I wrote this song for my sister Jennifer.

SAILIN ON

2010-04-26T04:05:00.000-07:00

SOMEWHERE PAST THE SUNSET

2010-04-24T11:21:00.000-07:00