Many people inspire me and one of them happens to be Scott Kelly of Neurosis. One reason is that we are both survivors of the California punk scene. Another reason is that for more than three decades, he has created music with Neurosis that has changed my life and many

A couple of weeks ago, Sean and I attained one of our personal goals. Since the our first year of operations as CVLT Nation, we have been covering the almighty AMENRA – but in all the seven years since, we hadn’t had the opportunity to see them perform live. So

Neurosis‘ focus on music as a cathartic experience makes them more than a little difficult to process, not only by virtue of their power and volume but as a result of their fondness for taking extended hypnotic sections and twisting them to become endurance feats. Their use of space and

The door opened for me on a hill in the common area of my Junior High School in late 1980. A guy who I had recently met and would become a lifelong friend was playing Black Flag – I didn’t know who it was, I just knew that it was

Text and Photos: Gemma Shaw Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly play the first two shows of the day in the Het Patronaat. Each bringing their own blend of acoustic songs, its a chilled out way to begin the day. Both perform moving sets to a packed house.   With

It’s the life that humans live that should inspire their art, which will in turn inspire others. The voices of my favorite singers can tell so many stories just in the tone of their vocals. When an artist has the power to write words that not only resonate with the