Hook of the Day - Thirty-five minutes with Baroness

Thanks to SludgeSwamp for bring this to my attention...

Hook of the Day - Baroness "Rays on Pinion (live)"

by Wayne Graham

2008 is shaping up to be an amazing year for rock lovers so far. Lots of good albums already in stores (Meshuggah, Lair of the Minotaur), on deck (Torche, The Sword), and some hopefuls on the horizon (Mastodon, Boris, Nachtymystium, Opeth, My Morning Jacket). Don't even get me started on all the great live music we have in store for us. One show we at Hooks are counting the hours until is the Converge/Genghis Tron/Red Chord/Baroness bill. We've not had the pleasure of being in the same room with Baroness yet, so we're excited to see them soon.

Thanks to Metal Injection for posting this excellent clip of 'Ness shaking it up at Don Pedros in Brooklyn. From the stunning Red Album, here's "Rays on Pinion." (head over the M.I's site here and check out another clip for "The Birthing.")

Entire High on Fire Gig Available for Streaming!

by Wayne Graham

We know you're not doing anything productive right now...neither are we. How bout you kick back and enjoy this High on Fire performance, courtesy of social-networking site WoozyFly.com? This is HonF's entire February 10th gig at Club Europa in Brooklyn, NY.

We don't have much experience with WoozyFly, but between this and the Baroness performance they posted a while back, it might be time to give MySpace the heave-ho, once and for all.