The Lost Riots/Slitstitch/Death Church. Saturday night in New Haven.

The Folks at Three Sheets ( 372 Elm St.) in New Haven have done a swell job shedding the image left behind by Elm Bar and have turned their business into a destination point in downtown New Haven. They have great food, some fabulous micro brewery beers on tap and best of all, all the shows are free.

This Saturday at Three Sheets punk rock returns with local goth/horror punks Death Church, Connecticut music awards winners for "Best Punk" The Lost Riots, and coming down from Worcester, Ma are the Social Distortion sounding Slitstitch.

Doors: 9pm
21+
Cover: FREE

DEATH CHURCH -  www.facebook.com/DeathChurch
SLITSTITCH -  http://blastercunt.bandcamp.com/album/crawling-from-the-wreckage
THE LOST RIOTS -  www.thelostriots.bandcamp.com

Brought to you by the fine folks at Connecticut Garage/Punk
ctgaragepunk.tumblr.com/

Empty Vessels - "Waves of Waves"

Before splitting into two, Empty vessels released possibly the best record in 2013. With a combination of brutal hardcore bands like Earth Crisis and the art punk sound of stuff like Hot Snakes.

Save The El 'N' Gee Club!

Connecticut has one of the most thriving punk scenes in the country. It’s full of support and is known to bring in bands from out of state to play with tremendous local bands. This summer alone, The Virus and Union 13 graced our fine state.

ALL AGES CANCER BENEFIT FOR TRISTA VAUGHAN w MISFITS, SHEER TERROR, 100 DEMONS, CODE ORANGE KIDS, THE UNSEEN, SUBZERO, INCENDIARY, RUDE AWAKENING, MAKE AMENDS, EMPTY VESSELS + MORE @ Tuxedo Junction Danbury 4/27

Lou Di Bella's (vocalist for Sub Zero) wife Trista Vaughn has an aggressive type of breast and bone cancer. Times must be incredibly tough for them and everyone around them but they are being proactive and you can help! On Saturday they are having a benefit show at Tuxedo Junction in Danbury!!!!

White Lung bring their scalding punk attack to New Haven

There comes a time in any worthwhile band's career when they make an album that will get people to stand up and pay attention. For Vancouver, noise-punkers White Lung, their second album "Sorry", which was released last year on Deranged Records, provided the band with such a moment.

Hardcore Legends: DYS + EMPTY VESSELS/OPPOSITION RISING/M-13/RED LINE REBELS/CATHOLIC GUILT/THE ENEMY WITHIN 3/22 @ The EL N' GEE

Look out for some mean Hardcore at New London's EL N' GEE on Saturday, featuring DYS, Empty Vessels and a whole bunch more!

The Vultures, Fatal Film, The Lost Riots, The Hempsteadys, DJ Live Mike @ Cafe 9 on 3/15

Don't you know Jeffrey Thunders? The lead singer of The Lost Riots and all around swell guy (and one of the best new writers for CTIndie.com)? Well he's throwing a Birthday Bash to remember at Cafe 9 on Friday March 15th with The Vultures, Fatal Film, The Lost Riots, The Hempsteady's and DJ Live Mike! Build a time machine so you can be there RIGHT NOW!

Hooks and Sinkers, The Lost Riots, The Hulls @ Chas' Place 11/10

TIME FOR MORE PUNK ROCK. This time at Chas' Place in Meriden. Hooks & Sinkers, The Lost Riots and The Hulls come together to kick in some teeth and spit some blood.

The Lost Riots - 1978

Lauren Lennox doesn't like the The Lost Riots. This was the band infamous for their Summer 2012 show at Pitkin Plaza's Ideat Village music festival, where the New Haven police department showed up with pepper spray. Prior to the concert, Lauren Lennox, the building manager for neighboring apartment building 360 State, had sent out an email to tenants urging them to file noise complaints against the performance. Complaints were indeed filed and cops were dispatched. Festival organizer Bill Saunders was subsequently taken away in handcuffs for failing to produce a permit for the show as well as inciting a riot (ironic!). There were about fifty people in attendance, who mostly responded by hurling some 'fuck you's' at the cops and recording Saunder's arrest, along with said 'fuck you's'. Since then, 360 State and festival organizers have reached some kind of agreement after a lengthy debate over how New Haven's culture ties in with the proper sound ordinances. All in all, it was a good story for The Lost Riots, who got their namesake before their show was cut short by their own title.

Empty Vessels - Restraining Order EP

Empty Vessels do that confusing category thing, where you can't tell if they're hardcore punk or something of a metal outfit. And their guitarist is female, which messes up the possibility of baritone gang choruses and awesome macho promo shots with crossed, muscly forearms. They sound heavy and dangerous - aggressive even. But also like they're having fun, and not taking themselves too seriously. They sing about cool metal shit like alien spacecraft, betrayal, owls, and Michael Cera? The whole thing just pisses me off.