There's a strong 80s streak about New York punk band Cerebral Ballzy. From their name – with its bad-taste echoes of such predecessors as Jerry's Kids – through the pen-and-ink artwork, to their music ...

Cerebral Ballzy frontman Honor Titus has spoken about the band’s decision to sign to Julian Casablancas’ recently-established label Cult Records, labeling The Strokes’ singer as fundamentally “just a ...

There's a new band in New York City. Of course, there are a lot of new bands in New York City, but a good chunk of them belong to a world inhabited by smarty-pants artsy types like Animal Collective, ...

In thrall to the ‘80s hardcore vets and ‘90s skater-punk upstarts, Cerebral Ballzy’s sound is a potently slick treacle-sludge brew of noise, scraped knees and grazed riffing. Honor Titus, CB’s ...

The Cerebral Ballzy way is one of fire starting. It's one of throwing gasoline onto those fires and watching the flames catapult up into the air, moving like a piston, a double-helix of an inferno, ...

New York City punks Cerebral Ballzy evoke a moody Jim Jarmusch feel in the video for their new track, “City’s Girl.” In the clip, directed by frontman Honor Titus, the musicians strike disaffected ...

When Cerebral Ballzy signed to Julian Casablancas’ Cult Records back in November, the announcement came with a major endorsement from the Strokes singer, who called the Brooklyn hardcore crew ...

“I think our first album has shredding, ripping tunes, but the second album,” says Cerebral Ballzy leader Honor Titus, “has tunes that are just plain big. This album is a lot about girls, a lot about ...

Back in 2011, Cerebral Ballzy put out a self-titled debut that was roaring and heavy, channeling the blue-streak delivery of bands like Black Flag for mosh-worthy reflections on subjects as timeless ...

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas makes a cameo in the video for Cerebral Ballzy‘s latest song, ‘City’s Girl’. Click below to watch the grainy black and white promo for the song, which the ...

What's most offensive about Brooklyn punk quintet Cerebral Ballzy's attempts at provocation isn't the tastelessness or insensitivity. Save this story Save this story Punk rock has a long tradition of ...