Hollyhwood, CA- As dusk slowly draped itself over Hollywood Forever Cemetery last Sunday night, the hip-shaking sounds of rock ‘n roll echoed loudly, past granite headstones, beckoning ghosts from far and wide. DJ Howie Pyro put the record needle to the grooves of Lou Reed, the Cramps, Little Richard and T-Rex, essentially taunting some of […]
Hollywood, CA- The Spirit of Johnny Ramone will be revived later this month at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on July 30th, 2017. Music and memories will echo over and through the tombs of the celebrity cemetery as as punk legends Billy Idol and Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols) are confirmed to play some amazing acoustic songs at this […]
Santa Ana, CA- Following their 2014 release of Underneath The Rainbow, the beloved cult rock band Black Lips released their 9th studio album, Satans Graffiti or Gods Art? earlier this year. During the three year gap between records, the band still managed to come through the Southern California area a few times and once again returned to The […]
Long Beach, CA- I don’t know how many times I can say it, but I absolutely love Nina Diaz’s music. Whether it’s her solo material or the music she puts out with her band Girl In A Coma, there’s something in the timbre of her lush alto voice that just strikes a chord with me. She could be […]
The New York based pop punk duo Diet Cig released their debut album “Swear I’m Good At This” on April 7 of this year and hit the road to tour in support of this album. On May 5th, they swung by Chain Reaction and it was the first time I had been there in over 10 […]
For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play, 4) Where are they from, 5) Why did we decide to catch them […]
Following the release of their 5th studio album After the Party, The Menzingers hit the road on a cross country tour with their friends in Rozwell Kid and Jeff Rosentstock. For me, the pairing of The Menzingers with Jeff Rosentock a dream line-up and I could not have been more excited to catch them both at The […]
For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play, 4) Where are they from, 5) Why did we decide to catch them […]
It’s Saturday night in the quaint and artsy city of Pomona, California and as I make my way toward the Fox Theater, I walk through night markets that smell of sizzling Mexican food, past cafes, and hole-in-the-wall venues with unknown bands playing in old, glass storefronts. I like it here and I already want to […]
Against Me! recently released a new music video for their song, “Haunting, Haunted, Haunts” which is off their seventh studio album Shape Shift With Me (Amazon LP, CD and iTunes). Directed by Margherita Ballarin, the video is a black and white visual feast of kaleidoscopic imagery, the visceral nature of which matches the angry heartfelt lyrics […]
