Stumbling Upon Poison Ruïn’s Raw Punk Energy at SXSW Thoughts+Photos: Poison Ruin at Hotel Vegas During SXSW 2/14/23
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE ACTS WE COVERED AT SXSW 2023 AUSTIN, TX- I hadn’t planned on checking Poison Ruïn out, but as fate would have it, I was…
Queensryche: Spreading The Disease with the Digital Noise Alliance tour in Columbus, OH Review+Photos: Queensryche, Marty Friedman & Trauma at Newport Music Hall 4/4/23
COLUMBUS, OH- Queensryche made a stop at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH, on their “Digital Noise Alliance” tour, To celebrate the release of their sixteenth album of the…
Iress Teases Fans With New Music At The Echo Thoughts+Photos: Iress at The Echo 2/6/23
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OTHER ACTS PERFORMING AT CROOK’S 2023 RESIDENCY AT THE ECHO LOS ANGELES, CA- I’ve opined about this on multiple occasions, but Michelle Malley’s voice…
Desert Daze Stalwart Ty Segall Brings Fuzz To Desert Daze THOUGHTS+PHOTOS: Fuzz at Desert Daze 10/2/22
MAIN PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LAKE PERRIS, CA- “…Following the lightness of Levitation Room, was Fuzz, another Ty Segall outfit. Basically a garage rock deity, Ty…
French Stoner-Rock Comes To Desert Daze Via Slift THOUGHTS+PHOTOS: Slift at Desert Daze 10/1/22
MAIN PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LAKE PERRIS, CA- “…Over on the beach, French stoner-rock trio Slift brought heavier riffs to the shoreline, with blistering guitar solos…
Apocalyptica Finally Tour In Support Of Cell-0 & Bring Down The House In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- I’ve always been of the opinion that heavy metal’s roots come from classical music. I won’t get into my reasoning or debate over the question of…
Lacuna Coil Return To Los Angeles And Shred The Belasco
CLICK HERE To Go Back To The Main Article! LOS ANGELES, CA- “…Lacuna Coil (currently consisting of founding members Cristina Scabbia, Andrea Ferro, and Marco Coti Zelati and Diego Cavallotti,…
Mastodon Gives ACL Live A World-Class Shredding
LOS ANGELES, CA- Swedish Progressive metal band Opeth and Atlanta-based metal band Mastodon Co-headlined a long-awaited show at ACL Live on Friday, November 26th as part of their 2021…
Halestorm Rocks San Diego’s Viejas Arena
CLICK HERE To Go Back To The Main Article! San Diego, CA- “…Halestorm is a band I’ve seen a lot in the last 11 years or so. The first…
King Woman Exorcises Demons Through Celestial Blues At The Lodge Room
LOS ANGELES, CA- Kris Esfandiari is a musical chamelion. The first time I was made aware of her was when I saw her perform as Miserable; a really heavy,…