House of Blues Anaheim transforms into an intimate pool of song lovers. I wade neck deep in a peanut gallery with sensitive middle-aged Weezer kids (also known ... Read More...
Remember that heavily tattooed lizard guy that was on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not once upon a time? Yeah--Lizardman started a band. No--we didn’t interview him. ... Read More...
The Constellations
Southern Gothic – CD Review
Virgin Records
6/10
When I first picked up the record and read--The Constellations, I knew it would be my n... Read More...
Porcupine Tree
Anesthetize
Kscope/Roadrunner Records
8/10
Even though you may have never heard them on terrestrial radio, Porcupine Tree has become one of... Read More...
It’s winter. It’s cold. We get it. However, it doesn’t give anyone the excuse to confuse fab with frumpy. Some trends just need to be buried like an Egyptian. D... Read More...
I Am Ghost
Live in Orange County
Epitaph Records
According to Steve Juliano, “It’s a bitch to record a live album.” Ain’t that the truth.
I sat down wit... Read More...
Not too many white dudes like fried squid because it’s too “weird”, “ethnic”, and it smells funny . However, Casey Crescenzo of Boston rock band The Dear Hunter... Read More...
Dethklok
w/Mastodon, Converge, High on Fire
November 19, 2009
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, CA
The best part about mosh pits has nothing to do with big ... Read More...
All the way from “Oz”, St Leonards are the newest players on the Hollywood Sunset Strip. Named after their hometown, the independently run trio from Australia i... Read More...
The Dear Hunter
W/ Thursday, Fall Of Troy, Touche Amore
Forget the music for a moment. I have never seen so many beards on stage. Then again, I’ve never see... Read More...
Sinner Sinners
Characters, Pomona, CA
September 26, 2009
Since when did the French know how to play punk like that?
The dark punk duo of Sam and Steve T... Read More...
As much we love Maynard James Keenan, move over, Tool.
Enigmatic and beautiful, English-originated band, Porcupine Tree pushes artistry in music to an even m... Read More...
This is not for the gear sluts. So you don’t have the budget to record at Capitol Studios…Big whoop. Elliot Smith recorded “Roman Candle” in his ex’s basement. ... Read More...
Epitaph Records band, I Am Ghost, is a paradigm for up and coming rock bands. Despite their North American and European tour logs, the Long Beach based group st... Read More...
Alvin Band
Mantis Preying
Intelligent Noise Records
9/10
Put a white version of Bobby McFerrin with Aphex Twin’s eccentricity in your mind, and you’ve go... Read More...
.357 Lover
Diorama of the Golden Lion
Self-Released
10/10
.357 Lover’s debut LP, Diorama of the Golden Lion rises up from the saturated musical mire and ... Read More...
