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Persistence of Consistence: Yo La Tengo at the Teragram Ballroom
Travis Beck
June 25, 2018
Yo La Tengo are the type of band that screams road trip music to me. You feel their sound more than you hear it. Angelic emotion runs through their balancing of rhythmic melancholy and sprinkles of sonic hope. It’s the type of music you put on in the background before
The New Voice of New York Hardcore: Krimewatch at Resident
Rob Shepyer
June 23, 2018
The scene was Sound and Fury 2017, a stage that hosted the young, renegade hardcore sisterhood known as Krimewatch. Upon that stage I saw real punk rock potential, Emma Hendry, Shayne, Sean Joyce synched together perfectly, making fast and brutal music that acted as a vehicle for Rhylli Ogiura’s charisma,
Black is Beautiful: Smokin’ Grooves Festival at The Queen Mary
Aria Silva-Espinosa
June 22, 2018
Gates to the Smokin’ Grooves festival opened bright and early on Saturday morning with artists playing as early as 11:00am. There’s always a special group of people who hit the festival grounds as soon as gates open, intent on getting the full 12-hour experience but the early crowd gathering on
Janky Meets Marty: The Dwarves at Marty’s on Newport
Jessica Moncrief
June 21, 2018
If you frequently attend concerts in the Southern California area, you have likely received a barrage of promotional emails from a place called Marty’s and you may even recognize the name. The Observatory’s talent buyer Jeff Shuman & X’s manager Mike Rouse have bought out Marty’s, a dive bar gem smack dab in the
A Bloody Reunion: Bleeding Through At The Observatory
Rob Shepyer
June 14, 2018
Back in the early 2000’s when I was a strapping young teenager, MTV2’s resurrected Headbanger’s Ball was a relevant place to get your metal fix and hear new bands. In those days, the young kings of the hill were Killswitch Engage, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Shadow’s Fall, and Bleeding Through.
Sonic Punishment: Primitive Man and Celeste at Union
Janky Smooth Central Command
June 13, 2018
The variety of soundscapes in metal are an interesting thing; even the untrained ear can notice a vast difference between acts like Cough (who also performed at Union in May) and Primitive Man – two bands that share the label of “doom” but approach their craft with entirely different methods
Psych Rock Talk Radio: Wooden Shjips at the Bootleg Theater
Robert Cohen
June 12, 2018
Recently I was talking with a friend of mine who could not wrap his head around how anyone could listen to NPR for more than a few minutes. After a fair amount of prodding from others in the group, he was able to admit that it occasionally showcased relevant
The Dead Milkmen Deliver Cartons of Fun for 2 Nights at Teragram
Rob Shepyer
June 6, 2018
The Dead Milkmen are one of the most multi-dimensional and versatile punk bands in the history of the sport. In fact, after seeing them live at the Teragram ballroom, i feel almost as if they’re two bands in one, having one cadence when Rodney Linderman (Rodney Anonymous) sings and another
Speedy Speedy Speed Metal: Midnight At Union
Rob Shepyer
June 5, 2018
Before Thrash cemented the marriage of punk and metal, speed metal was what metal heads called metal that inspired a frantic pace and pure ferocity simply through applying quickness to licks. Before doctors ever prescribed kids Ritalin, there was speed metal, fixing the attention spans of the damaged. Sometimes it’s
The First Real Day of Summer: Hinds at Teragram
Robert Cohen
June 4, 2018
High school is a strange time in life. Caught between wanting the independence you can’t have and having the responsibilities you don’t want, it provides the emotional foundation on which many people build their sense of self and either seize on the opportunity to develop further or retreat towards the
