SHOWS
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292The Church of Clutch at El Rey w/Sevendust and Tyler Bryant
Among die-hard Clutch fans, a label which describes most Clutch fans, it’s common to hear the slogan: “Clutch is Church”. The sentiment...
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277Recontamination: Dying Fetus at the Regent
A recent conversation with a friend resolved with an agreement that metal in L.A. is alive and kicking; a realization landed upon...
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304United Kingdom, United Scene: Basement at the Hi Hat
When you listen to Basement, you hear so many different styles of rock converging into one sweeping underground sound that whether you’re...
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332For Boy George, Anything: Culture Club at the Big Fresno Fair
Words and Photos: Maggie St. Thomas At the turn of the century, I had the honor of being Culture Club’s only photographer...
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344Kick Out The Jams: MC50 at the Observatory
Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas The innovators of punk were the Motor City 5, known for their high energy live...
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301Don’t Slander Me: Roky Erickson at Teragram
Photos by: Dillon Vaughn Very few performers have lived lives as hard as Roky Erickson. A godfather of psych rock and garage,...
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587Return of the Old School: Kingdom Come at the Whisky
It’s my contention that if 80’s metal and grunge were to duke it out today, 80’s metal would come out victorious. I...
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660Teen Angst Never Dies: Alkaline Trio at the Observatory
There’s really no point in beating around the fact that the average age of attendees at the shows I look forward to...
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537Goths Go Metal: Tribulation at the Lodge Room
You don’t usually see goth boys and girls embrace extreme metal but in the case of Swedish melodic death metal band, Tribulation,...
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411Cal Jam Blooms in 2018
The duality of Dave Grohl is something to ponder. Simultaneously Rock God and fan, perhaps the latter is a prerequisite to the...