
Acid Bath at Hollywood Palladium: Venus Blues and Bayou Sludge
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Acid Bath at Hollywood Palladium: Venus Blues and Bayou Sludge
Acid Bath was the one band no one thought would ever reunite. They were a flash in the pan at one point, considered a glitch in heavy metal history—yet simultaneously, they were the band everyone wanted to be and emulate, the band that inspired subgenres from the edges of extremity

Glass Beams at Ventura Music Hall: Desert in a Bottle
This has been a psychedelic week for me, still feeling the afterglow of seeing Pigs x7, so before I could enter this new trip closer to home, I needed to sober up off the lingering sonic buzz. I wanted to clear out the leftover distortion rattling in my head so

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Launch North American Tour at Lodge Room
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, OR Pigsx7 launched their North American tour from the Lodge Room in August, staining the sacred planks of the venue with more sweat and abandon than bands are typically used to expelling throughout a set. For those not in the blissful know, Pigs x7

Midnight And Ghoul at The Poor Kids Mansion
If you’ve never been to a sanctioned or unsanctioned show or event at The Poor Kids Mansion in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of L.A., can you even consider yourself a part of the punk and metal scenes of Los Angeles? Of course you can. But if music scenes were like

Blood Incantation Live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles
The Los Angeles stop of the Blood Incantation 2025 Absolute Else Tour was more than just another date—it was the climactic finale of their North American run and one of the most unforgettable metal shows of the year. On August 7, 2025, The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles’ Koreatown transformed

MSPAINT and Lip Critic at Lodge Room- Disturbing The Peace
On an undersold Thursday night at the Lodge Room on a quiet night in Highland Park, MSPAINT made their tour stop in Los Angeles to support the No Separation EP. They brought with them Pat and the Pissers and a band that caught my attention at the end of 2024,

Enter Das Bunker: Summer Massive 2025 at Catch One
One of our favorite club nights of the year, Das Bunker’s Summer Massive at Catch One was on August, 2nd 2025. Less than 2 weeks have passed but the mind and the heart have a hard time letting go. This post is mostly a photo recap but it’s also a

Deltron 3030 Re-Unite At The Bellwether for 25 Year Anniversary
The thing about seeing Deltron 3030 live is that it’s not just a concert—it’s a time machine. Not one of those glitchy, steam‑punk contraptions with brass pipes and smoke pouring out the back, but a sleek, fully automated warp gate run by a mad scientist producer, a turntablist wizard, and

Sound And Fury 2025: Everybody Spin Kick!
“Everybody spin kick!” was the order given in the first 4 bars of the first breakdown by Mindforce frontman Jay Petagine,Saturday headliners at the Cream Stage at Sound and Fury 2025. featured image- Basement: Joe Calixto It was the first time I was IN the pit at Sound and Fury

Mason Manson Self Releases First Full Length Album: Masonic Guide
Who is Mason Manson? Have you seen him? What is Masonic Guide? Mason Manson and his first full length written, produced, performed and self released album dropped this past Saturday, July 26th. It’s called Masonic Guide and it is has something that very few artists are able to produce in