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Poppy at The Wiltern by Alana Lopez

Negative Spaces In A Hyper Poppy Atmosphere At The Wiltern

Poppy is certainly an anomaly in the heavy music world, almost resembling an overall brand or abstract concept more than just a simple musician as she further blurs the line between influencers and artists. While many people are familiar with her through her days of bizarre Youtube videos where she

Sex Cells 2025- Photo by Abraham Preciado

Sex Cells and We’re Buying- somewhere south of Hollywood Blvd

Somewhere in the heart of Hollywood on Wilcox, in a club/venue I have never entered before, Sex Cells re-emerged from it’s hiatus hole, to return to us a provocative buffet of fetish culture, avant-garde/smutty art, and self-expression.  Out of the birth canal of Danny Fuentes, the L.A raised freak show turned ambassador

Death Or Glory Fest San Diego- Mystery Headliner giveaway

Death or Glory Fest Giveaway-Guess The Mystery Headliner???

Death or Glory Music & Tattoo Festival is the newest kid on the festival block and its buzz has already made a huge splash. With the very first San Diego performance of Detroit hardcore legends, Cold as Life, they are going to host a performance West Coast Hardcore Kids have

Parliament Funkadelic at Ventura Music Hall shot by Jeff Tillquist

How to Humanize an Alien: Parliament Funkadelic at Ventura Music Hall

Thanks to Ventura Music Hall and George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic was up until Monday, a bucket list band that needed to get checked off my list if I was really to consider myself a music junkie. Now, in a totally changed state of mind since seeing them perform classic songs

Model/Actriz at Cruel World 2024 by Taylor Wong

Model/Actriz- Pirouette: Bend Bodies/Break Brains/New Album

Boston forged and Brooklyn based post-punk provocateurs Model/Actriz returned back to us May 3rd with their new album, Pirouette (True Panther Records), the feverishly anticipated follow-up to their blistering 2023 debut, Dogsbody. Known for their physical, feral live shows and vocalist Cole Haden’s magnetic, almost confrontational presence, Model/Actriz are here

Swing Heil: Anti-Fascist Hardcore Punks Swing Kids Return to Los Angeles

Swing Kids have reunited. They already brought their abrasive, unhinged brand of hardcore punk to San Diego, and now, they’re heading up a few hours north to make a statement at Highland Park’s Lodge Room. Justin Pierson has always been political, even in his most oddball musical projects but when

Obituary at The Bellwether by Taylor Wong

Obituary At The Bellwether: 35 Years of Cause Of Death

This past Saturday, April 26th, in the year of our Lord, 2025, Obituary, along with Nails brought their tour celebrating 35 years of Cause of Death to The Bellwether in Downtown Los Angeles. Tampa Florida’s Obituary released their second album, Cause of Death in 1990—35 years ago. I was a

Teen Mortgage at Zebulon by Taylor Wong

Teen Mortgage and Spoon Benders Tear Zebulon Apart – Night One Recap

If there was any doubt that raw, snarling rock n’ roll is alive and breathing fire in 2025, Teen Mortgage and Spoon Benders came to Zebulon the other night and left no survivors. Zebulon was packed to the absolute brim — a heaving, sweaty mass of bodies smashed together like

Together Pangea at El Rey by Taylor Wong

Together Pangea and Prison Affair Tear Up Coachella Side Show at El Rey

In between their Coachella Weekends 1 and 2 sets, Together Pangea and Spain’s Prison Affair stopped off in Los Angeles for a sold-out show at the El Rey Theatre — a sweaty, cathartic night that offered fans a more intimate taste of the chaos they’d just unleashed in the desert.

Acid Bath in 1995

Memoirs Of My First Acid Bath Show…

After a 28-year hiatus, legendary sludge metal band Acid Bath returned to the stage this past weekend with their first show on April 25, 2025, at The Fillmore in New Orleans. The performance was a seismic event for fans, blending raw energy and haunting melodies that captivated the audience. Acid

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