Punk Rock Bowling 2017: You Can’t Be What You Were…
Looking out into the sea of people in the expanses that sprawl out from the upgraded festival stage at Punk Rock Bowling’s virgin location in the booming district of Downtown
Punk Rock Bowling 2017 Kicks Off w/ The Sonics, Throw Rag & Moore
There was a handful of early-bird punks and a few scattered tourists as we approached a surprisingly sleepy version of downtown Fremont Street but with a line-up including Dr. Madd
The Transcendental Jams of Kikagaku Moyo at Austin’s Scottish Rite Theater
A Masonic double-headed eagle emblem keeps a watchful eye on top of the glowing sign for Austin’s Historic Scottish Rite Theatre. Over the weekend, this former German opera house transformed
Television Performing “Venus” at Bunkhouse Saloon for PRB Club Show
It’s hard to believe that yet another Punk Rock Bowling is in the books but the week long hangover proves it. The Stern brothers book yet another legendary gig with
Pallbearer & Gatecreeper Stop at Echoplex Reminds Us- Guitar Solos Matter
Pallbearer’s tour brought them to the Echoplex on May 18th with support from Arizona death metal savages Gatecreeper and local avante-garde-post-experimental-jazz-metal-poets Grand Lord High Master. Doom metal is back in
Redd Kross & The Side Eyes: A Great Case For Nepotism at The Echo
It was a packed house last Tuesday night at The Echo, as Redd Kross played the last show of a month long tour in their home base of Los Angeles,
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Inter-Review At The Fonda Theater
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes made their welcome return to Los Angeles at the Fonda Theater on May 13th to a sold out crowd that was comprised of every
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms Are Back With 5 Hits From Hell…
Isaac Rother & the Phantoms and their soul-laden stew of R&B horror rock and off-the-charts live show bring a seminal but sometimes forgotten era of rock from the 50s and
Com Truise & Clark At Forefront of Breaking Stigma of Electronic Music
Electronic music often carries a heavy stigma for being repetitive or unoriginal. Unfortunately, many artists get lumped into the broad category of ‘EDM’ thus rendering their art unpalatable or unapproachable
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Janky Smooth Sessions w/ Spike Slawson
7 days until day 1 of Punk Rock Bowling 2017… Last Saturday, May 13th, I sat down with the not-so-soft-spoken Spike Slawson, of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, at
Fishbone at The Echoplex: The Royal Treatment for Chim Chim
Saturday night at the Echoplex started off with the Uber driver dropping us off in front of The Echo, where we waited outside for 2 minutes before we realized it
Le Butcherettes Leave A Pint of Blood On Stage at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach
Mex-American punk trio Le Butcherettes are sheer intensity personified onstage. On a Wednesday night at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, the crowd sizzled anxiously under the ominous glow of the