This past Friday night everyone’s rock ‘n’ roll bones jumped to the ceiling of the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall for the return of Orange County’s, Thrice. It was a packed sold-out show with opening acts  La Dispute and Gates kicking off the evening. Directly following Gates, was post-hardcore group of maniacs from Grand Rapids, Michigan […]

I went into last night’s Los Crudos show at the Ukrainian Culture Center knowing what to expect. I knew that if I placed myself at the front of the pit that I would most likely get kicked in the head numerous times; however, I didn’t fucking care. I knew that there would be some pretty bad […]

After two years since celebrating 20 years of political punk, Anti-Flag make their return to the Troubadour in West Hollywood for another show that is sure to sell out. In 2013, Anti-Flag performed two back-to-back shows at the Troubadour in celebration of their 20th anniversary. Now, the seminal punks once again will thrash the Troubadour on Saturday […]

I arrived at the Fonda on the early side on Saturday for the punk rock show. It’s not everyday that GBH and the Adolescents play a show in Los Angeles. Plus, local, San Fernando Valley skacore band The 5th Wave was opening and I was curious to see how they would fill up that stage […]

Dillinger Escape Plan Last night, the Echoplex put on yet another insanely wild hardcore punk show featuring The Dillinger Escape Plan,  Trash Talk, Retox and Shining. We hadn’t seen this much carnal madness at the Plex since the Los Crudos and Infest show. The venue was packed with fists and feet flying through the air as kids transformed the Echoplex […]

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen the Canadian hardcore punks, Fucked Up, live in Los Angeles. We last caught their blistering heavy set at FYF this past summer. Always putting on a high energy, sweaty set full of crowd interaction, we’re sure happy to have Fucked Up back in Los Angeles. Fucked Up with […]