This past Friday at the Echoplex, three bands came together to drop an all out hardcore punk assault. Headlining the evening was the highly anticipated return of Head Wound City. With a lineup featuring Jordan Blilie and Cody Votolato from The Blood Brothers, Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Justin Pearson and Gabe […]

As part of their highly anticipated run of small club tour dates, Refused pummeled the Observatory in Santa Ana this past Monday, along with supporting acts White Lung and Turbo Negro. It was truly a perfect lineup of punk music. The influential Swedish hardcore punks made their triumphant return loud and clear. Touring in celebration […]

Last night, Drive Like Jehu performed their highly awaited Los Angeles reunion show at The Glass House in Pomona. Drive Like Jehu reunited late last year with a reunion show at the Spreckels Organ Pavillon in Balboa Park — 19 years after Jehu’s disbanded. The reunion show was a success and naturally, left Jehu fans from all over the […]

Los Angeles’ The Black Ryder celebrated the release of their new LP, The Door Behind The Door this past Wednesday at The Echo, the same venue in which they made their Los Angeles debut back in 2011. Released on February 24th via the band’s own imprint The Anti-Machine Machine in conjunction with The Orchard, the new album picks up […]

A few year’s ago we used to catch a Saskatoon shredder by the name of Jordan Cook performing at smaller venues such as The Viper Room and The Hotel Cafe. With a lusciously wild mane adorning his handsome face, Cook quickly grew quite the local following of ladies who would frequent his shows anytime he […]

Conan O’Brien kicking off George Fest Fans of all ages, backgrounds and styles came out to the Fonda Theatre Sunday night to attend the first ever GeorgeFest: a night to celebrate the music of George Harrison. It also coincided with a major reissue of George Harrison’s first six solo albums, released between 1968 and 1975 on […]

This past Thursday, The Echo was packed with fans ready to thrash as Northampton, Massachusetts punk influenced fuzz pop band Potty Mouth took the stage with Syracuse noise punks Perfect Pussy and L.A.’s youngest (and raddest) rock duo, The Bots. Also on the bill were Utah-bred, Los Angeles newbies, Sego. As their second live performance, Sego delivered a fun dose of […]

In celebration of Maynard Keenan’s 50 years of life, he put on a most spectacular “Cinquanta” performance this past Saturday at the Greek Theatre. His 50th birthday celebration featured performances from Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Failure, along with some very special surprise guest appearances. Check out the photos below from Maynard Keenan “Cinquanta” featuring […]

San Diego hometown heroes, Rocket From The Crypt‘s reunion tour is in full effect and the band just played and epic sold out show at the Echoplex this past Saturday. The band disbanded in 2005, reunited for a television performance on Yo Gabba! Gabba! in 2011, then hit the road on a European tour in 2013 and are now […]

Celebrating 10 years, Michigan post-hardcore band, La Dispute lit the Echoplex on fire last night with an intense sold-out performance that left long time fans more than happy. Supporting La Dispute were Pianos Become The Teeth and Mansions. And let us tell you, Pianos Become The Teeth were insane! Just check out the photos below to see the wildness of their […]

Photo: Anthony Deeying Thursday night in downtown Las Vegas, emerging San Francisco rock band The Soft White Sixties played through a 45-minute set to a crowd of people who most of which were unaware a show was going to take place. In a nice backyard area of the Gold Spike Casino, only a handful of […]

Don’t be fooled by their age, The Orwells are an unstoppable band to be reckoned with. For those that don’t know, they play loud, fast, and catchy garage-punk tunes. They took The Troubadour by force last night with a sold-out performance. Supporting the Orwells were  Twin Peaks and Criminal Hygiene. A broken leg didn’t stop, one of Twin […]

The Casket Girls made their Echo debut last night. Their show was less than spectacular. Unless you are into drunken singers, singing off key, doing awkward interpretive dance, and sounding nothing like their studio recordings, this wasn’t the show for you. Sorry, but they just were not what we expected. And just out of sheer observation, […]

2014 has practically just begun and I have probably seen the best show of the year. This pat Friday, while couples quality spent time with each other to celebrate Valentine’s Day, I spent quality time with Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro as they took the El Rey by force. With everyone jumping up and down, Morning Parade started off […]

First things first, if you don’t like your music loud and fast, you do not belong at a Los Crudos show. The band’s sold-out show at the Echoplex was an explosion of noise, sweat, and bodies flyine everywhere. I was coming back from a photo shoot, so I had my backpack with me. I learned the […]

Together Pangea took over the Smell last night, for their sold-out Badillac record release show. The powerhouse of a show was full of sweat, stage diving, and screaming fans, the perfect recipe for a hell of a rock concert. WAND, the Aquadolls, and the Audacity, pumped up the crowd as each performance overtook the audience by force! There […]

First things first, if you have never been to a Circa Survive show, you’re missing out to say the least. That being said, I can safely say they are honestly one of the best bands I have ever seen live. Last night, Circa Survive sold out their biggest show at Shrine Expo Hall. The show […]

Last Friday (Nov. 22),  Anthony Green played a beautiful show at the El Rey Theatre. Brick + Mortar and Dave Davidson supported Green. The music sounded perfect as each band brought something fresh for the audience’s ears. Watching Anthony Green perform is much like watching a human firecracker. He erupts with charisma and passion with every movement he […]

Iceage headlined the Echo this past Thursday kickstarting the Culture Collide Festival happening all over Echo Park. I was excited to see Denmark’s post-punk band, Iceage, unfortunately technology failed and cut their set short. There was disappointment and frustration among band members and their fans. The band is not to be blamed, they started their set with […]

The premier purveyors of Gypsy Punk, Gogol Bordello, headlined the Fonda Theatre on Tuesday, October 8, the second night of three back-to-back shows. A band so diverse, with members hailing from right here in L.A. to Ecuador and Russia. With their music just as diverse, you’ll find it firmly rooted in gypsy punk but not […]