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Tuesday, May 7 2013

Anti-Flag Rages on Against the Machine in 2013

Drummer Pat Thetic waxes on Anti-Flag's two-decade run as the most political band in music. Then the band blasts us with a barnburner show at LA's Troubadour.


Monday, July 23 2012

Vampires, Zombies and Superheroes... It Must Be Comic-Con International 2012

What started decades ago as a mere comic book convention has become a massive Hollywood promo blitz for the hottest science fiction, fantasy and super hero properties in film and television.


Friday, July 22 2011

Phish Rocks the House at Super Ball IX

The Vermont quartet delivered a monumental series of performance that conjured a Scott Pilgrim vs the World status – “an epic of epic epicness”. There seems to be only one band that has the dedicated fan base to stage its own mega-festival with no supporting acts.


Friday, July 31 2009

Roswell UFO Festival: 3 July 2009 - Roswell, NM

The biggest question on the minds of most attendees was not whether there is a cover-up, but when it will end.


Friday, August 8 2008

High Sierra Music Festival 2008

Despite the forest fires that plagued Northern California, the festival went off without a hitch, providing its own smoking performances and hot jams along with inventive instrumental interplay and socially conscious songs.


Reviews

Friday, May 10 2013

Medeski Martin & Wood: 23 April 2013 - San Francisco

MMW has long demonstrated how a bassist, drummer and keyboardist can impact the sonic landscape with their creativity.


Tuesday, May 7 2013

Queensryche: 21 April 2013 - San Francisco, CA

Queensryche’s combination of progressive metal and bold political lyrics stood out from the pack in 1988, and still do in much the same way here in 2013.


Tuesday, April 30 2013

Lotus: Build

The band’s talent is clear, but the best way to turn someone on to Lotus will still be taking them to see the live show.


Wednesday, April 24 2013

Dumpstaphunk + Ten: 7 April 2013 - San Diego, CA

Anytime Dumpstaphunk comes to your town it starts to feel a little bit like New Orleans.


Tuesday, April 2 2013

moe. + Orgone: 9 March 2013 - Los Angeles

They've been one of the stalwart bands of the jamrock scene since the late '90s, ever pushing the envelope with catchy melodic tunes, big grooves and melty psychedelic jams.


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