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My Musical Adventures

Feast of the Damned: SXSW 2012 – Black Br...12793

My previous two years of SXSW coverage have taken you on my journey show by show…but this year was a...

March 19, 2012
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SXSW12 – De Vermis Mysterris: High on Fir...12785

Ah, the beginning of SXSW. As I walked around during the day, I saw the noticeable changeover in people as...

March 14, 2012
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These Are My Twisted Words: Radiohead @ Frank E...12780

“What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here.” The summer of 1993 is what I often think...

March 8, 2012
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Agony of the Damned: The Casualties, Toxic Holo...12775

All work and no play makes HardRockChick a dull girl. 2012 has been the busiest year so far for me...

March 4, 2012
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Of Sins and Shadows: Symphony X, Iced Earth, Wa...12770

I recently watched the Metal Evolution series. I’m a huge fan of Sam Dunn’s anthropological lens that he brings to...

March 1, 2012
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Telling Ghosts: Puscifer, Carina Round @ Long C...12767

“Echoes and specters and ghosts of none the wiser Apparitions each, bad decisions brush on by Envious in the ever...

February 24, 2012
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A New Beginning: Children of Bodom, Eluveitie, ...12760

“I’m falling away from this artificial life Omit treason cast upon thee My revelations Beginning a new life” ~”A New...

February 23, 2012
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The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Pre-Telecast, Te...12748

Every day should start with someone knocking on your door to do hair and makeup. I’d never really had this...

February 16, 2012
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Pre-GRAMMY Gala / Clive Davis Party @ The Bever...12742

The Clive Davis party is one of the most exclusive nights in music….so me being there feels weird all on...

February 15, 2012
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Relapse Records Scion Metal Matinee: Exhumed, B...12735

Even though I was running on fumes reporting on everything rock-related for the GRAMMYs, I made time to ‘keep it...

February 15, 2012
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MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Sir Paul ...12727

Being on the red carpet of an event as exclusive as the MusiCares Person of the Year benefit is beyond...

February 15, 2012
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GRAMMY Week: Social Media Rock Star Summit @ Co...12724

This being my third year covering GRAMMY week, one of my favorite events is the Social Media Rock Star Summit....

February 13, 2012
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Breakin’ the Law: GRAMMY week- Entertainm...12717

I knew this was going to be one of the most action-packed, geeky, and start-studded days of my life…and the...

February 11, 2012
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GRAMMY Foundation’s Music Preservation Pr...12707

There’s been one thing that has remained completely consistent on this blog since it started five years ago, and that’s...

February 10, 2012
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GRAMMY Glam: Spinderella & DJ Lo Down Lore...12700

My GRAMMY week was kicked off in style- with a dress up event celebrating beauty and music. I started the...

February 9, 2012
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Pushing & Pulling: Kyng @ The Wiltern, 2/7/1212698

My new year’s resolution was to learn to say “no” to things. So far I am failing miserably. No, I’m...

February 9, 2012
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Ritual: Ghost, Blood Ceremony, Ancient VVisdom ...12692

“Tonight we’re summoned for a divine cause” I can distinctly remember the first time I listened to Ghost‘s Opus Eponymous....

February 3, 2012
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Ain’t Fit To Live Here: Graveyard, Radio ...12686

Early that morning I was launched out of bed by thunder and lightning shaking everything around me. The flickering luminescence...

January 26, 2012
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Souls of Black: NAMM Jam- Testament, Jackyl @ T...12681

It was to be my second year at NAMM; and this year I was prepared. A room at the Hilton,...

January 25, 2012
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Lateralus: Tool, Intronaut @ Mandalay Events Ce...12675

“Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must Feed my...

January 17, 2012
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Running In Circles: Russian Circles, The Roller...12671

I loathe New Year’s. But when in good company of both bands and friends, I discovered that it can be...

January 2, 2012
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Killdozer @ Emo’s Original, 12/30/1112668

It’s the day before the last day of the year. It’s when reflection overload causes you to vow to make...

January 2, 2012
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Recoil: A month off in Asia and Australasia12661

Well, the two month sabbatical is over. With the exception of writing a couple GRAMMY blogs from Cambodia and New...

January 2, 2012
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Silent Scream: Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 3: Slayer,...12638

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...

November 9, 2011
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The Hunter: Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan...12632

“I have a feeling that in 72 hours, I’m going to wake up and be like, ‘WTF happened?!'” It turns...

November 3, 2011
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My Last Attack: Holy Grail @ Sound Bite Studios...12627

Remember that Halloween where we dressed up as vikings and named ourselves Hellga, Amartha, and Thorhalla and went to this...

October 29, 2011
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The Fire and The Fury: Firewind, Arsis, and Whi...12623

It would be my last show on The Strip for a while. I was already getting sentimental as I drove...

October 28, 2011
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