A Lesson in Violence: The Metal Alliance Tour featuring Anthrax, Exodus, High on Fire, Municipal Waste, and Holy Grail @ House of Blues Sunset Strip, 3/27/13
I have a piece up about this show on GRAMMY.com GO SEE THIS TOUR!!
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Bile Towers: Landmine Marathon @ Los Globos, 3/25/13
“Bile drapes the towers Light begins to cease Watch the towers fall Onto peasants’ feet He is the one with the branded mark Watch for his tongue to peel and split apart Fight the frame of remorse Inner discursion lost These deadly lucid dreams Escape me” ~”Bile Towers”, Landmine Marathon Every time I enter Los […]
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Negative Space: Mutilation Rites, Inter Arma @ Rock City Studios, 3/23/13
“Didn’t I meet you last time? But you were dressed as a skeleton…” It was a very Spring Saturday, and while my friends went to a metal BBQ, I worked most of the day and looked forward to seeing Brooklyn’s Mutilation Rites again. But as their instagrams got crazier, I started to write off going. […]
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HardRockChick Interviews Scorpion Child
March 22, 2013 | I spoke with Scorpion Child after their set opening for Clutch and Orange Goblin at the House of Blues Sunset Strip, essentially in an elevator. Topics include their recent signing to Nuclear Blast, their upcoming album, their visual show, and the Austin music scene. Scorpion Child facebook show review Scorpion Child […]
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Scorpionica: Clutch, Orange Goblin, Lionize, Scorpion Child @ House of Blues Sunset
Perhaps it is somehow poetically appropriate that I have practically been living at the House of Blues this past week. It would be another sold out show, and the crowd slowly filled in as the screen raised to reveal Scorpion Child. I’ve been smitten with these guys for a while now, and am thrilled that […]
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Living Dead Girl: Mayhem Fest Press Conference @ Palladium->Sunset Strip->Whisky-A-Go-Go, 3/18/13
I was about to make my first adult decision in a long time. I was contacted about providing some very exclusive coverage of the Mayhem Fest press conference, but it just so happened to be at the same time I was supposed to be across the country doing ethnography sessions for a finance brand. Decision: […]
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Viva La Revolution: The Adicts @ House of Blues
I don’t even want to know how many hours of my life are spent thinking about concerts. Finding new ones to go to…calendaring them….buying tickets….obtaining press contacts…traveling to and from the show….the actual show itself…writing about the show….dreaming about it for days after. You get the point. So there was something very satisfying about an […]
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A Warrior’s Call: Volbeat @ House of Blues Sunset, 3/15/13
I was sitting on my couch feeling a sad, lonely Friday night coming on when I got a text to come to the House of Blues. Having spent part of the week in New York, I had completely forgotten that Volbeat were playing down the street. The place was packed and it seemed that everyone […]
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Heaven: Depeche Mode on David Letterman @ Ed Sullivan Theater, 3/11/13
I’ve always said that when I’ve encountered a difficult time seeing one of my favorite bands…when I finally catch them, it makes up for it. The last time Depeche Mode toured, the show I planned to go to in San Francisco was canceled. Before that, I never had the opportunity to see them, living in […]
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The Blessed Hellride: Unblackened: Black Label Society semi-acoustic set @ Club Nokia, 3/6/13
Write up on GRAMMY.com!!
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I Love Livin’ In the City: Sound City Players @ Jimmy Kimmel Live, 3/5/13
In 8th grade, I slipped into a deep depression that would haunt me on and off for my entire life. It was the year that I stopped listening to music and started experiencing it. Something deeper, something more profound was at play. You know that scene in Almost Famous where Anita leaves a note for […]
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Dangertits: Galaktikon @ WesFest @ The Roxy, 3/3/13
I’ve been a huge fan of Brendon Small since the beginning of HardRockChick in 2007. Proof: ->I first learned of Metalocalypse because I vetted the IP for a videogame publisher I used to work for ->I saw Small emcee an event that used to be called the Guitar Hero Championship in San Francisco in late […]
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Do Not Look Down: Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Intronaut @ The Wiltern, 3/2/13
“Strive, strive, surmount the obstacles Become the essence of your goals Hereditary dream Pray that you may attain that destiny Fall into the coveted line Where life is but a theme Of pretense in lustrous guise” ~”Do Not Look Down”, Meshuggah Spring had teased its presence that day, and the air inside The Wiltern was […]
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You Have Killed Me: Morrissey, Patti Smith @ Staples, 3/1/13
I wrote about this show for GRAMMY.com. My focus for the year in terms of live music is new stuff and bucket list bands. Morrissey and Patti Smith were both on my bucket list. Also, living in LA makes it possible for me to check something off my bucket list monthly. I am gonna be […]
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