Night two was, in my opinion, the better of the two performances for both Deafheaven and Boris. The setlist for Deafheaven was similar (I think only the last song of the set…

Hoo boy. The first night of my two-night pass to see the Boris “All-Time Classics” and “Flood” performances left little room for complaint. For starters, Deafheaven blew me the fuck away. I…

It was only fitting that I spent the final hours of a whirlwind Vegas adventure seeing my favorite band on the planet perform in a venue as intimate as the House of…

America’s OG avant-garde/experimental band brought their 40th anniversary show to LA last night, treating fans to almost two hours of music that spanned the bands extensive recording history. Well…kind of. There were…

I made my mind up at 5pm. I didn’t think there was any way I could make it to the Troubadour to see Pallbearer at 9pm then back to the church in…

“Last time we played Los Angeles, we didn’t know it was our last show. This time we know it is our last show.” This is the kind of “banter” bassist/vocalist Stephen Immerwahr…

It’s been just over nine years to the day since I first saw Shellac (supported by Nina Nastasia) at the Knitting Factory in New York City. A lot has changed since then.…

It’s been almost 8 years since the first time I saw Calexico. During their tour for Feast Of Wire I caught them at a small restaurant/club called NXNW in the suburbs of…

Thank God for Google Reader. Without it I probably wouldn’t have checked Mark McGuire’s blog and found out that he was playing in LA as part of the VDSQ solo acoustic West…

It’s been seven years since I (or anyone else for that matter) has had an opportunity to witness the live spectacle that is a Godspeed You! Black Emperor concert. I was lucky…