HardRockChick
The scent of fried food. The whirr of machinery intermingling with screams of elation. The sight of eye-bulging over-saturation and...
The venue is like a supporting cast member that makes or breaks a show for me, and when I walk...
July 21, 2013 | I spoke The Vim Dicta and sound engineers Niko Bolas and Shelly Yakus at Capitol Studios...
Since I’ve scaled back to going to about one show a week, I’ve recaptured some of the magic of entering...
I ripped off whatever band shirt I had slept in the night before and slunk into some black jeans. As...
You can read my piece on Mayhem Fest on the GRAMMY site (with awesome photos), or see the unedited version...
“It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled It’s been a long time since I did the stroll...
I have spent my entire life as a wanderer without a map. Born with a restless hum to tirelessly search...
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche I was still on a desert high as I walked into...
It had been six long years since I last saw Iggy and The Stooges. While his headlining slot was what...
“When your eyes Pause on the ball That hangs on the third branch from a star, You remember why it...
You can read my post about the show on GRAMMY.com. This was probably my first exposure to Tom Petty haha:
I am living amidst a state of emotional discontent. This is mostly derived from a self-induced goth summer, where I...
This was my third year covering this event for GRAMMY.com. You can see my piece about the event here. And...
It took me two fuckin’ hours to get from Hollywood to The Grove, but I was still early. The days...
It was perhaps the most anticipated show of the year for many people I know. I ended up eating my...
I will never forget the sinking feeling in my stomach as I approached the black carpet for the Golden Gods...
There’s nothing like 5pm LA traffic to prepare you for a Dillinger Escape Plan show. There’s nothing like running into...
I always wonder about, when I’m older, what bands I’ll look back on and know that I was there for...
When I first saw the lineup for The Decibel Tour, after thinking “must go” I also knew it was going...
Check out my post on GRAMMY.com!
“If i could stick my pen in my heart And spill it all over the stage Would it satisfy ya,...
The rare metal show at The Roxy is always an exciting thing, and as I walked up to buy a...
“It’s been so lonely without u here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop this lonely rage Tell...
Check out my review of the show on GRAMMY.com And here’s from the last time I saw Killing Joke.
I was lucky enough to be there for metal’s biggest night again this year. Check out my piece for GRAMMY.com,...
Never did I think that it would become routine for me to drive deep into East LA and look for...
