
Glamorama: Hammered Satin @ Viper Room, 3/6/1414130
My closet is organized like a record store. The metal section is vast: black, spiky, leathered ensembles which, upon close...

Bourgeois Blues: The Last Internationale @ Saye...14128
The velvet rope, sniffling doorman with a clipboard club scene has never been my thing; that said, I have randomly...

Dream On: Draw the Line Aerosmith Tribute Band ...14126
I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a fan. Between Deadheading it around the...

Death in the Eyes of Dawn: Amon Amarth, Enslave...14119
“I followed all the paths Righteous in my heart Slept without the dreams Got lost within myself” ~”Death in the Eyes...

Steady at the Wheel: Shooter Jennings & Fr...14116
There comes certain junctures in life where parts of your past becomes a stranger, sometimes a welcome one; at other...

Awaken the Serpent: Toxic Holocaust, Exhumed @ ...14111
It is a strong testament to the power of music that I summoned enough energy to attend this show; not...

One: What it’s like to be in the pit on m...14096
I’ve said “this is a once in a lifetime opportunity” to myself an uncountable number of times in my life...

Rockin’ In the Free World: 7th Annual Pro...14083
My music education growing up was nearly non-existent. Â A little Willie, a little Waylon, and a whole lot of western...

Hoax the System: Corrections House, Werckmeiste...14073
LA on a quiet night can seem oddly discordant, like the dull underbelly of a bright bug. Â As I drove...

Fertile Green: High on Fire, Kvelertak @ the El...14064
It was a cold December day, and I was standing on a step at the corner of the El Rey’s...

Survivalism: Nine Inch Nails @ The Joint at the...14055
Well, I finally got to write about my favorite band for GRAMMY.com! I left the unedited article before, as a...

Hesitation Marks: Nine Inch Nails @ AT&T C...14048
Well… this feels weird. It was 3:30am on a drizzly Tuesday morning in San Antonio, TX, and I was standing...

It Ain’t Like That: Alice In Chains, Walk...14037
You can read my post on GRAMMY.com. …and the next morning I flew home on Southwest and Duff and his...

Necrophiliac: Slayer, Gojira, 4arm @ The Joint ...14038
If only all shows could be this easy. Exit plane. Take cab to hotel. Thrown bags in room. Take cab...

I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times: Muscl...14032
“Sometimes I feel very sad Sometimes I feel very sad (Can’t find nothin’ I can put my heart and soul...

Default: Atoms For Peace @ The Hollywood Bowl, ...14029
You can read my piece on GRAMMY.com!

Sheena Is A Punk Rocker: Marky Ramone’s B...14027
You can read my piece on GRAMMY.com!

Long Gone: Kylesa, Pinkish Black @ Echoplex, 10...14022
It was Monday night, at that time of year where hot and cold battle each other in the air, and...

3 Shades of Black: Hank Williams III @ The Obse...14016
“3 shades of black We all like metal and Whiskey! Livin’ Hard and chasin’ down Hell. We’ll never give up...

Halo of Ashes: Mark Lanegan, Sean & Zander...14010
“She wears a halo of ashes Specter on the wind Waits on me so patiently I no longer can pretend...

Fragile Dreams: Anathema, Alcest, Mamiffer @ El...14007
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!” This is what I wanted to yell at people through about 67.75% of this show; reminding...

No Love Lost: Carcass, Exhumed @ The Troubadour...14003
“Sensual awakening Numbing feeling’s dead Conception’s romanticised Synthesized broken hearts to bled” ~”No Love Lost”, Carcass I was holding tickets...

Never Let Me Down: Depeche Mode, Crystal Castle...14000
You can read the edited version of my piece on GRAMMY.com, or the unedited version below! I have always been...

The Number of the Beast: The Battle of San Bern...13997
My piece for GRAMMY.com can be found here. A few more things: -This was ‘musical adventure’ number 666 for me…on...

All Pigs Must Die: Death in June @ The Vex, 9/1...13993
It had been a while since I had made the voyage eastward to the dingy but somewhat charming Vex. As...

Blues Hand Me Down: Vintage Trouble @ El Rey, 9...13985
Sometimes you wake up in LA and the city suffocates you. Beyond the smog, we’re a city of passionate people,...

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath @ LA Spor...13983
Check out my piece on GRAMMY.com. I will also never return to this venue if I can help it.