Sleep Now Sivylla
The Murderer Of Humanity by Sleep Now Sivylla (Self-released EP) One of the most explosive spiritual-based hardcore bands on the scene today, the real mystery here is why record labels cannot wake up and sign Sleep Now Sivylla. Describing their music as “heavy melodic gospel,” the band has been in... more
04/27/12 by ken
Filed under Bands, CD Reviews, Hardcore, Music, Reviews, Sleep Now Sivylla
This World Is Ours Tour, House of Blues – Sunset Strip, April 21, 2012
THIS WORLD IS OURS TOUR with ESCAPE THE FATE, ATTACK ATTACK!, THE WORD ALIVE, MEST, and SECRETS, House Of Blues – Sunset Strip, April 21, 2012 This World Is Ours Tour made its way to the Southland, with a stop at the House Of Blues on the world famous Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Escape The... more
04/25/12 by ken
Filed under Attack Attack!, Bands, Escape The Fate, Mest, Reviews, Secrets, Show Reviews, The Word Alive
Adaliah at the Cobalt Café
Adaliah, Cobalt Café, April 20, 2012 It was the infamous evening of 420 at the Cobalt Café within the wilds of Canoga Park, CA, and tonight the Mediaskare roster of bands would take over the venue with an all-out vengeance. Included on The Young Bloods Tour were Bermuda, Float Face Down, a revamped... more
At The Skylines
The Secrets To Life by At The Skylines (Roadrunner Records) Roadrunner Records is the home to such metal heavyweights as Megadeth, Opeth, and Trivium – and recently added into the lethal mixture of talent is the metalcore band At The Skylines. Hailing for the OC music scene, At The Skylines traveled... more
04/21/12 by ken
Filed under At The Skylines, Bands, CD Reviews, Hardcore, Music, Reviews
For The Foxes
The Revolution by For The Foxes (Hopeless Records) From signing with Hopeless Records to an actual release of an EP, it took awhile before we heard anything substantial from For The Foxes. A compilation track here and a single there, just to give the listener a preview of perhaps what would be in store... more
04/20/12 by ken
Filed under Bands, CD Reviews, For The Foxes, Music, Pop, Reviews
Swervedriver at The Key Club
SWERVEDRIVER LIVE at The Key Club, West Hollywood, CA, April 7, 2012 Along with many fans from across the United States, I had been talking up the Swervedriver tour on Facebook and Myspace. Just three days prior to the last date on their tour, it was announced that the Key Club show set times would... more
04/18/12 by bret
Filed under Bands, Reviews, Show Reviews, Swervedriver
Cock And Swan
Stash by Cock and Swan (Lost Tribe Sound) One encounter with the sweet reveries of Cock and Swan, and the listener is surely in for the most wondrously chill-out album of 2012 and beyond. Consisting of Johnny Goss and Ola Hungerford, Cock and Swan presents breathtaking compositions filled with intrigue... more
04/17/12 by ken
Filed under Ambient, Bands, CD Reviews, Cock And Swan, Music, Reviews
James at The El Rey Theater
JAMES, El Rey Theater, April 12, 2012 James is back on a jaunt through The West Coast from Canada though Mexico and onto Brazil. They are currently touring for their current album The Morning After The Night Before. The show started with the crowd favorite Lost Control done acoustic with a guitar, a... more
04/16/12 by jonathan
Filed under Bands, James, Reviews, Show Reviews
Ministry
Relapse by Ministry (AFM / 13th Planet Records) Bands call it quits and a few years later return. This happens all the time. Whether it is because of the money offered for live shows, contracts with labels the band just can’t get out of or even just reigniting that spark and camaraderie that... more
Moonbell
Moonbell by Moonbell (Loglady Records / Deep Space Recordings) Moonbell is a San Francisco trio that excels at a hazy, trippy style of droning and fuzzed out bass guitar, glacially slow vocals and guitars that shimmer and echo around mid-tempo percussion. A couple of musical touchstones are Ride’s... more
