(RB Contributor Tracy Smith) Liverpool natives The Wombats played a highly anticipated show for a very fired up LA crowd on a bewitching Tuesday night. This show was especially meaningful to long time Wombat fans after the release of their latest album Glitterbug. Members Matthew Murphy, Daniel Haggis, and Tord Read more…
With the sun rising over a vast desert expanse, blissed-out folks swaying before an enormous soundsystem and Thugfucker playing atop the Robot Heart bus, at 5am Further Future felt almost like Burning Man. Inspired by black rock city, the debut festival couldn’t be more different from mass dance events like Electric Read more…
(RB Contributor Carolyn Vallejo) Yellowcard knows that a generous portion of the crowd that sold out last weekend’s show at the Santa Ana Observatory were probably there last minute after reading on Twitter somewhere that “that Ocean Avenue” band would be coming through town. They also know that much Read more…
A night of heavy metal at its finest! Legendary Sebastian Bach, former frontman of Skid Row performed a very intimate show at the historic Saban Theatre located in the heart of Beverly Hills, CA. Hardcore loyal fans of Bach’s eagerly gathered making it a packed house to celebrate this night Read more…
Swans shows aren’t like other shows. This was made obvious when the veteran art-rockers started out their set with four minutes of nothing but solid, solitary gong work. This proved to be one of the few quiet moments in a Tuesday night set that fiercely and furiously pulsed and pounded for two-and-a-half hours Read more…
The greatest part of South by Southwest is the unknown. All 2,000 bands play the streets, bars and churches of Austin, TX trying to impress and earn the title of “greatest discovery of South by Southwest.” Every year at SxSw singers and bands go from anonymity to the talk of Read more…
The tagline was a stop-in-your-tracks event to even the most experienced of trance enthusiasts: Markus Schulz Open-to-Close set at Ruby Skye in San Francisco. So much so that we sent a crew from all over the state to cover the event. Boarding a flight from Los Angeles at 1pm on Read more…
Guest Review by Derek Obregon Noel Gallagher is one of the most recognized voices from the ’90s, and his countless hits with Oasis have firmly entrenched his rock god status. Despite our tepid review of his last album, it’s good to see Gallagher continue to pump out high-quality rock and roll with Read more…