Month: October 2007
Modest Mouse/Rilo Kiley Show Review
When I left work to drive to this show, I had mixed feelings. I was stoked to be going to the show courtesy of my SLUG Mag credentials, but the fact that it was an arena show “de-stoked” me a great deal, yet I did my best to stay positive. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those “Modest Mouse sold out!” kinds of people; in fact, almost the opposite. I’m stoked they have a few radio songs here and there-good for them! … read more
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Show Review
While some bands are content to play the exact same set night after night, I’ve always been partial to bands that switch things around every night. So when someone in the crowd shouts out a request and BRMC guitarist/vocalist Peter Hayes responds with “We played that one last time we were here. … read more
Subhumans Show Review
As I walked into Club Sound, a sigh of relief washed over me as I realized that I hadn’t been arrested yet. It’s not that I find myself getting arrested on a regular basis, nor do I have a warrant on my head, but the last time I was assigned to review a show, I found myself in handcuffs 20 minutes before the doors opened. … read more
Two Gallants Show Review
I first became aware of Two Gallants because I was blessed enough to have their last album, What The Toll Tells, put in my box for a review right before it was released. … read more
Viva La Bands Preview
You know him from Jackass and his other MTV show Viva La Bam, now Bam Margera is attempting to make his mark in the music world. His show always harbored his love for music, mainly metal, be it his unflinching love for H.I.M. or the episodes of his show that included Slayer playing a party at his house… … read more
The Truth behind Mormon Psychedelia: an interview with David Zandonatti
This summer marked the fortieth anniversary of the Monterey International Pop Festival—the multi-day music event that launched the harder side of the psychedelic rock movement, and ushered in the Summer of Love. As people found a voice that embraced added social, sexual and political freedom, they also began to see value in music that could
Review: Freemasonry Revealed
Freemasonry Revealed The Secret History of the Freemasons Koch Entertainment Street: 09.11 The secretive nature of Masonry, the ties it has in the Latter Day Saint church’s history and history in general have always enticed a great deal of curiosity in me. When I picked it up, Freemasonry Revealed was still wrapped in its original
Review: Fabio Montale
Fabio Montale Jose Pinheiro Koch Vision Street: 08.14 Based on a trilogy of crime novels that Jean-Claude Izzo wrote in the early 90s, Fabio Montale adapts the story of a compassionate, honest yet stone-cold detective on the brink of retirement as he solves murders and tries to clean up the dingy underworld of Marseille. Alain
Review: Darzamat
Darzamat Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics) Metal Mind Street: 08.28 I had never heard of Darzamat before, the name sounds like some sort of chemical or something. Surprisingly they are actually pretty entertaining, utilizing both male and female vocalists. The show for the DVD was filmed during the Metalmania festival this year and
Review: Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGB 2001 MVD Visual Street: 08.28 I’m not going to pretend to say I know a lot about NYC hardcore, my expertise pretty much runs into the realm of Agnostic Front. I can however say that I own a couple Cro-Mags records and was excited to check out this
Review: Blessed by Fire
Blessed by Fire Tristán Bauer Koch Lorber Films Street: 07.17 Based on the war surrounding the ownership of the Malvinas Islands, Tristán Bauer delivers an amazing film and a truly moving and entertaining war movie experience. Focusing on the sheer brutality the Argentinian soldiers faced during this war, Blessed by Fire switches constantly from the
