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The Black Keys
Live Review: Outside Lands (Day 1) - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:10:01
Even in its inaugural year, San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival had some very lofty expectations to fulfill. The city once served as the hub for a counter-culture that fueled the Monterey Pop Festival, and now, over thirty years later, Outside Lands marks the return of modern festivals to their spiritual provenance. Even under the veil of fog ...more
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Mötley Crüe
Live Review: Crüe Fest - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:32:48
With OZZfest immobilized by Rockstar Enegy's Mayhem Fest this summer, CrüeFest filled "the summer tour with 'fest' in its name" gap for all those OZZfest fans! New Jersey gets a lot of guff from the media and non-Jerseysites for being stuck languishing in the '80s, when Mötely Crüe, hair metal and Aqua Net reigned supreme, and cock rock's glitz and ...more
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Staind
Live Review: Staind - Hard Rock Cafe, New York
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:34:48
On the eve of the release of their breakthrough smash album Break the Cycle, Staind played an intimate acoustic set for MTV in the network's studios on Broadway in New York City. It was 2 AM and pouring rain in addition to being this writer's birthday. The band's likeably maudlin songs lent themselves to a smooth translation in the unplugged realm ...more
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Gym Class Heroes
Live Review: Warped Tour 2008 - Home Depot Center, Carson
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:29:17
"Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town," screamed Corey Brandan, Norma Jean's brutally ballistic frontman, during "A Grand Scene for A Color Film." There's probably nothing more punk rock than that statement, especially since it came from a metal singer. Norma Jean gave one of the most raw, violent and utterly alive performances of the ...more
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Benji Hughes
Live Review: Benji Hughes - El Cid, Silverlake
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:29:00
Los Angeles loves irony. It's especially appreciated by the uber-cool-sarcastic-hipster set that lives slightly on the fringes of Hollywood's glitzy, social veneer. Yes, Silverlake, Echo Park and Los Feliz, that's you being referenced. In some ways, it's no surprise that Benji Hughes, a long-haired, burly, bushy-bearded rock crooner from North ...more
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DevilDriver
Live Review: OZZfest 2008 by DevilDriver's Dez Fafara
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:45:17
Since he was playing that day, we asked our good friend DevilDriver vocalist Dez to send in a review of OZZfest 2008. One thing the ever-humble singer did neglect to mention was that his band simply slayed the sold out crowd with cuts from their latest offering The Last Kind Words. It was a bone-breaking, beer-drinking good time in Dallas! Check ...more
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Boredoms
Live Review: 88 Boadrum - La Brea Tar Pits - Los Angeles, CA
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:02:20
It all began with the sound of a waterfall. Or maybe it was a tidal wave, as the rushing swell of cymbals rose up from the spiral of 88 drummers congregated at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. Oscar Wilde may have said “Life imitates art more than art imitates life,” but at the Los Angeles installment of 88 Boadrum, art, life and music merged into a ...more
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Linkin Park
Live Review: The Projekt Revolution Tour - Verizon Amphitheatre, Irvine
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:12:29
In many ways, Knoxville's 10 Years were the "perfect band" for this year's installment of Linkin Park's annual road show, the Projekt Revolution Tour. During their phenomenal mid-afternoon set, the quintet blended a modern hard rock sensibility with classic grunge emotion. Given the show's headlining combination of Chris Cornell and Linkin Park, ...more
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Cavalera Conspiracy
Live Review: Cavalera Conspiracy - House of Blues, West Hollywood
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:55:14
Cavalera Conspiracy kicked Los Angeles square in the teeth with a 90-minute onslaught of cuts from their debut Inflikted and Sepultura classics. Forget about last week's earthquake, because the real fissure came during the first chords of the band's set at the West Hollywood House of Blues. It can't be easy to live up to a legend, especially one as ...more
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Nine Inch Nails
Live Review: Nine Inch Nails - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:21:00
It's official. A Nine Inch Nails performance can no longer be described as a dangerous situation. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, and it certainly doesn't mean they have lost their touch live. If anything, fans may be witnessing a turning of the page when attending any of the Lights In The Sky Over North America dates. If 2005 marked a ...more
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