Check out my photos of The 2012 Smiths and Morrissey Convention at the Avalon over at Stereogum.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Los Angeles Sports Arena
Check out my photos of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Los Angeles Sports Arena over at OC Weekly.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Refused and The Hives at the Warfield
Refused
The Hives
The deluge of awesome concerts surrounding Coachella was immense. Luckily, I sent avid music fan and photographer Todd Nakamine up to San Francisco to capture the destruction of Refused and The Hives at the Warfield. Refused simply destroyed the Warfield and will likely repeat the feat at Coachella.
Refused Setlist at the Warfield (04/18/12)
01 Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
02 The Refused Party Program
03 Liberation Frequency
04 Rather Be Dead
05 Coup d'etat
06 Summerholidays vs Punkroutine
07 The Deadly Rhythm
08 Hook, Line and Sinker
09 Everlasting
10 Refused Are Fucking Dead
11 The Slayer
12 The Shape of Punk to Come
13 New Noise
14 Tannhauser/Derive
The Hives
The deluge of awesome concerts surrounding Coachella was immense. Luckily, I sent avid music fan and photographer Todd Nakamine up to San Francisco to capture the destruction of Refused and The Hives at the Warfield. Refused simply destroyed the Warfield and will likely repeat the feat at Coachella.
Refused Setlist at the Warfield (04/18/12)
01 Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
02 The Refused Party Program
03 Liberation Frequency
04 Rather Be Dead
05 Coup d'etat
06 Summerholidays vs Punkroutine
07 The Deadly Rhythm
08 Hook, Line and Sinker
09 Everlasting
10 Refused Are Fucking Dead
11 The Slayer
12 The Shape of Punk to Come
13 New Noise
14 Tannhauser/Derive
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Naked and Famous Vinyl Giveaway
The Naked and Famous rocked KROQ Acoustic Christmas Night 2 above back in December and recently kicked off a round of dates below. To celebrate these tour dates, I am giving away a sweet vinyl picture disc below. Email your name and favorite song from the band to amchemistcontest(at)gmail.com to enter to win. The contest closes on April 24th.
North American tour dates:
Apr 10 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
Apr 12 - Gargoyle Club - St. Louis, MO
Apr 13 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
Apr 14 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
Apr 15 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
Apr 17 - Midland by AMC - Kansas City, MO
Apr 18 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
Apr 19 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 21 - Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
Apr 23 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
Apr 24 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
Apr 25 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Apr 26 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Friday, April 06, 2012
Sleigh Bells at the Fox Theater In Pomona
Check out my photo slide show of Sleigh Bells at the Fox Theater in Pomona over at OC Weekly.
My review is also at OC Weekly.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Crosses at the Satellite
Back in January, I was fortunate enough to catch the debut of Crosses at the Glass House. Crosses is a collaboration between Chino Moreno of the Deftones, Shaun Lopez of Far and Chuck Doom. They have released two EPs of material that incorporate dark synthesizers, haunting guitar melodies and sinewy bass grooves. The Satellite was a packed house for their warm up show prior to their dates out in Chile for Lollapalooza.
After shooting White Rabbits at the El Rey Theater, I barely squeezed into the Satellite as the opening chords of "†hholyghs†" started to reverberate inside the club. The slow build up of the song which melts into a huge chorus with ringing power chords makes it one of my favorite songs and starts off the set with a sharp intensity.
While Crosses receives a lot of attention due to Moreno being in the band, it is hard to discount the other members of the band. Chuck Doom is fantastic on the bass hammering out the blistering notes of "†his Is A †rick". The crowd was going crazy the whole time reaching over the stage to touch Chino or holding up their phones to record the proceedings.
The slow tempo of "Bermuda Locke†" was hypnotic with its interjected synthesizer swells and pulsating drums floating beneath Moreno's vocals. Shaun Lopez was a busy man for "Fron†ier" working behind his laptop, lap steel guitar, keyboards and guitars adding different shades of sound to the dense mix.
Chuck Doom once again shined on the bass during "†Elepa†hy" that had everyone's head bobbing along to the twisted beat. "Prurien†" was a slick mix of electronic drums meshing with catchy samples. Synthesizers and quiet guitar harmonics dominated during "1987" as the dueling drummers of Crosses found a moment to catch their breath.
"Op†ion" builds slowly with chugging metallic guitars before exploding into a dreamy chorus. Crosses have a solid grasp of song dynamics and each song is well sculpted. Crosses definitely seemed more rehearsed and stronger live compared to their debut show. Showing their appreciation for '80s synthesizer music, they deftly covered "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus.
Crosses closed out the show with "The Years" which is featured on the Batman: Arkham City Soundtrack. It was a fitting closer as Moreno would wave to the crowd while singing the lyrics "as the years go bye". The folks in Chile better be prepared for a set of explosive performances by Crosses. I hope they tour again soon.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
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