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Rush - [Photos]

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:39:24 PST

ARTIST: Rush - [Photos]
Tracy Nunnery's photo essay about one of the best-selling bands of all time, Rush.
VENUE: Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, Ca. - 8/9/2010
DATE: 08-11-10
REVIEW BY: Tracy Nunnery
Ranked third for most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Rush brought their legendary live show to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on Monday night. Bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart performed their epic 1981 album Moving [view more]

The Scorpions - [Live]

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:15:58 PST

ARTIST: The Scorpions - [Live]
VENUE: Sleep Train Pavilion - Concord, CA - 8/01/10
DATE: 08-05-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
When the Scorpions announced that the "Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour" was going to be their final tour ever and that they were calling it quits after almost forty years together, it was a no-brainer that I would be there. The band was a huge part of my Heavy Metal Arena Rock Show teenage years (dating back to 1983) and [view more]

Primus - [Live]

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:05:18 PST

ARTIST: Primus - [Live]
with Tom Fun Orchestra
VENUE: Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 27/07/10
DATE: 07-31-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
PHOTO: Aaron McCourt
When Primus announced that they'd be hitting the road this summer for their first full headlining tour in years, fans got excited but they couldn't have known what to expect. The band must have known that, if they were going to hit the road, they'd better bring something special after such a long time away or risk the [view more]

Halford - [Live]

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:29:46 PST

ARTIST: Halford - [Live]
VENUE: Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA. - 7/17/2010
DATE: 07-20-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
There comes a point in one's life when you do what you want to do, and not just what you feel you have to do. I think it's safe to say that Rob Halford has reached that point. After almost forty years as the front man for one of the most influential bands in Heavy Metal history, [view more]

Vans Warped Tour - [Live]

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:23:01 PST

ARTIST: Vans Warped Tour - [Live]
a photo essay featuring Fear, Angry Samoans, The Dickies, The Casualties, The Uptones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Riverboat Gamblers, Alkaline Trio, Andrew WK, The Adolescents, The Voodoo Glow Skulls and GBH
VENUE: Seaside Park - Ventura, CA - 06/27/10
DATE: 07-14-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
It's hard to believe that the Vans Warped Tour is now in it's sixteenth year, but it sure as hell is. At this point, there's actually a tremendous amount of history and no shortage of great band that have crossed the Warped stage but, just when you thought that Kevin Lyman and his cohorts could not possibly come up with [view more]

The Hold Steady - [Live]

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:11:55 PST

ARTIST: The Hold Steady - [Live]
VENUE: Appalachian Brewing Company - Harrisburg, PA, - 04/16/10
DATE: 06-27-10
REVIEW BY: Ollie Mikse
PHOTO: Scott Trojan
The Hold Steady were once voted onto a list of the Top 10 Most Underrated Bands Of All Time by a high-end music magazine that shall remain unnamed. Can you believe that? No, Tom Waits and The Replacements – criminally underrated artists – also made that list, so be certain is wasn’t compiled by philistines by any [view more]

Iron Maiden - [Live]

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:24:19 PST

ARTIST: Iron Maiden - [Live]
VENUE: Sleep Train Pavilion - Concord, CA - 06/20/10
DATE: 06-24-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
Hitting the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in just over two years, the legendary Iron Maiden brought their Final Frontier World Tour to the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord, and proceeded to put on what was without a doubt one of the best shows I have ever witnessed from the band, and, considering that I've seen them live about [view more]

Attack In Black - [Live]

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:27:08 PST

ARTIST: Attack In Black - [Live]
VENUE: North By Northeast/CBC presentation at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, Canada - 06/19/2010
DATE: 06-23-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
PHOTO: Aaron McCourt
As any fan of the band can tell you, Attack In Black can be a complicated group to watch live because, as great a fan as an attendee may be, it's entirely possible for them to play an entire set without anyone knowing a single song. That isn't to say that nothing the band plays is a hit though, only that the songs at the show are [view more]

The Stooges - [Live]

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:21:14 PST

ARTIST: The Stooges - [Live]
with links to both pro- and fan-shot footage from the show!
VENUE: North By Northeast presentation at Yonge-Dundas Square - Toronto, Canada - 06/19/10
DATE: 06-23-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
As hectic as any music festival itinerary can be, there is an unspoken rule among those who go that some spectacles are simply not to be missed. Skipping a show that promises to be a historic event is simply not done because doing so could be compared with an act of poor form not unlike kicking a puppy. Things like that [view more]

Live 105 BFD 2010 - [Live]

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:23:11 PST

ARTIST: Live 105 BFD 2010 - [Live]
Raymond Ahner checks the measure of Middle Class Rut, Violent Soho, The Soft Pack, Veil Veil Vanish and Gaslight Anthem.
VENUE: Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, Ca. - 6/6/2010
DATE: 06-16-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
Although the line-up on the main stage for the 2010 Live 105 BFD was nothing short of stellar with Sublime, Deftones, Hole, Silversun Pickups, and Cage The Elephant all slotted to play, what I was most excited about this year was the chance to see some of the lesser known bands that were playing on the smaller stages. Some of these groups had [view more]

Eagles - [Live]

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:05:02 PST

ARTIST: Eagles - [Live]
show date: 04.30.10
VENUE: HP Pavilion, San Jose
DATE: 06-10-10
REVIEW BY: Tracy Nunnery
PHOTO: Tracy Nunnery
After nearly 40 years, six Grammy awards, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and the distinction of having the best-selling album of the century, the Eagles could have easily been just relaxing on some exotic beach since 1979 or so. Instead, the sixty-something Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Glen Frey and Joe Walsh are playing three-hour [view more]

Armored Saint - [Live]

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:57:03 PST

ARTIST: Armored Saint - [Live]
show date: 5.28.10
VENUE: House Of Blues - Hollywood, Ca.
DATE: 06-10-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
Long-time-running Metal band Armored Saint played a one-off show at the House Of Blues in Hollywood late last month and proved that, although they may all be a little older, they still know how to deliver the goods. Armed with a set list that was as heavy on the classics as it was with songs from their new release, La [view more]

Massive Attack - [Live]

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:10:15 PST

ARTIST: Massive Attack - [Live]
show date: 05.26.10
VENUE: The Warfield, San Francisco
DATE: 06-09-10
REVIEW BY: Tracy Nunnery
PHOTO: Tracy Nunnery
It's been twelve years since the release of Massive Attack's iconic album, the dark and sometimes sinister layers of Mezzanine. And, while we’re counting years, it’s been seven years since the 2003 breakup of the core duo of Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant [view more]

Cannibal Corpse - [Photos]

Fri, 14 May 2010 05:59:27 PST

ARTIST: Cannibal Corpse - [Photos]
with 1349, Skeletonwitch and Lecherous Nocturne
VENUE: Slim\\\'s - San Francisco - May 5, 2010
DATE: 05-14-10
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
Having hit the road earlier this year in support of their latest slab of death metal epic-ness, Evisceration Plague, Cannibal Corpse grinded into San Francisco last week and, along with 1349, Skeletonwitch, and Lecherous Nocturne, turned Slim's into a sold out, beer-soaked, metal-infused sweat box. Evidence is [view more]

The xx

Wed, 12 May 2010 19:18:11 PST

ARTIST: The xx
show date: 04.16.10
VENUE: The Fox Theater, Oakland
DATE: 05-12-10
REVIEW BY: Tracy Nunnery
PHOTO: Tracy Nunnery
No fanfare. No fake attempts to elicit enthusiasm from the audience. At Oakland’s Fox Theater, London’s The xx emerged quietly and began to make their presence known with a rich, swirling statement of music. Sounding just as they do on their eponymous debut album, the black-clad trio of Oliver Sim on bass and vocals, Romy [view more]

My Brightest Diamond - [Live]

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:08:06 PST

ARTIST: My Brightest Diamond - [Live]
show date 1.22.01
VENUE: The Bowery Ballroom
DATE: 02-02-10
REVIEW BY: Steven Carey
PHOTO: Ryan Kobane
I saw My Brightest Diamond a year ago in the Hotel Café with a crowd of about fifty people, which turned out to be a very nice and decidedly indie-urban-outfitters-flannel-shirt-wearing kind of night. This was kind of the same thing except with more like seven hundred people dressed like that.
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Kurt Vile - [Live]

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:34:53 PST

ARTIST: Kurt Vile - [Live]
VENUE: Johnny Brenda\'s, Philadelphia, PA 01/08/10
DATE: 01-26-10
REVIEW BY: Ollie Mikse
PHOTO: Vladimir Lukic
Ever seen an opening band almost sacrifice the headliner? On a seasonably (and completely expected) cold and windy Friday night in Philadelphia, my friends and I are on the top floor of Johnny Brenda’s thinking just that.

We were there to see Kurt Vile, and it just so happened that we showed up early [view more]

Metallica - [Live]

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:37:06 PST

ARTIST: Metallica - [Live]
show date 12.12.09
VENUE: HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
DATE: 01-06-10
REVIEW BY: Tracy Nunnery
PHOTO: Tracy Nunnery
There’s something pretty special about seeing a band just as they approach their peak. You know, at a time before they become too refined and still have a little roughness. For Metallica, that time was when I saw them in 1986 on tour with Ozzy Osbourne, supporting the insanely good Master of Puppets album. [view more]

Pixies - [Live]

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:55:21 PST

ARTIST: Pixies - [Live]
show date 11.05.09
VENUE: The Palladium, Los Angeles
DATE: 11-16-09
REVIEW BY: Tatiana Simonian
PHOTO: Kristin Burns
While almost everyone on the planet was able to catch the Pixies reunion on their “The Pixies Sell Out” tour, some of us (cough, me) weren’t able to. So, imagine my surprise when one of my favorite bands on the planet not only launched another tour, but a tour playing the entirety of [view more]

The Avett Brothers - [Live]

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:40:19 PST

ARTIST: The Avett Brothers - [Live]
VENUE: 10/16/09 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
DATE: 11-11-09
REVIEW BY: Ollie Mikse
PHOTO: Emily Yoder
Ever since I heard them, The Avett Brothers have held a special place in my heart. They’re one of those bands that came at the right time and delivered the right content. And as anyone who has heard their album, Emotionalism, will tell you, the Avetts have the ability to move you, even when [view more]