The No Longer Teen Teenage Bottlerocket
I don’t want to get hung up on age, but with a band named Teenage Bottlerocket no longer clearly teenagers, it was bound to come up, was it not?
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Raw Travel Visits Ukraine in Wartime
Dear Aaaron Lewis & Staind – Listen to this
Ixnay on the Heyday – Offspring in NYC
The Offspring are no longer in their heyday, but you wouldn’t know it by the crowd at Pier 17 in NYC On Tuesday. Maybe it was the beautiful May weather, the gorgeous sunset, or just a bunch of 90s nostalgia. However, fans young and old (myself included in the latter) filed onto the rooftop venue to hear hit after […]
The Linda Lindas and Jawbreaker In NYC
I recently bought last-minute tickets to the third evening of Jawbreaker’s three-night residency at Irving Plaza, celebrating their 25th anniversary. I arrived kind of late and, to my surprise, The Linda Lindas, the teen, Asian-American, an all-female punk band from Los Angeles that took the world by storm during the darkest days of the pandemic with a […]
Anti-Flag’s Triumphant Return to NYC!
Ignorance… you’re on notice, we’re coming for your ass.
Weird Vibes from Across the Pond
The current iteration of the Vibrators came across the pond from merry old England to play Bowery Electric last weekend and I made it out. It was an uncharacteristically good weekend for punk rock in NYC this one particular weekend with Fear playing Gramercy Theatre the night before (Friday) and Leggs McNeil lecturing the following Sunday […]
Los Suziox Rocks Medellin Colombia’s “El Sub” at 15th Anniversary Show
I recently revisited Medellin, Colombia after an almost 8-year absence (yeah, I’ve been a bit busy). Having once semi-lived in Medellin, I know the city pretty well, thanks largely in part to my punk rock amigos and particularly to Andres O’Campo, lead singer of the now legendary punk band Los Suziox. I’d seen Andres a […]
A Little Ditty About Musical Memories
I remember my 1st concert like it was yesterday. Well, ok not quiet, but I do remember parts of it quiet clearly. It was sometime in the early to mid 80s I think, when a little known musician named John Cougar was opening for the legendary sister rockers Heart. At the time, John Cougar was […]
Say Hello to Community Records in NOLA
New Orleans, Louisiana – Now that place has some musical heritage, of that, there is little doubt. Finally, we’re heading there in December to give you the low down on the underground music scene there. One group of folks we’ll be sure hooking up with is Community Records, a cool concept for a record label […]
Dorados Rockabilly Trio On Tour
GOOD NEWS! Our pals the Dorados Rockabilly Trio is going on tour.
Guatemala Punk.. In the Spotlight
It was August of 2009 and I was going through a serious life change. I had sold the company I had started from scratch 8 years earlier, “American Latino Syndication” and after producing over 300 episodes and nearly killing myself in the process, I was no longer beholden to schedule that meant managing almost 30 […]
Moscow’s (and LA’s) “Degrees of Freedom”
HOLLYWOOD: The big Orgy concert at Whiskey A Go Go was scheduled for Monday night. I had to fly out Tuesday morning at some ungodly hour. What to do? Go see my boys (AKA and formerly “The Russian Interns”) open up for them and then go home. Tickets were $20 and I’d only get to […]
Great Article on the Record Biz.. Some new punk pics
Yeah, I’m swamped but that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking of you. I just don’t feel like writing after 12 hours days and traveling like crazy. In fact, I can’t even sleep, much less write. But I can read and look at pics (it helps me sleep), so if you’re suffering from insomnia like me […]
Upcoming Concerts in Los Angeles
I’m in Denver (cool) en route to Chicago (cold) en route to Miami (hot) on the “no sleep” express which is to say Southwest airlines at god awful early flights in foreign time zones that is zapping my energy and yes, my will to live. Thank God for coffee. Assuming I survive this 15-20 city […]
Need Your Help… Vote for Dorados as MTV’s Favorite Artist of the Week
We know why people do voting contest right? It’ drives mad traffic for their website. And we act like monkeys and respond by voting, and asking our friends to vote, etc., etc. Yet it’s not every day one of our artists gets a chance to be MTV’s favorite artist of the week, so I’m going […]
Crowd Goes Bananas Over Hungarian Band Gorilla – Exclusive Interview
I know, I know… Sorry for the headline, couldn’t help myself. Gorilla has been around for about 20 or so years and was credited by many with being the first psychobilly band in all of Hungary. I was able to catch up with them after their big Killing Billy psychobilly show last month while we […]
Polecats Perform “What Do I Get” @ VLV Car Show
If you know rockabilly, you probably know about The Polecats, a damned near legendary British rockabilly band that’s been doing it since, get this, 1977! They were the final act at the recent Viva Las Vegas Car Show Stage last Saturday and it was cool to see some living legends do their thing live […]
Atomic Drifters Rock Viva Las Vegas
Here is a little video clip from the Atomic Drifters (Denver) Performing at Viva Las Vegas.. Enjoy!
Youth Brigade in LA
Our good buddies Youth Brigade are coming to Los Angeles! Oh wait, they live here. OK, our good buddies, Youth Brigade are playing in LA! Ok, they are not our good buddies, we met the lead brother, Shawn Stern once in NYC but hey, he was cool and he seemed to like us. He really […]
Goldenvoice 30th Year Anniversery Show Featuring Social Distortion
Needless to say I was stoked (how is that for some so-cal vocabulary?) to be shooting my favorite band of all time up close and personal. My flash was malfunctioning but I still managed to get some decent pics as Ness and Co. came out and immediately kicked it old school with “Atom Bomb”.