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What is more holiday-metal than Santa Claus showing up to the local gig? Santa Claus coming up and proceeding to lay this metal vocalist out flat, that’s what. A local Sacramento show with Smack’d Up proved to be more entertaining than your average gig. After saying some questionable words about the city on their Dec. 8 […]

An overly excited fan may have gone a bit too far at Morrissey‘s show last night in San Diego. During his song “Every Day Is Like Sunday,” the fan stormed the stage and ran forcefully into the Smiths frontman. Read more: Aerosmith guitarist hospitalized, collapses after performance—UPDATED According to Pitchfork, Morrissey’s concert ceased after a fan […]

There’s always something to be frustrated about—a boss who just won’t leave you alone, a computer that refuses to connect to Wi-Fi, a Nazi who just won’t shut up. Far too often, the ability to change these things lies outside of our control, leaving us with no option but to scream. When screaming loses its […]

Punch They Don’t Have To Believe They Don't Have To Believe is the best tightly wound ball of rage and righteous indignation Bay Area hardcore act Punch have produced yet, following two searingly intense full-lengths and a 2011 EP that raised the stakes on the band's catch-all approach to the style. After meshing together youth […]

Loma Prieta I.V. Loma Prieta share members with other Bay Area hardcore mainstays such as Punch and Beau Navire, and much like those bands they’re pushing the boundaries of what hardcore can truly be (read: it can be much more than a few lines of tough-guy bullshit surrounded by aimless breakdowns). On I.V., the group […]