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    • Deftones

      Live Review: Deftones — The Ventura Theater, Ventura, CA

      Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:10:16

      Deftones still dream like no one else. The ethers of each song are as infectiously intoxicating as ever live—if not more so. On Friday night at The Ventura Theater, they carefully lulled the sold out crowd into a trance only to violently shake them back to reality, sometimes all within the landscape of the same song. Their live set could very well ...more

    • Local Natives

      Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Review: Day 3

      Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:17:07

      Sunday - the most highly anticipated day of 2010’s Pitchfork Music Festival. SUNDAY! There were at least 3 reasons to be psyched for Sunday: 1. Beach House was playing. 2. St. Vincent was playing. 3. Local Natives was playing. …too many amazing sets lined up... Best Coast, premiering their new drummer, Ali Koehler (previously of Vivian Girls, who ...more

    • Delorean

      Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Review: Day 2

      Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:02:18

      I had a lot of hope for Day 2. Well, to be more accurate, I had a lot of blind faith in Day 2. After the soul-crushing blow from Day 1, I should have been defeated, unwilling to give Pitchfork another chance. Yet, for some reason, I knew Saturday would be better – to be fair, it probably had a lot to do with my love for Sonny & the Sunsets. So I ...more

    • The Tallest Man on Earth

      Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Review: Day 1

      Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:43

      To me, a music festival is less about its headliners and more about the acts that fill the day. And this is even truer of the Pitchfork Music Festival. Pitchfork, an online music publication, is known for its snarky, overly verbose indie and alternative rock reviews. Using their site reviews as a platform, they specialize in booking some of the ...more

    • Tool

      Live Review: Tool — Nokia Theater, Downtown Los Angeles

      Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:01:02

      Tool are so good they're evil. In fact, it's probably illegal to be as mind-blowing as they are because no other band is even comparable these days. There's also no amount of flowery rhetoric that could adequately capture just how transcendent Tool's show at the Nokia Theater was last night. Tool proved primal, poignant, poetic and, as always, ...more

    • Korn

      Live Review: Korn and Rob Zombie — San Bernardino, CA

      Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:56:14

      The Korn and Rob Zombie headlined Rockstar Mayhem Festival could've been a monster movie. Korn's like the realistic, heady psychological thriller a la Se7en or Silence of the Lambs, while Rob Zombie's show is Frankenstein, Two Lane Blacktop and House of 1000 Corpses all rolled into one unforgettable demon freak nightmare. Make no mistake about it; ...more

    • Jane's Addiction

      Live Review: Jane's Addiction — The Roxy, West Hollywood

      Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:26:35

      There's a certain musical mysticism to the magic that is Jane's Addiction. It's that same spirit that coursed through Led Zeppelin and David Bowie during their best recordings and performances. It's that ability to lavish hard-hitting riffs and lyrics with a sly sensitivity and sense of humor. It's that spirit which maintains Jane's Addiction's ...more