PUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: FRIDAY NIGHT’S CLUB KICKOFF
Sat, May 24, 2014 Fremont East’s gutters were once again overflowing with punks last night in anticipation of the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. This year’s fest is completely sold...
View ArticlePUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: COCK SPARRER, ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE AND JUDGE ON...
Sun, May 25, 2014 Doors for Punk Rock Bowling’s first full day of activities opened at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and while the festival is in roughly the same space as in 2012 and ’13 (Seventh and Stewart)...
View ArticlePUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: THE ADICTS, DESCENDENTS AND A SURPRISE CLUB CAPPER
Mon, May 26, 2014 I arrived at Punk Rock Bowling’s festival grounds Sunday just in time for the first drums of Masked Intruders to slam. The emerging Madison, Wisconsin-based band is a ton of fun, with...
View ArticlePUNK ROCK BOWLING REPORT: OFF!, AGAINST ME! AND NOFX CLOSE IT OUT
Tue, May 27, 2014 I arrived at the closing day of the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival with Good Riddance’s scream-heavy hardcore filling the stage and an intense heat oppressing the...
View ArticleTHE BEST OF PUNK ROCK BOWLING 2014
Wed, May 28, 2014 Best Performance: Against Me! Taking the stage with an arsenal that included a reshuffled lineup and new album Transgender Dysphoria Blues—maybe the band’s best record to-date—Laura...
View ArticleFIVE THOUGHTS: TOUCHÉ AMORÉ (JULY 3, HARD ROCK LIVE)
Mon, Jul 7, 2014 1. The summer sun still brightly burned Thursday evening when Touché Amoré took the stage at 7:30 p.m. for its all-ages performance. The Hard Rock Live’s fully-windowed, western-facing...
View ArticleTHE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN TURNS THE BACK ALLEY MANIC
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 (5 p.m.) It’s a familiar story: You stop paying attention for one second, and a large woman riding piggyback through the pit punches you in the face. My own fault, really, for...
View ArticleWITH GRACE AND STAMINA, DAWES KICKS OFF THE BUNKHOUSE SERIES AT SAYERS CLUB
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 (5:30 p.m.) Dawes August 8, Sayers Club at SLS. “May all your favorite bands stay together.” It’s a fitting toast from Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith on Saturday night, echoing the...
View ArticleFIVE THOUGHTS: MASKED INTRUDER AND THE FLATLINERS (AUGUST 26, BEAUTY BAR)
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 (6 p.m.) 1. Fat Wreck Chords’ 25th Anniversary Tour didn’t stop in Las Vegas, but we’re lucky enough to land one of the better spillover shows at Beauty Bar, pairing rising Fat bands...
View ArticleCHELSEA WOLFE’S DARK SONGS TRANSPORT A RAPT CROWD DOWNTOWN
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 (4 p.m.) Chelsea Wolfe August 27, Backstage Bar & Billiards. It’s Thursday night, and I’m sweating inside the steaming Backstage Bar & Billiards, surrounded by an anxious,...
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