The promise of good tunes and pulled pork was enough for me to relent on my cardinal rule, that any show with more than 6 bands, or less than 30, is doing it wrong. ...
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Stripped Down Session: Toxic Kid
Toxic Kid sound like they grew up spending fall at Rock 'n' Roll High School and summer at Rockaway Beach, and that's alright with me. ...
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Review: Audacity ‘Hyper Vessels’ (2016)
Right off the bat, 'Hyper Vessels'’ opener “Counting the Days,” reacquaints you with the brilliantly messy and ever-urgent pace of the band’s sound. ...
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Review: Pears ‘Green Star’ (2016)
'Green Star' sounds like an unintentional hardcore opera, with several songs leading into one another, as heard with openers “Hinged by Spine” and the artfully named “Cumshots,” which showcases exactly how epicly the band can shred. ...
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Images: The Front Bottoms, Brick + Mortar, Diet Cig April 23, 2016 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
You know a show is going to be good when the pre-show playlist is made up of Matt Skiba, Mariah Carey, Brand New and The Replacements. And that's a fact. An actual, indisputable fact. Because only a band with complete confidence in their skills has the courage to come out after the greats. ...
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