Concerts 

It Gets Worse, But Not This Night!

Tonight was one of those nights where the magic of social media helps you discover a band somewhere else in the country, and when they finally come to your home city you make sure to go see them play. It Gets Worse is that band for me on this Tuesday night. They originally followed me over a year ago on Instagram, and I looked into who they were and some of their music to end up following back. The night started locally with the guys in Mr. Incommunicado. The first…

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Spoken Word With a Punk Legend

When the name Henry Rollins is brought up, most people will immediately think of Black Flag. While the legendary punk group is among his long history of talents and bands, he has branched out into the fields of writing, speaking, and acting. Some of my favorite Henry Rollins acting roles include lending his voice to comic animated roles in Batman and Green Lantern, but in addition starring in the film “He Never Dies.” He has retired from music, but he tours the world with his spoken word. Henry Rollins spoken…

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Young Punks On the Rise

Here is a show making amends for not seeing Doll Skin sooner, despite all the good rumblings I’ve heard all year about this group of young punks. Following their Instagram you will find some awesome pictures with some big musicians, and, of course, the Fat Mike one drew my attention. They’ve been out touring and making a name for themselves thanks to another famous name, David Ellefson of Megadeth, managing them. If you haven’t heard of them yet, you might start questioning why not at this point too. The show…

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Expanding On Rockabilly With Tim Polecat

It is a known fact that I love my Punk and Ska at the front most, but I am a lover of many music genres from the Nerdcore to the Folk. My knowledgebase of other genres are where I falter more than that of the first two mentioned above. This is a night that I got to expand on my Rockabilly knowledge, while seeing one of the bigger legends of the genre in Tim Polecat from, well, the Polecats! This night started off with a brand new band by their…

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