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A Pairing That Means Caring with Chuck Mosley & Friends, Coffin Boy Crow, Faith No More

By On August 20, 2016 · In Great American Music Hall, Metal, Show Reviews

Chuck Mosley & Friends, Faith No More, Coffin Boy Crow
August 18, 2016
The Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA

A Pairing That Means Caring

By Sean Sanford

A couple weeks ago a dear friend, who works at The Great […]

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For Whom the Cove Tolls! with Metallica and Cage the Elephant

By On February 8, 2016 · In AT&T Park, Metal

Metallica, Cage the Elephant
February 6, 2016
AT&T Park
San Francisco, CA

For Whom the Cove Tolls!

The Super Bowl’s coming. Did you hear? Well, the actual Bowl or whathaveyou is down where techies tread but since San Francisco still claims ownership of…goddamnit […]

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All That Pins Business with Big Business, Pins of Light and Worship

By On July 4, 2015 · In Bottom of the Hill, Metal, Rock and Roll, Show Reviews

Big Business, Pins of Light, Worship
July 3, 2015
Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, CA

All That Pins Business

By Sean Sanford

Candice and I hold Pins of Light very close to our hearts. The band that is. We were […]

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The Rite To Remain Violent with Ancient Rites, Cloak and Agata

By On December 12, 2014 · In Metal, Show Reviews, Skateboarding, The Knockout

Ancient Rites, Cloak, Agata
December 9, 2014
The Knockout
San Francisco, CA

The Rite To Remain Violent

Twas the week of Candice’s birthday. Okay, so it turns out that birthdays can be tiresome when you have a shitload of friends who love you. […]

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The Tracks of My Beers with Pins of Light and Wild Eyes

By On September 5, 2014 · In Metal, Show Reviews, Skateboarding, The Hemlock, Uncategorized

Pins of Light, Wild Eyes
August 26, 2014
The Hemlock
San Francisco, CA

The Tracks of My Beers

         San Francisco is experiencing a sort of mass exodus. I feel like every day I hear of somebody awesome moving to Oakland or Los […]

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Sword-of Tragic…But Not Really. Starring The Sword, Big Business and O’ Brother

By On March 29, 2014 · In Metal, Show Reviews, Slim's

The Sword, Big Business, O’ Brother
March 20, 2014
Slim’s
San Francisco, CA

Sword-of Tragic…But Not Really 

            The night was ripe with the fruits of potential. Two of our favorite bands were sharing a bill at the illustrious Slim’s Rock-N-Roll Dance Hall. […]

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Record Store Field Trips Episode 1

By On March 23, 2014 · In Indie Rock, Metal, Punk Rock, Rants, Record Store Field Trips

Here’s a new segment I’m gonna start called Record Store Field Trips. Despite constant jeering from various life cohorts, I still have yet to subscribe to the whole downloading ways of life when it comes to music. Or anything else. Yes, I still get all fluttery when I decide to go to the […]

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Russian To See Some Good Music With Russian Circles, Helms Alee and KEN Mode

By On March 21, 2014 · In Great American Music Hall, Metal, Show Reviews

Russian Circles, Helms Alee, KEN Mode
March 7, 2014
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA

Russian to See Some Good Music

Guess what: you know who’s a bundle of agro crimson fist-stomping in every mosh pit he goes to? Pounding and pounded […]

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Pentagrammatically Correct: Featuring Odd Salon, Pentagram and Radio Moscow

By On March 13, 2014 · In DNA Lounge, Metal, Show Reviews

Pentagrammatically Correct: Featuring Odd Salon, Pentagram and Radio Moscow
February 25,2014
DNA Lounge
San Francisco, Ca

Pentagrammatically Correct

I am a failure at computers. It’s true. I don’t even know what the diarrhea I’m doing right now. Does ignorance necessarily establish failure? Or is it more like, […]

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Fangs Running Red! Red Fang, Indian Handcrafts and The Shrine

By On January 15, 2014 · In Metal, Show Reviews, Skateboarding, Slim's, Thee Parkside

Red Fang, The Shrine, Indian Handcrafts
November 30,2013
Slim’s
San Francisco, Ca

Fangs Running Red! There should be metal programs in school. I feel that today, some metal bands are the equivalent of classical piano ticklers from the days when dudes wore crimped wigs. I suspect that the ways in […]

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