Heavy Blazer
Psychedelic Stoner Metal
Psychedelic Stoner Metal
Punk / Blues / Rock
Rock / Psychedelic / Surf
Santa Cruz
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Bloodmoon, Deconstruct, & Silly Creature @ The Blue Lagoon Monday 11/12/12
Monday 11/12/12
Bloodmoon
Black/Doom/Progressive
San Luis Obispo
Silly Creature
Progressive/Instrumental/Metal
Santa Cruz
Hailing from Santa Cruz, California, there exists a progressive, all instrumental band dedicated to euphoric musical formulations. With Nate Fielding on bass, Keyhan Moini on drums, and Michael Rubino on guitar, the trio combines their metal and funk influences, resulting in a renovation of conventional sounds that has led to the conception of the musical genre of cosmic post-metal funk and the creation of a bold new musical force; Silly Creature.
Deconstruct
Metal
Santa Cruz
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Dun Bin Had, Sic Waiting, Utter Failure & The Gutz @ The Blue Lagoon Friday 11/9/12
Friday 11/9/12
Punk Rock
Oceanside
In a story that’s been told and retold time and time again: four friends in Southern California that drink a lot, love to travel and love to play music come together to drink a lot, travel and play music. It would be easy put Sic Waiting in the same category as all the other bands that fit this profile. However in over a decade of making hangovers, pushing records, playing sweaty bar rooms and riding in stinky vans, Sic Waiting has become much more than the standard SoCal punk band you expected.
Citing everything from punk rock to metal to doo-wop to James Taylor as influences, Sic Waiting has a melting pot of knowledge and experience from which they craft finely tuned skate punk and rock songs laden with dynamic melodies, fills and changes reminiscent at times of the punk rock of the late 90’s, yet un-recycled. Their live show is sweaty, loud, drunken and simply put, a damn good time. No one has more fun during a Sic Waiting show than the band themselves.
Touring in support of their previous eps as well as full lengths Your Name In Lights and Anchors Astray has taken Sic Waiting all over the USA. SW has played everything from street corners to clubs to festivals such as Warped Tour, Punk Rock Bowling, LiskFest, Way Out West Fest and Oyster Fest, and has played with icons such as Strung Out, H2O, Ignite, No Use For a Name, the Vandals, A Day to Remember, Against Me!, the Flatliners, A Wilhelm Scream, Death by Stereo and many more. Their national tour in 2011, aptly named the ‘Liver Die Tour,’ hit 32 states in just under 2 months, and those states are still recovering. Here are some tall statements by some charmingly misguided individuals:
"Have you ever felt that you’re in the presence of something big? Like when you listen to a band and say, “This band is going to go places”? I do. I will go on record and say that Sic Waiting is the next big thing in punk. Whoa! That’s a pretty big statement for me to make, right? Well, hear me out…"
- Sergio Pereira, MusicReview (Feb 2011)
"So if you’re looking for something old, something new and something fresh then look no further. “Anchors Astray” has got it all covered. I wish I could be transported back in time once again to add this to my Top 10 list of 2010. Their next record is going to be one of the best of that year, whatever year that may be.”
- Jamie Reinhart, Dying Scene (Feb 2011)
The summer of 2012 has Sic Waiting back in the studio recording their follow up to 2010’s Anchors Astray. It’s slated for an August release and the band, being the gluttons for punishment they are, is planning a fall 2012 10 week national tour to support it. So clean out ya’ ears and stock up ya’ bars, Sic Waiting is coming to town…
Punk Rock
Santa Cruz
We have been rockin since 2004. We have two records out Ill Timed Shananigins, and Booze Train, as well as a hand full of split 7 inchs and one self titled 7 inch. DBH is also no stranger to the road with five US tours as well as many west coast runs under their belts. Currently they are working on a new record as well as planning the next a few split 7inchs. So keep your eyes peeled for some big things coming real soon.
Utter Failure
Punk
San Jose
Krupted Peasant Farmers (KPF) were the lynchpin of the early 90s Southbay (San Jose) punk scene. They played fantastically hook-laden melodic punk that brings to mind Screeching Weasel, Articles of Faith and the great, but unsung German band, Neurotic Arseholes. Despite KPF's pop punk leanings, they band was fiercely political. Their lyrics were sometimes a bit goofy (Skyscrapers are the Erections of Corporations Fucking The Sky from "Society is Puking") but they were sincere in their disdain for capitalism, guns, meat, the military industrial complex, and the raping of the earth, and they wrote absolutely infectious dual-guitar harmonies.
The Gutz
Punk
Santa Cruz
Members of The Crutch/Tater Famine/Fire Whiskey.
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
La Plebe, The Old Firm Casuals, The Forgotten, & Custom Fit @ The Blue Lagoon Saturday 11/3/12
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La Plebe
Punk
San Francisco
...Somos la plebe; pero no la plebe de los faraones, mústia y doliente; ni la plebe de los césares, abyecta y servil; ni la plebe que bate palmas al paso de Porfirio Díaz. Somos la plebe rebelde al yugo; somos la plebe de Espártaco, la plebe con que Münzer proclama la igualdad, la plebe que con Camilo Desmoulíns aplasta la Bastilla, la plebe que con Hidalgo incendía Granaditas, somos la plebe que con Juárez sostiene la reforma. Somos la plebe que despierta en medio de la francachela de los hartos y arroja a los cuatro vientos como un trueno esta frase inolvidable: "¡Todos tenemos derecho a ser libres y felices!"
--Texto extraido del libro "La Revolución Mexicana", página 12, Ricardo Flores Magón. Julio de 1907.
***
We try to be a hard working independent band...
We play different places...
Please see our "Events" Section...
AND please come to a show...
Somos una banda independiente...
Tocamos seguido...
Por favor visiten nuestra sección de "Eventos"
Y Nos vemos en los toquines...
MUCHAS Gracias!!! Blagodarya!!! Mutzumesk!!! Hvala!!! Fala!!! Merci!!! WE Thank you!!!
Salamat!!! Salúd!!! Cheers!!! Prost!!! Na zdrave!!! Noroc!!! Ziveli!!! Na zdravje!!!
The Old Firm Casuals
Punk
San Francisco
"The Old Firm Casuals" are an American street punk band from San Francisco, Ca. They have released 7" eps on Oi! The Boat Records and Randale Records. The band members are: Casey Watson (bass & vocals) who was in Hardcore bands "LOOK BACK AND LAUGH" & "NEVER HEALED": Paul Rivas (drums & vocals)drums from "NEVER HEALED" : Lars Frederiksen (guitar & vocals) Who's currently in "RANCID" (and always will be) & LARS FREDERIKSEN AND THE BASTARDS"
The Forgotten
Punk
Campbell
The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in Campbell, CA. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continues to play locally and tour abroad. Currently The Forgotten are playing locally and writing new material for the next full-length record. The Forgotten appear every year at Punk Rock Bowling Tournament/Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. All current members of The Forgotten belong to the SKUNX.
The Forgotten started in 1997.[1] The band started by singer Gordy Carbone, guitarist Craig Fairbaugh, bassist Ken Helwig and drummer Shea Roberts was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records where they currently have 4 full lengths and 3 EP's.[2] The Forgotten has also have releases on BYO records[3] (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE) and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums, Johnny (Bleachedjeans) Gregurich joined in May 2000 on bass. The band toured heavily throughout Europe, the US and Japan from 2000-2003 building a loyal and growing following. After guitarist Craig Fairbaugh left the band in late 2003 and moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a solo music career, Johnny shifted over to guitar after many unsuccessful guitar player tryouts by the band. Nick (Ugly) Schuneman joined in November 2006 on bass.
The current line-up since late 2006 consists of Gordy Carbone, Johnny Gregurich, Dave Kashka and Nick Schuneman. The Forgotten have 4 full length albums, 4 EP/LP's and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid's Lars Frederiksen has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, Veni Vidi Vici LP and the Self Titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Gordy Carbone also plays and records with Lars Frederiksen in Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards[4]
The Forgotten has played shows and/or toured with Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen, The Casualties, U.S. Bombs, GBH, Oxymoron, Agnostic Front, The Business, Madball, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Nowhere League, The Adicts, Nashville Pussy, Demented Are Go, Slayer, Anti-Heros, Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Ignite, Misftis, Sham 69, Cro-Mags, Earth Crisis, U.K. Subs, One Man Army and Stiff Little Fingers.
Custom Fit
Oi!
Santa Cruz
Punk
San Francisco
...Somos la plebe; pero no la plebe de los faraones, mústia y doliente; ni la plebe de los césares, abyecta y servil; ni la plebe que bate palmas al paso de Porfirio Díaz. Somos la plebe rebelde al yugo; somos la plebe de Espártaco, la plebe con que Münzer proclama la igualdad, la plebe que con Camilo Desmoulíns aplasta la Bastilla, la plebe que con Hidalgo incendía Granaditas, somos la plebe que con Juárez sostiene la reforma. Somos la plebe que despierta en medio de la francachela de los hartos y arroja a los cuatro vientos como un trueno esta frase inolvidable: "¡Todos tenemos derecho a ser libres y felices!"
--Texto extraido del libro "La Revolución Mexicana", página 12, Ricardo Flores Magón. Julio de 1907.
***
We try to be a hard working independent band...
We play different places...
Please see our "Events" Section...
AND please come to a show...
Somos una banda independiente...
Tocamos seguido...
Por favor visiten nuestra sección de "Eventos"
Y Nos vemos en los toquines...
MUCHAS Gracias!!! Blagodarya!!! Mutzumesk!!! Hvala!!! Fala!!! Merci!!! WE Thank you!!!
Salamat!!! Salúd!!! Cheers!!! Prost!!! Na zdrave!!! Noroc!!! Ziveli!!! Na zdravje!!!
The Old Firm Casuals
Punk
San Francisco
"The Old Firm Casuals" are an American street punk band from San Francisco, Ca. They have released 7" eps on Oi! The Boat Records and Randale Records. The band members are: Casey Watson (bass & vocals) who was in Hardcore bands "LOOK BACK AND LAUGH" & "NEVER HEALED": Paul Rivas (drums & vocals)drums from "NEVER HEALED" : Lars Frederiksen (guitar & vocals) Who's currently in "RANCID" (and always will be) & LARS FREDERIKSEN AND THE BASTARDS"
The Forgotten
Punk
Campbell
The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in Campbell, CA. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continues to play locally and tour abroad. Currently The Forgotten are playing locally and writing new material for the next full-length record. The Forgotten appear every year at Punk Rock Bowling Tournament/Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. All current members of The Forgotten belong to the SKUNX.
The Forgotten started in 1997.[1] The band started by singer Gordy Carbone, guitarist Craig Fairbaugh, bassist Ken Helwig and drummer Shea Roberts was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records where they currently have 4 full lengths and 3 EP's.[2] The Forgotten has also have releases on BYO records[3] (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE) and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums, Johnny (Bleachedjeans) Gregurich joined in May 2000 on bass. The band toured heavily throughout Europe, the US and Japan from 2000-2003 building a loyal and growing following. After guitarist Craig Fairbaugh left the band in late 2003 and moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a solo music career, Johnny shifted over to guitar after many unsuccessful guitar player tryouts by the band. Nick (Ugly) Schuneman joined in November 2006 on bass.
The current line-up since late 2006 consists of Gordy Carbone, Johnny Gregurich, Dave Kashka and Nick Schuneman. The Forgotten have 4 full length albums, 4 EP/LP's and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid's Lars Frederiksen has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, Veni Vidi Vici LP and the Self Titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Gordy Carbone also plays and records with Lars Frederiksen in Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards[4]
The Forgotten has played shows and/or toured with Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen, The Casualties, U.S. Bombs, GBH, Oxymoron, Agnostic Front, The Business, Madball, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Nowhere League, The Adicts, Nashville Pussy, Demented Are Go, Slayer, Anti-Heros, Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Ignite, Misftis, Sham 69, Cro-Mags, Earth Crisis, U.K. Subs, One Man Army and Stiff Little Fingers.
Custom Fit
Oi!
Santa Cruz
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Aggression, Public Nuisance, & Can Toker @ The Blue Lagoon Friday 10/26/12
Friday 10/26/12
Aggression
Nardcore
L.A.
Public Nuisance
Punk
Southern California
Public Nuisance is an American hardcore punk band from Sylmar, California, formed in 1981 by Jon Vang and Dennis Pilkinton. Also of note is the band Bad Religion, who hailed from the western San Fernando Valley and were only marginally associated with hardcore punk rock from the South Bay area. The punk scene in the eastern San Fernando Valley was closely tied in with that of nearby Hollywood and produced bands such as The Dickies, Fear, and The Angry Samoans.The band Iconoclast, Public Nuisance, and some members of Circle One also hailed from this area. Public Nuisance were affiliated with a gang of punk rockers known as the Circle One Family. Numerous punk shows in the 1980s, including shows by Circle Jerks and Black Flag, took place in a warehouse on the old site of Devonshire Downs in Northridge. In more recent years, the post-punk-inspired band, She Wants Revenge has been based in the San Fernando Valley. The late 90s brought about label Ibex Records where there was a punk revival with the two bands Nonetheless and Soapbox Revolt who frequently played in Reseda at the American Legion Hall.
Can Toker
Punk
Santa Cruz
Nardcore
L.A.
Public Nuisance
Punk
Southern California
Public Nuisance is an American hardcore punk band from Sylmar, California, formed in 1981 by Jon Vang and Dennis Pilkinton. Also of note is the band Bad Religion, who hailed from the western San Fernando Valley and were only marginally associated with hardcore punk rock from the South Bay area. The punk scene in the eastern San Fernando Valley was closely tied in with that of nearby Hollywood and produced bands such as The Dickies, Fear, and The Angry Samoans.The band Iconoclast, Public Nuisance, and some members of Circle One also hailed from this area. Public Nuisance were affiliated with a gang of punk rockers known as the Circle One Family. Numerous punk shows in the 1980s, including shows by Circle Jerks and Black Flag, took place in a warehouse on the old site of Devonshire Downs in Northridge. In more recent years, the post-punk-inspired band, She Wants Revenge has been based in the San Fernando Valley. The late 90s brought about label Ibex Records where there was a punk revival with the two bands Nonetheless and Soapbox Revolt who frequently played in Reseda at the American Legion Hall.
Can Toker
Punk
Santa Cruz
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
The Devil Himself, Dimidium, & Doors To No Where @ The Blue Lagoon Friday 10/19/12
Friday 10/19/12
Alternative Metal/Hard Rock
Santa Cruz
The Devil Himself is a high energy alternative metal 4-piece, featuring Dave Christensen (lead vocals/guitar), Dan Burnham (guitars/vocals), Mike King (bass/vocals) and Jason Goldberg (drums). Formed in 2006 in Santa Cruz, California. We have been waiting for you. Check us out on iTunes or Reverbnation.com
Metal / Melodic / Rock
Morgan Hill
Dimidium is a melodic metal band that is carving it's way through the scene with a passion. Formed in 2005, Dimidium has played numerous venues all over California including the world famous Whiskey a Go-Go in Hollywood, to The Avalon is Santa Clara. With musicianship and technicality to match their unrivaled energy and emotion on stage, the band is primed for the mainstream. Mixing aspects from genres like hard rock, jazz, funk, blues and metal, their signature style has permeated to fans of most every type of music.
Dimidium has released two LPs to date: Passive Aggression, released in 2007, and Beneath The Surface released in 2011. Both albums have been well received by fans, and have drawn attention from local/college radio stations, newspapers and magazines. With an already established presence online, and a strong fan base throughout central California, Dimidium will stop at nothing until their brand of metal has been brought to the masses!
Rock
Santa Cruz
Doors To No Where’s Marc Lewis announced that the bands forthcoming album will be Titled “Lucky You”. The album, which is due to come out soon, will feature eleven tracks and also is the bands first effort with rock drumming legend Pete Testorff. (Vincent’s Ear) We recently caught up with Marc to get some of his thoughts on his bands new record.
What can we expect from DTNW’s new record?
You can expect a balls to the wall rock album. Big guitar riffs, big drums and driving bass. I’m really extremely proud of this record! I think right now the band is firing on all cylinders and the infusion of Pete on drums has really taken us up a level. We had a album written with our previous drummer, but he bailed. We got Pete to fill in on some live shows and things just clicked. Next thing you know we are writing new songs and got in a studio to record “Lucky You”.
What’s next for you and the band?
We will go out and support “Lucky You” with some blistering live shows and get that record out there. It’s a great album full of great songs. I want to get this record herd. But I’m always writing and tinkering with new riffs. I’m currently writing material for an acoustic EP. This project is going to be very fun. We are going to have special guest musicians & producers involved with us. I can’t wait to say who those guests are. We got some big names and very talented people on board. I hope to have that out sometime mid-summer. I’m also going to be working with my friend MacJar on some stuff for his solo record. I will be laying down some bass and guitar.
How proud are you of your buddy Chris Rene?
I could not be any more freaking proud!! Like I said on the X-Factor, Chris has become a voice and inspiration to so many people! I honestly think that some people are born to be Super Stars. Chris is one of those people. He has always had the talent! There is no doubt about that. All he needed was to focus and lead a healthy life style. On April 20th it will be one year clean and sober! I cannot tell you enough how special that is!
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Lonely Kings, Requiem For The Dead, The Backup Razor, & Horseneck @ The Blue Lagoon Friday 11/16/12
Friday 11/16/12
Rock
Sacramento
Live loud rock and roll since 1994!
Audio Porn
Santa Cruz
Punk rock kids at heart with the love and passion for industrial, pop rock, and metal. We do not follow any scene. We write and play because we love doing it...
We sing. We hit guitar and bass strings. We smash drums. We melt faces...
Punk Rock
Santa Cruz, California
Driven by a genuine passion for expression, TBR has a resume that would put some of the most tenured bands to shame. Sharing stage with literally hundreds of artists and myriads of venues, the rebel quartet has become an established entity across the region as a member and driver on the local scene.
Horseneck
Rock / Metal / Doom
All we want to do is drink and rock. We have one goal and that is to write the music we write and have a fucking good time doing it. We all have played in a bunch of other bands but who really cares. We just hope you like what we do now. Listen to us hopefully we will play for you, and if we do, lets drink and party together.
Driven by a genuine passion for expression, TBR has a resume that would put some of the most tenured bands to shame. Sharing stage with literally hundreds of artists and myriads of venues, the rebel quartet has become an established entity across the region as a member and driver on the local scene.
Horseneck
Rock / Metal / Doom
All we want to do is drink and rock. We have one goal and that is to write the music we write and have a fucking good time doing it. We all have played in a bunch of other bands but who really cares. We just hope you like what we do now. Listen to us hopefully we will play for you, and if we do, lets drink and party together.
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Show at 9:00
A Band Of Orcs, Fiends At Feast, Short Fuse, Necrogenic, & A Thousand Shall Fall @ The Catalyst Friday 11/9/12
Friday 11/9/12
Santa Cruz
Short Fuse
Melodic Death Metal
Redwood City
A Thousand Shall Fall
Metal
Santa Cruz
Short Fuse
Melodic Death Metal
Redwood City
Necrogenic
Grindcore
Grindcore
Santa Cruz
A Thousand Shall Fall
Metal
Santa Cruz
1011 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
A Band of Orcs will play our first show in Santa Cruz since June of 2011 to celebrate the release of our new album, "Adding Heads to the Pile" Both A Band of Orcs and Fiends at Feast have new albums coming out and we have joined forces for a dual CD release show at the Catalyst in the Atrium, ages 16+. Also performing will be fellow Battle for Mayhem (along with A Band of Orcs) winners Short Fuse, local heathens A Thousand Shall Fall and Necrogenic.
$7 at the door.
Doors at 8:30
FIRST BAND AT 8:45
Doors at 8:30
FIRST BAND AT 8:45
Hail Gzoroth!!!
You can watch the lyrics vid for the first single "In the Keeper's Chamber" off A Band of Orcs' upcoming album.
Preview some tunes from the new Fiends at Feast album "Towards The Baphomet's Throne" here:
You can pre-order the new A Band of Orcs album "Adding Heads to the Pile" here:
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Messenger Of The Covenant, Kings Of Hate, Alighieri, & Hard Of Heart @ The Blue Lagoon Tuesday 11/6/12
Tuesday 11/6/12
Messenger Of The Covenant
Deathcore / Hardcore / Heavy
Fresno
Kings Of Hate
Hardcore
East Oakland
Representing the East Oakland, Ca. Kings of Hate is a monster, a rare form of Oakland Beatdown Hardcore. The band has never followed the hype or trends that other "hardcore" labeled bands classify themselves as. Kings of Hate, the hardest style.
Alighieri
Death Metal, Hardcore, Avant-Garde
Northern California
More or less, everyone has given some thought to the music they want played at their funeral. Whether it’s a slow, dismal dirge to accompany your coffin down the aisle, or a rollicking, aggressive tune for your “Irish wake,” it’s one of those details which seems all-important (never mind the fact that you won’t be there to enjoy it.) Californian progressive deathcore quartet Alighieri and their latest release, The Malignant Pulse, provide a stellar, unique, albeit brief mix of doom-laden, down-tempo hardcore and shredding, hard hitting death metal and grind to create a crushing EP which would turn Ghandi’s funeral into a primal mosh-fest.
Amongst all of the unique weapons at Alighieri’s disposal, the most effective is the hard-hitting, down-trodden sludge that surrounds their sound. Whether it’s propelled by droning, pounding drums in “Offering Gown” or the muddy, anti-ethereal guitar that keeps “Slave to Lust” anchored firmly in the gruesome, The Malignant Pulse is a consistently heavy and guttural effort. The sheer crushing nature of the doom-tinted, slam-influenced deathcore that Alighieri supply is destined to leave the listener’s eardrums battered and flattened, as the bulldozing percussion and crown-clearing guitar combine to leave little in the way of survivors.
The icing on the filth-encrusted cake that is The Malignant Pulse is the vocal attack which creates an auditory finishing blow to the listener. Filled with gut wrenching anger and pure, volatile misanthropy, Alighieri’s harsh yells and guttural bellows provide perfect company to the heavy, brutal music which serves as their canvas. “Slave to Lust” and “A Ravenous Climax” both feature climactic, spine crushing, skull-splitting breakdowns which serve as idyllic culminations of vocals, lyrics and instrumentals functioning together as one, planet-devouring machine, establishing a dynamic as unique as the blend of genres from which it sprang.
Alighieri’s unique dynamic is one of ferocious, visceral aggression and dragging, down-tempo dirge-like segments. When the drums aren’t roaring alongside the vocals at a breakneck pace, the doom-influenced heavy hardcore segments are meant to serve as a rest or reprieve. However, even this “rest” is hardly a relief, as rather than being smashed against concrete, the listener is instead treated to a slow drag through a bed of nails and broken glass. In this sense, Alighieri simply transition between two different kinds of heavy, rather than giving the listener a break from the brutality altogether.
If you’ve given any thought to the music that will keep your family company while you’re being hoisted into the ground, put Alighieri’s The Malignant Pulse on your list. While it’s a tad shorter than one might like, it is still twenty minutes of non-stop skin-rending,ear-gouging, skull-splintering doom-laden deathcore which will leave the battered and broken listener begging for more.
For Fans Of: Curl Up and Die, Gaza, An American Shootout
Hard Of Heart
SOME SORT OF METAL-CORE
Atwater/Merced
We're Hard of Heart from Merced, Ca. Group of 5 friends from different bands coming together to make sexy music. Formed in November 2011 and performing continuously since February 2012.
Deathcore / Hardcore / Heavy
Fresno
Kings Of Hate
Hardcore
East Oakland
Representing the East Oakland, Ca. Kings of Hate is a monster, a rare form of Oakland Beatdown Hardcore. The band has never followed the hype or trends that other "hardcore" labeled bands classify themselves as. Kings of Hate, the hardest style.
Alighieri
Death Metal, Hardcore, Avant-Garde
Northern California
More or less, everyone has given some thought to the music they want played at their funeral. Whether it’s a slow, dismal dirge to accompany your coffin down the aisle, or a rollicking, aggressive tune for your “Irish wake,” it’s one of those details which seems all-important (never mind the fact that you won’t be there to enjoy it.) Californian progressive deathcore quartet Alighieri and their latest release, The Malignant Pulse, provide a stellar, unique, albeit brief mix of doom-laden, down-tempo hardcore and shredding, hard hitting death metal and grind to create a crushing EP which would turn Ghandi’s funeral into a primal mosh-fest.
Amongst all of the unique weapons at Alighieri’s disposal, the most effective is the hard-hitting, down-trodden sludge that surrounds their sound. Whether it’s propelled by droning, pounding drums in “Offering Gown” or the muddy, anti-ethereal guitar that keeps “Slave to Lust” anchored firmly in the gruesome, The Malignant Pulse is a consistently heavy and guttural effort. The sheer crushing nature of the doom-tinted, slam-influenced deathcore that Alighieri supply is destined to leave the listener’s eardrums battered and flattened, as the bulldozing percussion and crown-clearing guitar combine to leave little in the way of survivors.
The icing on the filth-encrusted cake that is The Malignant Pulse is the vocal attack which creates an auditory finishing blow to the listener. Filled with gut wrenching anger and pure, volatile misanthropy, Alighieri’s harsh yells and guttural bellows provide perfect company to the heavy, brutal music which serves as their canvas. “Slave to Lust” and “A Ravenous Climax” both feature climactic, spine crushing, skull-splitting breakdowns which serve as idyllic culminations of vocals, lyrics and instrumentals functioning together as one, planet-devouring machine, establishing a dynamic as unique as the blend of genres from which it sprang.
Alighieri’s unique dynamic is one of ferocious, visceral aggression and dragging, down-tempo dirge-like segments. When the drums aren’t roaring alongside the vocals at a breakneck pace, the doom-influenced heavy hardcore segments are meant to serve as a rest or reprieve. However, even this “rest” is hardly a relief, as rather than being smashed against concrete, the listener is instead treated to a slow drag through a bed of nails and broken glass. In this sense, Alighieri simply transition between two different kinds of heavy, rather than giving the listener a break from the brutality altogether.
If you’ve given any thought to the music that will keep your family company while you’re being hoisted into the ground, put Alighieri’s The Malignant Pulse on your list. While it’s a tad shorter than one might like, it is still twenty minutes of non-stop skin-rending,ear-gouging, skull-splintering doom-laden deathcore which will leave the battered and broken listener begging for more.
For Fans Of: Curl Up and Die, Gaza, An American Shootout
Hard Of Heart
SOME SORT OF METAL-CORE
Atwater/Merced
We're Hard of Heart from Merced, Ca. Group of 5 friends from different bands coming together to make sexy music. Formed in November 2011 and performing continuously since February 2012.
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Human Animation Lab, Antholix, & Magic Hats @ The Blue Lagoon Wednesday 10/24/12
Wednesday 10/24/12
Human Animation Lab
Alternative Electronic Rock
San Francisco, CA
Antholix
Melodic Hard Rock
Santa Cruz
Human Animation Lab
Alternative Electronic Rock
San Francisco, CA
Antholix
Melodic Hard Rock
Santa Cruz
Rockin' Bluesed out Music for the Soul
Santa Cruz
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Strawberry Girls, Hawk Jones, Magoozler, & Gloominous Doom @ The Blue Lagoon Wednesday 10/17/12
Wednesday 10/17/12
Zachary Garren parted ways with his previous band, Dance Gavin Dance, in early 2010. While pursuing his solo project, Good Health, he crossed paths with local drummer, Ben Rosett, who was playing with a local band called The Trees. Ben, who was interested in starting a new project, asked Zac if he wanted to jam to see if anything cool would happen. Fortunately, everything clicked, and Strawberry Girls was formed in April, 2011.
After their first performance as a duo, Ben's friend and previous band-mate, Ian Jennings, excitedly wanted to be a part of the project. Ben and Zac, wanting to take the project to the next level, brought Ian on board to play bass for Strawberry Girls.
During the writing process for their first album, a live demo was released on Bandcamp titled, "Demo 2011", containing 5 raw live studio tracks. Months later, Ben, Zac, and Ian brought these tracks to life, producing the album at their home studio. "Italian Ghosts" was released in August 2011 as their first official EP. Soon after, another demo was released titled, "Do Peace (EP)", comprised of two tracks "Do Peace" and "Fight Club". Those two tracks were recorded live in the home studio, intended to hold their fans over until their next release.
Strawberry Girls have a lot planned for 2012. With their 2nd full length album, French Ghetto, on it's way, they have also taken on the task of remixing and remastering "Italian Ghosts" for a second edition release, as well as currently recording "Acoustic Ghosts", which includes mostly acoustic arrangements of new and old songs played on different instruments. There are also other special projects that may surface eventually. In the midst of all these different musical endeavors, Strawberry Girls has also been releasing various cover songs, filmed live and/or recorded in the studio, and put on YouTube.
You can look forward to Strawberry Girls' upcoming releases in 2012:
• "Italian Ghosts" 2nd Edition [re-mixed/re-mastered]
• "Acoustic Ghosts" [acoustic album featuring old and new tracks]
• "French Ghetto" [sophomore album]
• + more...
Rock/Experimental/Electro
San Jose
San Jose
"Hawk Jones’ early recordings paired the unlikely combination of driving punk rock drumming and weird, finger-tapping guitar work, making them a difficult group to classify. Experimental-punk seemed like the best description. But with their new EP, Que Rico, the San Jose band headlining at the Caravan on Saturday shakes things up a bit.
The punk rock edge is toned way down, making it just experimental. It’s not that the drummer has slowed down, but the playing is so much more complicated, “punk rock” no longer seems an apt description. It’s much more in the vein of King Crimson and early Tera Melos.
The guitar work too is as weird as ever. They implement a lot more strange techniques than just finger-tapping. The guitars are balanced out with a lot more synthesizers than the earlier recordings. It’s a multi-layered, math-rock, musical journey.
The songs on the first half of the EP have about ten sections apiece, not including the weird stops and starts and abrupt breakdowns in-between sections. On the opening track, “Cold Hands,” drummer Joshua Fairfield shows off his spastic chops and approaches his kit from just about every angle except the standard 4/4 rock beat. Every couple measures, guitarist Brandon Foss pulls out a new part, whether it’s power chords, finger tapping or just atmospheric noises. And René Francis Jr, who doubles up on bass and synthesizers fills out the songs with psychedelic washes and math riff rocking. Nobody in the band stops to take a breath.
Things mellow out a bit on the second half. “Out of Place” is a slow burner. They stick to one basic riff and work off of that, giving it plenty of minor alterations and nuances. They build through repetition and play with dynamics gradually. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few abrupt stops, like halfway through the song when Fairfield changes his drum beat and everyone drops out for a couple lines. The synthesizer and guitar re-enter the song gently, creating a dissonant, slow build to the finish.
Vocals are few and far between. “Pop Grass,” probably the most accessible song on the record, follows a more standard structure, with actual repeating vocal parts and a guitar riff and synth part that would almost fit an Interpol song. Of course with the weird instrumentation between vocals and a twenty second drum outro, it probably won’t be getting on the radio anytime soon, not that Hawk Jones crafted one second of this EP with that in mind."
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Surf Club, Palmz, & Burnt Palms @ The Blue Lagoon Tuesday 10/16/12
Tuesday 10/16/12
POP
Stockton
Emanating a sunshine-y vibe in the midst of landlocked Stockton is Surf Club, formed by an early member of pre-label Craft Spells, Frankie Soto. With the addition of Eddie Zepeda, Alfonso Robles, and Jose Medina, Surf Club has no hints of being inlanders with their jangly guitars and swoon-worthy vocals. As they quickly gain a fan base by playing shows in the bay area with like-minded musicians, Surf Club obtains comparisons to all the cliches, but they break molds with an infectious, stand-out creativity. The band shows promise with each track they unveil, and are currently seeking the release of their debut EP, Young Love, on Valentine’s day 2012.
Emo Surfer
California
Sounds like summertime with your first love and wintertime with your true love.
garage pop, garage rock, alternative
Seaside
Clara Nieto- Drums/Vocals
Christina Riley- Guitar/Vocals
Paul Towber- Bass (On this Album)
+ Others
Recorded at Brotown Sound, SanFrancisco,CA
Engineered & Mixed by Gary Olson of Marlborough Farms, Brooklyn,NY
Mastered by Ron Harrity of Peapod Recordings, South Portland, ME
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hull, Teraton, & Death Monk @ The Blue Lagoon Monday 10/15/12
Monday 10/15/12
Metal
Brooklyn, NY
Hailing from the streets of Brooklyn, HULL has yet again emerged with a creation to outlive the ages. Hard at work since the release of their debut album, “Sole Lord,” in 2009, ideas were envisioned and the mighty wind of creativity brought upon this Earth the latest saga, “Beyond The Lightless Sky”.
Digging further into the past, the Mayan epic takes the listener through a division of two brothers and the struggles that they are faced with. One finds salvation amongst the stars and the wisdom of a stranger, while the other is mesmerized with the bloodthirsty belief of sacrifice and self mutilation. In silence lies a realm that exists outside the plane of fear.
Taking the new songs on the road, HULL embarked on a successful mission to Austin for the SXSW festival to then triumphantly return and join forces with longtime friend and talented engineer/percussionist, Brett Romnes (IATA). Within an enormous, darkened club, many nights fell into morning as the immense sound was captured for the album, then finally putting the recording into the hands of a mixing madman, Billy Anderson. With such experience as The Melvins, Neurosis and Eyehategod, the journey was brutally finished.
Known to behold vast sound expanses, HULL maximizes harmony and tone within one monstrous palate. Upon your brow, focus, as a furious whip of intermingling guitars propel you through the atmosphere as a low pulse resonates through your entire being while the pounding drums blanket all chasms of reality. Find yourself immersed in a musical tide as it is played out before your ears beyond the lightless sky.
HULL materializes as a massive entity storming stages and immersing their audiences in a blanket of grandiose down-tuned compositions. A shifting fault line of decibel heavy harmony, this collective force converges in a collision of thrash, doom, classic rock, and formal orchestral works. HULL commands their listeners through each riff with incredible precision, as a seafarer guides vessels through ominous waters. Submerged in cosmic soundscapes, HULL challenges the mind with flowing, off-time fugues and powerful, dynamic movements. Brace yourself for an onslaught of eruptive force as a new world of music is formed in the deafening clap of thunder that is HULL.
Teraton is a three member doom metal band from Santa Cruz Ca.
All three of Teraton's members were brought up in the Santa Cruz Skate/Surf music scene playing in bands in the early 90's, through high school, and continuing on today. Kevin Lemon (Bass) spent time playing bass for the Expendables' in the early years and left to pursue a career in music recording, engineering and production eventually engineering an album for ex Sleep members legendary band Om . He is our "man of action" getting the recordings done and has helped out many bands in and out of town and is ready to record your band! Just look up slow roasted recordings. J.T. (Drums) has smashed the drums in many different genre's of music through his life and is currently hitting the skins in three different groups in Santa Cruz. Besides Teraton, J.T. is in the legendary local die hard skate punk band Cantoker as well as keeping the beat for local folk rock group The Stash Brownstone Band. K.C. (Vocals/Guitar) spent time singing for the local punk band Jetlag throughout the 90's putting out a split E.P. with the Lonely Kings on Sessions Records. He moved to Portland Oregon to play guitar for DEADMANDISCO but they fell apart and he moved back and met up with the two other Teraton members and that's where the thunder began.
We are a doom metal band that started back in the end of 2006 and were formed over a shared love of heavy metal and beer. We are back and will be playing shows again this summer. We are working on a 7" record so I will keep you posted. Metal!! Yeeeaaarrrrggghh!!
Terrestrial
Prunedale
We are the vultures that feast upon the dead and in your dreams we are the beasts inside your head.
Born under the oak tree friar eric had seen no light as bright as the one givin by his master loved but unkown he serches for the bringer of life the dim lite candle is the only visible sign for milles in the dense fog
Friar Geoffery: From Distant time and space was he........appeared from the fog within.....he was just a simple seeker,,, looking for gold he then stumbled upon reality...Searching for the untold he started hearing voices....revealing the new and bold..a light being knew he was......abilities knew he had...a follower of the crows call was he....
923 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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