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Twiztid, the Detroit horror-rap duo who have been working the Psychopathic Records circuit since the late 90s, headline El Rey with Albuquerque's Buffalo Farm opening. El Rey is a long room with a solid sound system and a stage that rewards acts who actually perform rather than just stand there, and Twiztid leans hard into...
Nekrogoblikon's whole thing is costumed goblin characters, legitimately technical melodic death metal, and a crowd that laughs and headbangs in equal measure. Aborted is no warm-up act, they've been one of the more consistent names in brutal death metal for over two decades, so showing up late means missing something real. Sunshine's general admission floor...
Twiztid, the Detroit horrorcore duo with a loyal Juggalo-adjacent fanbase, rolls into El Rey on the Certified Psychos Tour with three local and regional openers padding out a full night....
Three acts on one bill at Launchpad, mid-week and late, which tells you something about the crowd that shows up: people who actually want to be there. Launchpad's long narrow...
Authority Zero has been grinding the punk-reggae circuit for over two decades, and they still play like they have something to prove, which works in a room like Launchpad where the floor gets loud fast. Four bands on a Wednesday-night ticket means this starts early and moves quick, so arriving late risks missing the local...
Tokyo Machine is the masked, robot-character project known for high-energy dubstep sets built around a running visual gimmick that somehow stays fun longer than it has any right to. Effex...
Seven local bands each take on a single artist for one night, running from System of a Down and Korn through Turnstile, My Chemical Romance, and the punk institution X, with a Hall and Oates set dropped in the middle of all that aggression. Launchpad's stage and PA are genuinely built for this kind of...
San Diego's almost monday plays the kind of bright, guitar-forward indie pop that sounds engineered for the moment a bad week finally ends. Sunshine Theater is a mid-size room that rewards getting there early, because the floor fills fast and the sightlines from the back are genuinely rough. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so...
Tisoki is one of the more technically precise producers working in the bass house and riddim space right now, and a club set from him tends to reward people who...
Rival Sons have spent the better part of fifteen years proving that the kind of raw, riff-forward rock most people assumed died with the seventies is still a live thing, and a night with them tends to convert skeptics. The Sunshine's room is big enough to let the sound breathe but small enough that the...