March 2012

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein March 23, 2012 No Comments

Dr. Dog returns to Fallon, The US Festival and more music on TV this weekend.

Gigantour: Megadeth/Volbeat/Lacuna Coil: Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX, 3/02/12

Leslie Michele Derrough March 23, 2012 No Comments

And what exactly did Megadeth give to the loud and excited crowd? One hell of a show. Getting all riled up over some fan’s stupidity only invigorated the band to play a balls-to-the-wall locomotive set, culminating in a masterful fire-breathing dragon of an instrumental orgy of “Holy Wars/Silent Scorn”. Proper credit has never been given to this band, much less for their guitar onslaughts, grown ever more vigorous with the addition of Broderick in 2010. There is definitely a new fire in their soul, which is apparent on old Megadeth standards “Peace Sells”, “Symphony Of Destruction” and “A Tout Le Monde”, which saw Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia joining the gravel-voiced one for a duet.

311 & Slightly Stoopid Join Forces For Unity Tour

March 23, 2012 No Comments

311 and Slightly Stoopid are joining forces for what promises to be the party of the summer, as the two bands prepare to launch Unity Tour 2012. This installment of

Greylag Touring With Augustana

March 23, 2012 No Comments

Greylag is excited to announce that they will be heading out on tour this spring with Augustana. The Portland group’s debut EP, The Only Way To Kill You, will be

Dropkick Murphys: Tsongas Center at Umass Lowell, Lowell, MA 3/17/12

Andrew Bruss March 23, 2012 No Comments

No group is more responsible for the creation and popularization of Celtic punk than the Dropkick Murphys (no, not even Flogging Molly). To say Saint Patrick’s Day is a big date on their tour calendar is an understatement. St. Patty’s Day is to the Dropkicks what Halloween and New Years Eve are combined for most jambands.