Javier Cabral

See also: *Reviewed: GV30 Night One, featuring Social Distortion, X, Adolescents, 12-16-2011 *Tons Of Punk Videos Were Yanked Off YouTube: Here's What Happened *Milo Aukerman Interview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves Last night was the final night of GV30, concert promoter Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary punk rock show. It was......

See also: *Reviewed: Black Flag, Descendents, and The Vandals at GV30 Night Three, 12-18-2011 *GV30: An Epic Interview With Social Distortion's Mike Ness *Goldenvoice: The Hazy Punk Rock Early Days. Founder Gary Tovar recalls the unlikely beginnings of the influential concert production company For the celebration of Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary,......

See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Better than...drinking beer anywhere warm. On Saturday night around three hundred heads showed up to a tiny backyard in Elysian Valley, where the 2 and 5 freeways meet. The cold temperatures (for L.A......

See also: Occupy L.A. In Standoff With LAPD, As Midnight Eviction Deadline Passes Better than...violent protest. Hundreds of punks and demonstrators stood in solidarity at City Hall yesterday. After seven weeks of peacefully squatting, an order for their eviction was made by the city of Los Angeles earlier in the......

There are only a few punk rock bands that can take over The Troubadour for four nights in a row and sell out the run. But as part of their "For All The Unheard" international tour, upbeat New Brunswick quartet Bouncing Souls did just that. Even better, they performed almost......

Better than...almost anything this side of the Ramones. Everyone raised their finger bunny ears as Japanese pop punk female trio Shonen Knife, celebrating their 30th anniversary, walked on stage. Their fans cheered enthusiastically, knowing they were about to get their fucken socks rocked off. And as soon as the ladies......

Astrid Hadad Hollywood Forever Cemetery 10-22-11 Better than...Halloween! Traffic along Santa Monica Boulevard was a hell of a lot more congested than usual on Saturday afternoon, as Hollywood Forever Cemetery hosted the 12th annual Dia de Los Muertos festival. The traditional Mexican holiday honoring dead loved ones gaining on the......

The Misfits and The Dickies House of Blues 10-05-2011 More than three decades in, The Misfits are still doing it, with or without Glenn Danzig. To the orthodox practitioner of punk rock, watching these guys play power chords is as big as watching Black Sabbath or Metallica. It's something you'll......

See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On As Uninhibited and Intoxicated As Ever *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands *Reviewed: Stomp-Outz, The Lumberjacks, Who Gives A Fuck in a Backyard on West 79th St. Last week I wrote about movers and shakers on the current East......