The Black Dahlia Murder (w/ HateSphere, Augury & Obscura) 03/06/10 The Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, CA Words/Videos/Photos by Reverend Justito/concertconfessions.com After two weeks of non-stop action up the coast in Vancouver, the close of the 2010 Winter Olympics has sent me into a downward spiral of depression.  No longer can I turn on the television and watch global goliaths face off in events like Curling and Ice Dancing.  Gone were underage girls drinking and smoking cigars, a Ginger on a snowboard and that ice-skater ... Read More

moe. 02/26/2010 Club Nokia @ LA Live - Los Angeles, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Reverend Justito/concertconfessions.com Lucky 13: moe. live from downtown los angeles   It's not often that I suffer from anxiety, but in the hours before my thirteenth moe. concert, I was struggling.  What should I eat?  Did that Russian bobsled really just tip over?  Would I get the fun Club Nokia, or would the foul oppressive camera hating venue who love to make my life a living hell?  Yet there was one question on my mind ... Read More

Dinosaur Jr. 02/23/10 The Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin/concertconfessions.com   I must be honest with everyone for a moment.  I own one compact disc by the band Dinosaur Jr.  It has their big hit “Feel the Pain” on it and I picked it up at a garage sale a few years back.  I don’t even know the name of it, nor most of the song titles.  I’ve always enjoyed the band and their loud, fuzzy alt-rock jams (they were rated 4 starts on ... Read More

STS9 w/ Nalepa Dub Orchestra 02/12/10 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA Words/Photos/Videos by concertconfessions.com The teams seemed to be about even.  On one side of the Art Deco Wiltern Theatre stood 1,000 E-tarded electronica kids in Ed Hardy shirts, dark sunglasses and black high top sneakers with bright flourescant shoelaces.  On the opposite side, 1,000 dirty E-tarded wooks in patchwork pants and hooded sweatshirts, declaring their favorite microbrews and waiting in anticipation.  Somehwhere between my pal (who has requested to only be known as ... Read More

Are we pumped? I know I'm pumped! Tonight the twenty third edition of the Jay Porks Never Ending Concert Series brings us to Roseland Ballroom (239 W 52nd street- New York City) to see the super-group, although they scoff at the term, THEM CROOKED VULTURES. A side project of legendary proportions, featuring the Josh Homme of fame with Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss(a short stay as guitarist in the Screaming Trees too) on lead guitar and vocals.. ... Read More

Must say it was the most interesting place I've seen a show. I'm Jay Porks, and Welcome to the twenty second installment of the Jay Porks Never ending concert series for Dinosaur Jr!!!!... tonight takes us to Williamsburg, to the Brooklyn Bowl, which I know- sounds like a bowling alley. It actually IS a bowling alley, along with being a pseudo-fancy restaurant, it's equipped with16 bowling lanes(each lane with a big screen on the end, showing a movie) to the right of ... Read More

Joseph Arthur 01/23/10 The Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin/concertconfessions.com   As I shared here recently as a FROM THE VAULT post, the last time I saw Joseph Arthur, we didn't really connect.  In the weeks and months that passed after that warm summer night, I actually began to get angry.  What was wrong with me?  I have listened to this man and his music time and time again and I allowed weird vibes and distractions ruin our brief time together.  Not permitting my ... Read More

USELESS KEYS 01/08/10 The Viper Room - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Video by Justin/concertconfessions.com Often times in Los Angeles, music fans blow off opening acts and only show up for the main event. On the second Friday of 2010, I did the exact opposite. Last summer when I walked in on USELESS KEYS’ set closer at The Roxy, I was so impressed I promised myself I would seek them out again. Not one to break a promise, the Los Angeles-based band’s set at the Viper Room ... Read More