Las Rageous 2019 Recap

Las Rageous returned for its third straight year, albeit a few months later on the calendar than in previous years. What did not change was the amazing lineup the festival organizers put together again, featuring Friday night headliner Bring Me the Horizon and Saturday (and festival) headliner, Rob Zombie. Some new additions from last year … Read more

Aftershock 2019

California’s largest Rock festival grew even larger in 2019, not only adding more talent, and an extra day, but most importantly, it brought more fans… a record (for Aftershock) 95,000 fans. For #MischievousMel and I, Aftershock was always one of our favorite festivals because we lived in California, it was a chance to stay with … Read more

Mongolian Musical Marauders THE HU Capture New American Audiences

It’s always interesting for us to see a band for the first time that has been generating a lot of buzz within the music scene. Management/publicists/labels are all paid to create hype for their clients (the band), so we often take what we hear about a band with a grain of salt until we’ve had … Read more

TOOTHGRINDER’s Justin Matthews talks Sobriety and New Album ‘I AM’

TOOTHGRINDER. and specifically, lead vocalist Justin Matthews, have made some life-altering changes the past 18 months that heavily influenced the writing of their new album ‘I AM‘ (out October 11th).  Justin talks at length with #MischievousMel on camera at Gas Monkey Live in Dallas (while on tour with All That Remains and Lacuna Coil) about … Read more