Less than two miles away, legendary post-punks Wire were in town. This created quite the conundrum for maybe nobody but me Something Wicked
UFO and Saxon
Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, September 26
October 10th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Less than two miles away, legendary post-punks Wire were in town. This created quite the conundrum for maybe nobody but me Some Girls Wander On Purpose
October 6th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
The whole “women in rock” thing is trite and boring and sexist—everyone knows that. That said, what makes metal bands with prominent female members unique is not about gender Stoner Rock Graduation Ceremony
September 21st, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
In a perfect world, The Midnight Ghost Train would have played to more than the dozen or so people who showed up at the Kung Fu Necktie. Cypress Ave. the Anger Is a Gift (and So Is Sadness)
September 13th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Music is about emotion, but metal music is best when plummeting the depths of emotions that some feel are unwanted, unhealthy, or just best kept to one's self. Pyrrhon is about
Pagan Altar
Room of Shadows
September 5th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
The story of Pagan Altar is so heartbreaking even the Biblical Job would have questioned what they did to deserve all of the tragedies that befell the group
Bölzer
Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, August 26
September 1st, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Bands such as Bölzer, underground black metal duos that record for niche labels based out of foreign lands, are not supposed to
Neurosis
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, August 7
August 24th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
In 2003, Neurosis performed in Philadelphia, headlining Relapse Records’ Contamination Festival. It was noted even way back Metal By Any Other Name
August 10th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Encyclopedia Metallum is an excellent resource for all things metal—except when it’s not. While the website does a fantastic job cataloging more than 100,000 bands (and
Ghost
The Fillmore, Philadelphia, July 20
August 1st, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
If you had a dollar for every disparaging word posted on the internet about Ghost, you could retire a very wealthy person. Factor in legitimate concerns over
Grind! Sludge! Doom!
All the Good Things!
July 14th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
The Foundry is a smaller room upstairs from The Fillmore, part of a corporate complex of Live Nation venues including a comedy club. This tour stop just