System of a Down

To Do Tonight 8/28

Boogie Nights, 9 p.m. Do it. Que Sera 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach, CA 562-599-6170 Killah Priest (Wu Tang) CD Relaease hosted by Shavo (System of a Down), 8 p.m. Killa Beats The Rhythm Lounge 245 Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 562-435-4288 Wine Tasting, 5:30 p.m. Tasteful boozin' Bayside Restaurant 9 ... More >>

What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County

Boogie Nights, 9 p.m. Do it. Que Sera 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach, CA 562-599-6170 Killah Priest (Wu Tang) CD Relaease hosted by Shavo (System of a Down), 8 p.m. Killa Beats The Rhythm Lounge 245 Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 562-435-4288 Wine Tasting, 5:30 p.m. Tasteful boozin' Bayside Restaurant 9 ... More >>

Get Out!

Special Summer Festival Edition: You are the star!

Aural Reports

Puppets of Masters: Damage Inc ride Metallica's lightning

New Reviews

Guadalupe; The History Boys; Screamers; Unaccompanied Minors

Something to Scream About

Screamers director and System of a Down join forces to decry Armenian genocide

Radical Chick

You cant tell Natalie Maines to Shut Up & Sing

Faceless Shreds, Secret Sorrow

Buckethead returns from the mountaintop

Commie Girl

This Ain't No Picnic

Crabby, grabby at the Southern California Music Awards

Aural Reports

Brooklyn Compton Irvine: Ariano of LD & Ariano

Hits!

Music Revolution

Ring in the Season

The last show of 05

Hits!

National Compact Discs

Virgin Megastore Costa Mesa

National Compact Discs

National Compact Disc

National Compact Discs

Men At Work

Helmet straps it on again

Sense Field's Pain

Helmet straps it on again

The Aquabats are a bunch of giddy freaks

Helmet straps it on again

Tomorrow: Death by Stereo at Fingerprints

OC hardcore stalwarts Death by Stereo has a new album called Death is My Only Friend coming out tomorrow on Serjical Strike Records (owned by System of a Down's Serj Tankian). To celebrate, the group is playing an in-store at Long Beach's Fingerprints.To get "tickets" to this show, you have to pre-o ... More >>

Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob

Don't let the name fool you. Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob are far from angry. Hailing from Huntington Beach, Kollar leads the mob with a guitar as opposed to pitchfork and songs that are steeped in fun rather than terror. Their debut album, Farewell Adventure! has attracted both local and internat ... More >>

Six Protest Songs For Zack de la Rocha's Boycott On Arizona

Lilledeshan Bose​On Tuesday, Zack de la Rocha gathered up a few of his friends to protest the Arizona state law (SB 1070) that legalizes and sanctions racial profiling on the site Soundstrike.net. Artists who joined forces to boycott Arizona (by "not allow(ing) our collective economic power to b ... More >>

System of a Down is Reuniting, European Dates Announced (Is a US Tour Forthcoming?)

​ When news broke that our beloved System of a Down was reuniting and playing in Europe for two weeks in June 2011, my brain started shorting. After going on indefinite hiatus in 2006 (just a few months after releasing their fifth album, Hypnotize), System of a Down left a discernible gap in ... More >>

Cumbia-Style 'All Apologies' by Velorio

www.myspace.com/veloriomusic​Velorio covered Nirvana's classic "All Apologies" at the Juke Joint in Anaheim this weekend. According to our resident cumbia expert Gabriel San Roman, "Usually cumbia songs are mashed up on a System of a Down video on YouTube...to make it seem like a hard rock band wa ... More >>

Freshly Reunited System of a Down Announces LA Show

​When System of a Down announced that they were reuniting and touring Europe last November, we knew a US tour wasn't far behind. Today the band announced that they are playing a few headlining shows before their trip to Europe this summer--one of which will be in LA, at the Forum.  

OMG! System of a Down Announce Irvine Show

systemofadown.com​Our prayers have been answered: Not only are System of a Down playing a few headlining shows in the United States before their trip to Europe this summer, they're also playing an Irvine date!!!

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Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

On the Line: Keith Stich of Wildfish Seafood Grille, Part One

Photo by Meranda Carter​Change is inevitable when it comes to the restaurant business, and while we've previously featured Wildfish Seafood Grille for On the Line, a new executive chef means a new technique and insight on what makes him tick. Keith Stich is now at the helm, and we reel him in (pos ... More >>

Dillinger Escape Plan Playing Free Concert at Slidebar; Watch it Without Compromising Your Integrity

​So mathcore/hardcore band Dillinger Escape Plan is playing a free show at Slidebar on Thursday, Jan. 19. It's being called the band's "last U.S. [show] for a while" And if you're still boycotting Slidebar because of the Kelly Thomas hooha, know that you could maintain your integrity by watching ... More >>

American Head Charge

Juke Joint