HEALTH issues :: “ANTI-LIFE” + “ISN’T EVERYONE” + a flashback performance at Cloak & Dagger 2017

I thought of breaking this into individual posts. But it's just easier to lump them all together. So let's get started ...L.A.'s own industrious noise rockers HEALTH have a crunchy new single titled "ANTI-LIFE," featuring Deftone's frontman Chino Moreno. It's got crazy percussive drum-patterns, raucous guitar licks, and an audio attitude meshed between aggro grind …

Nine Inch Nails’ “Every Day is Exactly the Same” … no words have ever been truer

Nine Inch Nails' EP single for "Every Day is Exactly the Same."
I had to take a few days off due to some pesky allergies ... is it allergies? is it Covid? You know the routine. We've all pondered it with even the slightest deviation in health. Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about how this ongoing crisis continues to continue, and I thought of this Nine …

Ministry @ the Fonda on 12.21.18

Ministry perform @ the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on 12.21.18.
I honestly had no idea what to expect from Ministry's Fonda show last week. I'm a longtime fan of these industrial trailblazers, dating all the way back to the groundbreaking "Land of Rape and Honey," and their magnum opus "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste." And I've witnessed their live performances from that …

Nine Inch Nails @ the Hollywood Palladium on 12.15.18

Nine Inch Nails perform on the final night of the Cold and Black and Infinite tour at the Hollywood Palladium on 12.15.18.
While I debate what Christmas song to post for this fine yet chilly Christmas Eve, I'm gonna tackle Nine Inch Nails' final performance of the "Cold and Black and Infinite" tour. This was the last of a six night stand at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on 12.15.18. It's taken me a little time …

Setlist: Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails performs at the Hollywood Palladium on 12.07.18.
I've actually got two setlists for Nine Inch Nails at the Hollywood Palladium. These industrial rock giants performed a six night residency in Los Angeles, and I caught their first and last shows, on 12.07.18 and 12.15.18, respectively. I wish I saw the one on 12.11.18, where they kept their set primarily pre-1994, with all …