Concert Reviews
Social Distortion at Gallagher Square at PETCO Park in San Diego, CA
Social Distortion closed the Born to Kill Tour on home turf, with Descendents and The Chats turning San Diego’s Gallagher Square into a punk party.
Articles by George Ortiz
Concert Reviews
JPEGMAFIA at Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside, CA
At Riverside Municipal Auditorium, JPEGMAFIA’s Experimental Rap Tour brought distortion and glitchy chaos to the Inland Empire, after high-energy openers Matt Proxy and redveil.
Concert Reviews
Ohana Festival 2026 Day Three at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA
Pearl Jam closed Ohana’s tenth year with a new drummer, Billy Strings, and Neil Young covers, after sets from Fontaines D.C., Pixies, and Rilo Kiley.
Concert Reviews
Ohana Festival 2026 Day Two at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA
Eddie Vedder’s surprise cameo lit up Stephen Wilson Jr.’s set, while Jon Batiste, Alabama Shakes, and Tyler Childers carried Ohana’s second day into the night.
Concert Reviews
Fontaines D.C. at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA
Dublin’s post-punk poets turned a Hollywood resting place into a roaring, reverent celebration, two days before Ohana and weeks before their fifth album arrives.
Concert Reviews
Ohana Festival 2026 Day One at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA
On the 10-year anniversary of Ohana Festival, Pearl Jam a make surprise appearance on the opening night, performing with drummer Abe Laboriel Jr.
Concert Reviews
Godsmack at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, CA
Godsmack closes out Chula Vista with 25 years of muscle, while Stone Temple Pilots and Dorothy prove the undercard was never just filler.
Concert Reviews
Muse at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, CA
A stacked bill of arena-sized spectacle and festival-honed indie rock turned the NICU Amphitheatre into one of the hottest San Diego summer’s most electric nights.
Concert Reviews
The Pretty Reckless at the Grammy Musuem in Los Angeles, CA
Taylor Momsen and The Pretty Reckless turn the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater into a blistering, intimate rock sermon for DEAR GOD.
Concert Reviews
The Lemon Twigs at The Garden Amp in Garden Grove, CA
Mod Lang sets a warm retro stage as the D’Addario brothers turn The Garden Amp into a glittering, high-voltage time warp of pure rock ecstasy.