Gojira, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Bring Me the Horizon were all on the bill at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.

The albums that I connected with in 2021 were fueled by exploration. It makes sense, since we spent so much time alone (again) this year. Even as things opened back up, and sometimes closed again, ...

Live music began to trickle back in 2021. And recorded music kept doing what it was doing prior to the pandemic, but with a slightly different vibe. Maybe it was me, maybe it was the artists, but the ...