RAD Newsletter

The Metalcore revival has been in full swing for the last few years, but there was one band I specifically wanted to hear new music from(keep scrolling for more on that). Also, both Southern and Central California are starting this year off with a ton of BANGER shows this month, check them all out in the links below

RAD ALUMNI RELEASE

Our friends in Lilac Kings and Andrés just dropped a banger of a collab called “Don’t Go There”! It’s Midwest Emo meets Swancore. Give it a spin! FFO: Wolf & Bear, Hail The Sun, Belmont, Kurt Travis.

FEATURED SHOW

Our friends in Stay Tough Records have a sick punk show coming up at Programme Skate in Fullerton!! GO GO GO GO

Are you going to a show soon? Playing a show? Hosting a show? Let us know by hitting the submit button and we can add it to upcoming newsletters!

Go to our friends’ shows:

- Central California -

• TONIGHT - Peeling Flesh at The Nile Theater 🤘

• Jan 9th - Bonginator, Frog Mallet at Destructive Warehouse 🤘

• Jan 10th - Vampires Everywhere at Full Circle Brewery 🪨

• Jan 10th - Pinstock, Drama Dolls, Seven Asterisk at Sour Milk 🌻🪨😢

• Jan 11th - The Warriors, Gold, Step By Step at The Nile Theater 🤘

• Jan 11th - Venom INC at Full Circle Brewery 🤘

• Jan 11th - Mohler, Disgorged Carnage at Jerry’s Pizza 🤘

• Jan 15th - Emery, Escape the Fate at Fulton 55 😢🪨

• Jan 16th - Frequency Within, Sleeping With Strangers at The Next Bar 🪨

• Jan 17th - Gettoblaster, N808 at Fulton 55 🕺

• Jan 18th - ENERGIZE ft Fleetwood Smack at Veni Vidi Vici 🕺

• Jan 19th - Deep Recess, Bucky, Elder Devil at Sour Milk 🤘🪨

• Jan 19th - Complex, Burn Unit at Great Room 🤘

• Jan 25th - The Trenches ft FS, Acid Jewels at The Delta 🕺

• Jan 25th - Black Flag at Strummers🪨

- Southern California -

• Jan 7th - STAY OUT, Calling The Skies, Dry Spell at Programme Skate 🪨 🍕

• Jan 10th - Stick To Your Guns, The Warriors at The Observatory 🤘🪨

• Jan 10th - Lowsight, Deviated State at Chain Reaction 🤘

• Jan 11th - Anoluxx, Drakk at Circle OC 🕺

• Jan 11th - Load Tha Nine, Makdita at Midnight Hour 🤘

• Jan 11th - Gingsu, The Indecisive at DBZ Backstage 🤘🪨

• Jan 17th - LICKNDIP X DAVE & BUSTERS 🕺

• Jan 18th - Major Pain, Kiowa, Start Today at Genghis Cohen 🤘🪨

• Jan 18th - RIDDIM TING ft SANZU at Circle OC 🕺

• Jan 18th - Spinning, Commonwealth, Cheridomingo at Chain Reaction 🪨

• Jan 18th - Route 26(House & Tech House at Location TBA 🕺

• Jan 19th - maybe it’s best…, Gayt, Belted Sweater at Programme Skate 
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• Jan 24th - Chico, Dive Time, Fight Scene at Makeout Music LA 🤘🪨

• Jan 25th - YDG, Proxxxy at The Circle OC 🕺

• Jan 25th - FACE OFF: Bass vs House at Location TBA 🕺

Don’t live in these areas? Are there events that we’re missing? Let us know and we’ll start sharing related events near you!!

Upcoming RAD shows

- February 6th -

Join us for a night of sludgey doom metal with DOPETHRONE, KADABRA, CHRCH, Beastmaker and Smoking Mirror! Grab tickets in advance at the link below.

Fulton 55 - Fresno, CA

- March 22nd -

SoCal metalheads Last of Our Kind return to Fresno with Nott, Idle Mind and Entice! Snag your tickets to the pit at the link below!

Great Room - Fresno, CA

Got some fun memories from a RAD show? Let Us Know

New Music Recommendations

From a Second Story Window have always been one of my favorite bands from the ‘04 - ‘08 Myspace Era of heavy music. It’s been fun seeing them come back and release new music, especially with their latest single “Lowest”. It’s like they didn’t skip a beat and no time has passed in the best way possible. Give it a listen. FFO: END, Orthodox, The Acacia Strain, Chamber, Misery Signals, Boundaries.

Want some other new music to listen to? I compiled my favorite new records at: