A hot summer night with Dermot Kennedy in St. Louis

Dermot Kennedy brought The Weight of the Woods Tour to Saint Louis Music Park on one of those St. Louis nights where the heat hangs around long after the sun starts going down. The stage was one of the more interesting parts of the setup; it was designed to look like rolling green hills, which […]

Rico Nasty gets St. Louis crowd locked in… & a bit ratchet

Rico Nasty brought one of the more chaotic crowds I’ve seen in a while to Red Flag on August 30th to kick off her RX Tour, which is running concurrently with Rico’s gig opening for Hayley Williams. The night started with a long wait outside; the line moved slowly and, by the time people finally […]

ILUKA celebrates birthday with intimate show in St. Louis

The Duck Room is the kind of venue where there isn’t much distance between the artist and the crowd, and that worked especially well for ILUKA’s St. Louis stop on August 27th. Kitty Coen and VANITY opened the night before ILUKA took the stage as part of her Wings Tour. By then, the small room […]

Hinterland Festival 2026: Day Four

The final day of the Hinterland Music Festival 2026 packed its own punch to conclude the long weekend of music. The first half of the day featured a mixture of different pop music performances, kicking things off with the wacky and wild pop duo, Haute & Freddy, followed by the moody and gut-wrenching indie pop […]

Hinterland Festival 2026: Day Three

After two rainy music-filled days at Hinterland 2026, Saturday gave us the sunshine we had all been waiting for. Another solid lineup of artists were waiting for us beneath the big blue Iowa skies as the festival field filled with colorful blankets and small folding chairs. Day Three of the Hinterland went in a little […]

Hinterland Festival 2026: Day Two

It’s time for Day Two of Hinterland! I think Friday might have been one of my favorite lineup days; it was an incredibly strong selection of female artists from the beginning to the very end of the day. When I think back to this day, the first thought that comes to mind is, “This one […]

Hinterland Festival 2026: Day One

Two weeks ago, I found myself in Iowa. I know I’ve driven through Iowa a number of times, but never anticipated ever spending more than a brief moment there. Not that there is anything wrong with Iowa; I’ve just been a Midwestern girl for my whole life and coming from my own experience… we’re kinda […]

Slayyyter explodes hyperpop all over hometown of St. Louis

Sometimes concert photography starts with a photo pass waiting at the box office and everything going exactly according to plan. Other times you stand around outside the venue, wondering if anyone knows who you are or why you’re there. July 29th was leaning pretty heavily toward the second option. With my credentials temporarily stuck somewhere […]

Evanescence still knows how to bring St. Louis to life

More than two decades after Fallen turned Evanescence into one of the defining rock bands of the early 2000s, Amy Lee can still walk onto an arena stage and make the whole thing feel intimate. The band’s recent St. Louis show was big, loud, and impressively produced. First up was Nova Twins, entertaining early fans […]

Beach Bunny sells out Delmar Hall in St. Louis

Beach Bunny has built an impressive career out of making emotional damage sound like the best part of summer — and at a sold-out Delmar Hall in St. Louis, the Chicago indie rock band demonstrated just how effective that formula becomes when an entire room is shouting the feelings back at them. Indianapolis band Wishy […]

Lost Lands returns to Ohio with monstrous lineup for 2026

Lost Lands fest is once again preparing to transform Legend Valley, Ohio into the epicenter of bass music and the newly dropped 2026 lineup suggests the festival’s ninth edition could be one of its biggest yet! Curated by visual-master Excision, this prehistoric-themed weekend event returns September 18th through the 20th, with a jurassic roster stacked […]