On October 3rd, the Observatory Festival Grounds in Santa Ana, California welcomed the inaugural Neverender Festival, bringing together an eclectic lineup of artists whose music has helped shape alternative rock across generations. What began as Coheed and Cambria’s tradition of performing full albums live has now evolved into something much bigger: a two-day celebration of […]
Nearly 50 years after helping ignite the original punk rock explosion, John Lydon is still making noise, still provoking reactions, and still doing things on his own terms. On Friday, October 9th, the artist formerly known as Johnny Rotten brought Public Image Ltd (PiL) to Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl for an evening that traced the more […]
Łaszewo stopped at The Sovereign in St. Louis right in the middle of what has been a pretty huge year for the electronic trio. The group has been showing up seemingly everywhere lately, especially on festival lineups. This year alone they’ve played Bonnaroo, Beyond Wonderland Chicago, Electric Forest, Outside Lands, Breakaway, and Austin City Limits. […]
Scene Queen brought her Metalicious Tour to the House of Blues in downtown San Diego on October 1st, 2026. London nu metal duo Wargasm provided direct support with American newcomer Bailey Spinn opening the show. Spinn (born Bailey Rose Spinnenweber) got her start on TikTok doing comedy videos before gaining momentum covering songs in 2022 […]
UK-based band Tokyo Tea Room blessed Los Angeles with their presence on a Wednesday night at the Teragram Ballroom as part of their second tour ever in the United States. I had the pleasure of being able to go to their first US tour run back in April, so when I heard they were going […]
$uicideboy$ brought Grey Day back to St. Louis on September 19th, taking over Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre with one of the more varied lineups the tour has put together in recent years. Grey Day has grown into an annual event at this point, with the 2026 version bringing Destroy Lonely, Shakewell, DRAIN, Black Kray, and $lim […]
Eihwar brought their Nordic Ritual Nights Tour to The Hawthorn on September 18th, giving St. Louis a show that looked and sounded pretty different from almost anything else that comes through the room. The French electro group offers a sound dubbed “Viking War Trance”, mixing Nordic folk influences with heavy drums, chanting, and EDM beats; […]
Candlebox brought their Can’t Quit You Tour to The Observatory North Park in San Diego, California on October 2nd, 2026. Fellow 90s grunge standouts Sponge opened the show. This show brought two bands on divergent career paths: Sponge having just released their purportedly “final” album, Recuerda Tu Muerte, on the day of the show joins […]
Throughout history, there have always been innovators in the creative spaces… people tired of the way things are going and shake up the status quo. Music has long been a battleground for these disruptors, with artists using shock, spectacle, and off-the-wall self-expression to challenge what audiences expect from a live show. Few performers embody that […]
Teddy Swims brought The UGLY Tour to Enterprise Center in St. Louis on September 23rd, touring behind a new run of music that has followed his I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy era. The night was originally scheduled to include Mac Ayres and MarcLo, however, MarcLo was unable to perform because of production issues. Mac Ayres […]
It’s always nice when the timing of things just works out in your favor. Recently, I made a trip back home to Richmond, Virginia to see family, but before going, I had the idea of checking to see what concerts might be happening while I was in town. Lucky for me, Ziggy Marley and Gov’t […]
The Sound in Del Mar, California hosted an old-fashioned rock-and-roll show on a Sunday night in late September. Dogstar, featuring none other than Keanu Reeves on bass, has music that would fit comfortably on local alternative rock radio station 91X today, as well as at any time in the 1980s or 1990s — when the […]
Brandi Carlile played the final date of her second North American leg of The Human Tour at the picturesque Rady Shell at Jacobs Park in downtown San Diego, California on September 22nd, 2026. Irish rising star Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, who performs as CMAT, opened the show accompanied by The Very Sexy CMAT Band. The outdoor […]
Sevendust and Theory of a Deadman brought their Dead/Seven Tour to The Sound in Del Mar, California on September 19th, 2026. The Sound is one of the newest venues in the San Diego area, located at the front of the vast Del Mar Fairgrounds. Although part of a larger system, the venue itself is beautiful, […]
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