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Foster The People pumps up St. Louis with Goth Babe

Foster The People brought the Good Mourning Sunshine Tour to a sold-out Saint Louis Music Park with Goth Babe opening the night. Goth Babe got things started with a laidback set, featuring songs like “Sun Comes Up”, “I Wanna Help Your Mind”, and “Weekend Friend”. For those who aren’t familiar, Goth Babe is an indie […]

Mission Bayfest 2026: Day One

The fifth Mission Bayfest took over Mariner’s Point in the Mission Beach area of San Diego on October 16th through 18th, 2026. Co-founders Dominic Coleman (owner of local restaurant Single Fin Surf Grill), Joe Rinaldi (owner of the local venue Music Box), and DJ Mikey Beats (owner of Sleeping Giant Music) have spent half a […]

Taking Back Sunday gets ‘Louder Now’ in San Diego

The name Taking Back Sunday has become so much more than just a household band name… TBS is a movement of innumerable emo nights, day-festivals, and inspiration for many artists to follow. More than two decades into their career, the Long Island natives continue to bring generations of fans together. As an Elder Emo, seeing […]

Coheed and Cambria leans heavily into ‘Afterman’ albums in St. Louis

Coheed and Cambria returned to The Pageant on September 25th for a sold-out stop on their This Is Our War Tour, with The Home Team making good use of their opening slot. The Seattle-based band has spent the last few years mixing pop, rock, and heavier influences together, releasing their newest album It Lives, It […]

Breaking Benjamin brings best of modern rock to Anaheim

Breaking Benjamin filled the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday, October 3rd with a crowd hungry for the best in modern rock. Heavyweights Chevelle gave direct support, while sci-fi rock pioneers Starset brought their full production after newcomer Kami Kehoe hit the ground running with and energetic opening set. Fans were stoked for the […]

Slothrust gives Nashville a night of good ‘ol rock-and-roll

As I’ve stated in previous articles, one of my favorite places in Nashville to catch shows these days is Jack White’s Blue Room. He seems to have a knack for finding the coolest and best up-and-coming bands to play his venue… This past week, I had the pleasure of seeing two kickass female-fronted bands in […]

San Diego’s punk rock scene goes full carnival with The Adicts

Few things will get me out of the house on a rainy night in the middle of the work week, especially when I’m already running on fumes. It being the week before Halloween (my favorite), I’ve naturally already run myself into the ground in an effort to take full advantage of spooky season (as I […]

Inside Coheed and Cambria’s inaugural Neverender Festival

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 […]

Public Image Ltd brings 50 some years of punk rock energy to Nashville

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 fills The Sovereign in St. Louis

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 brings Metalicious bimbocore to San Diego

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 […]

Tokyo Tea Room mesmerizes all in Los Angeles

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 […]

$uicideboy$ bring Grey Day back to St. Louis

$uicideboy$ 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 leaves St. Louis in electro tribal trance

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; […]