The west coast’s premier rock festival presented by Danny Wimmer, Aftershock, is set to return to Discovery Park in Sacramento from October 2nd through the 5th, 2025 — and it’s shaping up to be the festival’s biggest year to date. Last year’s record-breaking attendance was over 160,000 fans. Building on the momentum, Aftershock 2025 promises […]
Calling all elder emos! Start stretching and book those chiropractor appointments, because Sin City is back at it again with yet another epic weekend of throwback anthems. That’s right, When We Were Young returns to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 18th and 19th! Is Vegas shifting from the EDM capital of the country […]
Australian alt group Lime Cordiale brought the energy to San Diego for the tail-end of their Enough of the Sweet Talk Tour at the Observatory North Park on Tuesday night. Supported by opener Foxtide, the two bands created a jam-packed evening of vibrant and animated fun. Formed right here in San Diego, indie surf rock […]
I looked this definition up before I wrote this: “Anti-blooming: A phenomenon that occurs when an image sensor is overexposed. Blooming can cause inaccurate data in neighboring pixels, which can reduce image quality.” Keep this definition in mind as we go through this album review. It has been over 25 years of making music for […]
Vans Warped Tour, a staple of punk rock and alternative music for so long, is making its long-awaited comeback this summer 2025. After a six-year hiatus, the festival that helped shape generations of fans is set to return with a fresh lineup that honors its legendary past. A Look Back at Warped Tour Founded in […]
This year at Welcome to Rockville is about to wipe all other festivals off the map. Presented by legendary festival connoisseur Danny Wimmer, Welcome To Rockville has unveiled the most leveled-up, insanely produced event of 2025 for not just the United States, but quite possibly this planet. Danny Wimmer never fails to bring the gusto! […]
This past Thursday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, I had the privilege of doing something I had never done before in the history of me shooting concerts. That was to shoot an artist for a second time after covering them many years ago as a local artist. I am talking about a […]
Rock band Evolution Effect is back in action with a lyric video for their heavy “Angels Cry” single. Recorded at Power Station Studio with Rob Roy, the song is an outpouring of raw emotion with a slight biblical tinge to it. Even the angels are crying with us in our moments of utmost suffering. And, […]
Touring together for 25 years is a huge milestone for any band. Silverstein used this tour to celebrate it and they wanted to make sure it was one heck of a celebration. I have seen Silverstein multiple times and they always made each tour so unique, special, and different. I wasn’t sure how they could […]
What defines an ‘escape’? Is it shoving responsibilities aside for frivolity? Is it a meditative state? Is it self-reflection or a look back on better times? Is it subliminal, embedded in the senses? What if it’s all of those things…? That’s the premise of Phantogram‘s fifth album — using color and sound to chase down […]
Election night 2024. Tensions were running high across the United States. Kamala vs. Trump butted heads over who will control the future of our country. You could feel everyone’s stress hanging in the air everywhere you went in the city — except one place. Politics don’t exist once you set foot inside The Pageant. The […]
When an explosive lineup of four alternative punk rock bands from the Real Friends: Forever and Ever and Ever tour stopped in San Diego on Tuesday night, it created an intensely animated atmosphere of community, camaraderie, and sanctuary among musicians and crowd members alike. As the night progressed, a sense of safe haven within the […]
**UPDATE: As of November 30th, 2024, Sick New World has announced its cancellation for April 2025. If you want to read about how awesome it would’ve been, see below and pray for better days.** Whelp, nothing we can do about the election now, no matter what side of the political fence you reside on. Politics […]
It was another packed house at Delmar Hall in St. Louis and Philadelphia indie rock band Mannequin Pussy were the ones responsible for the sold-out show this night. They were accompanied by the Mexico-based rock group Margaritas Podridas. Both bands played to a roaring crowd of 750 enthusiastic fans, all crammed into the small venue. […]
Power pop-meets-post punk band The Meringues have officially dropped their salivatory second album, Pavlova’s Dog. Consisting of Amanda Pants and Ted Evans at the core, the eccentric Canadian duo layer raspy, pelting vocals over pop-friendly riffs and melodies provided by Jackson Baird on bass and Alastair Morrison on drums — a contrast vast, complex, yet […]
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