There are music festivals, and then there are gatherings built for a community that speaks the same language. This October, Neverender Festival arrives at the Observatory Festival Grounds in Santa Ana for a two-day celebration of post-hardcore, emo, punk, indie, and progressive rock—curated with the kind of intention that feels increasingly rare in today’s festival […]
The Black Keys have built their whole career — going back to their days as an Akron, Ohio duo — on the combination of Dan Auerback’s blues-soaked guitar work and Patrick Carney’s stripped-down drumming. Getting to see that at an intimate venue like The Factory in St. Louis on July 19th was a great opportunity […]
The modern era is fast-paced. In a blink of an eye, you’ve missed three tags, six text messages, another app asking you to update your password, and an ad for the air fryer you were thinking about buying but never talked about out loud. Welcome to BIG MODERN! The band’s third full-length in just over […]
Outside Lands music festival is set to return on August 7th through the 9th, 2026 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, that means, the countdown is on! The festival — produced by Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Presents, and Starr Hill Presents — is one of the main annual events to hit the city, a […]
It’s time to dust off your studded belt. In just a few short weeks, Vans Warped Tour returns to southern California on July 25th and 26th, bringing two days of pop punk, metalcore, emo, ska, hardcore, alternative, reggae rock, and everything in between to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach. With the recently released daily […]
Let’s get weird — it’s Les Claypool night! Marketed as “Claypool Gold”, Les Claypool brought not one, not two, but three of his bands to town on June 1st, complete with the prodigal son Sean Lennon to boot. The place to be was Gallagher Square at Petco Park, home of the Padres, smack dab in […]
I walked into Bridgestone Arena genuinely excited this past week. For starters, it would be my first time seeing openers Nova Twins and, while I’ve had a few opportunities to catch their shows in the past, I’ve never made it, so I was thrilled to finally see them live on a big stage. Second, I […]
Iowa’s best kept secret, the Hinterland music festival, is back for 2026! The four-day camping event — hosted at the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in St. Charles, Iowa, just outside of Des Moine — is showcasing its most exciting lineup to date, with massive names attached like KATSEYE, Lorde, Mumford & Sons, and Kali […]
Warm Love Cool Dreams Festival just wrapped up in Chicago and we have a lot to share about Day One! The Salt Shed opened its doors on May 23rd to let fans roam the entire venue. The setup was complete with indoor and outdoor stages, a food court, a market, an arcade, balcony viewing areas, […]
On the evening of May 27th, alt rock band The Last Dinner Party brought their From The Pyre Tour to The Fox Theater in Oakland. From The Pyre is the sophomore album from the London-based quintet, hot off the heels from their debut album Prelude to Ecstacy, featuring their breakout single “Nothing Matters”. Chances are, if you listened to […]
I’ve always held firm to the belief that if a band moves you, truly moves you, you owe it to yourself to see them more than once. Some artists just need to be witnessed repeatedly; each performance peels back a layer of something you didn’t know you needed. I feel like bands like Phish, The […]
Some concerts are performances; others are spectacles. And then there’s Puscifer, a beautifully strange collision of theater, psychedelia, performance art, and razor-sharp musicianship that feels deeply unserious and profoundly intentional at the same time. At Red Rocks Amphitheatre, under towering red monoliths and a sold-out Colorado sky packed with more than 10,000 people, Puscifer built […]
More often than not, when a famous musician starts a side project band, it’s often seen as a watered-down version of the group that gained them fame. Usually diehard fans latch onto the project out of some form of loyalty, but it never quite hits as profoundly as the original. In the case of Maynard […]
Two decades after the release of If Only You Were Lonely, Hawthorne Heights brought their anniversary tour to House of Blues San Diego on March 26th, 2026. The stop played the 2006 album in full, bringing along a stellar supporting lineup — Creeper opening and letlive. in the direct support slot. With that amount of […]
On March 22nd, elder emos gathered at Steelhouse Omaha for Boys Like Girls’ Soundtrack To Your Life Tour. With support from I Dont Know How but They Found Me (iDKHOW for short) and Arrows in Action, the night was a celebration of an expansive 20-year career for Boys Like Girls, featuring their first two records […]
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