BottleRock Festival gears up for another year in Napa Valley this May

Three days, three nights and all the music you can dream of! BottleRock Fest is the best jam you’ve ever witnessed located in California’s Napa Valley. Music in paradise! BottleRock originated in 2013 as an idea from three friends who wanted to create a unique experience that celebrates all aspects of culture and entertainment. Since […]

Daft Punk announces plans to reissue ‘Random Access Memories’ despite parting ways in 2021

On February 22nd, multi Grammy Award-winning and legendary electronic-funk duo Daft Punk released a surprising statement, announcing a 10 year anniversary reissue of Random Access Memories. The extended edition features 9 songs of unreleased music with a total runtime of 35 minutes and is set to be released on May 12, 2023. Coincidentally on February […]

P!nk releases second single “Trustfall”  from her ninth studio album

The amazing and talented singer, P¡nk, released her new single “Trustfall”, which is also the name of her highly anticipated album, dropping February 17. It is incredible how the music superstar is still able to make catchy records in her 23rd year as a professional artist. A few seconds of the record and you can tell […]

Collective Soul has Anaheim ‘Vibrating’

Atlanta-based rock band, Collective Soul, has been steadily making music since 1992. That’s 30 years, 11 albums,1,304 shows, – and, man, they still got it! On January 26th, Collective Soul rocked the Anaheim music scene. Playing to a packed house at the City National Grove of Anaheim, frontman Ed Roland shared his high energy with […]

Lil Yachty drops fifth album ‘Let’s Start Here’

With his iconic red braids, signature unorthodox voice and goofy internet persona, Lil Yachty has never had trouble being impressionable. His music always favored the eccentric use of his voice and autotune with catchy hooks that are often used in internet memes: impressionable, but not sustaining any depth. With the recent unexpected release of his […]

Steel Panther warms up for upcoming world tour in San Luis Obispo

Steel Panther, a comedic glam metal band from Los Angeles has been bringing us their hilarious take on profane stereotypical rocker lifestyle since the early 2000s under a variety of band names including “Metal Shop,” “Metal Skool” and then finally “Steel Panther.” The band’s Sunset Strip days consisted of a slightly different line up than […]

Coachella drops fire 2023 lineup

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is one of the most well-known and highly-anticipated music festivals in the world. Each year, music and arts fans flock to the desert in southern California to witness performances from some of the biggest names in music. This year is no different, as the festival is already gearing […]

Bonnaroo drops mind blowing lineup for 2023

Bonnaroo, the legendary music festival located in Manchester, Tennessee is gearing up for its 20th festival on June 15-18th. This year has the potential to be its biggest year yet, and today marks a huge milestone in the lead up to the festival because they dropped their much anticipated lineup! Bonnaroo 2023 will be headlined […]

Best mainstream live performance of 2022!

2022 ushered in what many considered the first full year of music without restriction since the pandemic began. This year, the photojournalists and writers of Top Shelf Music have had the privilege of covering some pretty amazing shows! In true end of year fashion we have compiled a list of some of our favorite live […]

Thank you, Everclear, for 30 years of glorious music

The line wrapped around the building despite the cold winter weather creeping onto Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip. Eager fans chatted while huddled together, reminiscing over the last time they saw Everclear perform and holding up the toy they brought with them as Everclear partnered with Border Kindness, a 501c3 nonprofit humanitarian-aid organization, for a toy […]

Wonderfront Fest 2022: Day 3

It was day three at Wonderfront Festival and the grounds were busier early in the day, full of festival goers shopping around at any of the incredible vendor booths that were filled with one-of-a-kind art, clothing, jewelry and all the other festival accessories of your dreams. Over on the grounds on Embarcardo North, a stationary […]