Candlebox & Sponge soak up decades of adoration in San Diego

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 […]

Rocking out with Dogstar (feat. Keanu Reeves) in Del Mar

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 […]

Sevendust & Theory of a Deadman obliterate The Sound in San Diego

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, […]

Godsmack, Stone Temple Pilots, & Dorothy descend on San Diego

Rock-and-roll legends Godsmack and Stone Temple Pilots arrived in Chula Vista, California on September 15th in the midst of their Rise Of Rock Tour. Dorothy provided opening support for the evening, getting early arrivers at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre buzzing with excitement for this show. Fun fact, both Stone Temple Pilots and Dorothy […]

Shinedown’s first-ever Lunatic Ball Beach Weekend set for Florida this fall

Rock radio kings Shinedown have spent more than two decades building an extended ‘family’ through constant touring and consistently releasing emotionally driven music. The band holds the record for the most #1 songs in Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay history — with 23 tunes topping the chart. “Safe and Sound” from their latest release Ei8ht is […]

Slaughter To Prevail explodes at SOMA San Diego with Rev3rent

San Diego’s SOMA Mainstage was completely consumed by chaos on September 19th as Russian deathcore heavyweights Slaughter To Prevail brought their North American tour to with California newcomers Rev3rent in tow. The crowd was packed in early, with crowd-surf-catching security stationed at the front. Exploding onto the stage first, Rev3rent immediately proved worthy of their […]

The Barbarians of California goes nuclear in Nashville

A couple of months ago, I was scrolling through Instagram stories when one of my friends (who also happens to be a music journalist) posted about a new band I’d never heard of before. The band was called The Barbarians of California and the song was “Bomb to a Knife Fight”. My first thought was […]

Journey takes San Diego to the Final Frontier & beyond

Arena rock legends Journey brought their Final Frontier Tour to San Diego’s legendary Sports Arena (now known as Pechanga Arena) on September 14th, 2026, celebrating five decades of memorable music on their extended farewell tour. Founding member and lead guitarist Neal Schon led the current incarnation of the band on a two-and-a-half-hour trip down memory […]

Journey’s Final Frontier coming to San Diego & 39 more cities

Don’t stop believing, San Diego. You have one last chance to experience the power and the glory of a Journey concert! The legendary arena rock band will perform their classics at your very own classic arena — Pechanga Arena — on September 14th, 2026. Just a few short days away! But San Diego isn’t the […]

Super Girl Surf Festival 2026: Day One

On the morning of Friday August 21st, 2026, the landmark Oceanside Pier stood tall against the rising sun and incoming waves. Adorned in sponsor signage, the pier — which has stood its ground since 1888, despite being destroyed and rebuilt five times — was prepared to celebrate a festival built around resilience and female empowerment. […]

Evanescence still knows how to bring St. Louis to life

More than two decades after Fallen turned Evanescence into one of the defining rock bands of the early 2000s, Amy Lee can still walk onto an arena stage and make the whole thing feel intimate. The band’s recent St. Louis show was big, loud, and impressively produced. First up was Nova Twins, entertaining early fans […]

Beach Bunny sells out Delmar Hall in St. Louis

Beach Bunny has built an impressive career out of making emotional damage sound like the best part of summer — and at a sold-out Delmar Hall in St. Louis, the Chicago indie rock band demonstrated just how effective that formula becomes when an entire room is shouting the feelings back at them. Indianapolis band Wishy […]