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 […]
**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 […]
Emo icons Dashboard Confessional brought fellow rockstars BoysLikeGirls and the newly reformed Taylor Acorn to San Diego’s legendary venue SOMA on October 4th — the house was completely packed. The tour comes at the heels of Dashboard’s and BLG’s new single “Watch the Fire”, released just last month. The crowd showed up and out, eager […]
Our sweet summer was gone when we headed to McHenry, Illinois to celebrate two of the best things in life — weed and wicked good music. Being a mini-fest, there were only three bands on the docket… and three very different bands, at that. First up was the nostalgic 90s alt rock of Everclear. Singing […]
Oh, how I do love bands that bend genres… Not normally an indie person, per se, I’m more of an ‘alt’ rocker (yes, there’s a difference). But if you add a little psychedelic reverb, echoes… a mix of acoustic and electric, you’ve got me hooked. And that’s exactly where I find myself with Wilderado‘s latest […]
Skunk Manhattan and guest co-host Tim Driscoll welcome ZZ Ward, a talented recording artist known for her unique blend of blues, pop, and hip hop. Tune in as they discuss her musical journey, her influences, and the recent release of her EP Mother, which marks her return to her blues roots. ZZ shares insights on balancing […]
Mondays are typically not known for being the happiest day of the week. Most people associate them with gloom and fatigue, but this past Monday at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, UK punk legends Idles gave the crowd a reason to forget their Monday blues. This marked my third time seeing the band and, for […]
With a lineup of stellar songs from their previous albums and EPs, and a line wrapping around the venue block, it’s safe to say that the excitement was visible across fans anxiously awaiting to see Wallows out in San Francisco. The Los Angeles-based band — featuring members Dylan Minnette (known for his role on Netflix’s controversial […]
Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California got to host the last USA tour date for Thirty Seconds to Mars — sorry Leto fans in the states, you missed your chance. Lucky for you, Top Shelf Music was there to capture some photos to help your imagination run wild due to no reviews allowed for this […]
On a beautiful summer evening in Costa Mesa, the Pacific Amphitheatre played host to a double bill of 90s alternative rock royalty. Toad the Wet Sprocket and Counting Crows took the stage on August 31st, 2024, delivering a night of great music. I typically do not review shows like this — as my passion as […]
On August 23rd, Iration headlined the first of two nights at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California, supported by Artikal Sound System, DENM, and Pepper. It was one of the last shows of the season for 2024’s OC Fair Summer Concert Series. And Artikal Sound System started things off for the night. At the start […]
It was a beautiful evening at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA on Sunday, August 25th. I was honored to photograph Kings Of Leon for their Can We Please Have Fun World Tour. And a lot of fun was had, especially watching the audience dance to opening band, Phantogram. Hailing from Greenwich, New York, the […]
Human Musical Group Sensations Glass Animals recently hit the road hot on the heels of the release of their fourth studio album, I LOVE YOU SO F***ING MUCH. Back bigger and better than ever, I was lucky enough to catch the band on two stops of the tour — once in Chicago and the next […]
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