Get ready to mark your calendars, because on Saturday, October 26th, the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa is the place to be. The Boo Ha Ha Music & Beer Oktoberfest is back and promises to be a night of epic fun and high-energy performances. This year’s event isn’t just your average Halloween […]
The Smashing Pumpkins made a tour stop in St. Louis on a beautiful August evening and showed the packed house that they’ve still got it. This is a band that has been innovating on what rock music can sound like for multiple decades, formed over 35 years ago by frontman Billy Corgan. When a band […]
Phoenix-based solo artist The Wiley One is accomplishing a mighty feat throughout this year and next, dropping new music around the cycles of the moon. Dubbed his “Full Moon Series”, Wiley has already released two singles — for the Flower and Strawberry moons, respectively, of May and June 2024 — drastically different in style and […]
Sometimes, dirty laundry is best aired to prevent a smell from inhabiting your closet. Indie pop, quasi-shoegaze duo CULTS know the imprisonment of past relationships all to well, channeling any ‘unfinished business’ with exs in their cathartic new album dedicated To The Ghosts. But not all ghosts are cut from the same cloth. Or bedsheet. […]
The music industry as we know it often revolves around the same ol’ hubs — the United States, the UK, Australia, Japan, the Caribbeans… that weird Austrian deejay you caught on a Coachella camp stage at 4am… but what is often overlooked is the mass amount of talent coming out of Latin America. Indeed, LATAM […]
Alternative rock legends Red Hot Chili Peppers closed out their Unlimited Love Tour at Hollywood Casino Ampitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri on July 30th, and it could not have been a more quintessential Midwest summer evening! Unpredicted storms and oddly cooler temperatures earlier in the day had fans hesitant about the show’s status. However, in […]
The Rose Music Center in Huber Heights, Ohio was filled with loyal “Excitable Ones” Wednesday evening for the fourth stop (and revival) of 311’s 2024 Unity Tour. 311’s perfect blend of rock, reggae, hip hop, and funk has historically brought along openers from the Cali Reggae scene, but the band diverged this year, opting for […]
How do you describe a band like The Marías? Billed as alt-pop, the Los Angeles bandincorporates a variety of genres, from reggaeton to jazz, bedroom pop, and more. However you describe it, one thing for sure is that The Marías offer listeners an escape into dream worlds. Known their soft blend of jazzy percussion by […]
Approximately 10 years ago, while living in central New York, I discovered a band called Lake Street Dive through friends who typically attended jam band shows. These friends were the type who would have followed the Grateful Dead if they had the time. They enthusiastically recommended that I check out Lake Street Dive and I […]
Calling all evolved Earthlings! It’s almost time to meet in the Valley of the Unbroken Horizon (aka, Moreno Beach in Perris, California) for yet another transcendent experience at Desert Daze — one of the last true music festivals left on this planet. Originating over a decade ago, Desert Daze is an annual get-together of like-minded […]
If you were anywhere near The Rady Shell in San Diego last weekend and heard a massive wave of reggae bliss, you likely experienced Stick Figure, SOJA, and Little Stranger in action. The Rady Shell, a breathtaking outdoor amphitheater with a backdrop of the San Diego skyline, was the perfect setting for these incredible bands. […]
It was another scorching hot day in St. Louis, as fans gathered for early alternative heavyweights Third Eye Blind at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, joined by Yellowcard and A R I Z O N A. The show started while the sun was still high in the sky. A R I Z O N A took […]
Chicano Batman has never been a band to conform to the usual. On June 29th, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum (technically, in Inglewood) was electrified by these local legends supporting their latest album, Notebook Fantasy. Their fifth full-length album is a testament to their relentless creativity and refusal to be boxed in. Produced by the acclaimed […]
Cage The Elephant — formed in 2006 out of Bowling Green, Kentucky — has carved out a unique niche in rock music with their eclectic blend of garage rock, punk, and blues influences. Flames, flashing LEDs, and lasers were in full force throughout their energetic set at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. English […]
Iron & Wine’s two-night engagement at The Bellwether in downtown Los Angeles was nothing short of magical. Held on June 28th and 29th, the concerts offered an unforgettable journey through Sam Beam’s rich catalog, highlighted by the enchanting tracks from his latest album, Light Verse. Opening the show was Amythyst Kiah, entertaining with her captivating […]
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