On Saturday November 29th, I attended the Pop Evil and Skillet concert in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and — as always with Skillet — it was absolutely insane. It also happened to be the day of the Ohio State vs. Michigan football game… a detail I’ll come back to later. As someone who has always enjoyed […]
It was another talent-filled night at The Pageant in St. Louis, beginning with metalcore act 156/Silence. The Pittsburgh band took over the stage with their gritty, industrial tracks like “Target Acquired” and their recent single “Our Parting Ways”. Vocalist Jack Murray set the energybar high right off the bat, getting the first mosh pits moving. […]
They say ‘third time’s a charm’, but in the case of Babe Haven’s third 2025 performance at Nashville’s Blue Room, it’s been nothing but charm — each time. If you can believe it, this was supposed to be their fourth time in Nashville this year, if it hadn’t been for a cancelled Jhorts Fest appearance. […]
How The Grouch Stole Christmas 2025 turned The Observatory in Santa Ana, California into a night of underground hip hop history. With the show featuring Living Legends, Souls Of Mischief, and CunninLynguists, the night felt all too familiar. The last Grouch tour I attended was in 2014 — at the exact venue with the exact […]
Walking up to The Sound a the Del Mar Racetrack in San Diego was quite a scene. You could already tell it was about to be a funky, monkey, crunchy night. Folks with feathered wide-brimmed felt hats walked in alongside flashy people rocking sequined pants and animal ears. The guy with alien figurines hanging from […]
Silverstein’s 25 Years of Noise Tour had already run for two legs and was just starting its third at House of Blues Cleveland — and the first show was one for the books. Not only was the venue one of the best I have been to, but this show was one of the best I […]
Everyone has at least one band they dream about seeing perform live one day. For me, my list is just a tad longer than just one (okay, more than a tad), but I’m happy to say I have been able to check another one off of my list. I was asked, “Wanna go see Kaytranda […]
It was a packed house of screaming fans at The Pageant for the King Princess show, with the night starting off with Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter spill tab (aka, Claire Chicha). Singing in both English and French, Chicha’s performance felt energetic and cozy at the same time. Even though they’ve only been releasing music since 2020 […]
Walking into the House of Blues in Anaheim on November 9th, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. It had been decades since I’d last seen Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; the last time was back in 1988 at the Rose Bowl when they opened for Depeche Mode during the Concert for the Masses. I […]
The Mummfest Tour put together three bands across three genres… I wasn’t sure how it was going to work, yet it managed to make sense in the end! The first band onstage at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit stop was Platinum Moon. This group of five is young, but definitely have old souls with overt […]
In a year when national tension has seeped into nearly every corner of American life, the arts have felt an especially heavy strain. Even the Kennedy Center in Washington DC — long considered a pillar of arts and culture in the U.S. — has faced a noticeable dip in attendance and revenue, a rare drought […]
Lord Huron’s stop at St. Louis’ Chaifetz Arena was a show that felt less like a standard concert and more like a play on Broadway. The band has always leaned into theatrics, but this performance pushed their storytelling instincts even further, using blocking and props onstage to create a true narrative to go with the […]
I remember the first time I had ever heard a Sir Chloe song… It was 2020 and, like most people during the pandemic, I was cooped up inside scrolling through TikTok videos late into the night. I paused when I heard Dana Foote’s voice, aka Sir Chloe — a stage name adopted in 2017. It […]
You could feel it in the air: it was that perfect, sun-kissed October day, one that wasn’t too hot, but just right. Day Two of Mission Bayfest 2025 in Mariner’s Point Park in the Mission Bay area of San Diego wasn’t just another day of music following a highly successful Day One; it was an […]
It was a rainy. It was cold. It was a Tuesday night nearing the holidays. The odds were against grandson when his INERTIA Tour hit San Diego’s Observatory Theater in North Park, with H09909 in tow. Despite everything, there was still quite an adequate turnout for the metal-meets-rap-meets-EDM enigmatic singer-songwriter. But up first was another […]
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