$uicideboy$ brought Grey Day back to St. Louis on September 19th, taking over Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre with one of the more varied lineups the tour has put together in recent years. Grey Day has grown into an annual event at this point, with the 2026 version bringing Destroy Lonely, Shakewell, DRAIN, Black Kray, and $lim […]
Eihwar brought their Nordic Ritual Nights Tour to The Hawthorn on September 18th, giving St. Louis a show that looked and sounded pretty different from almost anything else that comes through the room. The French electro group offers a sound dubbed “Viking War Trance”, mixing Nordic folk influences with heavy drums, chanting, and EDM beats; […]
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 […]
Throughout history, there have always been innovators in the creative spaces… people tired of the way things are going and shake up the status quo. Music has long been a battleground for these disruptors, with artists using shock, spectacle, and off-the-wall self-expression to challenge what audiences expect from a live show. Few performers embody that […]
Teddy Swims brought The UGLY Tour to Enterprise Center in St. Louis on September 23rd, touring behind a new run of music that has followed his I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy era. The night was originally scheduled to include Mac Ayres and MarcLo, however, MarcLo was unable to perform because of production issues. Mac Ayres […]
It’s always nice when the timing of things just works out in your favor. Recently, I made a trip back home to Richmond, Virginia to see family, but before going, I had the idea of checking to see what concerts might be happening while I was in town. Lucky for me, Ziggy Marley and Gov’t […]
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 […]
You never know what to expect with community theater. Sometimes, it’s a three-hour cringe-inducing nightmare that you endure for the sake of your friends’ ambitions; sometimes, it’s absolute magic on a stage for only $17.50. When I ventured out to cover Innovation Family Community Theatre‘s rendition of the seemingly forgotten Broadway musical Do Black Patent […]
Brandi Carlile played the final date of her second North American leg of The Human Tour at the picturesque Rady Shell at Jacobs Park in downtown San Diego, California on September 22nd, 2026. Irish rising star Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, who performs as CMAT, opened the show accompanied by The Very Sexy CMAT Band. The outdoor […]
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, […]
Long Beach got a little taste of the late 2000s and early 2010s on September 12th when CTRL + ALT + DEL: A Blog Era Celebration took over the F&M Bank Amphitheater. Headlined by Miguel and Big Sean, the concert brought together a lineup that felt like a trip back to the days when discovering […]
Dermot Kennedy brought The Weight of the Woods Tour to Saint Louis Music Park on one of those St. Louis nights where the heat hangs around long after the sun starts going down. The stage was one of the more interesting parts of the setup; it was designed to look like rolling green hills, which […]
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 […]
Hot Flash Heat Wave brought their nostalgic 2010s punk rock energy to downtown San Diego as part of their tour following the release of their fourth album, Butterfly in a Landslide. The Bay Area band made their second stop on their US tour at the intimate venue, The Casbah. By the end of the night, […]
Tuesday, September 22nd was no ordinary Tuesday in San Francisco. The one and only Melanie C (more commonly known to many as Mel C, aka, Sporty Spice — that’s right, one of the SPICE GIRLS!!), rolled into town for a special sold-out show at the newly renovated historic Castro Theater. 30 years ago, the Spice […]
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