The year was 2017 and, in typical music-discovery fashion, I heard a really cool song come through my Spotify suggestions called “Matador” by a band called Model/Actriz. I saved it to my new music playlist and didn’t really think much about it beyond the fact that it was a really cool song. Flash forward to […]
Three artists woke up one day and came together to create a tour called The Sisterhood Tour — Madison Watkins, Riley Clemmons, and Leanna Crawford. All three women are openly followers of Christ, sharing a friendship with one another. These ladies I like to call the ‘church girlies’… close friends who love God and are […]
Ashnikko, the pickle connoisseur, once said in regard to her second studio album, Smoochies: “Smoochies is the tiny door you find in the club bathroom that you crawl through on your hands and knees to a technicolor parallel dimension ruled by rat princesses.” This, combined with Tamagotchis, trinkets, Harajuku, and viewing the world through a kaleidoscope, describes […]
What a way to celebrate March than with the Road to 311 Day Tour, making its stop in San Luis Obispo at Madonna Inn Expo. 311 just wrapped their west coast tour run that culminates with the big 311 Day show tomorrow in Las Vegas. For fans who haven’t made the pilgrimage, believe us, it’s worth every penny. After more […]
Many people like to spend Valentine’s Day weekend doing something romantic, like going to a candlelit dinner or cuddling up with your partner over a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates. For the EDM community in St. Louis, though, this holiday was celebrated by falling into a swirling electronic trance led by the […]
G. Love brought the Special Sauce to San Diego’s premiere big-little venue Belly Up on Friday, February 26th — a venue tucked away in the upscale coastal neighborhood of Solana Beach. Starting off the night right was Karlos Paez of the B-Side Players, stating “the root of all pop music is African. As the band’s […]
As someone who spends most live shows watching movement as closely as sound, Nine Inch Nails’ Peel It Back Tour stood apart almost immediately. The Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, permanently washed in scarlet hues, felt less like a venue and more like an extension of the performance before the band even appeared. Red filled […]
The Novo became a party for devoted hip hop heads as Atmosphere brought their Winter Carnival Tour to a completely sold-out Los Angeles crowd. There has always been an unspoken understanding at hip hop shows: attendees are there to live and breathe lyricism, craft over clout. This show felt personal for those who grew up […]
What better way to start off the year than with a concert with artists you grew up with? I talk to friends all the time about their bands that bring them nostalgic memories; this time, it’s my turn — and all the artists I would mention were part of the 2026 Hits Deep Tour in […]
Let me preface that I’m a not a basshead. Nor am I a candy kid. I’m not a categorical anything, let alone a ‘raver’… my Spotify listed my listening age as 78 for 2025. I like a bit of everything, so when I saw INZO was coming to The Sound in Del Mar, I was […]
I’ve often asked people what their ‘desert island albums’ are… you know, the top five they’d pack if they were boarding a doomed plane bound to crash on a desolate island where they’d stay for the rest of their life. Naturally, we all would have the foresight for this, hence the question. Most pick a […]
Zeds Dead recently took over the Wintrust Arena in Chicago for an entire weekend. We were lucky enough to cover the first of the two-night rager. Esseks opened up the night as the crowd slowly piled in out of the December cold. We could hear the bass rattling the building from the box office long […]
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. […]
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