The 2018 edition of Austin City Limits was highly anticipated ever since the lineup was announced earlier in the year…
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PHOTO REVIEW: Inaugural Adult Swim Festival
Last weekend Adult Swim hosted its inaugural music/comedy fest, the aptly named, Adult Swim Festival. The two-day festival featured an…
REVIEW: Imagine Music Festival Closes Out Summer ’18 HOT
The pink-orange hue of the sunset illuminated the sky. Finally feeling cool after an hot day in Georgia, I made…
LIVE REVIEW: Evanescence + Lindsey Stirling Captivate in Mountain View, CA
The pairing of symphonic-rock legends Evanescence and violinist/dancer Lindsey Stirling might seem odd at first, but the two artists recently…
PHOTO REVIEW: Outside Lands 2018 – Headliners Set Up Perfectly By Emerging Artists, Taste Of The Bay Area Shines
The 2018 edition of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival was one for the books on many levels. Suffice…
REVIEW: Electric Forest Only Gets Better
There is so no end to what you can discover at Electric Forest. As one of the most famous music…
REVIEW: Capital Cities & A-Trak at an Oasis in Puerto Rico
Kicking off summer in the sun-filled paradise island of Puerto Rico, Heineken The Oasis brought local and international musical flair to…
REVIEW: Boston Calling 2018 – Festival Grows from Modest Beginnings
Boston Calling used 2018 to prove it has come quite a long way. From it’s modest beginnings as a more…
REVIEW: Lightning In A Bottle 2018 Highlighted By Communal Spirit
The 2018 edition of Lightning in a Bottle took place through the Memorial Day Weekend in Bradley, CA and exceeded…
ALBUM REVIEW: Courtney Barnett – ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’
Given the amount of critical acclaim, and hype that has surrounded Courtney Barnett, it can be a little startling to…
LIVE REVIEW: Two Feet at Exit/In Nashville, TN
Zachary William Dess brought his first official solo project, Two Feet, to the notorious Exit/In in Nashville,TN recently and impressed…
ALBUM REVIEW: Franz Ferdinand – ‘Always Ascending’
Since their last release almost five years ago, Franz Ferdinand return with a slightly altered lineup on Always Ascending, released…
ALBUM REVIEW: Fall Out Boy – ‘MANIA’
After a slight delay, Fall Out Boy’s seventh studio album, MANIA, released January 19th. The band continues its transition from…
TOP 11 Albums of 2017
A lot of great music was released in 2017 and made it quite difficult to narrow down the field of…
LIVE REVIEW: Nova Tour ft. R.L. Grime Lands in Nashville
Kittens, Graves, and R.L. Grime stopped off in Nashville as part of their Nova Tour, drawing in a packed house…
ALBUM REVIEW: Wolf Alice – ‘Visions of a Life’
London based rock band Wolf Alice released their romantic and noisy second album Visions of a Life September 29th, displaying…
PHOTO REVIEW: Alvvays – The Mohawk, Austin
Outdoor performances during the fall are nothing to complain about. Breezy air and pink sunsets are a perfect match to…
PHOTO REVIEW: Austin City Limits 2017 Weekend One
The first weekend of Austin City Limits 2017 was welcomed with the stereotypical weather as remnants of the recent storms…
ON-RADAR: The Begowatts – Grand Charade
I love good, midwestern rock n roll. Like really love it, almost as much as I love Iron Maiden, Snoop…
ALBUM REVIEW: The Killers – Wonderful, Wonderful
The Killers burst onto the scene in the early 00s with a fresh sound and approach with a hint to…
ALBUM REVIEW: Odesza – ‘A Moment Apart’
Electronic duo Odesza stray little from their comfort zone with their third studio album A Moment Apart, and indeed continue…
ON-RADAR: Junkyardfieldtrip
Lord knows that I am a sucker for sappy, heartfelt, acoustic, Americana. There is something about riding down a two-lane,…
ON-RADAR: Lunar Hand – ‘Magic Hour’ EP
Finding really truly unique pop music is becoming increasingly hard to do with many just taking a shock value angle…
ALBUM REVIEW: The War On Drugs – ‘A Deeper Understanding’
The War On Drugs return with their masterful A Deeper Understanding, released on August 25. The band, fronted by Adam…
ALBUM REVIEW – Grizzly Bear – ‘Painted Ruins’
Five years since their last release, Grizzly Bear return with Painted Ruins, released August 18, 2017. More tightly woven musically…
PHOTOS: Outside Lands 2017 – Veterans and New-comers Entertain The Masses
The tenth anniversary of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco took place over the weekend, and…
ALBUM REVIEW: Foster the People – Sacred Hearts Club
As a human of the world, I really love music. All music… it doesn’t matter. If it has a pulse,…
ALBUM REVIEW: Arcade Fire – ‘Everything Now’
Since 2001, Arcade Fire has risen from little known indie band to an arena filling household name. All along this…
PHOTO REVIEW: Mo Pop Festival 2017
Detroit’s annual Mo Pop Festival has charmed Michigan summers for four years in a row now by granting music enthusiasts…
ALBUM REVIEW: Lana Del Rey – ‘Lust For Life’
Love her or hate her, Lana Del Rey has managed to carve herself out a spot in pop culture that…
PHOTO REVIEW: Wolf Alice – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA 7/24/2017
It’s only been two years since Wolf Alice released their debut album My Love Is Cool but it’s felt like…
LIVE REVIEW: Nicole Atkins – 3rd and Lindsley – Nashville, TN 7/23/2017
“Walkin’, spend a lot of time walkin’ /Â That’s what people do, getting over you.”, Nicole Atkins softly sings commencing…
LIVE REVIEW: The Menzingers – Worcester, MA
It is always refreshing waiting outside your local venue in weather that does not involve shivering in your ripped converse…
ALBUM REVIEW- Sheer Mag: ‘Need To Feel Your Love’
The heavy riff of a guitar, a singer with powerhouse lungs, and hearts that beats for rock and roll. All…
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