Posts by Killian Young

Twenty-One Pilots brought their Bandito Tour back to NYC, this time headlining Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on June 4th. When the house lights dimmed, a cacophony of screams pushed like a tidal wave toward the stage. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun were greeted by a sea of shouting fans, the vast majority wearing […]

Sum 41 brought their “No Personal Space Tour” to a sold-out stop at New York City’s Gramercy Theatre on May 21, and the title of the tour certainly lived up to its name. The veteran rockers are playing some smaller venues for this circuit —  for a “real intimate, real punk rock show,” singer Deryck […]

Passion Pit brought the 10th anniversary tour in support of landmark record Manners to New York City’s Pier 17 on May 19. Opener The Beaches helped ramp up the energy at the venue, surrounded by a stunning backdrop of the Lower Manhattan skyline, the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River. As nightfall took hold and […]

Tom Morello has decades of musical experience, but only late last year did he release an album (The Atlas Underground) under his own name. Since then, the veteran guitarist has taken his “The Atlas Underground Live” shows on the road across the U.S., including a stop at NYC’s Irving Plaza on May 14. The set […]

The Who brought their Moving On! Tour to Madison Square Garden on May 13. Accompanied by a massive orchestra, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and co. rumbled through a satisfying two-hour set full of hits and deeper cuts alike. And throughout, the rockers seemed genuinely appreciative about what NYC fans have meant to the band throughout […]

“Last time we played Mercury Lounge,” remarked PUP singer/guitarist Stefan Babcock. “This feels a little different.” The sold-out show the Toronto punk rockers hosted at Brooklyn Steel on Friday, April 26 featured around 1,800 fans, a far cry from Mercury Lounge’s approximate 250-person capacity. The gig was a testament to band’s hard-earned fanbase that’s eagerly […]

The National brought their mini-tour to a sold-out show at Beacon Theatre on Monday, April 22. Dubbed “A Special Evening with The National,” the gig gave fans a taste of their soon-to-be-released new album I Am Easy to Find, along with a screening of its accompanying short film. In between, there was also a brief […]

Any one crowd surfer’s journey took perhaps 30 seconds, but the relentless tide pushed song after song throughout State Champs’ raucous, sold-out show at the Playstation Theater in NYC on March 8th. After “Safe Haven,” guitarist Tyler Szalkowski recalled how the band played a gig in Brooklyn around 2011 and “literally no one came.” (The […]

“Life is short, even in its longest days.” During a quiet moment in the middle of his set at the Beacon Theatre on February 25th, John Mellencamp recounted the tale of visiting his grandmother, who was bedridden and nearing the end of her life. After making a “smart-alecky” comment about “more sinning” that he had […]

The Front Bottoms and Manchester Orchestra brought their co-headlining show to Brooklyn Steel for two evenings. On the second night (December 15th), The Front Bottoms hit the stage following Shannen Moser, and Manchester Orchestra closed out the gig. With The Front Bottoms cutting their teeth in nearby Bergen County, N.J., this sold-out Brooklyn show felt […]

December means one thing for music lovers in many major cities: holiday concerts. On December 6th, Alt 92.3 — New York City’s recently reborn alternative rock radio station — delivered a jam-packed, sold-out concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center that would’ve been a formidable single-day lineup for a major music festival at Radio.com Presents Not So […]

Made in America Day 1: Janelle Monáe, Meek Mill, Saba Dazzle on Saturday Made in America returned to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the last time in the foreseeable future. The venue, which stretches from near the Rodin Museum all the way to the Rocky Steps, has played host to the Jay-Z curated […]