Posts by Ryan Dillon

Retirement isn’t easy for anyone, especially when you’re giving up thousands of screaming fans and touring the nation. It seems like every year there is another tour announced that makes you question how a band like Def Leppard or The Replacements are still playing shows like it’s their first. Rock and roll legends are notorious […]

Paul McCartney’s U.S. portion of his Get Back tour hit Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 16th for his final U.S. show before Macca hits the Glastonbury Festival next week. This U.S. tour finale went out with a bang just prior to the icon’s 80th birthday on Saturday, June 18th McCartney is […]

Everyone has a favorite record store. When you walk in you know who is behind the counter, you know which bin is going to have your favorite records, and you know when they stock the new records. Record stores have been a staple in the music industry for years and have had the most turbulent […]

This year, we lost a rock and roll legend. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins passed earlier this year, leaving a wake of grief and fond memories for fans and music as a whole. Since his passing, there has been an outpour of love and tributes, the 1,000-piece orchestra known as Rockin’ 1,000 performed a rendition […]

The legendary prog-rockers YES took the stage at the Tavistock in Tavistock, England yesterday on 6/13/22. The 400-capacity venue was treated to an intimate performance by the band, featuring the original lineup minus the legendary drummer Alan White who recently passed away on May 26th of this year. Jay Schellen, who was already a member […]

Summer is here and with it, the season brings warm weather and outdoor music festivals. Once the sun comes out and festivals across the world announce lineups, each one having big names while also providing a platform for the headliners of tomorrow.  Most recently, the California music and arts festival known as Desert Daze, which […]

Rage Against The Machine is gearing up for their tour of North America this summer. Today (June 10), the band took to Instagram to post a snippet of them rehearsing for their upcoming gigs, and they sound like they never left their prime.  The world became mesmerized by Rage Against The Machine almost immediately. They […]

Kurt Vile and The Violators shined in the late-night spotlight last night (June 8) as the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Vile was joined by a full band during his performance of “Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)” from his latest project Watch My Moves released in April of this year. Vile […]

Memphis Rock band Reigning Sound is calling it quits. Band leader Greg Cartwright took to Instagram today (June 8) to announce that the band is canceling their European tour that was set for July and that the band as a whole is calling breaking up.  In his Instagram post, Cartwright states “Due to Covid-19 and […]

Another day, another excessively long list from a media publication boasting about their deep knowledge of a genre to create conversation and profit. Yes, Rolling Stone released their 200 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time list yesterday (6/7) and just as planned, everyone lost their minds. The comment sections are a blaze with “Where is […]

Modern-day bluesman Marcus King took the late-night stage with Fallon on Wednesday (June 7) to perform a cut from his upcoming album. King performed “Hard Working Man” which is the first single off his second solo work Young Blood. King was joined by a full band and his signature rasp to put together an energetic […]

Massachusetts’ own Pixes have returned to the northeast, but this time in a secluded studio in Vermont to record their latest album Doggerel due out September 30. The band teamed up with producer Tom Dalgety at Guilford Record to record new music that the band describes as “simplistic”. This was announced via an album trailer […]

14 years ago, underground legends The Dresden Dolls had gone on a long hiatus following three albums. Their cult following was devastated but not underfed considering lead singer Amanda Palmer has been releasing solo work since 2008. Today, Palmer took to Facebook to announce that she is rejoining forces with her long-lost bandmate Brian Viglione […]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds kicked off a Summer-long tour of overseas festival dates last night (June 2) with their headlining spot at the Northside Festival in Denmark. This is the band’s first live performance since 2018 when they performed in Toronto, Canada. They had planned to continue playing shows that year until COVID […]

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and Country music veteran Alison Krauss kicked off a long list of tour dates last night (June 1) at CMAC in Canandaigua, New York. The collaborators are touring with JD McPherson and going across the country including some shows overseas. This is the duo’s first tour together in over twelve […]

Australian rock legends Midnight Oil kicked off their final tour together last night (June 1) at the Malkin Bowl in Vancouver, BC. It was announced that this will be the band’s final full tour together. This will support their 2022 album RESIST. This show kicked off the North American leg of the tour and was […]

British rock band IDLES were the latest band to feature on the hit YouTube series From The Basement. The hardcore band kicked off the new season today (6/1) by performing a melody of tracks from their 2021 album CRAWLER. The intimate performance ran for about 30 minutes and featured 7 tracks performed by the full […]

Last night (May 28), The National returned to touring by kicking off a string of overseas dates in Pamplona, Spain. This is the band’s return to the stage since 2019 and they came back in a big way. Their 23-song setlist included three unheard tracks, two appeared randomly in the set while the third kicked […]

Last night (May 27) Adam Lambert and Queen kicked off the 2022-leg of the Rhapsody Tour at the SSE Arena in Belfast, UK. This is the supergroup’s first live performance since COVID shut down the original tour in 2019. The tour was put together after the worldwide success of the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Although, […]

Over the past few years, Neil Young has been going through his large collection of shelved albums and finally giving the public access to these works. Some of those releases include the haunting Homegrown and Hitchhiker, both initially recorded during the 1970s. Today (May 27) word is spreading that we are receiving another archival album. […]