Show Reviews

“How much difference does it make,” Eddie Vedder sang during the show-opening “Indifference,” a song usually reserved for a closing slot in a Pearl Jam set, but not tonight. A few moments later Vedder admitted he “made a mistake in the set list” before launching into “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town.” […]

Last fall, we were gifted with a somewhat unexpected release from a new “supergroup” of sorts called The Hard Quartet. Featuring Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus along with venerable go-to talents Matt Sweeney, Jim White, and Emmett Kelly, the group’s album dabbled in a sort of worship of old Britpop and psych, freak-folk, and garage rock, albeit […]

Washington D.C. – based surf-sludge-punk garage rockers Teen Mortgage are taking the American rock club scene by storm, with a slew of sold-out shows across the nation. Fueled by the April 11 release of their first LP, Devil Ultrasonic Dream (Roadrunner Records), the duo, consisting of James Guile on guitar and vocals and Edward Barakauskas […]

On May 1st, Sharon Van Etten and her band, The Attachment Theory took over Boston’s Roadrunner for a night of indie rock glory. As the house music and lights faded and the atmosphere crackled with anticipation as the lights dimmed, signaling the arrival of Sharon Van Etten and her band, The Attachment Theory. The stage, […]

Singer-songwriter Amos Lee hit Orlando’s Plaza Theatre on May 1st on the last stop of the 2025 tour for a night of jams and sing-alongs. Half of the Washington duo Sway Wild opened the night. With Dave McGraw at home recovering from kidney stones, Mandy Fer played the set as a solo act. “Dave says […]

Every year, the options for events held during the days between New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival weekends grow larger. One event that has been happening for 20 years is the Threadhead Cultural Foundation “Patry” and this year’s lineup was one of the best the non-profit organization has ever offered up.  Held at Deutsches Haus, […]

The Savage Imperial Death March Part II tour stopped in Orlando, Florida, on Friday for a night of crowd-pleasing, eclectic heavy rock from icons that have played sweaty clubs for decades. But before the rocking, the night opened with a strange set by Dark Sky Burial, a side project of Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury.  […]

Friday, April 25th, marked a return home for My Morning Jacket to their hometown of Louisville, KY. MMJ was set to play a round of homecoming shows in 2022 but were forced to cancel due to illness. Since 2016, they have only played twice in Louisville, both at larger shows: the KFC YUM Center in […]

With the well-received new album The Crux released earlier this month, Djo – the musical project of Joe Keery – embarked on the Back on You World Tour. With the band’s sold-out run continuing in Detroit, the hype was palpable: Interest in the show resulted in the Michigan stop moving up from Royal Oak Music […]

Metal titans Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium teamed up to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of some of their fan-favorite records: BFMV’s The Poison and Trivium’s Ascendancy. Together, the bands dubbed their current run The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour, which stopped by a packed house at the Fillmore Detroit, with strong support from Bleed From Within […]

2025 started terribly for Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, the brothers who form the core lineup of folk-rock outfit Dawes. They both lost their homes in the Altadena fire in Los Angeles in January, as well as their recording studio with pretty much every piece of equipment they owned. In a twist of tragic irony, it […]

Philadelphia is home to one of the most vibrant art scenes the States has to offer, and April 27 saw the homecoming of one of its most unsung heroes. Domenic Palermo, Philly-native and frontman of shoegaze titans Nothing, brought the second installment of Slide Away Festival home for a one-night fest of legendary comebacks. The […]

Anticipation was shattered the second song of set two last night. The highly hoped for notes of “Tweezer” were not simply teased as they were during the first set “Gumbo” but sent in a rather wild manner, catapulting the sold-out Bill Graham Civic Center into a frenzy that only “Tweezer” can bring. But that was […]

On Saturday, April 19th, Djo brought his electric energy to Phoenix’s Van Buren. Lead singer Joe Keery, known for his acting roles in films such as Free Guy, Spree, and Stranger Things, fronted the band with his confident demeanor, opening the show with the band’s 2022 track, “Gloom”. Starting with an older song isn’t a calculated move, but it […]

The last time the four members of Phish all set foot in Portland, it was a different century. September 12, 1999 at the now-gone Portland Meadows, to be exact. In the more than twenty-five years since that date, a lot has happened. The Vermont jam legends played a marathon show to usher in the new […]

Los Angeles indie rockers Cheekface brought its quirky music to The Social in Orlando on Monday night April 14th, celebrating oddball narratives and danceable grooves. Pacing, singer-songwriter Katie McTigue’s project, started the night with a thirty-minute set of eccentric folk rock. Backed by a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist, McTigue sang stories with a tongue-in-cheek delivery […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart is back on tour and celebrating fifty-plus years since their debut album, Dreamboat Annie, was released to critical acclaim. Helping to define the hard rock sound of the 1970s, the rock and roll outfit fronted by the exceptionally talented sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson is still a force to be […]

Deep in the Saharan desert in the country of Niger lies Agadez, a city that is known for its mysterious desert rock music. After many years playing weddings and other gigs throughout Agadez, Etran De L’Aïr has caught fire internationally and now spends much of their time bringing their Saharan rock to increasingly larger audiences […]

A sold-out crowd packed into the House of Blues Orlando for a night of unique alternative metal led by Los Angeles singer Poppy. The duo House of Protection opened the show with a thirty-minute set of energetic Prodigy-influenced industrial. Guitarist Stephen Harrison and drummer Aric Improta jumped, flailed, and flipped onstage while serving up frenzied […]

When the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas, first recorded with the funk outfit Galactic in 2010, the resulting single “Heart of Steel” became a staple in both of their respective live sets. While it took a while, they have pared back up for a whole album’s worth of goodness titled Audience with the […]