Show Reviews

“I’m a little sick so I’m going to need you to sing EXTRA loud tonight,” Conan Gray warned the audience near the start of his show. The crowd gladly obliged with singalong after singalong throughout the electrifying set.  The last time Glide covered Gray (at NYC’s Terminal 5), the rising singer had not yet released […]

Joywave released Possession in March 2020 and was set to tour to support it, including a show at The Social, in Orlando, Florida, but that tour was canceled by the pandemic. Originally rescheduled for mid-2021, the show was canceled again. On Friday night, Joywave finally brought a tour back to Orlando, but it was to […]

While relatively new on the music scene, Ghost Light has made a major impact. They were building a large fan base and a compelling reputation for improvisational creativity when the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed their live performances. Most recently, the band canceled their Winter 2022 tour. Fortunately, they were able to launch their Spring tour at […]

Bonobo recently returned to Seattle for his first show in the Emerald City in, as he proclaimed, five years. Coming as it did in the latter days of the pandemic, the show at Showbox SoDo on March 22nd felt like an apt reflection of this paradoxical moment in time.  Returning to a concert venue, one […]

Hot on the heels of a multi-week stint supporting Khruangbin on their U.S. tour, saxophonist Nubya Garcia capped off the American journey – her first performance stateside since the release of her acclaimed debut album SOURCE in 2020 – with a headlining show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge. With accompaniment from keyboardist Jahari […]

Three veteran rock bands took over Hard Rock Live in Orlando on Wednesday night, each delivering a distinct twist on head-banging music. North Carolina quartet Corrosion of Conformity kicked off the night with a blistering set of mostly uptempo rock. To start, bassist Mike Dean took the stage by himself and played the rumbling baseline […]

For Mike Campbell and crew, “Breakdown” took on a whole new meaning on March 20th, as the band’s tour bus had a mechanical failure which had the potential to sideline the Knobs’ second show of the weekend at Boston’s legendary gem, Brighton Music Hall (formerly Harper’s Ferry). The band had played the night before, where […]

When you add up the respective years that Ministry, Melvins, and Corrosion of Conformity have been playing, the sum is a rather mind-blowing 120 years. It might stand to reason, then, that at least one of these bands should be slowing down. Eventually, the energy should wane, right? Wrong. Each a pivotal player in the […]

Khruangbin’s second of two sold-out shows at Roadrunner in Boston featured the kind of on-stage charisma, glamor, and production that makes it hard to imagine them coming back to town playing anything but an arena.  The 3,500-person General Admission venue opened its doors for the first time the night before Khruangbin’s first show with a […]

This past Thursday night in New York City on March 17th, Walker, self-professed “minor league indie rock star”, rolled through the city’s famed Bowery Ballroom for a hometown show full of great songs, an unexpected amount of laughs, and some seriously impressive musicianship. The show was opened by comedian Adam Friedland – enlisted by Ryley […]

On Thursday night in Orlando, a crowd fought through downtown St. Patrick’s Day traffic to see Soccer Mommy play at The Abbey. The show got off to a rough start. After the opening set by Peel Dream Magazine, there were issues setting up Soccer Mommy’s equipment. Sound techs scrambled and took nearly thirty minutes to […]

The SXSW satellite event out at Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch near Spicewood, Texas, Luck Reunion celebrated the 10th anniversary of the event yesterday with a diverse slate of acts. Perhaps more so than previous years, indie rock, soul, indie-pop, punk, rockabilly and other genres unrelated to country music were prevalent at this year’s version of […]

Animal Collective’s sold-out performance at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club on March 15th was a hypnotic stroll through their latest release, Time Skiffs, as well as a likely preview of what the quartet has in store for the future.  The group has an extensive history of treating live performances as a sonic laboratory for material in […]

Although he will forever be known as  “The Kid”, even at an athletically wise 74 years old, Bobby Weir, rhythm guitarist and stalwart leader of all things Grateful Dead, still continues to own all things live music along with most recently, earning adoring admiration from the burgeoning Americana scene. The desire to continually perform was […]

Pennywise isn’t from Orange County, but the band booked five nights at the Garden Amphitheatre in northern Orange County, where they would play one album in its entirety for five shows. When any legendary band does something like that, it doesn’t matter where the shows take place – it’s going to be a big deal. […]

Billie Eilish intended to perform in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena on the Where Do We Go? World Tour in 2020, but the pandemic had other plans. At long last, the singer made her triumphant return to the Motor City on March 12th for a sold-out stop on the Happier Than Ever, The World Tour. […]

When this reviewer first saw Khruangbin live in 2017, co-headlining a 1,000-person venue with Chicano Batman, he might not have pegged the mostly-instrumental Texas trio as a band that would be playing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall less than five years later. But, in a testament to both the skill of the band […]

Sierra Ferrell has had a helluva year. Since releasing her debut album Long Time Coming in 2021 and landing on numerous best-of lists (including Glide’s), the West Virginia-born artist has been playing one sold out show after another while also being invited to share the stage at prestigious gatherings like the Grand Ole Opry. Perhaps […]

Even before its rebranding to M3F, the festival formerly known as McDowell Mountain Music Festival was never a full-on rock fest. It was the state of Arizona’s sole jam and blues festival, a place where the likes of Bob Weir, John Butler Band, or Umphrey’s McGee can swarm up some vibes in the Grand Canyon […]

The 15th installment of ALO’s Tour d’Amour poured through Portland, Oregon’s Doug Fir Lounge in Friday, March 4th, and the sold out crowd was ready and waiting for a good time. ALO welcomed opening act Anna Moss (Handmade Moments) out during their set, along with Asher Fulero (Asher Fulero Band, Threedom), Matt Butler (Everyone Orchestra, […]