Show Reviews

Those coming to Guns ‘N’ Roses bassist, Duff McKagan’s, solo show at Chicago’s Thalia Hall on Thursday expecting to hear the rock ‘n’ roll renaissance man run through a set of GNR big hits might have left disappointed…and there were many attendees in Guns shirts at the show. But for …

Performing in New York City for the first time in 22 years, Bikini Kill headlined Brooklyn Steel on Friday, May 31, 2019 supported by local trio Palberta (Nina Ryser, Anina Ivry-Block, and Lily Konigsberg). Tickets for the show, along with a performance at Terminal 5, originally went on sale on …

It’s been twenty three years since Apocalyptica released their ground-breaking debut album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos. Eight albums, and countless touring hours later, Apocalyptica return to North America to celebrate the music that started it all. While this tour is wrapping up tonight at Mohegan Sun, I have no doubt …

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, the tour featuring two bands from Los Angeles, Starcrawler and The Distillers, came to Brooklyn, NY for a sold out show at Brooklyn Steel. Beginning their set promptly just before 8PM, Starcrawler performed songs from their 2018 self-titled record plus their cover of The Ramones’ …

Slayer – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA – May 25, 2019 Before Slayer goes and lays waste to the halls of Valhalla alongside the metal gods of lore and probably Lemmy, they chose to make one final stop at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts this past Saturday. With gusty …

On Friday, May 24, 2019, Filthy Friends’ 12 date tour along the east and west coasts of North America came to an end in Brooklyn, NY at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The band, which features Peter Buck (of R.E.M.), Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), drummer Linda Pitmon, bassist Scott McCaughey, and guitarist …

On Friday evening or “afternoon” as frontman Mark Osegueda would refer to the bands early set time, the Bay Area thrashers Death Angel took the stage in front of the New York City crowd for the first time ever together with their long time veteran east coast thrash heavy weights …

In 1992 Life Of Agony toured with Over Kill, and once again Brooklyn’s very own Life Of Agony would join the veteran thrash metal heavy weights Over Kill along with Death Angel and Mothership for a special one night only show in New York City. Though Life Of Agony aren’t …

Still hot off the recent release of their 19th studio album The Wings of War, New Jersey’s very own thrash metal veterans Over Kill flew through the gutters of The Garden State across the river to New York City’s Times Square. Met by the thunderous roar of the sold out …

Two or three decades ago, the music industry was a very different place than it is today. World class rock musicians belonged to one band, and the lifecycle of that band pretty much went like this: record and release album, tour to support album sales and spread the new music …

The 2019 edition of Red Bull Music Festival in New York continued with a concert at Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York, NY on Wednesday, May 15th. The more intimate space is seven floors above Hammerstein Ballroom and featured a sold out, headlining performance by singer, actress, dancer, …

Katie Toupin – Great Scott – Allston, MA – May 11, 2019 Katie Toupin, the sublimely talented former keyboard player for Houndmouth, brought along her song book and infectious spirit with her to Great Scott on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts this past Friday to the delight of all of …