Show Reviews

For the uninitiated such as myself I was left with memories to last a lifetime after a Lords of Acid show. The band was on the Pretty In Kink tour with Orgy, Genitortures, Little Miss Nasty, and Gabriel and the Apocalypse. Lords of Acid started their set with vocalist and …

Billy Idol and Steve Stevens were ready to rock at their show at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Illinois on March 21st. So much so, that neither wasted any time with extended greetings upon appearing on-stage before getting into the first song of the night, Dancing With Myself. But the …

Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band hit Chicago for two sold out shows at Thalia Hall on March 7th& 8th. The group wasted no time in unpacking their box of Grateful Dead goodness, starting off Thursday’s show with eleven classic Dead tunes before deviating from the catalog for the …

The first Monday morning of Daylight Savings Time is usually a sluggish, coffee pounding agony with its very own layer of hell. But that didn’t keep rock fans away from Times Square on a breezy Sunday night. Nothing More‘s ɥʇnɹʇ tour has been an incredible success, with a large number of …

You Me At Six kicked off their Back Again Tour at the Brighton Music Hall last week. Although they played a few shows two years ago they haven’t had a full nationwide tour through the US for a while, they haven’t been in Boston since May 2017 (although singer Josh Franceschi can’t …

After a 9 month hiatus, Switchfoot hit the road for their Native Tongue Tour on February 14th for a sold out show in Asheville, North Carolina. By February 27th, fans in the Pittsburgh area were lucky enough to have the band grace the stage of the historic Carnegie Library Music …

California hard rock quintet Tesla is back in 2019, with a tour in support of a new album, Shock, their 8thstudio effort, debuting on March 8th(two songs, Shock and Taste Like are currently available). The band hit Chicago for two shows at the House of Blues on February 5thand 6th, …

Therapy? are on the European leg of their 2019 tour promoting their fifteenth studio album “Cleave”. The show on the boat A38 was sold out a few days before the show. I’ve seen Therapy? twice now, both times in Serbia. First time in 2007 (SKC, Belgrade) and the second time …

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood can rest assured that every one of their fans who came out to their 2019 tour opener on January 25that Chicago’s Thalia Hall is of the hardcore variety, given the sub-zero temperatures they braved to be there. And while the wisdom of starting a tour in …

Rock legends Disturbed struck deep in the heart of Texas for the San Antonio stop of their Evolution Tour. The band brought out Canadian rock group Three Days Grace in support, who’s performance included their greatest hits over the past 22 years. Over the years, there’s one thing Disturbed is …

After six long years the Brooklyn based gothic doom rockers A Pale Horse Named Death have release their third LP When The World Becomes Undone. With the release of their latest LP the band held a small intimate record release show on Friday January 18th at New York City’s Mercury …

hIPNOSTIC may be a band you have seen in Orange and LA County Live Shows as they have been booking as the supporting band of many of the top national touring acts. They made their appearance as the supporting act for Buckcherry on a Wednesday Night – January 16th, 2019 …