Show Reviews

Confession: I haven’t followed Stone Temple Pilots since Chester Bennington left the group in 2015. It’s tough enough for a band to reinvent themselves when a well know singer, such as their first frontman, Scott Weiland, leaves. But I thought Chester’s addition to STP was a stroke of genius. He …

Witchy feminist rockstar Maggie Rogers brought her unendingly joyful energy to Berkeley, CA with an incredibly sold out stop on her Heard it in a Past Life tour. Rogers is a performer who seems effortlessly timeless. Equal parts folk, pop, and rock, Rogers’s genre-defying music and intoxicating stage presence is …

“COUNTERFEIT was amazing!” Literally the only thing that kept going through my mind after leaving Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory on Tuesday September 10th. The band quickly became a favorite of mine after having watched them perform their hearts out the previous year. Now, back with new music and a more positive …

Don Broco kicked off their first ever North American headlining tour in Boston this month at Brighton Music Hall along with Selfish Things, The Home Team, and Seep On It. It was a night of firsts: first headline show in North America, first sold out headlining show, first time ever …

On Sunday, September 15th, The Metal Galaxy World Tour landed at Terminal 5 in New York City bringing with it the Japanese Kawaii metal sensation BabyMetal who brought along the Swedish theatrical metal antics of Avatar.  Avatar opened up the evening like always, dressed in their usual attire reminiscent of a 1700’s royal army, …

On Tuesday night in Toronto Banks (legally known as Jillian Rose Banks),  began her much anticipated III Tour. Coming off the release of her appropriately titled third album III, the songstress from California hosted her first headlining concert in two years at Toronto’s Rebel venue. Anyone whose been to Rebel …

In early June, Mitski announced she would be taking a live performance hiatus and announced a final show in New York. After the first one on Saturday, September 7th quickly sold out, a second date was added for the following night. Mitski would be joined for both of these final …

This year Slipknot had announced plans to take Knotfest on the road this summer for a six week long North American Tour. The tour, appropriately named Knotfest Roadshow, features a packed lineup with metal titans from four different countries, Coppehangan’s very own Volbeat, French metal giants Gojira and Poland’s extreme black metal band Behemoth, and of coarse …

Most casual observers likely wouldn’t think of Boston, MA as a hotbed of country music, most casual observers are wrong. When Zac Brown Band rolled into Fenway Park on Saturday, they arrived knowing they would be playing to a full house on both nights of their weekend stand. The sold-out …

Toronto was given quite the treat Monday night when rock n’ roll revivalist Rival Sons were in town for a summer show under the stars. Only the second show of this leg, the band has been on the road extensively since the release of their sixth album Feral Rootsback in …

Theres no better way to end your weekend in New York City during the summer then to be spending it on a rooftop along the waterfront taking in the view of the beautiful New York City skyline, now add Papa Roach, Asking Alexandria, and Bad Wolves live on that same …

The Smashing Pumpkins kicked off their Summer Tour on Thursday night at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Special Guest AFI. The show got started with the alternative hard rocking outfit AFI taking the stage first opening their set with “Girl’s Not Grey”. Unfortunately …