Jonathan Jackson + Enation at Knuckleheads – Kansas City, MO June 4th, 2016
Show Review: Disturbed, Hellyeah, Sixx:AM, Seether, and more at Rockfest in Kansas City, MO – 5/14/16
Rockfest is touted as North America’s largest one-day music festival, and with fifteen main bands between two stages, more bands on the smaller third stage, and around 50,000 fans in attendance each year, this claim is not hard to imagine as accurate. The festival takes place outdoors in downtown Kansas …
Read More »Show Review: Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, and Delain at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO – 3/16/16
Three of the most respected acts in symphonic Euro-metal – female-fronted Dutch act Delain, long-lived Finnish power quintet Sonata Arctica, and the symphonic metal pioneers themselves, Nightwish – have made their way across the pond to tour the states, promising a night of headbanging with a touch of epic fantasy. …
Read More »Show Review: Killswitch Engage, Memphis May Fire, 36 Crazyfists, and Toothgrinder at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO – 3/19/16
American metalcore promises several things: aggression, headbanging, moshing, and above all, a great party. Genre gods Killswitch Engage have promised all of the above, embarking on the Incarnate tour, celebrating their recently released album of the same name. Along for the ride are up-and-comers Toothgrinder, old friends 36 Crazyfists, and …
Read More »Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and more to appear at Naka-Kon Anime convention in Overland Park, Kansas
Naka-Kon is an annual 3-day convention held in the Kansas City area which celebrates anime, video games, and Japanese culture. Each year, the convention hosts a variety of influential Japanese musicians who perform, host informative panels, and sign autographs for fans. Line-up This year, the convention will be hosting the …
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