Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Departments: The Anthology Review

Taylor Swift reigns supreme as literary queen and department head on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Released this past Friday, The Tortured Poets Department, which quickly (note, within two hours) became The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, has already broken all-time streaming records including most streams by one album Continue Reading

Blue October // Detroit, MI // 04.13.2024

Blue October The Fillmore Detroit, MI April  13, 2024   Saturday night was a busy night in Detroit. The Detroit Tigers were playing just across the street and the Fillmore was almost sold out to the doors. Blue October, a rock band from Houston, who has been around since 1995 Continue Reading

Ruston Kelly // Detroit, MI // 03.29.2024

Ruston Kelly The Shelter Detroit, MI March  29, 2024   Friday night Ruston Kelly brought his “Too Chill To Kill” tour to the Shelter in Detroit. The stage was set up with just a microphone, stool and piano and I was looking forward to an acoustic set. Promptly at 8pm Continue Reading

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness // Chicago, IL // 12.08.23

The New Friends Tour Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ Michigander, Wildermiss Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL December 8, 2023 Very few artists can transition through projects, through albums, through decades, and still have the lasting power to perform tour after tour. Andrew McMahon is one of those artists. The New Continue Reading

Dogstar // Detroit, MI // 12.08.2023

Dogstar Majestic Theatre Detroit, MI December 08, 2023   Friday night Dogstar, an alternative rock band from LA, played a sold-out show at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit as part of their “Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees” tour. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2002, Continue Reading

Barenaked Ladies // Detroit, MI // 12.05.2023

Barenaked Ladies Sound Board Detroit, MI December 05, 2023 The Barenaked Ladies started their set off, mentioning that it was  “a little chilly to play Pine Knob” but everyone in the audience appreciated seeing them in a very small and intimate setting at the SoundBoard in Detroit on Tuesday evening.  Continue Reading

Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness // Detroit, MI // 12.03.2023

Andrew McMahon In TheWilderness The Fillmore Detroit, MI December 03, 2023   Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness brought the “New Friends” tour to the Fillmore in Detroit on Sunday night and the place was filled to the brim. Andrew mentioned that nowadays his audience is not high schoolers anymore, but Continue Reading

Trans-Siberian Orchestra // Toledo, OH // 12.01.2023

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Huntington Center Toledo, OH December 01, 2023     Setlist The Hourglass Mozart/Figaro The Lost Christmas Eve The Ghosts of Christmas Eve O Come All Ye Faithful / O Holy Night Good King Joy Christmas Dreams Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) Christmas Canon Rock What Child Is This? Music Continue Reading

Mammoth WVH // Grand Rapids, MI // 11.11.2023

Mammoth WVH w/Nita Strauss The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI November 11, 2023 After opening for Metallica in Detroit on Friday, Mammoth WVH sold out the Intersection in Grand Rapids on Saturday night.  Fans started lining up in the afternoon to secure their front-row spots for the evening. Opening the night Continue Reading

Album Review: Silent Planet – SUPERBLOOM

“A close encounter” took on a second meaning for Silent Planet in 2022, with the band experiencing a near fatal accident amidst writing their fifth full length. Through this trauma came a new found enthusiasm for their art, resulting in the band’s most varied, grandiose, and uncompromising record to date: Continue Reading

Le Tigre // Chicago, IL // 7.15.23

Le Tigre w/ MAN ON MAN Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed July 15, 2023 Photos and Review by Nina Tadic Le Tigre is a Girl Scoutcore, funky, fun feminist dream to witness. On their first full tour since 2005, the band took to Chicago’s Salt Shed this past Saturday Continue Reading

Shania Twain // Tinley Park, IL // 07.01.23

Shania Twain Credit Union 1 Ampitheatre Tinley Park, IL Review and Photos by Nina Tadic Shania Twain proves she is a reigning queen of country yet again with her Queen of Me Tour in Tinley Park. Over the past three decades, Shania has been turning out single after single, and Continue Reading