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

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

Beach Weather // Chicago, IL // 06.20.23

Beach Weather House of Blues Chicago, IL June 20, 2023 Review and Photos by Nina Tadic Alternative indie outfit Beach Weather has got it down – their sound, their aesthetic, their energy – and it shows the second they hit the stage. Opening for Lovelytheband., on their current US tour, Continue Reading

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour is Every Swiftie’s Wildest Dream

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Ford Field Detroit, MI June 10, 2022 Words and Images by Nina Tadic* *captioned photos courtesy of TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour is something out of every Swiftie’s Wildest Dreams.    Hours before the start of every show, fans are lined up Continue Reading

Bikini Kill – Milwaukee, WI – 04.19.23

Is feminism dead? Is punk dead? Is riot grrrl a thing of the past? Not even close, and Bikini Kill is the living, breathing proof.  Taking the stage at the gorgeous Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee on Tuesday, these women brought all the same energy as a lightning storm, and did Continue Reading

Album Review: Pile’s “All Fiction” delivers on atmosphere and ambition

You don’t come across many bands like Pile. The trio has melded haunting soundscapes and indie-rock grit for 15 years, and it’s put to tremendous effect on their eighth studio album, “All Fiction,” out now on Exploding in Sound Records. You can tell that great care went into capturing and Continue Reading