This morning, Riot Fest announced their 2025 lineup revealing Green Day, Weezer, and Blink-182 as the headliners. The festival will take place in Chicago’s Douglass Park over the weekend of September 19th-21st. 2025 marks 20 years since Chicago’s first Riot Fest and founder Mike Petryshyn is more amazed than anyone Continue Reading
Judah and The Lion – Ethan Regan // Louisville, KY // 4.8.25
Judah and The Lion with Ethan Regan Paristown Hall Louisville, KY April 8th, 2025 Judah and The Lion brought their ‘The Process Tour’ to Paristown Hall on April 8th to a packed house. Touring in support of their latest album The Process, released in May of 2024, they performed Continue Reading
Grammy winning band Halestorm teases their upcoming single “Darkness Always Wins”
You know that one social media post you see as you’re scrolling that makes your heart skip in your chest and starts to pull an excited squeal out of your throat? No? Just me? This afternoon on my usual perusing, I managed to stumble upon a notification I had missed Continue Reading
Lorde Announces New Single “What Was That”
Lorde has just announced the pending release of “What Was That,” her first solo track since the release of 2021 album Solar Power. The new track will be “out soon” according to the Instagram post made by the New Zealand based artist who began teasing a new music last week Continue Reading
Paleface Swiss – Stick To Your Guns – Nasty // Louisville, KY // 4.4.25
Paleface Swiss with Stick To Your Guns and Nasty Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY April 4th, 2025 Swiss deathcore band Paleface Swiss brought their ‘The Cursed Tour’ to Mercury Ballroom on April 4th to a sold out crowd! I remember seeing these guys last year opening for The Ghost Inside Continue Reading
The Used – 25 Year Anniversary Tour // Chicago, IL // 4.2.2025
The Used House of Blues Chicago, IL April 2nd, 2025 It’s been twenty-five years since The Used’s formation and decades later they remain intrinsic to the identity of early 2000s emo music. In the year 2000, it would have been difficult to predict their current level of impact and significance. Continue Reading
Song Review – Chappell Roan’s newest single “The Giver” is a rootin’-tootin’ good time!
After its live debut on SNL back in November of 2024, Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” has had fans in an absolute frenzy awaiting the debut of a recorded version. Since the moment she entered the scene, Chappell has been a queer artist for the queers. “Your favorite pop star’s favorite Continue Reading
Ian // Louisville, KY // 3.2.25
Ian Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY March 2nd, 2025 19-year-old St Louis rapper Ian took the stage at Mercury Ballroom on March 2nd to a sold out crowd! Although it is rare to attend a show with no opening act, Ian easily commanded the stage with a fun and high-energy Continue Reading
Palaye Royale – Johnnie Guilbert – Rock & Skate // Louisville, KY // 2.19.25
Palaye Royale with Johnnie Guilbert and Rock & Skate Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY February 19th, 2025 Las Vegas rock band Palaye Royale brought their Death or Glory North American 2025 tour to Mercury Ballroom on February 19th for a nearly sold out show. Although with the amount of fans Continue Reading
LIT & Fuel // Northfield, OH // 02.21.2025
Lit & Fuel Centerstage @ MGM Northfield Park Northfield, OH February 21, 2025 On Friday, February 21, 2025, the MGM Northfield Park’s Center Stage in Northfield, Ohio, was transported back to the late ’90s as Lit and Fuel co-headlined their “Ignited We Stand 2025 Tour.” The evening was a Continue Reading
Jerry Cantrell – Filter // Louisville, KY // 2.16.25
Jerry Cantrell with Filter Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY February 16th, 2025 Iconic musician Jerry Cantrell, singer/guitarist for legendary grunge band Alice In Chains, as well as an accomplished solo artist, brought his I Want Blood Tour to a sold out show at Mercury Ballroom on February 16th. Touring in Continue Reading
GALLERY: The Plot in You, Holding Absence, Boundaries – Chicago – 2.15.25
Photos by Nina Tadic The Plot in You w/ Holding Absence, Boundaries, (not pictured) Acres at The Vic Theatre in Chicago February 15, 2025