For the past two years, My Chemical Romance has traveled the globe, taking their fans on a journey revisiting their hit album “The Black Parade.” Unlike most anniversary tours, though, the Long Live Tour has becomes something not only nostalgic, but brand new. The band has pulled out all the Continue Reading
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Knocked Loose // Chicago, IL // 9.30.26
Knocked Loose is a band that has played arenas and stadiums around the world, but that doesn’t mean they started there. This is a band straight out of Kentucky who planted their roots playing basement shows and bars and tiny rooms. The only differences from then to now? The amount Continue Reading
A Story that Carries On: My Chemical Romance’s Black Parade Revived On Tour in Detroit
Photo credit: Bryce Hall / Jesse DeFlorio The guys in My Chemical Romance are no strangers to theater – their albums contain storylines and concepts filled with depth and nuance, inviting fan theories and development that other artists can only dream of inspiring. So when they announced the Long Live Continue Reading
La Dispute Puts on a Show for the Ages – Grand Rapids, MI – 5.9.2026
La Dispute No One Was Driving The Car Tour w/ Flooding, From Indian Lakes GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids, MI May 9, 2026 Words + Photos by Nina Tadic There are plenty of metrics to grade a band’s “success” – but one true litmus test of such success is Continue Reading
The Summer Set’s Meet Me at the Record Store Tour takes Chicago by storm
It takes a lot to put yourself out there as a band with new music. It takes even more to do so after a long-lasting hiatus. Will the same fans come back? Have they aged out of your demographic? Will you find a new group of people who want to Continue Reading
Mayday Parade – Tallahassee, FL – 06.07.25
Words & Photos by Brandy Jarmacz Mayday Parade – Three Cheers for 20 Years Tour Finale Saturday night, Mayday Parade wrapped up their Three Cheers for 20 Years Tour with a sold-out hometown show at The Moon in Tallahassee, Florida—a full-circle moment for the band. The Moon, an iconic venue Continue Reading
Arm’s Length // Chicago, IL // 6.9.25
Arm’s Length There’s a Whole World Out There Release Show w/ Charmer & Wakelee Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL June 9, 2025 For most bands, it takes quite some time to get their feet off the ground before they’re playing sold-out shows in other countries. For Canadian emo band Arm’s Length, this is Continue Reading
Pierce the Veil’s I Can’t Hear You Tour w/ Sleeping with Sirens, Beach Weather // Tinley Park, IL // 6.7.25
Pierce the Veil w/ Sleeping with Sirens, Beach Weather at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL 06.07.2025 When a band has been around for nearly twenty years, odds are that they’re either surpassing their peak success, or just getting into it. For Pierce the Veil, it is most certainly 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
INTERVIEW: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Enters a New Era at When We Were Young Fest
Interview by Ally Arens Alternative rockers The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are entering a new phase of their 20-plus year long career, having recently announced their signing to Better Noise Music with the release of new single “Home Improvement.” The song, a retooled demo from their Don’t You Fake It-era that Continue Reading
Catching Up with Daisy Grenade at When We Were Young 2024
Interview by Ally Arens Pop-rock “bubble grunge” duo Daisy Grenade are in the middle of an absolute landmark year. In the first quarter, they brought their sassy, cheeky blend of edgy pop to audiences across the United States while opening a set of dates of Fall Out Boy’s “So Much Continue Reading
When We Were Young: A Weekend in Review
Words courtesy of Ally Arens Featured Photo: Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, photo courtesy of Sophia Juliette/When We Were Young The now-annual alternative/scene/emo pilgrimage to Las Vegas for a nostalgia-filled weekend in the form of the When We Were Young music festival has come and gone once again. For Continue Reading