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

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

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

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

Dear Jack Foundation 13th Annual Benefit Show: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Chicago, IL – 11.11.22

Dear Jack Foundation 13th Annual Benefit Show ft. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness + special guest William Beckett of The Academy Is… House of Blues – Chicago, IL November 11, 2022   “11:11, make a wish!” This year on 11/11, the Dear Jack Foundation (DJF) was wishing and hoping to Continue Reading

I Prevail’s True Power Tour – Chicago, IL – 10.09.22

I Prevail with Pierce the Veil, Fit For a King, + Yours Truly Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL Oct. 9, 2022 With their hot topic tees at the ready, fans walk from parking garages, get out of ubers, and get off buses to line up at the Aragon Ballroom (sometimes cheekily Continue Reading

One OK Rock – Chicago, IL – 10.08.22

The growth of the internet in the past one, two, or three decades, and even in the past one, two, or three years, has made the amount of music and art we consume as a people skyrocket exponentially. There are artists now that even a few years ago would not Continue Reading