The Pure Noise Tour // Chicago, IL // 07.25.2019

The Pure Noise Tour featuring: Stick To Your Guns, Counterparts, Terror, Year of the Knife, & Sanction Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL July 25, 2019 Words & Photos by Nina Tadic With the fall of the Vans Warped Tour, we have seen a rise in stacked tour lineups as of late, Continue Reading

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Mucca Pazza – Pilobolus -Ben Sollee // Louisville, KY 7.23.19

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Mucca Pazza, Pilobolus and Ben Sollee Old Forrester’s Paristown Hall Louisville, KY July 23rd, 2019 Photos and words by Emily May July 23rd was a night of celebration as Old Forrester’s Paristown Hall, Louisville’s newest music venue, had it’s opening night concert.  And what Continue Reading

August Burns Red / Silverstein / Silent Planet – Chicago, IL – 07.01.2019

August Burns Red w/ Silverstein, Silent Planet House of Blues Chicago, IL July 1, 2019 Words & Photos by Nina Tadic Constellations by August Burns Red (ABR) is an album that has impacted generations of people within metalcore, and is a record that never goes out of style. Therefore, it came Continue Reading

Rilan discusses how he developed his sound, his new song and video and what’s next

Rilan Roppolo, who goes by the moniker Rilan, is a singer, dancer and actor who is well-known for his role on the final season of the popular television show Glee.  A self-described “proud outsider”, he grew up in New Orleans where he studied ballet and piano and acted in his Continue Reading

First single released from upcoming charity compilation, ‘Circulate Vol. 1’

Doing Good with good music has always been Gravita’s way of life.  With this in mind, Gravitas Recordings is pleased to release Circulate Vol. 1, a global bass compilation curated by David Starfire and SOOHAN.  This compilation boasts an impressive roster full of original tracks, remixes and collaborations with eclectic artists such Continue Reading

Plomo premieres video for “Major Tom (Coming Home)”

In February 2019, Ian Thomas Parks was living in Santa Cruz, California, about to celebrate his 51st birthday and contemplating his next step in life.  Ian, a long time veteran of the North American music scene, was frustrated with the state of his musical career.  Despite having so many almost Continue Reading

David Scotney discusses his Music For Good label, the new Janus single and what’s next

Musician David Scotney fronted the heavy rock group Janus, touring the country with a major label deal and a top 10 single, 2009’s “Eyesore” and toured with bands such as All That Remains, Breaking Benjamin and Sevendust.  The band formed in 1998 in Chicago and released 5 studio albums, mixing Continue Reading

Album Review: Sanction “Broken in Refraction”

  Long Island hardcore group Sanction released their second album “Broken in Refraction”. After the well received success of their first album “The Infringement of God’s Plan”, the band’s second album was highly-anticipated among many.  What makes this band so interesting is their ability to present a variety of sound Continue Reading