Author: Lucas Mengelkoch

April 29, 2025

Bullet for my Valentine (Bridgend, UK), Trivium (Orlando, FL) April 26th, 2025 Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN  Trivium’s Ascendancy, and Bullet for my Valentine’s The Poison are both turning 20 years old this year. That befuddles my mind to no extent. These songs are now as old as the songs

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April 16, 2025

Rise Against (Chicago, IL), Papa Roach (Vacaville, CA), Underoath (Ocala, FL)April 13th, 2025Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN We’ve officially reached the twenty year mark of being a fan of Rise Against. After I got my first iPod and was in my phase of downloading and listening to any and all mu

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January 20, 2025

Myles Kennedy  January 18th, 2025 Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN It was a ridiculously cold night in Minneapolis, and has been each night since, hitting -5 degrees Saturday. The winds on my walk over to the Varsity Theater left me wondering how I ever did it many time 7-8 years ago. In the buck

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December 21, 2024

Bush (London, UK), Badflower (Los Angeles, CA) Getting very close to clutch holiday time, so I might be keeping this review a bit short. Even with doing this concert photography thing for close to a decade, it still surprises me. In the types of opportunities I’ve been given through it and the amo

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November 27, 2024

Better Lovers (Buffalo, NY)November 21, 2024Studio B in Minneapolis, MN A band that’s been a mainstay in my listening rotation for the longest time has been Every Time I Die. I have vivid memories of Gutter Phenomenon and it’s single “The New Black” releasing and then later on playing th

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October 4, 2024

The Matches (Oakland, CA), Steady Hands (Philadelphia, PA)September 28th, 2024House of Blues in Chicago, IL Another successful trip to Chicago in the books. I’m a newcomer to the world of The Matches. I feel like I might have had vague idea of the band 20 years ago when they were hitting the road

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