Concert Reviews

November 26, 2025

Silverstein (Burlington, ON), Thursday (New Brunswick, NJ), Free Throw (Nashville, TN), Bloom (Sydney, Australia)November 22nd, 2025The Fillmore in Minneapolis, MN On this day before Thanksgiving, and this day that I’m writing up my thoughts about the last Silverstein show that I got to experience

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November 24, 2025

The Darkness ( Lowestoft, England) Mark Daly (Cork, Ireland) November 22nd, 2025 Summit Music Hall in Denver, CO Full Gallery: The Darkness at Summit Music Hall When it comes to bands with top end debut albums, The Darkness and “Permission to Land” are not often brought up in the conversation a

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October 31, 2025

Between the Buried and Me (Raleigh, NC), Hail the Sun (Chico, CA), Delta Sleep (Brighton, UK)October 26th, 2025Wooly’s in Des Moines, IA When it comes to traveling for shows, there’s a select few bands that would get me to go out of my way to go see. Granted, when the distance is only a four

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October 31, 2025

Dogma Frayle (Cleveland, OH) Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO October 28th, 2025 Full Gallery: Dogma and Frail at Bluebird Theater On a night where a show that was supposed to be a ritual celebration with Dogma, things were turned on their head in a concerning way. Days before the show, three members

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October 20, 2025

Brooks Nielsen (CA)October 11th, 2025SOMA in San Diego, CA When it comes to live shows I hold musicians to a pretty high standard. After all, “time is the most valuable resource one has” and when it comes to someone I have seen a multitude of times -solo and non, I set the expectations even high

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September 27, 2025

The Paradox (Atlanta, GA), The Academy Is… (Chicago, IL)September 20th, 2025Concord Music Hall in Chicago, Illinois Good music is good music these days. There’s so much of it and there’s so much in our lives vying for our attention, if I hear a good song, I’m going to like it without bot

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August 30, 2025

Taking Back Sunday (Amityville, NY), Coheed and Cambria (Nyack, NY)August 30, 2025The Armory in Minneapolis, MN Taking Back Sunday have been one of the constants in my concert going career. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen them now. One of my first First Avenue shows was them.

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