Photos + Review: Fitz and the Tantrums @ First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
Fitz and the Tantrums (Los Angeles, CA), Ax and the Hatchetmen (Chicago, IL)August 2nd, 2025First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN I get the urge to go out of my comfort zone every once and awhile. I was also starting to feel a little bit out of practice of sorts with having not shot a show in […]
Photos + Review: Bush + Shinedown @ Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Bush (London, UK), Shinedown (Jacksonville, FL)July 28th, 2025Target Center in Minneapolis, MN Concerts are well known to be healing experiences, or at the very least safe spaces for people. Last Monday night’s visit of the Dance, Kid, Dance tour from Bush and Shinedown was another example. Both l
Photos + Review: Bullet for my Valentine & Trivium @ Mystic Lake (Prior Lake, MN)
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
Photos + Review: Rise Against @ Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN)
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
Photos + Review: Myles Kennedy @ Varsity Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
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
Photos + Review: Bush @ Uptown Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
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
Photos + Review: Better Lovers @ Studio B (Minneapolis, MN)
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
Photos + Review: Rise Against @ The Eastern (Atlanta, GA)
Rise Against (Chicago, IL), LS Dunes (Chicago, IL), Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH)November 4th, 2024The Eastern in Atlanta, GA Woof, it’s been a week. Sheesh. As Fall Out Boy said, what a time to be alive. What a way to go from one end of the spectrum of intense happiness and hope, to extreme disa
Photos + Review: The Sisters Of Mercy @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (San Diego, CA)
The Sisters Of Mercy (Leeds, UK)October 5th, 2024Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego, CA In a world overrun by hashtags and fleeting overnight celebrities the word “iconic” is tossed around so freely it almost becomes synonymous with the bland normality. Nothing seems more icon