Photos & Review: The Darkness at Summit Music Hall (Denver, CO)
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
Photos + Review: Brooks Nielsen @ Soma (San Diego, CA)
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
Photos + Review: The Paradox & The Academy Is @ Concord Music Hall (Chicago, Il)
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
Photos + Review: Architects @ The Fillmore (Minneapolis, MN)
Architects (Brighton, England), Erra (Birmingham, Alabama), Holywatr (Los Angeles, CA)August 11th, 2025The Fillmore in Minneapolis, MN I went to see the band Architects and all I got was whiplash. I’ve started a new tradition for myself where whenever I go on a vacation, my flight ritual will be t
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