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Motion City Soundtrack Tour

It’s been three years since Motion City Soundtrack played a show, but with that said it looks like they’re ready to start performing again. Yesterday the band announced a whole run of tour dates that appear to keep them out for over a month. Even when they announced the tenth anniversary of their album Even...More Please

June 17, 2019

Black Belt Eagle Scout Plays New Music on Tour

Black Belt Eagle Scout Live

Black Belt Eagle Scout is easily one of our favorite new artists performing today. We were lucky enough to get to catch her perform recently, and we were stunned at how humbling the experience was. Opening with asking if anyone was from the tribe that inhabited the area originally, she went out of her way...More Please

June 14, 2019

Thundercat Brings ALL of the Funk in Concert

Live Thundercat

You don’t have to tell us that Thundercat is a genius, it’s something we’ve known since the early 2000’s. The bass genius and true funk master laid it all out on the line the other night while holding down the opening slot for the Anderson .Paak tour. With an LED Thundercat logo behind him as...More Please

June 13, 2019

Anderson .Paak Brings Fire to Live Performance

Anderson .Paak Concert

Not every show we catch is fire. We’re in a time when artists are performers and not entertainers-and that’s okay. In fact we celebrate great music whether it be live or on record, entertainers or not. However, when we get to see an entertainer who can also bring it in their songwriting, we feel like...More Please

June 10, 2019

Weyes Blood Delivers Stunning Performance Supporting Titanic Rising

Live Weyes Blood

We were on hand to witness the beauty of a performance from Weyes Blood for her tour in support of Titanic Rising, and we were stunned from open to close. Opening with two songs from the album, with small lights placed upon the stage, the singer and performer gave the audience everything in each gorgeously...More Please

May 29, 2019

Twin Peaks Announce Tour & Share Teaser Video

Concerts New Music

Indie Rock Twin Peaks

About a month ago Chicago’s Twin Peaks dropped a new rerecorded version of their song “Natural Villain” to coincide with the release of their beer with Goose Island. Now they’re announcing a new run of tour dates that begin in September and take the band into Europe as well. The trailer doesn’t say much but...More Please

May 15, 2019

AGAINST ME! To Perform Fan Favorites on New Tour

Ever since we first caught AGAINST ME! in a tiny club almost twenty years ago, we’ve been fans of theirs and enjoyed how ahead of everyone they’ve always seemed to be. However now with one of the most ambitious tours we’ve seen in a long time, the band stands to set themselves apart from many...More Please

May 15, 2019

Angel Olsen Announces New Tour to Take Place Later This Year

We’ve been fans of Angel Olsen since we first caught her play a tiny space. While we think Olsen may be one of the most enigmatic artists to come out in a good while, her work pace has always been impressive with touring schedules that could shy most away from the workload. With no new...More Please

May 14, 2019

With a New Album Out Later This Year Whitney Announces New Tour Dates

For a good while we’ve been fans of the type of indie folk that Chicago’s Whitney makes. Full of lush harmonies and acoustic noodlings, the band has never really disappointed fans musically with their efforts. With a yet to be titled album due later this year, the band recently announced a large run of dates...More Please

May 7, 2019

Drug Church Goes Hard & Fast on Movements Tour

Concert Drug Church

We were on hand to catch Albany’s Drug Church lay another city to waste with their intense energy as part of the Movements tour. What we experienced was a band that, like we knew, is essentially too strong to follow. The engagement of the audience and sheer power of the band in person was at...More Please

May 1, 2019

Hot Snakes & Mannequin Pussy Tour is High Energy From Start to Finish

Hot Snakes Mannequin Pussy

We caught Hot Snakes and Mannequin Pussy on tour together, and what we saw was pure energy from beginning to end. When bands tour together that compliment one another, it all works for the better and everyone gets to reap the benefits, and these two bands work together as a tour package. Mannequin Pussy as...More Please

April 30, 2019

CHVRCHES Still Brings Magical Energy to Their Live Sets

CHVRCHES Concert

We caught the magic of CHVRCHES in person the other night, and like always the Scottish group performed with grace and tons of energy. The show never seemed to let up from beginning to end, while all members played a pivotal role in the show’s pace. Opening with fan favorite “Get Out,” the electro-pop group...More Please

April 29, 2019

Cherry Glazerr Shreds in Concert

Cherry Glazerr Shoegaze

We caught Cherry Glazerr in person the other night, and what was obvious from the jump, was that they came to own the stage. Opening for CHVRCHES, the trio had no problem getting going, opening with “Ohio” from their recently release album Stuffed & Ready. The band swayed between new songs like “Wasted Nun” and...More Please

April 24, 2019

Marfa Myths is The Festival All Festivals Should Aspire to Be

For the last couple of years, we’ve seen music festivals drop like flies, mostly because no two were discernible from one another. The typical festivals look about the same no matter what city you’re attending them in, emblazoned with corporate logos from companies trying to capture the youth market. If you tell people you’re attending...More Please

April 18, 2019

Khruangbin Prepares For Marfa Myths & Beyond

For the longest time, it felt like pretty much every city had a music festival. There would be nothing wrong with that if any two were discernible, but many had the same lineups just in a different place. When we stumbled across Marfa Myths, it was exactly what we wanted, a festival about music not...More Please

April 16, 2019

The Remarkable Energy of Bad Suns Shouldn’t Be Missed

Bad Suns Live

We were on hand to witness the sheer power and showmanship of Bad Suns in person the other night, and boy were we glad that we did.Touring in support of their latest release Mystic Truth, the band brought their A game to the performance from beginning to end. The band performed admirably to a packed...More Please

April 11, 2019

Carlie Hanson Proves in Person Why She’s Such a Phenomenon

We would hope that you’ve heard of Wisconsin’s Carlie Hanson, as her latest singles have amassed over sixty million streams alone. A rising pop star in the making, we caught Hanson in person the other night and learned real fast why she’s on her way to stardom and so much more. Catching Hanson in person...More Please

April 9, 2019

Turstile Lays Cities To Waste in Person

Live Turnstile

We’ve been lucky enough to catch the crazed energy of a Turnstile set on several occasions, as the band has toured pretty extensively since they released their last album Time & Space. However, even though we’ve seen the band play small rooms to a little bigger small rooms, we’d never caught them on a...More Please

March 28, 2019

Swervedriver Doesn’t Miss a Beat in Person

Alt Rock Swervedriver

It seems like bands that many of us thought were lost in the passage of time are actually getting back together and touring with new material again. It’s a thing that’s happened since music and touring when hand in hand, but when bands come back stronger than their previous run, it’s magical at the same...More Please

March 22, 2019

The Beths Blew Us Away in Person

Live The Beths