Real Estate and The New Pornographers // The Forecastle Festival After-Parties @ Headliners // 7.14-15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Real Estate writes and plays music that's perfect if you're falling in love. It works if you're breaking up as well. If you're feeling lighthearted on a spring day it's absolutely appropriate. If you're really down in the dumps, wearing your tortured
Cody Jinks // Live @ The NorVa // 7.7.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - July 10, 2017 Article by : Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: “Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys They don't care about no trends They don't care about songs that sell I've never been a part of any musical scene I ain't just talking Nashville, if you know What I mean” Notwithstanding his
LA Guns // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 6.29.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Born of the legendary Sunset Strip hard rock scene of the eighties with bands like Poison, Motley Crue and Faster Pussycat, LA Guns is finally touring with the “classic” lineup, fronted by its co-founders, guitarist Tracii Guns and vocalist Phil Lewis in what
Don Henley // Live @ The PNC Pavilion // 6.15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinatti, OH -- After a gorgeous a cappella song that opened the show, Eagles cofounder Don Henley invited us to "relax." Any expectations we might have had were clarified. " We've got two hours to cover 42 years of music." The first time the
Reel Big Fish // Live @ The Stone Pony // 6.25.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Sam Fallone - July 3, 2017 Article & Photos by: Sam Fallone Asbury Park, NJ -- People of all ages were packed into The Stone Pony on Sunday night to catch California ska punk band Reel Big Fish on their current tour: The Beer Run. It was a fun night of sweat, beer, and live music. First to take
Sigur Ros // Live @ The Palace // 6.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Ethereal is probably overused as a description for a sound or music or a band. Yet here is a band whose picture will, as they say, be in the dictionary if you lookup the word. Experimental, art rock, ambient music, minimalist, are all appropriate
Red Handed Denial // Live @ House of Targ // 5.20.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Adrienne Row-Smith - May 24, 2017 Photos and Article by: Adrienne Row - Smith Ottawa, Ontario -- Ottawa’s most visually stimulating venue, House of Targ, hosted the second to last date of Red Handed Denial and Vaerisa’s Canadian east coast tour. The two bands were supported by opening acts Fragile Figures and Sovereign Council. Up first for the
Elephant Revival // Live @ Headliners // 4.14.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - April 24, 2017 Review and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- This show was a performance for those dedicated to stringed acoustic performances at the highest, most virtuous level. The folks who came to Headliners on this evening were passionate fans of Elephant Revival, an entity whose eclectic mix, both recorded and
Senses Fail // Live @ The NorVA // 3.14.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA -- Another post-hardcore line up rocked the NorVa, this time led by New Jersey's Senses Fail. Celebrating their fifteenth anniversary with a tour titled “Quince Años”, they were joined by Like Pacific, Counterparts, and Movements. The crowd was
Overkill // Live @ The NorVa // 3.8.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: night of thrash metal, courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records, powered through Norfolk on Tuesday night at the famous NorVa. The evening began with a consistently strong line up featuring two bands from Finland, Swallow the Sun and
