Doyle // Live @ Dingbatz // 6.28.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Clifton, NJ -- Hidden deep within the aluminum sided jungle of the New Jersey Suburbs lies a claustrophobic cavern by the name of Dingbatz, where local punk-rockers, goths, and headbangers have called home for over a decade. Serving as one of North Jersey’s few remaining
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
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
The Obsessed // Live @ Saint Vitus // 5.18.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 22, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Just another typical night at Brooklyn’s own sanctuary for all that is deemed unholy, the depraved denizens of Saint Vitus were once again treated to a spectacular yet eclectic triple-threat performance that easily rivaled the massive rock star guitar god performing just across the river,
Mushroomhead // Live @ Shaka’s // 5.8.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - May 10, 2017 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: This event in Virginia could have been billed as a metalfest, as a total of seven bands filled the night during day seven of Mushroomhead's current tour. Relicseed featured a thunderous sound with only three band members
Horisont // LIVE @ Webster Hall // 5.1.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Article and photos by Steven Principato Hidden deep beneath the grand stage of Webster Hall lies the atmospheric Marlin room, and below THAT we find the hidden speakeasy-like lair named the “studio”, which is obviously where the real music happens. This subterranean den of rock & roll decadence, despite 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
Nails // Live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg // 3.22.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - March 28, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Brooklyn, New York - Like a chainsaw straight through the middle of a long workweek, Nails, along with Toxic Holocaust and Gatecreeper conveniently assisted in the collective purging out the pen- up aggression for a few hundred bruise hungry headbangers through the magic of mosh-inducing music,
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
All Them Witches + Irata // Live @ The Bowery Ballroom // 3.10.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato New York, NY -- Upon the compact stage of lower Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom, a pair of atypical musical acts prepared their collection of unique and dynamic sounds to be unleashed upon a rapidly growing multitude of eager and eclectic fans and first-time listeners. Opening tonight’s short line-up
