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by Charles Yamabe - December 17, 2022December 17, 2022

Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- Imagine the Gorillaz met Blink 182 and they had a baby. Then that baby grew up and became a rowdy British punk rocker... That combination of musical genres would give you the band known as Sad Night Dynamite. The duo consists of

Phantoms // Live at the House of Blues // 11.19.22

by Charles Yamabe - December 7, 2022

Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- It's a Saturday night in November, and Chicago is seeing the coldest day of the winter it has seen so far this year. To compound the frightful weather, Chicago had just come off an unusually warm streak. Those two factors made it

Michael Schenker Group // Live @ Bogarts // 10.29.22

by Michael W. Bright - November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinnati, OH—How can a 67 year-old heavy metal guitarist be fronting a 50th Year Anniversary tour? Michael Schenker began working with his brother’s band, the Scorpions, when he was only 11 years old, and joined officially when he was 17. That’s how! As part

ARC FESTIVAL 2022- AFTER PARTIES PREVIEW

PREVIEW

by Charles Yamabe - August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

Chicago IL, -- Following the announcement of their full lineup, ARC Music Festival has now shared the details for their official ARC After Dark Parties while also announcing a group of rare back-to-back sets that will be taking place at the festival over Labor Day Weekend. ARC is set to return to

Gojira // Live @ White Oak Music Hall // 4.30.22

by Ommar Ortuvia - May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Article and Photos by: Ommar Ortuvia Houston, TX -- If you are a movie buff and enjoy tokusatsu and kaiju films, you might know the word Gojira as the original Japanese title for the 1954 classic “Godzilla," but if you're a hard rock and metal fan, you know Gojira as the

Lilith Czar // Live @ The NorVa // 4.25.22

by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - April 26, 2022

Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Woodell NORFOLK, VA-- Concert season is kicking into high gear and with that, both new artists and artists that have expanded creatively over the past two years are now front and center. Enter Lilith Czar- her Instagram proudly says it all, “Juliet Simms is gone,

Buddy Guy // Live @ The Palace Theater // 2.25.22

by Michael W. Bright - March 1, 2022

Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY--Blues music is alive and well. In fact it may even occupy a greater space than it did two years ago, pre-Covid. We're all sick and tired of being sick and tired. At the same time we desperately want to celebrate SOMETHING! So when the center

The Railbird Festival // Live @ Keeneland // 8.28-29.21

by Michael W. Bright - September 14, 2021September 15, 2021

Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Lexington, KY--A "railbird" is a horse racing fan who perches on the rail that circumscribes a race track, hanging as close as possible to the action. I would be hanging at the edge of the stage for the Railbird Festival 2021. My Morning Jacket

Album Review: Yuki – Be Free

by Charles Yamabe - May 8, 2020May 9, 2020

Article by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- It's not often I get sent an album that I immediately fall in love with, let alone a freshman album by an artist that, for all intents and purposes, is relatively unknown. The album Be Free by nineteen-year-old New Zealand native Yuki is

Machine Head // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 2.12.20

by Michael W. Bright - February 22, 2020

Article and Photos by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- Machine Head put it all out there. This night’s show marked four months into the band's Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary tour, celebrating the release of their debut album, 1994's, Burn My Eyes, an album roundly hailed as one landmark in metal history. To mark