Battling through illness, Barenaked Ladies made sure that fans left their Manchester show having had a night they are not likely to forget.
Grindcore icons Napalm Death lay waste to the O2 Academy in Liverpool with a career-spanning set. Check out the photo gallery and review here.
Jake Bugg lived up to his well-earned reputation as one of the top names in modern British popular music. Check out our photos!
Chicago punks Alkaline Trio headlined a wonderful night of punk and emo anthems with Taking Back Sunday and Destroy Boys.
Toronto’s annual hardcore/punk extravaganza, Not Dead Yet, has come and gone. We caught Californian hardcore band, Terror at The Hard Luck and have 5 reasons they proved they’re still the kings of hardcore.
With Riot Fest featuring at least 29 bands per day, there isn’t much time to do anything else but listen to the music. But, if you find yourself with copious free time, there actually is plenty to do besides music. Here are 8 things we checked out (and that you should’ve too).
Am I ready to Riot? Well let’s certainly hope so, as I headed to one of the best known and best run Chicago music fests – Riot Fest. This marks the 14th year of this fest in my hometown of Chicago.
On May 19th, 2016, accompanied by the equally seasoned and revered acts Corrosion of Conformity and Clutch, Richmond, VA heavy metal stalwarts, Lamb of God, hit Toronto, Canada’s TD Echo Beach for a night of totally radical loud music.
We caught Sydney, Australia’s grunge rock trio, The Dead Love, at the Horseshoe Tavern as part of the Aussie BBQ’s CMW Showcase.
Swedish warmongers Watain, obliterated Tampa Bay’s The Orpheum with their lethal formula of Scandinavian Black Metal. They came to town as part of the Decibel Magazine Tour’s line-up and oh boy… their set simply ruled! Vocalist Erik Danielsson magnetic aura involved the helpless souls of those in the crowd and by the end of the show instead of an audience the band had in front of them a legion unconditional believers. Hail!
California’s Deafheaven came to Tampa Bay on their current tour with French metallers Alcest. With their ferocious mix of Black Metal, Indie Rock, Shoegaze and Screamo, the band made a huge positive impression on the crowd. They were promoting their debut recording Roads To Judah. Images snagged on a Nikon D-90, Nikkor Lens 19-105mmm f: 3.5 and Tamron 28-75 mm f:2.5.
Hunter City Madness killed in Brockville at the end of November. They played an insane set, and as a special treat for the audience, were even joined by Today I Caught The Plague’s vocalist Dave Journeaux for a song. Amazing performance from all members! Images snagged on a Nikon D90, 14-24mm f/2.8.
Canadian singer/songwriter LIGHTS stopped here in Ottawa to perform a killer set on November 23rd. The energy was amazing and the crowd was absolutely ecstatic to see her perform. Her set included both songs from her latest album Siberia as well as her first full length The Listening, and fans got to enjoy an encore which included an acoustic version of “Cactus In The Valley”. Insane show!
Lifestory : Monologue headlined at Cafe Dekcuf earlier this month and truly blew the whole crowd away. Amazing energy, amazing stage presence, one of the best sets I have seen in a long time. They really got the audience going and absolutely killed it. The slaughter was caught on a Nikon D90, 14-24mm f/2.8.