Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater was abuzz last Saturday night in San Diego with over 4,000 hip hop fans eager to enjoy their first large scale live concert in over 16 months. Not surprisingly, the outstanding hip hop bill featuring the legendary Cypress Hill celebrating their 30th anniversary,…

If you entered a time machine on August 11th, 1981 at the Orange County Fair and emerged exactly 40 years later and saw that Cheap Trick and Blue Oyster Cult were playing, you might be amazed, but you wouldn’t be disappointed. These are two of the most classic of classic…

The latest installment of the Daydream Farm Concert Series, happened on August 7th, with the exquisite sounds of young guitar phenom, Brandon "Taz" Niederauer and his bandmates echoing through the trees of this magnificent farm. Owner Tara Stock along with local concert promoter Ed Maier of Elmthree Productions invited us…

Information Society’s new album, ODDfellows, is explosive from the start and carries a powerful energy throughout. Their first album in five years, ODDfellows reissues their previous singles, "Nothing Prevails", "Bennington", and "World Enough", along with several new songs that surely hold up on their own. This is a fun one,…

"What a Day For a Daydream!" On Saturday, June 5th, on a private farm in Wall Township, New Jersey, the next installment of the Daydream Farm Concert Series was in full swing. Taking the stage this week was Pink Talking Fish, a fusion tribute band blending all the amazing works…

Gojira completely solidifies their reign in the upper echelons of top metal bands with their latest release, the powerful and inspiring 11-track album, Fortitude. From beginning to end, it is a metal masterpiece distilling the heaviness, aggression and intensity of hardcore metal with addicting grooves and melodies that provide accessibility…

Yelawolf has always been one of hip hop’s biggest innovators and it’s one of the reasons he’s amassed such a huge cult following. Throughout his career, this heavily-tattooed white boy from Gadsden, Alabama leaned into his upbringing and unique set of life experiences, never shying away from who he truly…

With pandemic tension still on the rise and escalating vandalism continuing to plague Downtown Portland, live music is no longer something we just take for granted. It is an absolute necessity to keeping sane in this bizarre dystopic multi-verse. But through this cataclysmic lens there is still a light that…

Music is never created in a vacuum and each generation adds their own story to this epic soundtrack. Label them how you will: Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Progressive; either way you put it, the Icelandic Power Trio, The Vintage Caravan is a modern-day, certified rock n’ roll powerhouse shoving their own…

To be labeled a Progressive Melodic Power Metal band right out of the gate comes with specific standards to be expected. Along with the vast knowledge of Dream Theater’s back catalog, musical technicality and vocals that reach the heavens are prerequisites to just be taken seriously in this distinguished sub-genre.…

Michigander’s latest EP, Everything Will Be Ok Eventually, is impressive, to say the least. Through impactful rhythms and haunting melodies, this album catches the listener off-guard with a mix of emotions and fortitude. For an album so full of expression and vulnerability, there is a certain power found in it…

As we all painstakingly wait for the global pandemic to subside, what are bands to do with their time if they can’t tour to support a recently recorded album? Well, legendary British heavy metal band Saxon decided to have some fun and make a kick-ass cover album! Still going strong…