“Another Minnesota show, another frigid night!” AFI packed the house at Minneapolis’ Fillmore event space Wednesday November 16, welcoming a diverse crowd of avid fans who dutifully lined up outside in the 10-degree weather to see their favorite alt/goth/punk/rock/hxc band. AFI is touring on the release of their 2021 album ‘Bodies’ for the similarly named […]
Continue Reading
A cold, snowy evening welcomed the duo of Boukman Eksperyans and Arcade Fire to the northern realms of Minneapolis. Arcade Fire are well into their ‘We’ tour, in support of the album of the same name released earlier this year. The tour has already made it across much of the US and they’ve already got a […]
Continue Reading
Lovers of distinct, unique voices in music turned out this past Tuesday for Turnstile’s Love Connection tour. A packed house showed up for the all-encompassing entourage brought along for the ride by the indie darling hardcore come alt rock up and coming heavyweights. JPEGMAFIA started the evening with as explosive of a bang as you […]
Continue Reading
Minnesota’s first chilly evening of 2022 ushered in two powerhouses of the European metal community. Almost in preparation for the first snow that would drop that evening, the hearts of avid power metal and symphonic metal fans were warmed late into the night as they enjoyed Sabaton’s The Tour to End All Tours tour (what a […]
Continue Reading
Australian DJ Flume spent a mesmerizing night in Minneapolis this past Thursday. The eclectic producer just released a brand new record – Palaces – and embarked upon the similarly named Palaces Tour in support of it across North America this past week with a duo of sold out shows in Madison, Wisconsin. His stop at the Armory […]
Continue Reading
The metal train keeps on rolling through Minneapolis! Tuesday night saw absolute thrash mayhem possess the Skyway Theater with the back to back to back excellence of old school thrash bands Death Angel, Exodus, and the mighty Testament took to the stage to show that kicking ass is timeless. The ‘The Bay Strikes Back Tour’ […]
Continue Reading
The metal keeps on rolling in Minneapolis! Nightwish brought fellow European power metallers Beast in Black with them to the Fillmore last Friday for a night of bombastic, high energy fun, with solos and falsettos and guitar theatrics aplenty! To open the night, Beast in Black! The Finnish quintet recently made their first trek over […]
Continue Reading
After many, many postponements, the 2022 (technically 2020) version of annual extreme metal touring festival Devastation on the Nation was finally able to get under way. They rolled through Minneapolis’ Lyric at Skyway Theater this past Friday with a monstrous lineup that can satisfy just about anyone who is into black metal, with six bands who […]
Continue Reading
Hot off the release of their newest album (just a few weeks prior), Hippo Campus embarked on the nationwide tour in support of LP3, filled to the brim with the endearing, feel-good bangers that fans of the band have come to love (with an almost rocket-like trajectory towards popularity). Hailing from Saint Paul, the hometown heroes […]
Continue Reading
Amorphis is a band that has been a bit of a white whale in terms of my ability to catch a live show. I’ve been listening to the band’s excellent output ever since I was in college and they dropped Silent Waters and I fell in love with Tomi Joutsen’s incredible vocal performance and the monstrous […]
Continue Reading