by Matt Kelchner It was a busy night. Highlighted by a former football coach’s triumphant return and several other concerts happening around the city, the one place to be Thursday evening was at Union Transfer. Touring behind his brand new album, and first off indie giant Sub Pop Read More

by Ricky Haldis On Tuesday evening, a crowd of diverse music-lovers ascended the dark, dingy staircase that led to the stage area of Johnny Brenda’s on Girard. The air in the room was cool, and a massive cloud of smoke from the fog machine loomed below the ceiling. An Read More

by Ricky Haldis “Ohana is the Hawaiian word for ‘family,'” explains Bret Bollinger, bassist and vocalist of the native Hawaiian band, Pepper” Bollinger is walking the streets of Baltimore, having just finished an appearance on Sirius Radio. “We call Read More

by Donte Kirby “Our lives have become this celebratory dance track in a sense,” says lead vocals of Canadian electronic band Austra. Katie Stelmanis is referring to the band’s new album Olympia. She explains how, despite the fact that unlike the band’s previous album, Feel Read More

by Tom Noonan It’s probably selfish to see great bands in small spaces.  Not so much because there’s limited room but more because, after the concert’s over, there will always be a part of you that wants the bands to stay there forever, in that room, rather than graduate up to Read More

by Janelle Engle Riot Fest, for me, started with a six hour bus ride to Pittsburgh followed by an eight hour drive before finally getting to experience the music festival I had been anticipating for weeks. I had the expectation that an outdoor festival would be a lot like Warped Read More