Reviews

K-pop band Stray Kids recently concluded their massive Maniac world tour at Los Angeles' BMO Stadium. Read our live review of the show.

Fall Out Boy have released their eighth studio album, So Much (For) Stardust, via Fueled By Ramen. Read our review of the pop-punk band's latest feat.

Yves Tumor released their new album, Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds). Read our review.

Miley Cyrus has released her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation. Read our review of the album.

'This Is Why,' Paramore's sixth studio album, is a fierce portrait of millennial angst. Read our review.

SZA has released her new record, SOS. Her second studio album features her collaborating with Phoebe Bridgers and pulling inspiration from Avril Lavigne.

Louis Tomlinson performed his new album Faith In The Future live for the first time ever in New York. Here's our review of the intimate show at Irving Plaza.

BLACKPINK's Born Pink arena tour is a sight to behold. Read our review of their energetic New Jersey show, filled with boundless swagger and charisma.

The 1975's current tour features their most elaborate set to date. At the Madison Square Garden show, that included Matty Healy touching himself and eating raw meat.

Midnights, Taylor Swift's 10th studio album, reveals a version of the pop singer when the spotlight has switched off. Read our review.

WILLOW’s fifth album COPINGMECHANISM recently arrived with rock-fueled energy. The artist parts ways with her pop-punk era and unleashes her inner rock star.

Pistol, Hulu’s six-episode retelling of the Sex Pistols’ story through guitarist Steve Jones’ eyes, is hardly the first cinematic rendering of the life and times of England’s most notorious early punk-rock band. But it is the best. Mind you, the competitio...

On Monday (March 14), Wet Leg gleefully ripped through a dynamic set at The Basement East in Nashville, Tennessee. Although the duo, made up of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, make music for people who like to stay in, fans showed up in droves for this performance...

On Friday, Feb. 18, New Jersey post-hardcore pioneers Thursday played a sold-out, career-spanning set at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles.  The show took place at the tail end of their triumphant return to the stage as part of their headlining tour that featured select support from Cursive, the Appleseed Cast and Nate Bergman.  Read m...

The first thing you need to know about Foo Fighter's new movie Studio 666 is that it is gory. Really gory. Preposterously, hilariously gory. People, and notably their heads, are dispatched in all manner of inventive, absurd ways: with hammers, with garden shears, with cymbals, with car tires, with barbeque grills...

Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre is now available to stream. To coincide with the release, we are giving our take on the new film. TCM has a handful of references to the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the movie largely avoids the overwhelming nostalgia that can at times be overbearing in series resurrecting titles. Alon...

On Tuesday at a secret location, tucked away in the hills of Los Angeles, Bad Suns performed an intimate set for a select group of their die-hard fans and industry peers in celebration of their fourth studio album, Apocalypse Whenever.  The event was organized and presented by Rock Night Out, Epitaph Records and Alternative Press. Addition...

There is no doubt that Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong is a great guitarist, punk rock or not. He gets great tone and comes up with solid, catchy riffs and tight, tuneful leads. His most iconic guitar is “Blue,” the heavily stickered Fernandes Stratocaster copy his mother bought him for his 11th birthday. It was use...

On Friday, Nov. 5, Los Angeles hosted what could be argued as the biggest event metal and hard rock has seen in this decade so far. The event was none other than Knotfest, the traveling roadshow curated and headlined by metal legends Slipknot, who brought with them an incredible roster of bands and artists who are leading the pack of elevating the genre to its highest level in years...

On Wednesday night, Bring Me The Horizon played a raw and intimate show at the legendary Los Angeles music venue Whisky a Go Go. The venue, with a capacity of just under 500 people, was a notable change from the band’s usual performances at arenas and stadiums across the world. TikT... Read More ...