shows

Being at the barricade at a show is a goal and vast commitment for many music fans, and with it comes many universal worries and predicaments. We’ve elaborated on the unique culture of extreme line waiting in the past, but what’s really going through our heads in those last moments of our line waits then […]

Post-hardcore juggernauts Saosin have confirmed that they will be announcing new show dates with Anthony Green at the helm on Thursday, December 4. Check out the post from the band below. Saosin preformed a handful of reunion shows on the West Coast earlier this, one of which Cover Reber (who originally replaced Green as the band's frontman, […]

The Atlantic recently ran an interesting article looking at the increasing tensions in the artist-audience relationship. In the piece, author Elizabeth Flock addresses the changing dynamic of needy musicians and disrespectful fans, especially in the live setting. “Rock music has always embraced—and even represented—rebellion, rowdiness, and a robust disdain for social decorum,” she writes about […]

Anti-Flag will be heading out in January for a few special shows celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their album, The Terror State, by playing the it in its entirety. These dates come before their upcoming run with Pennywise and A Wilhelm Scream.  The band had this to say about the shows and the current political climate: Mission […]

This Throwback Thursday, we're taking a second to be grateful for the times we made it out of shows with mere bumps and bruises when things could have ended much worse for us. Everyone loves a good scar story, so we're sharing ours and want to hear yours!  Tell us about the most brutal pit […]

I own a lot of music in a variety of formats, but I will never deny there is no substitution for seeing a band play live. The thought of passionate performances and/or the possibility of ugly violence is something a 180-gram LP or low bitrate MP3 simply can’t convey. Bands can be transcendent, average or […]

Alkaline Trio have announced that they will be performing their entire discography over the course of four nights in three separate cities. Pre-sale tickets are available through Ducat King now, and are limited to four per customer. General tickets will go live this Thursday at 12 P.M. local time. You can check out a tweet […]

I’m about to deliver to you 10 unimpeachable, unbreakable, steadfast, hard-and-true rules about going to see live music. Let’s call them commandments. Unfortunately, despite the ability to leave comments below the article, these 10 commandments are not up for debate. Look: I’ve actively attended shows for the past 17 years of my life, and I’ve […]