Venue: Knight Theater City: Charlotte, NC Date: March 10, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur (www.toddstarphotography.com) It is virtually impossible to review a magician’s performance without giving away the tricks and illusions as well as all the other flare involved in the show. It is crazy to contemplate writing a review of the […]
Venue: Carolina Theatre City: Charlotte, NC Dates: March 12, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur (www.toddstarphotography.com) The Carolina Theatre in downtown Charlotte was new to me. Opener Jane Handcock was new to me. Headliner Leela James was FAR from being new to me. I still remember the first time I witnessed her live in […]
Venue: freeFall Theatre City: St. Petersburg, FL Date: February 27, 2026 Review and Photographs by: James Zambon (https://jameszambon.com) After more than three decades performing around Tampa Bay, The Vodkanauts have their act dialed in to a wonderfully strange mix of music, comedy, and lounge-style sci-fi absurdity. Their February 27 sold out performance at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg proved […]
Venue: Jannus Live City: St. Petersburg, FL Date: March 08, 2026 Review and Photographs by: James Zambon (https://jameszambon.com) Gary Numan has spent decades shaping the sound of electronic and industrial rock. His March 8 performance at Jannus Live reminded everyone in attendance why. The show doubled as a celebration of Numan’s 68th birthday (I never would’ve guessed […]
LIVE: Battle Beast + Darkyra – Perth | Boorloo, 10 March 2026 Magnet House, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Linda Dunjey It’s an awfully long way from Finland to Western Australia, and Battle Beast are excited to be here, via two shows in Japan. It’s not just the sunny autumn days […]
LIVE: THE STREETS – Fremantle | Walyalup, 8 March 2026 Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Damien Crocker Mike Skinner’s The Streets return to his “home away from home”, Australia, this time playing seminal second album, 2004’s A Grand Don’t Come For Free in full. It’s a rollercoaster ride of […]
Venue: Burton Cummings Theatre City: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Date: March 4, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Alejandro Penner (https://www.alejandropenner.ca/) I have been waiting a while to see Nothing More in concert. After all, the last time they came to Winnipeg was back in 2018, and I had missed them. Let me tell you—the wait was absolutely worth […]
LIVE: THE DARKNESS + RAGEFLOWER – Fremantle | Walyalup, 4 March 2026 Metropolis Fremantle, Western Australia Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Damien Crocker Music matters. No matter how terrible your day or week, put the right record on and you’ll start to heal. That goes quadruply so for live music. The power of your […]
Venue: Burton Cummings Theatre City: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Date: February 28, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Alejandro Penner (https://www.alejandropenner.ca/) It’s February 28, and one of my favourite Swedish bands is in town. I couldn’t be more excited to see Orbit Culture headlining as they tour North America behind their new album Death Above Life, released late last […]
LIVE: LAMBRINI GIRLS + BIG WETT – Perth, 1 March 2026 Rechabite Hall, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Stu McKay Thank fuck for the Lambrini Girls. There are a lot of things happening in the world today which evoke fury in many of us, but it’s people like Phoebe Lunny and […]
Venue: Jannus Live City: St. Petersburg, FL Date: February 24, 2026 Review and Photographs by: James Zambon (https://jameszambon.com) There are few bands that can turn a Tuesday night into something that feels like 1995 summer break, and the Descendents are absolutely one of them. But before the legends took the stage, Montreal’s own NOBRO lit the stage […]
Venue: The Fillmore City: Charlotte, NC Date: February 27, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Jeffrey Everett Dexter and the Moonrocks rolled into Charlotte Friday night with a bang! Last year, they dropped their new EP, Happy to Be Here, and since then, they’ve been hitting the road hard across the US and Canada. The EP has […]
Venue: Canada Life Centre City: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Date: February 25, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Alejandro Penner (https://www.alejandropenner.ca/) As I was standing in a hardware store, ready to purchase some supplies for a renovation project I’m currently working on, I received the email. I’m paraphrasing — “You are going to Megadeth.” I was so excited that I […]
Venue: Basement East Date: February 18, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Jacob Smith (https://www.jhs-photo.com) Upon their entrance to the stage at Basement East in Nashville, TN, I realized to myself that it had been since 2009 that I was able to catch The Birthday Massacre perform live again. So, when I saw that they were […]
LIVE: TRANSVISION VAMP – Fremantle | Walyalup, 21 Feb 2026 Metropolis Fremantle, Western Australia | Noongar Boodja Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Pete Gardner They say that nostalgia is a heady drug, and if so, there were a lot of people high as kites at Metros on Saturday, when Transvision Vamp returned for the […]
Venue: Jannus Live City: St. Petersburg, FL Date: February 14, 2026 Review and Photographs by: James Zambon (https://jameszambon.com) After getting a hall pass to go to a punk rock / ska show on Valentine’s Day at Jannus Live, I traded a fancy dinner for circle pits and upstrokes… and honestly, I regret nothing. Instead of a quiet […]
LIVE: Good Charlotte, Yellowcard, Kisschasey & Parker – Perth, 17 Feb 2026 RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia By Melanie Scrafton Good Charlotte return to Perth for the first time in 8 years, to kick off their national tour supported by Parker, Kisschassy and Yellowcard. Over a quarter of a century into their career, Good Charlotte […]
Venue: Marathon Music Works Date: February 15, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Jacob Smith (https://www.jhs-photo.com) Upon hitting the stage to an almost max-capacity house, The Reverend Horton Heat immediately proved their extreme level of amazing showmanship and talent that has endured for over 40 years. This was the third time I have been fortunate to […]
LIVE: BLEAK SQUAD + URSULA – Perth Festival, 8 Feb 2026 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Perth Festival took a risk bringing Bleak Squad out for this year’s lineup: so called ‘supergroup’ they may be, but with only one album in the bank – and one which rather lives up to their name, being quite sombre […]
LIVE: MICHAEL PAYNTER with CLAUDIA TRIPP – Perth, 8 Feb 2026 Lyrics Underground, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed & pictures by Shane Pinnegar It’s a hot, hot day outside but cool as hell downstairs at Lyrics Underground when Claudia Tripp kicks off for the sold out crowd. Armed with only an acoustic guitar and her mellifluous […]
