Less Than Jake // Live @ Bogart’s // 6.24.25 CONCERT REVIEWS MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 30, 2025 Cincinnati, OH – Less Than Jake’s Summer Circus 2025 Tour features an eclectic lineup of bands, each brandishing its own unique take on the ska-punk genre. From Anaheim, California, Bite Me Bambi started the evening with a lively set. Lead vocalist Tahlena Chikami is a treasure, giving off disarmingly youthful vibes
Breaking Benjamin and Staind // Live @ Riverbend Music Center // 5.25.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 2, 2025June 8, 2025 Article and Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Who says rock has a waning appeal? Try telling that to the near-capacity crowd at Riverbend Music Center, with more than 16,000 fans in attendance for an evening with co-headliners Breaking Benjamin and Staind on their Awaken The Fallen Tour. The evening started with
Mayday Parade // Live @ Andrew J Brady Music Center // 5.18.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 25, 2025 Article and Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Mayday Parade’s Three Cheers for 20 Years Tour stop in Cincinnati was a resounding success as four bands gave the attending crowd a full evening of rock. The night started with emo-pop Like Roses, a Berkeley, CA band comprised of Amy Schmalkuche (vocals, rhythm
Five For Fighting // Live @ Ludlow Garage // 5.2.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 7, 2025 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Ludlow Garage is a cozy concert venue that is nestled a block or two from the University of Cincinnati. The concert this evening was held mere hours after UC’s year-end graduation ceremonies, so even the rain didn’t dampen the overall energy of
Geoff Tate // Live @ The Taft Theatre // 4.12.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - April 17, 2025 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – The Taft Theatre: what a fitting venue for Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime – The Final Chapter Tour. A theater is where stories play out live on stage. How appropriate for this tour, where the 1988 Queensryche album Operation: Mindcrime, essentially itself a
Disturbed // Live @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse // 4.9.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - April 11, 2025 Article and photos by: Linda Carlson Indianapolis, IN – What an amazing evening of rock on a drizzly April night! The Gainbridge Fieldhouse was bustling with fans who were in good spirits for Disturbed’s The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour, with support from Daughtry and Nothing More. You could tell from the stage
Dream Theater // Live @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center // 3.19.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It was a sold-out crowd at The Andrew J Brady Music Center. The venue had set up chairs with assigned seating in the normally open area in front of the vast stage, but throughout the evening, no one was seated. This was
Bobby Weir and Wolf Brothers with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra // Live @ Cincinnati Music Hall // 11.13.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 21, 2024 Article and Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – At first, there’s a bit of a doubletake – the Grateful Dead’s Bobby Weir is performing with… The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra? But yes, that’s what happened. The Grateful Dead's founding guitarist, Weir, now 77 years old, is touring with Wolf Brothers, and also
Pop Evil and Bad Wolves // Live @ Bogart’s // 11.6.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 16, 2024 Article and photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati’s Bogart’s entertained a crowd of rock and metal fans eager to rock to an evening with Pop Evil and Bad Wolves on their Animal Instinct Tour, with openers ONI and Sierra Pilot. First on stage was ONI, a progressive metal band from Canada.
Asking Alexandria // Live @ Bogart’s // 10.4.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - October 13, 2024 Article and Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati’s Bogart’s hosted the All My Friends Tour, featuring headliner Asking Alexandria with support from Memphis May Fire. The Word Alive and Archers. The venue was bustling with a large crowd on a stunner of a Friday night. The crowd continued to grow
