Posts by Bobby Miller

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators kicked off their highly anticipated River Is Rising Tour at Portland’s Roseland Theatre on February 9, the first of a 28-date national tour. The band hit the road in support of its fourth album release, 4, scheduled for release on February 11. Fellow LA hard rockers, Dead Sara, have joined […]

Ty Segall brought his Freedom Band to Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on February 4th, only a few shows into a lengthy nationwide tour supporting his current release, Harmonizer. With many other shows happening in the city on the same evening, the venue was nonetheless at near capacity, with all attendees complying with mandated COVID protocols. Per […]

All Them Witches landed in Portland on a crisp winter Monday (January 31st), as the road dogs made the first of two area appearances on their current western tour, bringing along local favorites, Blackwater Holylight. The devoted faithful turned out for the sold-out event at the Wonder Ballroom, attendees lined up to enter the venue […]

Portland’s Mississippi Studios was in for a psychedelic treat on Thursday, Jan. 27, when a caravan of three bands arrived from Los Angeles on their current west coast tour.  Headliners L.A. WITCH brought along a couple of bands from their hometown, relatively new scenesters Tremours, as well as the laid-back power trio, Triptides.  The Portland […]

Weekend shows are typically favored and especially highlighted during a summer itinerary. Halfway through their Wheels of Soul Tour, Tedeschi Trucks Band landed their merry ship in the heart of Dixie on Saturday night at Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre. Having built a solid reputation with support choices on previous tours, TTB has continued tradition with […]

There isn’t a much better way to cap off the holiday week of July than a heavy metal show in a baseball stadium.   Their “WorldWired Tour” well underway, Metallica brought their well-seasoned roadshow to Atlanta’s Suntrust Park on Sunday night. Although they play shows on a regular basis, this is the first Metallica world tour […]

[rating=9.00] Summer brings family vacations and big action-packed Hollywood blockbusters.  This summer is poised to heat up early with the blazing new scorcher from Danzig, Black Laden Crown.  It’s been seven years since the band last put out an album of new material, 2010’s Deth Red Sabaoth.  Also worth noting is this has marked the […]

 The Black Angels descended upon Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse on April 28th for an evening of pure psychedelic ear candy. The Austin rockers are currently supporting their latest album, Death Song, which is perhaps the most exciting release of the year thus far. Having just kicked off the Death March Tour a few days earlier in […]

[rating=8.00] It’s been four years since The Black Angels released their last full length, 2013’s Indigo Meadow.  Paying further homage to their namesake, the band’s latest album Death Song is a solid reminder of the influence of the Velvet Underground (the Velvets debut album features the song “The Black Angel’s Death Song”).  Remaining faithful to […]

Almost three decades have passed since Green Day first began channeling their teen angst through rock n roll. The band’s latest album Revolution Radio reflects their infectious joy for life while addressing social awareness.  On Friday night (3/10), just outside the capital city of Atlanta, Green Day brought their politically charged party to the Infinite […]