It’s been a few years since Duran Duran last made some ripples in the music world and even longer since their last studio album which was released in 2015. They toured that album, Paper Gods, […]
Category: Concert Reviews
Concert Review: Def Leppard Refuses to Burn Out or Fade Away
The next time Def Leppard holds a residency inside a small Las Vegas venue – don’t bother going. Because you will not want to see them in any other type of setting – ever again. […]
Concert Review: REO Speedwagon Rolls and Makes Some Changes
Will the real REO Speedwagon please stand up. You see, I was fully prepared to write a casual little review for an expected conventional REO Speedwagon show at the well-attended and nearly 9,000 seat L.B. […]
Concert Review: All Charisma and Heart with Collective Soul and Gin Blossoms
Collective Soul and Gin Blossoms filled the 2,500 seats at the Cowlitz Ballroom on Sunday at Ilani Casino in Ridgefield, WA as the two bands close in on the end of their summer long Now’s […]
Concert Review: The Alarm Wakes Up Portland
Wow, what a show. The British invaded Portland on Monday coordinated by The Alarm who brought nearly 40 years of music along with a solid new album to a well-attended Aladdin Theater for their Sigma […]
Concert Review: Howard Jones Transforms in Portland
You can always tell when something materialized from the 1980s. Pastel colorsOak kitchen cabinetsPlastic Hoop earringsBig Hair And, rock music awash with synthesizers. Something Howard Jones makes no apologies for. Because why? He dominated the […]
Concert Review: Summer Gods Tour with Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind Hit Portland
The Summer Gods Tour 2019 featuring Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind as co-headliners offered a healthy dose of alternative pop rock from around the turn of the century and some music to come […]
Concert Review: Brad Paisley Delivers Some American Pride to Portland
OK, I get it. When the four armed servicemen came out followed by 100-year old World War II veteran and local resident Lucky Mullins, all who stood in front of a back drop of waving […]
Concert Review: Free and Fun with Vince Neil at Ilani Casino
It was free. A free show and apparently how Vince Neil wanted it. Neil, no longer fresh off of retirement as lead singer of Motley Crue, has stayed active and kept busy since the bad […]
Concert Review: Switchfoot Comes Alive in Eugene and Portland
Switchfoot just gets better and better and better. Now more than 20 years into their career, Switchfoot has surely made an indelible mark on rock music (even if they don’t get the credit) and from […]
