Vans Warped Tour 2004 at the Tweeter Center Camden, New Jersey Bad Religion Billy Talent Coheed and Cambria New Found Glory NOFX Sugarcult Tiger Army Photography by: Steve Trager
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2000s Throwback Gallery: Alanis Morissette & The Barenaked Ladies Co-Headlining The ‘Au Naturale Tour’ 2004
Alanis Morissette & The Barenaked Ladies Co-Headlining The ‘Au Naturale Tour’ at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alanis Morissette Barenaked Ladies Photography by: Steve Trager
2000s Throwback Gallery: Kenny Chesney ‘Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love’ Tour 2004 with Keith Urban & Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney’s ‘Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love’ Tour with Keith Urban & Dierks Bentley at the Wachovia Spectrum Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dierks Bentley Keith Urban Kenny Chesney Photography by: Steve Trager
KennyHoopla – ‘SURVIVORS GUILT: THE MIXTAPE//’ Mixtape Review
Photo Credit: Alondra Buccio The current release by Cleveland, Ohio musician Kenny La’ron, who goes by the stage name KennyHoopla (yes, one word) is fraught with more than its share of baggage. The six-song offering is being presented as a “mixtape,” although it’s a bit unclear just how that label applies. The full title is… Read more
John Mayer – ‘Sob Rock’ Album Review
Photo Credit: Mark Seliger What day is today? Let’s consider just how the world is feeling about John Mayer, because that answer may change by tomorrow (and back just as quickly). In terms of just commercial success, Mayer sold fourteen million albums between 2001 and 2009, a period in which physical album sales were rapidly… Read more
H.E.R. – ‘Back of My Mind’ Album Review
Photo Credit: Shane Adams Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, who goes by the stage name H.E.R. (pronounced “her”), has been releasing singles and individual tracks going as far back as 2014, thus it’s a bit surprising that she’s just now coming out with her first full-length release. If making up for lost time was any part of… Read more
MMM Top Ten: The 10 Best Songs of 2021 (So Far)
The Top Ten Best Songs of 2021 (So Far) #10. “ACTION” — CHAI Photo Credit: Yoshio Nakaiso “ACTION” finds CHAI rejecting all the weight of self-seriousness (not that the band had much of that to begin with). Black Lives Matter protests inspired the Japanese quartet to think about what a call to action would look… Read more
2000s Throwback Gallery: Q102 Jingle Ball 2003
Q102 Jingle Ball at the Tweeter Center Camden, New Jersey Blaque Fabolous Hilary Duff Maroon 5 Sean Paul Simple Plan Stacie Orrico Photography by: Steve Trager
MMM Thoughts: Selling Out vs. Evolving in Music – Is There a Difference?
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Ringer illustration It doesn’t even take a million streams on Spotify or three sold out nights at Madison Square Garden to be labeled a “sellout”. Virtually any commercial success in music will inevitably invite claims that an artist has “sold out” and ironically enough, this label is most likely not to come… Read more
DMX – ‘Exodus’ Album Review
Photo Credit: @shotbyjacques The posthumous album as a memorial is a concept that has played out in public several times over the last two years. DMX was prolific and well-connected, but hadn’t released a proper album in nine years at the time of his death at 50-years-old. Exodus was executive-produced by Swizz Beats who collaborated… Read more