Primavera Sound Festival, Day 2, May 24, 2013 Words by Jakob Ross, Pictures/Videos by Scott Ross I woke up at noon. I ate breakfast. I showered. I brushed my teeth. I was dressed. My morning routine was not necessarily in that order, but who cares? You just want to hear about all the cool bands I saw on Day 2 of Spain's preeminent music festival. Bands I'd seen so far: 8 Hours of sleep since festival started: 6 Now we've got that out of the way, let's get this ... Read More

So by now, we shouldn't have to explain to you how hard Japandroids rock. On the heels of last week's blazing performance of “The Nights Of Wine And Roses” on Conan(Video of which you can check out here), the band has announce headlining dates in the US this Summer surrounding their various festival appearances. Supporting the band on tour will be Cloud Nothings in April and A Place To Bury Strangers for six dates in May and June. You can view the ... Read More

After various appearances on recently announced festival cards, Primus will continue it's tour in 3D this May. The trek begins the night after the band will play Bottle Rock Napa Valley and stays primarily on the west coast until June where stops in Minnesota, Toronto and Chicago will be made before things wrap up in Upstate New York. Check out all the dates below. Presale tickets for the 3D tour will be on sale Feb 26th. Head over to the bands official ... Read More

Earlier this month, The Postal Service announced six tour dates around their appearance at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA. Well today, they let us in on a little more than six when they added 21 shows to that over the course of this summer. Barclay's Center gets a second night added and thing end at the Greek in July. For all the North American Tour Dates, see below: The Postal Service Summer 2013 North American Tour Dates: 04/09 – Reno, ... Read More

The Arctic Monkeys have announced a handful of tour dates in America this coming May directly on the heels of their Sasquatch! appearance. Check Out those dates below, and try and see these dudes. They rock. For more information about pre-sales and stuff, click here Arctic Monkeys May Tour Dates: May 24th// Sasquatch Festival, George, WA May 25th // Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT May 26th // Knitting Factory, Boise, ID May 28th // Ogden Theater, Denver, CO May 29th // Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM May 31st //House of Blues, ... Read More

  The Sasquatch! Festival 2013 lineup has just been announced at the official Announcement Party at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle. The four night party over Memorial Day Weekend at the Gorge Amphitheatre always promises to be a good time and this year looks to be no exception. Cody ChesnuTT came out to start the night, the first artist confirmation of the Festival. After his short set came "surprise guests" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who confirmed their own Gorge set for May after performing ... Read More

How’s this for a confession? This reverend does not get the chance to make it out to shows very often since becoming a father. Yet when I got wind that John C Reilly & Friends were playing a church in my adopted home town of Santa Monica, I pulled off a miracle and got myself down to the ‘Sanctuary’ inside the Methodist Church on Hill Street for a night of folk music. The night kicked off with songs from Simone White. Armed with ... Read More

thenaturalstoners Top 10 Shows of 2012 By thenaturalstoner   Hello again dear readers, how are ya?!?  2012 was a pretty interesting year for me... saw lots of great shows, my dogs turned 5 (fucking 5!!) years old, and my house flooded while I was in Canada, displacing me from my home for over a month.  All of these experiences are what life is all about though, and this list below details some of these adventures in my top 10 musical sets of the year.  Besides ... Read More

RIP Das Racist: The Weirdos of Hip Hop A Tribute by Jakob Ross In 2008, one of the most fascinating hip hop songs to ever go viral was released on YouTube. It was titled "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," and it was released by then-unknown Brooklyn trio Das Racist. This song got immediate attention from blogs and created buzz all around the internet. Who were these weird sounding dudes singing about a fast food restaurant? And why is it so interesting? When Das Racist ... Read More

 Dinosaur Jr -  10/11/2012 The WOW Hall  -  Eugene, OR Words/Video  -  Phishbeard Well folks, I bring to you another review from Phishbeard’s crazy 2012 concert tour hellride. This tale is about how I was able to take a very important band off my bucket list of must see shows. I had wanted to see Dinosaur Jr. play live, since the Where You Been album was released in 1993, but whenever the opportunity arose, I was always busy doing something else. I now know that ... Read More

Watch Jack White Rock A Gas Station in Denver The subject pretty much says it all on this one. A few hours before performing a sold out show at Red Rocks yesterday, Jack White and the boys played a surprise show at a Denver gas station. He even covered Dick Dale! Don't believe us? Watch fan filmed footage of the gig down below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mDnvLvHRQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGTXtOKmYJc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnsjvqqjMfU Read More

Against Me! Announce September 2012 West Coast Tour Dates We here at Concert Confessions have been long time supporters of Against Me! and we plan to continue to support the talented punk outfit from the state of Florida. With the group coming to Los Angeles for a lil FYF Fest action over Labor Day weekend why not make an extended trip and perform up and down the left coast. Dates for the brief trek are below and support will come from Andrew Jackson ... Read More

Childish Gambino - 6/25/12 Central Park Summerstage - New York City Words/Photos/Video By Jay Porks Damn, I wish I could keep this streak going of hitting epic shows every freaking night. What goes on people , welcome yourselves to the 73rd episode of the Jay Porks Never Ending Concert Series. After two days in Atlantic City at the Orion Music + More festival, it was time to get back in the New York groove as they say with a visit to Central Park, for Childish ... Read More

Must See Acts, Set Times for Orion Music + More Festival  Bader Field - Atlantic City, NJ June 23rd & 24th On Saturday June 23rd, Atlantic City's own Bader Field will be taken over by the legion of Metal-Heads as Metallica's  Orion Music + More Festival will kick off.  You may have heard over the weekend that Phish just did 3 nights at this same "field". When you hear someone say "Hey, I'm going to that Metallica festival" it's immediately interrupted as something that would be ... Read More

Bonnaroo Part III: Return of the Jedi Chapter 1: Sunday Morning On the morning of my final day at Bonnaroo, I was prepared for what would certainly be our most relaxing day. With only four acts to check out (and the first one not going on until 1:00), I was ready to chill and maybe have a beer with BeeZnutz.   It had rained the whole night and well into the morning, but by the time we left our tent at about 9 or so, the ... Read More

Blitzen Trapper & The Head and the Heart Team Up For Fall 2012 US Tour I think we all officially love Blitzen Trapper. It started with Rev who saw them at a poorly attended festival at Universal Studios back in 1998 (he has since seen the band at the Hollywood Bowl and last year in Hollywood). Then he started to get fellow Concert Confession family members hooked. The Northwest chapter took in their performance this past Memorial Day weekend at Sasquatch and he ... Read More

You could use a ton of clichés to describe our pal Phishbeard. Let’s just say homeboy marches to the beat of his own drum. A nomad, a free spirit, someone who shoots first and asks questions later. Homeboy spent Memorial Day weekend at the Gorge enjoying the 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival. He took no less than 1200 photos. Here are the best ones. We hope you enjoy. [gallery order="DESC" columns="4"] Read More

Bonnaroo Preview: The Top 12 Must-See Acts to Catch at the Farm If you know me in any way, then you probably know that I am attending this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. It is repeatedly called "Best Festival of the Summer" by many music-based magazines and websites,and tens of thousands head out to Manchester every year to catch acts big and small. So here are my Top 12 acts of this year's installment of Bonnaroo! Honorable mentions: Skrillex, Superjam ... Read More

Watch First Against Me! Performance Footage With Laura Jane Grace It’s not the best quality, but the first footage of Against Me! singer Tom Gabel Laura Jane Grace has hit the web. In case you were unaware, the group's mastermind has been undergoing treatments to change him from a man to a woman. You can read more about that here. The gig occurred this past Friday night down in San Diego where the band kicked off their tour as main support for The Cult. ... Read More

Dear concert going friends, I know you and I go way back (hope all is well!) and it has been a long time since we have talked, but there is just something extremely exciting that has built inside of me about what is going to happen this weekend at THE GORGE for the 2012 version of the Sasquatch! Festival that I must tell you about.  Last years Festival set the stage for a year of great memories and the need to “go back ... Read More

Rocking Out With Mom - A Tribute To The Women Who Raised Us   A few months ago we had the bright idea to have some of your favorite confessors share tales of attending concerts with their Mother's. We hope you enjoy them and encourage you to share your own via the comment section. Happy Mother's Day to our Mom's and all the Mom's out there. Thank you for all that you do. Alexis (LexC666) When this "assignment" first got posted I thought, God people actually go ... Read More

Childish Gambino 05/02/12 Kibbie Dome - Moscow, ID Words/Photos by Mr. Sparkly   Usually I have to travel at least two hours to see a decent show, but sometimes my town surprises me. So when I heard Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) was performing for The University of Idaho's Finals Fest, there was no doubt that I had to catch this act that I have been hearing so much about. I'll give credit where credit is due, Mr. Jay Porks has been praising Glover for more than a ... Read More

Metric Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates You know that part in the Metric hit “Help I’m Alive” when lead singer Emily Maines sings “They’re gonna eat me alive?” That shit drives me crazy, but hey this is not Penthouse Letters this is Concert Confessions and I am going to guess you want to know where you can catch these Canadian indie rockers live in North America in 2012. Well you are in luck, because we have the tour dates for you down ... Read More

In late 2008, Reverend Justito started a Myspace page with the idea that fans could share their concert tales with other fans. Out of the gate the page was an instant success to the point that Myspace could no longer support the beast. A few months later Justito was in a garage in Santa Maria California creating this very website – Concert Confessions. Over the past few years, this site has featured 100% fan submitted reviews from artists ranging from the timeless ballads ... Read More

Beats Antique The Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO 04/04/12 Words/Photos/Video by BzNtz Over the past few years I have heard a lot of things about this group called Beats Antique, but still years later I knew almost nothing about them. I heard they put on a great live show, I saw numerous friends like their facebook page. So on this cold and rainy St. Louis night I decided to see for myself. I started the night at work, when I asked my friend ... Read More

Words/Pictures by Bradley Darby The Texas based singer/songwriter stopped through St. Louis and brought along Lost Highway label mates HoneyHoney to support him. We arrived to catch the last few songs of HoneyHoney's set and I was certainly left wanting more. Suzanne Santo switches between the banjo and fiddle and sings while Ben Jaffe plays guitar and provides backing vocals. There were 2 other guys in the touring band on drums and bass respectively, but I was unable to get their names. The ... Read More