The Dead Daisies with Glenn Hughes at the Arcada Theatre (5/30/2026)
Both The Dead Daisies and Glenn Hughes are no strangers to the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, each having played the storied venue numerous […]
Witching Hour – Descending… Where Time Has Ceased to Exist
Just when I thought I’d heard it all in the black/speed/thrash realm, here comes Germany’s Witching Hour with an ever appropriate, “Hey dude! What gives?” […]
Teaze – Rev Your Engines
Beloved in their native Canada, but largely unknown here in the States, Teaze were part of a wave of ’70s hard rock bands who foreshadowed […]
Armored Saint – Emotion Factory Reset
Armored Saint have had one hell of a run since they got back together for good 20 years ago. A series of albums loved nearly […]
Von Groove – Born to Rock
As the old saying goes, some bands had the misfortune of being in the right place at the wrong time. In light of this adage, […]
Desolus – Dwellers of the Twilight Void
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since Desolus dropped one of the best extreme metal albums of the decade thus far in […]
Crashdïet – Art of Chaos
Art of Chaos is easily the most aptly titled Crashdïet album to date. It seems just like yesterday I was chronicling a play by play […]
Darkthrone – Pre-Historic Metal
It turns out that Darkthrone and I have radically different ideas of what constitutes “pre-historic metal”. When I hear the term, I think of late […]
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath) and Doug Aldrich (The Dead Daisies, Whitesnake, Dio) Interview
These days, the word “exclusive” gets tossed around like animal carcasses at an Ozzy show circa 1982. “One night only” turns into two, and two […]
SatchVai Band at Riverside Theater
The names Satch and Vai are as synonymous with the world of guitar as DiMaggio and Mantle are with baseball. These two Italian-American axe-slingers didn’t […]