Kristen Burns

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  NYE Block Party! Featuring Reverend Horton Heat w/ Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), The Legendary Shack Shakers, Giddy Up Go, Woolly Bushmen, WildTones and More! | Will’s Pub, Orlando, FL | Saturday, December 31st, 2016

  by Sarah Schumaker

  So, 2016 wasn’t your year? I’m sorry, friend. (Oh, it was? Hell yeah!) It’s been a shit shorm. A clusterfuck. A

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  Snarky Puppy | Coming to Irving Plaza, NYC | Friday & Saturday, December 30 & 31, 2016

  by Dainon Moody

  All in favor of having your heads opened wide, raise your hands. Keep them raised. Snarky Puppy is prepared to blow your

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  Dinosaur Jr. | Coming to Irving Plaza, NYC | Wednesday & Thursday, November 30 & December 1, 2016

  by Garrett East

  What do you call one of the most influential three-piece bands of the past 40 years? The eclectic, ultrasonic, masterful Dinosaur

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  The Thickest Grooves That Saved My Sanity: King’s X Live Review & Photos | State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL | November 12, 2016

  by Josh Jauz

  It was the summer between 9th and 10th grade. I was 15-years-old and had borrowed a CD called Dogman by a band called

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  Hatebreed Live Review | State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL | October 24, 2016

  by Randy Cook

  As a lover of heavy metal music, I consider listening to Hatebreed as my own personal form of self-empowerment therapy–

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  Getting To Know: Cherub | The Beacham (Orlando) & Culture Room (Fort Lauderdale)

  by Paulina Praphanchith

  These are lyrics that people always sing in harmony at the top of their lungs at college house parties. Everyone shares a

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  Rootfire at the Park Live Review & Photos | Cocoa Beach, FL | October 22, 2016

  by Collen Pryor

  Rootfire at the Park came to Cocoa Beach on October 22nd, and it was absolutely wonderful. Everything was exactly what I hoped

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  This Changes Everything: An Interview with Jim Lauderdale | Live from Suwannee Roots Revival | October 17, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  Jim Lauderdale had a good September. First, the Americana Music Association Awards — for which he has served as emcee for

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  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Live Review & Photos | Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL | October 18, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  Maiya Sykes commands attention. Not in an authoritarian way, but when she is on stage it is clear where you should focus.

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  Metal Machines: Meshuggah & 5 Billion Dead Live Review | House of Blues, Orlando, FL | October 10, 2016

  by James Connolly

  Three days. Only three days between the release of Meshuggah’s 8th studio album The Violent Sleep of Reason and their first

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  Cute Is What We Aim For Live Review | The Social, Orlando, Florida | September 22, 2016

  by Paulina Praphanchith

  For most of us, the period between late middle school and early high school was a miserable phase consisting of an overkill

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  Live Review: A Rainy Evening with Ray LaMontagne | St. Augustine Amphitheater, St. Augustine, FL | August 14, 2016

  by Megan Malsom

  It was a wet one! St. Augustine’s skies were weeping in sharp contrast to my elation. And it felt right that it was raining for

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  Oliver’s Kitchen: An Interview with Oliver Wood of the Wood Brothers | Coming to Suwannee Roots Revival | October 13-16, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers spoke with Shows I Go To ahead of the band’s trip to Suwannee Roots Revival this October.

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  Four Year Strong Live Review & Photos | “Wave Your Hands Back and Forth In Perfect Symmetry” | The Gateway, Calgary, Canada | August 15, 2016

  by Adam Fricke

  If you’ve ever been on a long road trip, or in a car at all for that matter, you know how important it is to have good music.

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  Creatures of Creativity: of Montreal. Preview | Webster Hall, NYC, NY | Friday, September 9, 2016

  by Andrew Arias

  Of Montreal is set to perform in New York City on Friday, September 9, 2016 @ 7:00 PM (6:00 PM doors) accompanied by Ruby the