Concert/Festival Reviews

Festival Review - Michigan Metal Fest 2022

During the Summer of 2021, I went on a long camping trip where it rained from the Wednesday I arrived all the way to the Sunday night...

Gridlife Midwest 2019 - Truly the Best Yet

The sixth annual Gridlife Midwest Music and Motorsports Festival may have just been the best installment yet. Thanks to several...

Cinco De Mayo in Mute City

The day normally known for celebrating Mexican independence is celebrated a little differently in the historic Kalamazoo Vine...

The Vaulted Skies First Effort with Label Soars to New Heights

I came across the music of Brit band The Vaulted Skies by complete accident as I was doing the usual mindless scroll through social...

Lords of Acid “Pretty in Kink” tour review - Flint, MI [3/9/19]

Background The last US tour by Lords of Acid in the Fall of 2017 included a stop in Detroit at St. Andrews Hall, which was unquestionably...

Battle of Bands Finale: Foxfollow vs. Shankool

This past Monday night we had an epic head to head finale for our Battle of the Bands competition generously hosted by Ruperts Brew...

Brother Son: Detroit’s groovy indie rockers hit Kalamazoo

Brother Son is an alternative rock band hailing from Detroit that writes fun tunes with some jazzy chords and southern flare. Currently...

Sasquatch! Music Festival

WIDR recently had the amazing opportunity to travel across the country to a music festival in Washington state known as Sasquatch! Music...

Mac Demarco Review

It was a cool October night, but things were heating up in downtown Ann Arbor. Lines formed around Hill Auditorium, as vagabond rockstar...

LOUIS THE CHILD - FRIENDSGIVING - ARAGON BALLROOM CHICAGO

The EDM duo from Chicago that calls themselves Louis the Child consists of Robby Hauldren and Freddy Kennett. Robert David Hauldren was...