Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, and Foxing live at McMenamins Edgefield The Emperor·On Sept 20, 2025, I hit up McMenamins Edgefield for the first time. What a fucking introduction. First...Music·1 Comment·0·62 views
System of a Down – Live at Rogers Stadium, Toronto Damara Jade·In December 2024, when System of a Down announced the presale of their North American Stadium Tour, I...Music·0 Comments·0·106 views
Cursive Live at WOW Hall The Emperor·I love Cursive. And The Good Life. And Tim Kasher’s solo stuff. Do I know why he needs...Music·0 Comments·0·52 views
An Interview with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse The Emperor·When Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock agrees to a chat, you know it’s not going to be a...Music·0 Comments·0·915 views
Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party – album review The Emperor·Confession time: I’ve never been a Paramore fan. Not because they weren’t good — I always thought they...Music·0 Comments·0·107 views
Reading Festival 2025 Review Still Unfound·Ever since the Reading Festival lineup dropped last year — with multiple of my favourite artists slapped all...Music·0 Comments·0·158 views
Coldplay Live at Wembley Stadium Still Unfound·Restricted view? Seems to be a pretty perfect view to me. The other night was pure magic. Two...Music·1 Comment·0·141 views
Lumineers and Tom Odell live at Hayden Homes Amphitheater Walt Raskal Sullins·Thonk thonk thonk, is this thing on? I’m Walt. I have been a dancer and photographer for years,...Music·0 Comments·0·139 views
Caamp and Futurebirds live at Hayden Homes Amphitheater The Emperor·Hayden Homes Amphitheater doesn’t screw around when it comes to safety. With a thunderstorm rolling in like the...Music·0 Comments·0·124 views
The Cranberries’ No Need to Argue Reissue – Album Review The Emperor·When I first heard the news of the 30th anniversary reissue of No Need to Argue, my reaction...Music·0 Comments·0·287 views
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review Justin Jones·A Steady, Satisfying Return for Marvel’s First Family Matt Shakman’s reboot doesn’t break new ground, but delivers a...Music·0 Comments·0·47 views
The Halluci Nation – Live at the WOW Hall The Emperor·I first discovered The Halluci Nation while working as a PR nerd with the Yuhaaviatam Nation of San...Music·0 Comments·0·38 views
The Vandoliers – Life Behind Bars album review The Emperor·Somewhere between the last beer run and the final page of The Grapes of Wrath, there’s a bar...Music·0 Comments·0·104 views
The Cure – Mixes From the Lost World Album Review The Emperor·When I reviewed Songs of a Lost World, I wrote that it felt more like a series of...Music·0 Comments·0·621 views
Tune-Yards and Ringdown Live at WOW Hall The Emperor·WOW Hall might be the most Eugene venue of all time—and I mean that in the best way....Music·0 Comments·0·63 views
Nekrogoblikon, Revocation, Ov Sulfur, and Brat live at Thunderbird Cafe The Emperor·Let’s get this out of the way: Thunderbird Café was an amazing introduction to the city of Pittsburgh....Music·0 Comments·0·90 views