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Live Review: The Darkness @ Lincoln Theatre — 9/7/25

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Michael Sprouse
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The Darkness perform live at Lincoln Theatre on Sept. 7, 2025. (Photo by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography)

There’s something about walking into the Lincoln Theater in Washington, DC, on a Sunday night that already feels a little surreal. It’s a room built for a different era, all velvet seats and golden trim, the kind of place you’d expect to host a gospel revival or a jazz orchestra. But on this night, it wasn’t gospel or swing — it was The Darkness, England’s most gloriously unashamed defenders of guitar theatrics, falsetto wails, and rock and roll excess. And believe me, the place shook like the plaster might crack at any moment.

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Snapshots: The Waterboys w/ Anna Tivel @ 9:30 Club — 9/4/25

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Nalinee Darmrong
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The Waterboys perform live at 9:30 Club on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Nalinee Darmrong)

The Waterboys opened their North American Life, Death and Dennis Hopper Tour at the 9:30 Club recently with a set that felt both ceremonial and loose-limbed — Mike Scott’s band dialing up heart, grit, and a storyteller’s sense of lift-off.

Nalinee Darmrong was there to photograph the show!

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Live Review: Masango @ New Prospect Theatre (Bellingham, WA) — 9/2/25

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Mark Caicedo
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Zivanai Masango and Helen Masvikeni-Masango perform at Bellingham's New Prospect Theatre, Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)

Zivanai (Zi) Masango and Helen Masvikeni-Masango, on a short Pacific Northwest tour, turned the New Prospect Theatre into a Zimbabwean dance party on a recent night. With help from friends Rujeko and Napolean, and members of Bellingham’s own Ukama, Zi and Helen delivered a sampling of the rich tradition that is Zimbabwean music.

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Live review: Oasis @ Metlife Stadium — 8/31/25

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Kyle Gustafson
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Liam Gallagher fronts Oasis at MetLife Stadium on August 31, 2025. (Photo courtesy Big Brother Recordings)

I have seen Oasis in small clubs (The Cat’s Cradle, The Abyss, Hammerjacks), medium-sized venues/theaters (Roseland, Hammerstein Ballroom, Radio City Music Hall), amphitheaters (Merriweather, Meadowbrook), and festivals (Reading, Virgin Fest) — but it took until I finally saw them in proper stadiums, performing to 80,000+ fans at Wembley Stadium in London during their Live 25 tour, for me to truly get my favorite band. 

Oasis is football as music. And everyone is cheering for the same team. Every single person in attendance singing along at the top of their lungs to every line of a 23-song, two-hour set is just like being at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Old Trafford, Anfield, or St. James Park. We’re all in it together and we’re all doing the Poznan.

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Live Review: Def Leppard @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater — 8/31/25

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Michael Sprouse
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Def Leppard performs live at Veterans United Amphitheater on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography)

Def Leppard Close Latest USA Tour with a Triumphant Blowout in Virginia Beach
Words and photos by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography

There’s a unique electricity in the air when a band hits the last night of a tour. It’s not the same as opening night, where nerves and fresh energy bubble over. No, the finale has its own flavor — looser, heavier, tinged with nostalgia, and often, a little bittersweet.

Def Leppard recently brought that whole cocktail of emotions to the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, closing out their US leg with the kind of unapologetic spectacle that proves why they remain one of the last standing giants of arena rock.

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Live Review: Extreme (Opening Def Leppard) @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater — 8/31/25

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Michael Sprouse
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Extreme performs live at Veterans United Amphitheater on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography)

Extreme Bring Guitar Firepower and Old-School Swagger to Virginia Beach
Words and Photos by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography

Virginia Beach has this way of making big shows feel like backyard parties. The salt air rolls in from the ocean, the crowd is already half-charged before the first note, and by the time the lights drop, you’re reminded that this seaside town knows how to host a proper rock spectacle. Recently, the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater shook under the weight of Extreme — still loud, still cocky, and still more fun than a band with that much technical precision has any right to be.

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Snapshots: Erykah Badu and The Alchemist @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 8/17/25

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chriscastilloweb
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Erykah Badu performs live at The Fillmore Silver Spring on August 17, 2025. (Photo by Chris Castillo)

Erykah Badu turned The Fillmore Silver Spring into a late-night séance on August 17, drifting onstage to “Echos” and setting a heady, slow-burn tone for a phone-free crowd sealed in Yondr pouches. With The Alchemist at the decks and The Cannabinoids threading live textures, the room felt equal parts lab and lounge — an invitation to lean in rather than film from afar.

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Live Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Wolf Trap — 8/29/25

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Mark Engleson
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Tedeschi Trucks Band perform live at Wolf Trap on August 29, 2025. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

The Tedeschi Trucks Band is a quintessentially American musical institution. A multiracial 12-member ensemble fronted by the husband-and-wife duo of guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, their sound draws on a wide variety of traditions from the cradle of American music in the South to beyond the borders of the United States, embracing elements of Indian and African music.

In their recent performance on a perfect summer night at Wolf Trap, Tedeschi Trucks Band offered the audience a reminder of the beauty and diversity that makes this country great.

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Live Review: Robert Randolph w/ Blessed Offor @ The Atlantis — 8/27/25

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Mark Engleson
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Robert Randolph performs live at The Atlantis on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Sacred music has been thoroughly intertwined with rock ‘n’ roll since its earliest days. Elvis Presley made gospel albums, there’s plenty of fire and brimstone in Jerry Lee Lewis’s piano boogie, and Little Richard became, for a time, a minister. New Jersey pedal steel virtuoso Robert Randolph, who grew up in the House of God with its Sacred Steel music, admirably continues the tradition of representing for his faith while rocking hard.

Touring behind his first solo album (on his previous records, he shared billing with his Family Band), Preacher Kids, released earlier this year, Randolph and his ace band shook the house and brought the spirit in their recent appearance at The Atlantis.

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Live Review: Gary Clark Jr. (Opening The Black Keys) @ Merriweather Post Pavilion — 8/28/25

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Michael Sprouse
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Gary Clark Jr. performs live at Merriweather Post Pavilion on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography)

Gary Clark Jr. Brings the Heat at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Words and Photos by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography

There’s an undeniable electricity that fills the air before a Gary Clark Jr. concert — like you’re on the edge of something big, something that’ll grab you by the shoulders and shake you awake. When he recently opened The Black Keys at Merriweather Post Pavilion, that feeling wasn’t just in the air — it was in the sound, the vibe, and in every note Clark played. With his signature blend of rock, blues, and soul, he not only reminded the crowd why he’s considered one of the best guitarists of his generation but also why his live shows are something you need to experience to truly get it.

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