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Live Reviews
You don’t remember a show in order. You remember flashes. The heat, the noise, the moment everything tipped over and the room stopped pretending to be calm. This is where that lives. Not a recap. Not a setlist. Just what it felt like when it actually happened, loud, imperfect, and impossible to fake.
Chuck Ragan Sang Like the World Was Worth Saving
There are very few musicians who can walk onto a stage armed with nothing more than a Martin guitar, a harmonica, and a voice that sounds like it's survived every mile it's ever traveled, yet somehow make an entire room forget there's no band behind them.
Chuck Ragan is one of them.
Riot + Reverie Radio
2 hours ago3 min read
Girls in Bikinis and Broken Teeth: The Rumours Are the Loudest Damn Thing You’ll See All Year
The Rumours / The Goilz | Cambridge, Mass. | June 16 "Girls in bikinis" means something different to everyone. For me, it’s not a beach or a billboard fantasy. It’s The Rumours detonating onstage like a bar fight set to a backbeat, a room full of strangers blinking through the smoke like they just woke up inside a jet engine. That’s The Rumours. Photography by K.M. North They come out of Iowa, which feels like a cosmic joke until you see them play and realize geography has n
Riot + Reverie Radio
3 days ago3 min read
Bouncing Souls Summer Festival Review: Asbury Park's Stone Pony Summer Stage Loses Its Mind
Nobody left when it rained. The Bouncing Souls threw a punk festival at Asbury Park's Stone Pony Summer Stage featuring Less Than Jake, Bane, The Lawrence Arms, and School Drugs — and nobody went home early.
Riot + Reverie
Jun 283 min read
Torturetwinn Will Ruin You and You Will Thank Them For It
Hot off the new single "Apologies," Torturetwinn came to Cambridge to open for Kelsey Karter and the Heroines at the Upstairs at The Middle East, and they played like they had something to prove to every person in that room.
Riot + Reverie
Jun 233 min read
In the Year of Our Lord: Thursday Played Three Full Albums in a Century-Old Church and It Was Everything
Thursday performed No Devolución, A City By the Light Divided, and Full Collapse in full at Stone Church on June 6, 2026. Read KM North's live review and concert photography from an unforgettable night in New Hampshire.
Riot + Reverie
Jun 126 min read
Thirty Years of Waiting: Acid Bath Returns and Delivers Everything
Acid Bath returned to Boston on May 30, 2026 at Roadrunner in Brighton, and thirty years of waiting evaporated the moment Dax Riggs walked out. Preceded by a brutal undercard of Final Gasp, Primitive Man, Pig Destroyer, and Napalm Death, this was a night that reminded every person in that sold-out room why they got into heavy music in the first place. Live review by KM North.
Riot + Reverie
Jun 54 min read
Sing Us Home Felt Like a Family Reunion With a Soundtrack
After last year’s rain-soaked weekend, Sing Us Home Festival returned to Manayunk with packed crowds, unforgettable performances, and the kind of music community that feels increasingly rare at larger festivals. From The Flatliners and Augustines to The Menzingers and an intimate Brian Fallon aftershow, the weekend delivered some of the year’s most memorable live music moments.
Riot + Reverie
May 56 min read
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