Song of the Day – Numbflower: “Lead” (ft. Prairie Fire)
Song of the Day – Orbis Max: “Tuesday Too”
Song of the Day – The Ruins: “Bone on Bone”
Ice Nine Kills Shares Spring 2025 Dates
Horror-inspired metal outfit Ice Nine Kills has a lot of their plate this spring. Having already booked dates supporting Metallica, the band has now scheduled The Silver Scream-A-Thon Tour, in which they will be playing two nights in each city. Night one will feature The Silver Scream in its entirety, while the second evening will be dedicated to the entire The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood record. Support for night one will be The Word Alive, The Funeral Portrait, and Melrose Avenue. The opening acts for night two will be Hail the Sun, Tx2, and Dark Divine.
Tickets are on sale at iceninekills.com!
- 4/26 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre*
- 4/30 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
- 5/1 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
- 5/3 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium*
- 5/6 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
- 5/7 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
- 5/9 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
- 5/10 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
- 5/11 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival 2025+
- 5/13 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
- 5/14 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
- 5/18 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
- 5/19 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
- 5/20 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
- 5/21 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
- 5/23 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field*
- 5/24 – Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater
- 5/25 – Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater
- 5/29 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
- 5/30 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
- 6/1 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
- 6/2 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
- 6/4 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
- 6/5 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
- 6/6 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium*
- 6/8 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
- 6/9 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
- 6/11 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
- 6/12 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
- 6/20 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium*
- 6/27 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High*
* Supporting Metallica
+ Festival appearance
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2025 [Updated 2/28/25]
I finished six books in February! And one of those was A Tale of Two Cities (finally). Unfortunately, the Dickens novel was my only classic this month. I’ll do better in March.
Anyway, here are the books I read over the past 28 days, and my rating of each.
The Murder of Sleepy Hollow (Michele Pariza Wacek)
Rating: 4/5
Unholy Magic (Stacia Kane)
Rating: 4/5
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Rating: 5/5
Babydoll (Christopher Robertson)
Rating: 4/5
Nettle & Bone (T. Kingfisher)
Rating: 4/5
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Rating: 3/5
***
I am currently reading We Used to Live Here (Marcus Kliewer) and The House Across the Lake (Riley Sager).
Progress: 12/50
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 2 (Updated 2/28/25)
The final update for February is upon us! 2025 started flying by once January finally ended. Be sure to check out the entire playlist – parts one and two – and prepare for whatever March has to offer.
Here are the songs that have been added since February 14th.
- Til Fauna: “Run”
- Savile Row: “Hold On” (ft. Ms. Karoline)
- Histheory: “Unbinding Truth”
- The Immaculate Crows: “Happy”
- Seethe: “IDT (Falling in Wait)”
- Seethe: “Depths”
- Wednesday 13: “When the Devil Commands”
- New Dreams: “HeartRace”
- Damsel: “Will You Be Mine?”
- Already Over: “Severed”
- Naum: “Maybe”
- Alethium: “Orbit”
- Moulin Myers: “Welcome”
- Jason Myrla: “Killer In Me”
- We Alone: “EVOLVE”
- With My Own Eyes: “Make Me Forget”
- Christian Pearson: “Selling a Lie” (ft. Leo Margarit)
- Boiler Room: “Changes”
- Scarlet Falls: “Now This Time”
- SKNN: “Digital Zombies”
- Overlay: “Without You”
- A Fatal Black: “Kill the Lights”
- Eddie King: “What If You Knew”
- SevVven: “Sea of Regrets”
- Pistols at Dawn: “Bones”
- Adam and the Metal Hawks: “Wrong Time of Day”
- Nathan James: “Alienation”
- Crucigen: “Strident Dreamer”
- Eric Dalton: “breathe”
- Sunrise in Jupiter: “Satellite”
- Kingdom Collapse: “Elevate”
- The Crowned: “Set You Free” (ft. Eddie Hemida)
- Dead Air Network: “Carcass Queen”
- Tricky Shoreline: “Flowers”
- Counter: “Bitter”
- Jay F: “Weight of Her World”
- Shadows Divide: “Conquer”
- Seventh Day Slumber: “Black Roses, White Doves”
- Rezilient: “Pretend”
- Revolution Rabbit Deluxe: “Parabellum”
- Mr. Strange: “Goliath”
- Knightfall: “Not Ready to Let You Go” (ft. Adrien Djouadou and Sergio Salvucci)
- Red Melting: “Beast of Society”
- Silent Theory: “Made Me This Way” (ft. Jay Gordon of Orgy)
- Gillsaw: “Thankful”
- The Birthday Massacre: “Sleep Tonight”
- Soundscape: “Your Schema”
Song of the Day – Die Tired: “Open Hearts Club”
Cold Shares Spring 2025 Dates With September Mourning and University Drive
In 2025, Cold is celebrating 25 years of their second studio album, 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, and 20 years of their fourth record, A Different Kind of Pain. So, naturally, the band is hitting the road, and they’re playing both albums in their entirety. The tour features special guests September Mourning and University Drive. Tickets and VIP are available at coldarmy.com!
- 4/3 – Cleveland, OH – Cambridge Room at House of Blues
- 4/4 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
- 4/5 – Columbus, OH – The King of Clubs
- 4/6 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
- 4/8 – Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse Stage & Grill
- 4/9 – Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance
- 4/10 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
- 4/11 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
- 4/12 – Mechanicsburg, PA – Lovedraft’s
- 4/13 – Bensalem, PA – Broken Goblet Brewing
- 4/15 – Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
- 4/16 – New York, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
- 4/17 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
- 4/18 – Greenville, SC – The Radio Room
- 4/19 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
- 4/22 – Knoxville, TN – Open Chord Stage
- 4/23 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
- 4/24 – Orlando, FL – The Social
- 4/25 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
- 4/26 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
- 4/27 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
- 4/29 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
- 4/30 – Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
- 5/1 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
- 5/2 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
- 5/3 – Dallas, TX – Trees
- 5/5 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
- 5/6 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
- 5/8 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
- 5/9 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
- 5/10 – Anaheim, CA – The Parish at House of Blues
- 5/11 – Fresno, CA – Fulton 55
- 5/12 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
- 5/15 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s in The Crocodile
- 5/16 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Mission Theater
- 5/20 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
- 5/21 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
- 5/23 – Tulsa, OK – The Shrine
- 5/24 – Hays, KS – Fox Theatre
- 5/25 – Lincoln, NE – The Bourbon Theatre
- 5/27 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
- 5/28 – Iowa City, IA – Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon
- 5/29 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
- 5/30 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
- 5/31 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
- 6/1 – Covington, KY – Madison Live!
Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne Announce Spring 2025 Dates
Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne are again teaming up on the road. The “Hollywood & N9ne Returns” tour will feature special guests Set It Off and Zero 9:36, and the first show of this spring run will be in Reno, Nevada, on April 6th.
You can snag tickets and VIP for Hollywood Undead at hollywoodundead.com. Tech N9ne is also offering a VIP experience. Check it out at strangemusicinc.com.
- 4/6 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort
- 4/7 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House
- 4/8 – Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre
- 4/10 – Vancouver, BC – Harbour Event Centre
- 4/11 – Penticton, BC – South Okanagan Events Centre
- 4/12 – Calgary, AB – Macewan Hall Concerts
- 4/13 – Edmonton, AB – Midway
- 4/15 – Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Event Center
- 4/16 – Fargo, ND – Butler Arena
- 4/18 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club
- 4/19 – Maplewood, MN – Myth Live
- 4/20 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center
- 4/22 – Brookings, SD – Dacotah Bank Center
- 4/23 – Omaha, NE – The Astro
- 4/28 – Wichita, KS – Wave
- 4/29 – Clive, IA – Horizon Events Center
- 4/30 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
- 5/1 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana
- 5/3 – Kitchener, ON – Elements
- 5/4 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
- 5/5 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
- 5/7 – Providence, RI – The Strand Ballroom & Theatre
- 5/8 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
- 5/9 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
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