REVIEW: Goldfinger still brings the summer heat

“Dad, what were you like in the 90s?” asks the popular social media viral trend. For starters, this writer was listening to Goldfinger’s 1996 self-titled debut in his room as part of an introduction to the ska/punk genre. On Friday night at Houston’s House of Blues, Goldfinger made its long awaited return to the stage in Texas and made many 16-year olds in the 1990s very happy.

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REVIEW: 'Missionary Impossible' a dream show with blink-182, Alkaline Trio

KANSAS CITY- Blink-182’s “Missionary Impossible” tour hit the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City Saturday Sept. 27, and peeked into the punk rock band’s prolific past by playing some deeper cuts in “Roller Coaster,” “Online Songs,” “Wishing Well,” and the 1997 single and old-school fan favorite “Josie.”

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REVIEW: blink-182 wrap up global festival dominance with ACL performance

After a whirlwind two years of sold out stadium and arena tours worldwide, as well as headlining some of the biggest festivals like Coachella , Reading and Leeds and Lollopalooza , blink-182 closed out its busy renaissance by headlining night 1 / weekend 1 of Austin City Limits.

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