Concert Review: Stone Temple Pilots x Live x Soul Asylum

Stone Temple Pilots x Live x Soul Asylum @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on September 15th, 2024 — I started college in 1994 and  STP’s Purple and Live’s Throwing Copper were the soundtracks of my freshman year. Soul Asylum had been…

Concert Review: Post Malone x Muscadine Bloodline — Before I Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Post Malone x Muscadine Bloodline @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on September 12th, 2024 — Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion tour took Ruoff by storm, and it was anything but your typical country concert. Post’s unapologetic take on country music was a creative fusion that paid homage to country’s roots while adding Posty’s signature…

Concert Review: Glass Animals x Kevin Abstract

Glass Animals x Kevin Abstract @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on August 23rd, 2024 — Excitement was high on Friday night as fans packed Ruoff in anticipation of seeing English electronic-rock band Glass Animals. Many fans were dressed in space…

Concert Review: Pearl Jam — Dark Matter World Tour with Glen Hansard

Pearl Jam x Glen Hansard @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on August 26th, 2024 — Wow. Almost a full year from the original concert date that was rescheduled due to sickness, Pearl Jam finally returned to Indiana for the first time since 2010. Their long-anticipated return…

Concert Review: Cage the Elephant x Young The Giant — Got Me Floating Like A Rainbow

Cage the Elephant x Young The Giant — Got Me Floating Like A Rainbow @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on August 7th, 2024 — Cage the Elephant’s return to the Indianapolis area as part of their Neon Pill Tour was nothing short of spectacular, reaffirming their status as one of the most vital and dynamic forces in…

Concert Review: Styx x Foreigner x John Waite

Styx and Foreigner @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on July 26th, 2024 — When you go to see a triple bill such as this one, all three bands are going to have shorter sets, and in this case, the headliner has only time to play their bigger hits. All in all, it was a good show, and four hours of excellent classic rock made for a good night. It was performed in front of a very large energetic crowd, and even though beer has become…

Concert Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers — It’s Bitter Baby, and It’s Very Sweet

Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on July 25th, 2024 — The Red Hot Chili Peppers brought their iconic blend of funk, rock, and punk to a sold out audience at Ruoff on July 25th delivering a performance that were full of greatest hits and deep cuts alike.

Concert Review: Santana x Counting Crows — Give Me Your Heart, Make it Real, or Else Forget About It

Santana x Counting Crows @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on June 23rd, 2024 — This past Sunday, Counting Crows and Santana transported a packed house back to the heyday of 90s rock. Despite neither of the artists having release new music in several years, Ruoff’s pavilion and lawn were…

Concert Review: Noah Kahan — Stick Season in Indianapolis

Fall Out Boy & Bring Me The Horizon @ Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN on July 16th, 2023 — I first saw Fall Out Boy in concert when I was 14 and they were just coming off of hiatus a decade ago now. While I will never forget that show, and how much it meant to me to see a band I loved perform after years of being in limbo, I do not think my 14 year old “emo kid” self would have been prepared for the show that I saw tonight.