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Concert Photography & Event Review: Taking Back Sunday // Terminal 5 11.16.19
On December 14, 2018, legendary band Taking Back Sunday graced the stage at Starland Ballroom in New Jersey, adorned in suits printed...
Taylor Dietrich
Nov 17, 20192 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Twin XL // Webster Hall 11.06.19
Before the wildly loved band called The Maine graced the stage at Webster Hall in New York City, another group jammed out for the...
Taylor Dietrich
Nov 7, 20192 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Enter Shikari // Bowery Ballroom 9.30.19
In a packed out room in The Bowery Ballroom, located in Manhattan, I was sure there would be no room for any mosh pits at the Enter:...
Taylor Dietrich
Oct 19, 20191 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: PUP // Terminal 5 9.12.19
Following their latest release, entitled ‘Morbid Stuff,’ Canadian punk rock band PUP set out for a North American tour mid-April of 2019....
Taylor Dietrich
Sep 21, 20192 min read


“I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part Six: Hoodie Allen
Traveling for concerts is the dream. But sometimes you don’t have the time or money to spend on plane tickets and hotels and, frankly, on...
Taylor Dietrich
Sep 18, 20194 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Frank Iero // Asbury Lanes 6.28.19
There’s a reason Frank Iero is one of our favorite artists to see live. The raw passion and energy he puts into every note of his...
Taylor Dietrich
Jul 18, 20192 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Jena Rose // The Observatory North Park 6.25.19
Here at the Observatory in North Park, San Diego, Jena Rose opened up for Aly & AJ on their two month long U.S. leg of the Sanctuary tour...
Madi Thiel
Jun 27, 20191 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: RVBY MY DEAR // The Saint Asbury Park 6.19.19
Sometimes a young woman from Australia moves to Brooklyn, New York and decides to start an art-pop project which eventually gets booked...
Taylor Dietrich
Jun 27, 20191 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Frank Iero // Rocks Off Cruise 6.22.19
On June 22nd, a large group of people were enthusiastically lined up to board the boat at Pier 36. You might assume they were there to...
Angela Leung
Jun 27, 20191 min read


“I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There” Part Four: All Time Low’s Su
All Time Low is one of those bands that occupies a strange and special place in my heart. Despite listening to them for years, I just...
Lexy Bouras
Jun 13, 20195 min read


The Time Mark Hoppus Guestlisted Me To An Enema Of The State Anniversary Show // I Bought Tickets To
A/N: The title is long, the title sounds misleading. It’s not. I figured I’d put this story in the “I Bought Tickets…” series despite...
Lexy Bouras
May 14, 20195 min read


10 Things That Happen When You Follow A Tour
Ever wanted to travel across the country to hear your favorite songs, support your favorite artists, and be right where the magic happens...
Lexy Bouras
Mar 18, 20192 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: The Mowgli’s // Granada Theater 3.1.19
Though The Mowgli’s have an impressive indie pop discography, it takes seeing them live to fully get the appeal. These guys bring the...
Carly May
Mar 3, 20191 min read


Concert Photography: The Stolen // Asbury Lanes 12.1.18
Photos by Taylor Dietrich. The Stolen, seen here as support for The Wrecks' Panic Vertigo tour, are an alternative band from New Jersey,...
Taylor Dietrich
Dec 9, 20181 min read


Live Music Review! Twenty One Pilots: A Complete Diversion in Brixton
Are you a broke college student? Did you wish you could teleport across the Atlantic to attend “A Complete Diversion” in London last...
Mikayla Drab
Oct 25, 20183 min read


I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There - Part Three: Z Berg and Frien
Z Berg has a vision that only a woman born and raised in the sometimes glamorous, always sunny Los Angeles, California could possibly...
Rhiannon Leigh
Oct 20, 20184 min read


Live Music Review: Hanging With Hoodie Allen On His 2018 Fall Tour
The first time I saw Hoodie Allen was three years ago. I was in San Diego, standing next to a Heineken stand, in line for Fall Out Boy...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 27, 20186 min read


“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part Two: Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field
Sometimes you have to listen to fate. Like when you, a Californian, find yourself on twitter selling the Riot Fest ticket you bought...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 15, 20186 min read


“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part One: Brendon Urie in Kin
If you haven’t noticed by now, concerts are one of our absolute favorite things here at Us For Once. Not simply because they’re fantastic...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 5, 20185 min read


I was at the Ice Cube concert in Del Mar with the shooting. We need to talk about it.
I go to a lot of concerts. I also know the risk of doing so. I remember hearing the stories of Le Bataclan, Manchester or Las Vegas for...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 3, 20184 min read
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