All Photos by Sara Rosenthal X Ambassadors brought their high-energy VHS(X) Tour to San Diego last week. The band is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album, VHS, this year with a rerecorded version, and it's bringing all the nostalgia. From the first notes of "Jungle", complete with colorful lights and fog, the party kicked into high gear with singer Sam Harris dancing all over the stage. The energy remained high throughout the set, with Harris even picking up

Photographs and review by Sara Rosenthal Our Last Night delivered an energetic, sold-out performance at the House of Blues in Anaheim last weekend. The post-hardcore veterans announced earlier this year that they would be stepping away from touring to focus on their families, marking this as their Final North American Tour. Equipped with a full setlist featuring popular covers such as "abcdefu", "Astronaut in the Ocean", and "STAY", along with cherished originals like "Burie

Fresh off their release of the DIGITAL NOTES EP, NOTD (pronounced noted) brought the EDM House party to San Diego. Despite the dreary...

“Shadow and the Light”, a fast-paced introspective track by LennyJ., was released in September of last year. Fast forward February 2024,...

All Photos by Sara Rosenthal BoyWithUke stopped by SOMA San Diego last week on his nearly sold-out Lucid Dreams tour with support from...

Long-awaited since the release of Living Proof back in summer 2018, State Champs have finally given us the gift of their new album, Kings...

Weiland is a rapper/artist new to the scene and quick to take it by storm. His short but eclectic discography is enough to showcase his...

In between COVID, artist’s precautionary touring schedules, and life getting in the way, I have not attended a concert in about two...

This February, I was lucky enough to photograph a headline set that can only be described as electric. Cage The Elephant exploded onto...

While many of us may find comfort in sticking to just one or two genres of music, there is nothing like cleansing your palate with something new. Here at Us For Once, we are always searching for unique music that will inspire us and change our perspective of certain genres, so we could not be more excited about pop singer Salt Ashes and her new EP ‘counting crosses' Real name Veiga Sanchez, Salt Ashes is a synth-pop princess coining her own sound with confidence. The connotat

There is nothing like being home for the holidays. And thanks to State Champs, Upstate New York served as home or many people who were far from it. 2019’s Frozen Fest was held in a venue called Upstate Concert Hall in the beloved band’s hometown of Albany, New York. Along with a small stage and concert floor, which created an intimate experience for their fans, the boys also adorned the rest of the venue with many interactive pieces. A game station included ring toss and corn

This is not a drill: alternative rock has a new leading lady on the rise and she goes by the name of Eliza. She and her band, The Delusionals, are making their way onto charts outside of their native country of Australia, and there is no doubt that greatness is on the horizon for them. Following their U.S. debut single “Just Exist,” Eliza & the Delusionals found themselves with a number one spot on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation radio station. With a mellow tune and dream-like vocals,

On April 10th, 2012, an EP by the name of All American debuted at number one on the iTunes ‘Top Albums’ chart. The artist behind the album was an independent rapper known as Hoodie Allen. Having created this album at the age of 22, his lyrics were about living carefree and captured the essence of college life in one’s early 20’s. About seven years later, more mature and experienced, Hoodie Allen has released the extension to All American on August 16th, it’s title being Whate

Back with her brand new single “Woman on the Prowl”, the devilishly confident, Oregon-raised Courtney Noe continues to flawlessly express...

Many current indie music lovers once went through a punk phase. Occasionally, those indie lovers would like to once again feel as if they're in a '90s teen angst movie, looking out their window in the suburbs as the perfect background music plays from their speakers. As strangely specific as that might sound, there's a band out there with music that will make you feel nothing less of that. The 1984 Draft's new LP 'Make Good Choices' provides us with that perfect combination o

A lot of my pieces on Us For Once are about punk rock. I believe in the scene wholeheartedly and find myself always looking for new subgenres of it to immerse myself in. I will admit, however, that it is my biggest fear that the scene will one day soon die out. It takes a band such as Project Revise to resolve those fears of mine. Upon listening to the band's 2017 EP 'Songs That Sound Like Songs,' not only can I confirm that these songs do in act sound like songs, but I

Life is nothing more than a series of moments that piece themselves together to create our own individual journeys. Us For Once was created on the basis of music to capture incredible moments that take our breath away and inspire you to make your own. On that note, here’s a story for you. Corey Durkin, an artist, entrepreneur, creative mind, and hilarious conversationalist. Even from a very young age, Durkin had a plan that looked beyond just what his hometown of Connect

When Us For Once first stumbled across the Whining Pussys, we expected to hear some solid, no-frills, good rock music. However, it’s always important to search deeper than first impressions, because what we found was- indeed, good music… but with a huge twist that left us smiling, thinking, and most importantly, writing. The Whining Pussys are an actively touring band from Huntington Beach, California, made up of Clark McSteven (guitar and vocals), KZ Anarchy (guitar), OG Ste

Coming back from the cosmic journey that was their last album, “E”, Eye-C has just returned to make another connection with their newest EP, “Long Distant Calls”. Creative duo That Guy and DJ Fathouse come back with more imaginative themes and musical experimentation. “Pay Phone” starts everything off. A quintessential Eye-C ambiance track, “Pay Phone” begins to tell the EP’s story in an abstract mix of sound. A car door opening and closing, footsteps on a lonely side ro

A few seconds into an perfectly crafted horn intro, Panic! At The Disco's newest single jumps straight to the point. "Had to have high, high hopes for a living/Shootin' for the stars when I couldn't make a killin'/Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision/I always had high, high hopes" Brendon Urie's vocals kick the track off with trademark enthusiasm and high energy. Utilizing his incredible vocal range, Urie goes from belting out the triumphant chorus to more steadi