Militarie Gun and Joyce Manor closed out their run together with a sold-out show at the Fillmore in San Francisco. For the first installment of PRJ’s The Vault, we revisit a night that made an increasingly convincing case for Militarie Gun as the best actively recording and touring band in America right now.
I arrived at Glo Fest Cali expecting to cover a Christian hip-hop festival. I left rethinking everything I thought I knew about live music. From Miles Minnick’s vision and Bay Area culture to standout performances by Erik Cole, Jon Keith, Tommy Zuko, and Andy Mineo, Glo Fest proved that community, hospitality, and exceptional hip-hop can thrive under one roof.
WILLOW’s The Thread is one of the year’s biggest artistic surprises. In this review, Punk Rock Journalist explores how the singer-songwriter moves beyond alternative rock into a deeply spiritual, jazz-infused R&B sound while redefining herself as both a vocalist and songwriter.