Matt Ellis

Columbus Crew finally put an end to their winless streak while simultaneously causing the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps their first road loss of the season with a dominant 2-1 win on Saturday evening at Lower.com Field.

Sonic Temple kicked off its fourth music festival on Thursday, May 8th at the Historic Crew Stadium, and CU’s live music photographer Matt Ellis was on hand to capture all of the energy and excitement.

Sonic Temple kicked off its fourth music festival on Thursday, May 8th at the Historic Crew Stadium, and CU’s live music photographer Matt Ellis was on hand to capture all of the energy and excitement.

(Editor’s Note) Sonic Temple kicked off its fourth music festival on Thursday, May 8th at the Historic Crew Stadium, and CU’s live music photographer Matt Ellis was on hand to capture all of the energy and excitement. Thursday’s lineup included Korn, Bad Omens, Three Days Grace, Motionless in White, Killswitch Engage, Ministry, Poppy, Jinjer, Sevendust, […]

Sonic Temple kicked off its fourth music festival on Thursday, May 8th at the Historic Crew Stadium, and CU’s live music photographer Matt Ellis was on hand to capture all of the energy and excitement.

Columbus Crew showcased everything about their 2025 season on Saturday with an impressive yet flawed 4-2 result over Charlotte FC at a very rainy Lower.com Field.

The Columbus Crew will face LAFC in the Leagues Cup Final Match on Sunday August 25 in Lower.com Field - get a ticket and cheer them on!

New Jersey’s favorite folk-punk twosome The Front Bottoms returned to Columbus on Friday night as a packed house of Gen Z’ers crammed into KEMBA Live! to sing along with frontman Brian Sella’s detailed tales of life, love and everything in-between. Formed during college, The Front Bottoms, completed by drummer Mat Uychich, have long since shrugged […]

Arizona’s masters of the perfect radio hit, Jimmy Eat World returned to Columbus on Friday night to the KEMBA Live! indoor stage as emo-rock loving Gen X’ers and aging millennials rocked out to a greatest hits set packed full of gems that even a casual rock fan would be familiar with. Looking eerily similar from […]

Editor’s Note: Dozens of local bands took the stage at ComFest as the festival made a comeback in 2022 celebrating its 50th year. Take a look at some of the bands that rocked out during the three-day celebration from June 24 – 26. All photos by Matt Ellis Matt Ellis is a freelance photographer who […]

The undead returned to the streets of Columbus for the annual Zombiewalk today. The annual event brings out hundreds of zombie fans eager for a festive reason to dress up, get together, and shamble in unison down High Street. In addition to the fun, the event also raises money, this year donating proceeds to the […]

Norwegian singer-songwriter Girl in Red, the indie-pop project from Marie Ulven Ringheim, stopped by a rainy Columbus on Wednesday evening for a massive show at KEMBA Live! With 2021’s debut album If I Could Make It Go Quiet charting well across the globe and with the most played song on CD92.9 last year, it came […]

London-based indie pop band Bastille returned to Columbus on Sunday evening as Dan Smith and company lit up the EXPRESS LIVE! outdoor stage. Due to the storms and rain delays, I sadly wasn’t able to catch openers Joywave, but I did arrive in time to see Smith and friends work the crowd up to a […]

Indie rock icons Modest Mouse returned to Columbus on Friday night to play the final outdoor show of the LC Pavilion’s season. Led by guitarist/singer Isaac Brock, the eight-piece packed the stage with an overabundance of instruments, amps and various other bits and pieces which led to produce the layers of sound that make up […]

The beautiful weather and music continued throughout Saturday as day two of PromoWest Fest took place at McFerson Commons. A minor soundcheck issue before the opening band caused a small delay in the day’s schedule. But once the music began it ran continuously from start to finish as day two mixed up the likes of […]

The mid-pandemic co-headlining tour trend hit Columbus once again on Wednesday evening, as alternative rock pioneers Violent Femmes and Irish/American Celtic punks, Flogging Molly belted out their classic hits on the outdoor stage at Express Live! Joining the two vintage headliners were the kings of punked up classic covers, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, […]

The Wonderbus Music & Arts Festival made a triumphant return this past weekend as the lawn at CAS hosted three stages of music and thousands of happy people that came to drink, dance and bake under a scorching hot late summer sun. There was a little something for everyone’s musical tastes as both local and […]

Editor’s Note: Columbus got to celebrate its weird as the DooDah Parade returned to the streets of Short North in 2021. Take a peek at some of the fun, festive outrageousness from the July 4 parade. For more information, visit doodahparade.com. All photos by Matt Ellis Matt Ellis is a freelance photographer who covers bands […]

Thousands crowded into Downtown Columbus during a very hot day for the annual Pride Parade this afternoon. This year’s festivities mark the return of the festival to the Riverfront, so the parade’s route was reversed to travel south on High Street, starting off in the Short North. — Editor’s Note by Walker Evans. For more […]

If you’ve lived in Columbus for more than a minute then you’ve probably listened to CD102.5, and if you’ve listened to CD102.5, then you’ve probably heard of Matt and Kim, and as it’s really, really hard to dislike Matt and Kim, you’ve probably seen Matt and Kim live. But if you haven’t (why not?), then […]