The Head and the Heart bring their 15th Anniversary Tour to the Riverside. Don't miss their new album live.
The Head and the Heart are marking their 15th anniversary with a tour that promises to be both nostalgic and forward-looking. With a setlist likely to include hits like “Honeybee” and “All We Ever Knew,” as well as fresh tracks from their latest album, Aperture, this concert is a celebration of their evolution as a band. The Riverside Theater, known for its excellent acoustics and intimate setting, is the perfect backdrop for this milestone event.
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The band’s new collaborative approach to songwriting has breathed fresh life into their music, making this tour a unique opportunity to experience their renewed energy and creativity. Songs like “Jubilee” and “Arrow” showcase their signature harmonies and lyrical depth, promising an evening of both reflection and joy. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to their music, this concert offers a chance to connect with The Head and the Heart's journey and their latest artistic expressions.
Parking at the Riverside Theater can be tricky. The nearby Wells Fargo garage offers $10 event parking, but it fills up fast. Consider parking at the Plankinton Garage, a 5-minute walk away, for $8.
The Riverside Theater has a great balcony view. If you prefer a seated experience with a full view of the stage, aim for balcony seats rather than the main floor.
As The Head and the Heart toured behind their 2022 album, Every Shade of Blue, Jonathan Russell realized something needed to change inside the band he had cofounded a dozen years earlier: the entire songwriting process. Sure, they’d had Platinum singles, including “Honeybee” and “All We Ever Knew,” but the tandem of success and encroaching adulthood had forced sometimes-unspoken changes over the years. Russell, for instance, often took on lead songwriting duties, even bringing in outside collaborators to bolster his ideas. Their early band energy faded a bit, a slight disconnect forming between the songs and the members, even between one another. Aperture—The Head and the Heart’s sixth album and their first since signing to Verve Forecast—is the affirming sound of their restart. After leading so much of the songwriting during the last decade, Russell ceded that role to everyone, shooing away siloed work for a highly collaborative approach where everyone hatched tunes together in a room or passed ideas between coasts. With every song fortified by the sense of beginning again, Aperture is The Head and the Heart’s most vital and poignant album. It is the best work they’ve ever done. Really, all of Aperture sounds like the work of a band reaching unimagined levels of camaraderie and mutual risk as one, at once. A spirited homage to honesty and love, “Jubilee” is like the sun suddenly bursting from the clouds. It bounces like a piece of pop-punk and arcs like a Springsteen classic. During “Beg Steal Borrow,” The Head and The Heart’s trademark harmonies conjure communal aspirations. And there may be no better summary of this fellow feeling than the mighty “Arrow,” a shout-along song about sometimes needing the space to roam and fail on your own and sometimes needing to be guided and helped by those around you. The Head and The Heart has finally found a way for its six members to find their own ideas and then build them, together, into something magnificent.
