The Latest

The Encore

Songkick Users: How to Save Your "Gigs I've Been To" History

Songkick logged your attendance for years. It was never designed to hold the memories. How to get your gigography out, move it into a real concert archive in one paste, and keep Songkick for what it does best.

Read moreabout Songkick Users: How to Save Your "Gigs I've Been To" History

Looking for a Concert Archives Alternative? An Honest Comparison

Concert Archives built something real: a fan-maintained database of over 1.7 million concerts. But a community database and a personal memory record are different products. Here is the honest comparison.

Read moreabout Looking for a Concert Archives Alternative? An Honest Comparison

How to Track Concerts Without a Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet can hold your concert data. It cannot hold your concert memories. Why the Google Sheet always dies by row 30, and how to move years of concert rows into a real archive in one paste.

Read moreabout How to Track Concerts Without a Spreadsheet

Google Photos Concert Detection: What Android Knows About Your Concert History

Google Photos knows where you were. It doesn't know what happened to you there. What Android's photo intelligence actually detects about your concert history, and how to turn photo evidence into a real record.

Read moreabout Google Photos Concert Detection: What Android Knows About Your Concert History

You've Marked "I Was There" on Setlist.fm. Here's How to Build the Rest of the Memory

The "I was there" checkbox is the start of a concert record, not the end of one. How setlist.fm power users can move their attended list into a real memory archive in one paste, with setlists attached automatically.

Read moreabout You've Marked "I Was There" on Setlist.fm. Here's How to Build the Rest of the Memory

Is There a Letterboxd for Concerts? Yes, and Here's Why It Matters

Is There a Letterboxd for Concerts? Yes, and Here's Why It Matters

Letterboxd changed how people track movies. Goodreads did the same for books. Concerts deserve the same treatment, and the options finally exist.

Read moreabout Is There a Letterboxd for Concerts? Yes, and Here's Why It Matters

App vs. Physical Journal: Which Is Right for You?

App vs. Physical Journal: Which Is Right for You?

The app is always with you. The journal becomes an artifact. One gives you stats. The other gives you ritual. Here's how to choose (or why to use both).

Read moreabout App vs. Physical Journal: Which Is Right for You?

My iPhone Knew I Went to a Concert. Here's What It Still Couldn't Tell Me.

My iPhone Knew I Went to a Concert. Here's What It Still Couldn't Tell Me.

iOS now recognizes when you attended a concert and surfaces the setlist automatically. It's a genuinely cool feature. But it captures the event, not the experience. Here's what your phone still can't tell you.

Read moreabout My iPhone Knew I Went to a Concert. Here's What It Still Couldn't Tell Me.

Best Concert Apps in 2026: Discovery, Tickets, and Memory

Best Concert Apps in 2026: Discovery, Tickets, and Memory

Most concert app guides only cover discovery and tickets. This one covers the full journey—including the apps that help you remember shows after they end.

Read moreabout Best Concert Apps in 2026: Discovery, Tickets, and Memory