Intellectual Dissatisfaction

South Dakota based outlet featuring politics, news, music and live events, and general blog/vlog content

[Intellectual Dissatisfaction @IntelDiss]

We’re a lil sentimental ‘round these parts 😂
https://t.co/1ULwaFnSY5

[Intellectual Dissatisfaction @IntelDiss]

@JermsGotRhythm @castervolor Live review: https://t.co/0VbzqHQ1bQ

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

🔥 @castervolor at xBk Live in Des Moines, Iowa - May 21st, 2026.

Caster Volor Turns xBk Live Into a Freak Show Worth Believing In!

📸: Ain't Life Grand Photography

Behind the lens: Alyce Nall - Beyond Media Entertainment - "BME" / Igor Dimitrienko - Ain't Life Grand Photography

#castervolor #xbklive #lyricallimelight #concertphotography #concertvibes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Long Rest at Icon Event Hall + Lounge, Sioux Falls, South Dakota — May 22nd, 2026.

📸: Devin Jay Hoffie / Hope Hoffie

#longrest #zeroritual #ghostcat #concertphotography #localartist

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

🔥 @LarkinPoe at the Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, Iowa - April 15th, 2026

📸: Ain’t Life Grand Photography

#larkinpoe #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Parabola opening up for CASTER VOLOR at xBk Live on May 21st, 2026.

Parabola is a four-piece rock band that blends the raw energy of grunge with the timeless edge of classic rock. Drawing inspiration from the ’70s, ’90s, and early 2000s.

Behind the lens: Alyce Nall | Beyond Media Entertainment - "BME"

📸: Ain't Life Grand Photography

#Parabola #xbklive #castervolor #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

🔥 @LornaShore turned devastation into something that still clawed toward the light.

Lorna Shore, Signs of the Swarm, and Paleface Swiss at @VibrantHall in Waukee, Iowa, May 1, 2026

📸: Caleb Hauser

#LornaShore #VibrantMusicHall #ConcertPhotography #LyricalLimelight

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Concert Photography:

@Sevendust at Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort, Larchwood, IA, USA - April 18, 2026.

📸: Life With Glanzer Photography

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

🔥 @yungblud’s IDOLS WORLD TOUR at the WAMU Theater on May 15, 2026.

📸: David Conger Photography

#yungblud #wamutheater #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Intellectual Dissatisfaction @IntelDiss]

Local Sioux Falls band!

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Long Rest at Icon Event Hall + Lounge, Sioux Falls, South Dakota — May 22nd, 2026.

📸: Devin Jay Hoffie / Hope Hoffie

#longrest #zeroritual #ghostcat #concertphotography #localartist

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

.@JourneyOfficial at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, SD — April 6th, 2026

📸: Life With Glanzer Photography

#Journey
#DontStopBelievin
#ClassicRock
#ConcertVibes
#concertphotography

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Gary Numan at First Avenue & 7th St Entry Felt Less Like a Concert Than a Reckoning

First Avenue - Minneapolis, Minnesota -
March 31, 2026

📸: Ain't Life Grand Photography

#garynuman #firstavenue #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Intellectual Dissatisfaction @IntelDiss]

Check out some of our team’s concert photography on my personal page!

We’re making reels featuring pro photography from our teams across the country to showcase their talent and our work as a publication.

We also love showing yall snapshots from the shows you couldn’t attend!

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Concert Photography:

@Sevendust at Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort, Larchwood, IA, USA - April 18, 2026.

📸: Life With Glanzer Photography

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Gov’t Mule at the Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, Iowa - April 25th, 2026.

📸: Ain't Life Grand Photography

#govtmule #valairballroom #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Larkin Poe at the Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, Iowa - April 15th, 2026

📸: Ain’t Life Grand Photography

#larkinpoe #concertphotography #ConcertVibes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Alter Bridge w/Filter and Tim Montana at Steelhouse Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska — May 2, 2026

The nearly sold-out Omaha stop of Alter Bridge’s What Lies Within Tour had the kind of electricity that does not politely announce itself.

📸: Monica Nichole Estes

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

.@Shinedown, @Coheed Turn Sioux Falls Into a Living Broadcast

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota — May 18, 2026

Coheed have always occupied their own orbit. Their music carries prog complexity, post-hardcore urgency, and the deep mythology of The Amory Wars without losing the human ache beneath it all.

From the opening moments of Shinedown’s set, the production felt dialed in with film-level timing. The stage design played directly into the tour’s visual language: screens, broadcast imagery, static, countdowns, and tension.

Voiceover: Hope Hoffie
📸: lifewithglanzer

#shinedown #coheedandcambria #concertphotography #ConcertExperience

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

MYTH LIVE @TheHuOfficial, @apocalypticafi and The Rasmus: A Night of Culture, Cellos, and Mongolian Folk Metal — May 20, 2026

📸: Life With Glanzer Photography

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Are there any good tariffs?

Julian Beaudion, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from South Dakota, says tariffs can be used strategically, but argues the current approach is putting too much pressure on agriculture producers and family-owned farms.

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

INTERVIEW: Julian Beaudion

A Democratic candidate for US Senate

“One of those things when you’re talking about serving the people, is also serving accountability, when even the people that you serve with are wrong.”

Watch full interview: https://t.co/Jr8k4D6OBm

[Jeremy Mercier @JermsGotRhythm]

Julian Beaudion, a South Dakota Democrat candidate for US Senate

“I will say, I am a fan of what presumptive probation offers, in theory…”