Kalamazoo, Michigan band Pack Sounds usually make gruff, shouty, melodic emo-punk in the vein of stuff like The Lawrence Arms, Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, etc — as you can hear on their 2018 LP Bold Statements (Skeletal Lightning) — but… Read More
Boston ska legends Bim Skala Bim just dropped their first album in eight years, Sonic Tonic. The band — who still have the majority of their classic ’80s/’90s lineup intact — made the album with help from Dave Hillyard (The… Read More
Tickets for the limited summer run of Bruce Springsteen‘s one-man show Springsteen on Broadway at the Jujamcyn St. James Theatre on June 26 – September 4 go on sale today at noon. You might want to get in the virtual waiting… Read More
The Menzingers will be supporting Rise Against on tour this summer, and now they’ve announced a fall headlining tour to follow those dates. It begins on September 17 in Pittsburgh and includes stops in Lancaster, Denver, Providence, Buffalo, Woodstock, Syracuse,… Read More
The Grateful Dead‘s Phil Lesh had planned to celebrate his 80th birthday last year with a three night stand at Port Chester’s Capitol Theater in March of 2020. The pandemic caused those to be postponed a couple times, and they’re… Read More
New Orleans festival BUKU Music + Arts Project was forced to cancel its 2020 edition due to COVID. The fest is usually held in March, and while the next full edition is set for March of 2022, organizers decided to… Read More
Toadies will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Rubberneck (that’s the one with hit “Possum Kingdom”), on tour this fall. The album is actually coming up on its 27th anniversary (August 23, 1994), but the band say “who’s… Read More
For what is ostensibly club music, Loraine James’ productions can feel fiercely guarded. Many dancers and DJs favor smoothly paved superhighways to bliss; James’ zig-zagging tracks are filled with potholes, speed bumps, and the occasional vertiginous bridge to nowhere. The… Read More
This week on Robert Fripp and Toyah‘s “Sunday Lunch” series, they take on ZZ Top’s Eliminator classic “Sharp Dressed Man.” Robert Fripp is always a sharp-dressed man but he is come undone, and gets to flex his comic chops, by… Read More
Armand Hammer, the duo of ELUCID and billy woods, followed their 2020 album Shrines, one of our favorite albums of 2020, with this year’s excellent collaboration with The Alchemist, Haram. They’ve now announced a fall tour beginning in September and… Read More