Newport Folk Festival is underway, and as always, there have been some surprises. Dinosaur Jr played, and during their set they brought out Courtney Barnett to play guitar and do guest lead vocals on their '90s hit "Feel the Pain."… Read More
There’s an urban legend that says the Grateful Dead never played the same set twice. That’s quite the impressive feat. Or, at least, it would be if it were true. With the band’s storied career stretching across three decades and… Read More
Bummer news: Williamsburg club and venue Union Pool will remain closed for at least another three weeks due to city regulations after the July 1 five-alarm fire in the building next door. (They had hoped to be open by now.) All shows… Read More
Robyn Hitchcock has announced Shufflemania!, his first album since his 2017 self-titled, which will be out October 21 via Tiny Ghost. Says Robyn: "What is SHUFFLEMANIA!? It’s surfing fate, trusting your intuition, and bullfighting with destiny. It’s embracing the random… Read More
Yellow Ostrich broke up in 2014, but founder Alex Schaaf brought the name back last year, releasing a new album, Soft, under the moniker. He's going on tour this summer and fall, with East Coast and Midwest dates in August… Read More
Sophie Allison launched her Soccer Mommy project in 2015 with a series of bedroom-recorded, self-released EPs, before eventually signing to Fat Possum and then Loma Vista and releasing a series of increasingly ambitious albums, including this year's Oneohtrix Point Never-produced… Read More
Lucy Dacus is in the midst of her ongoing tour supporting her excellent 2021 album Home Video, with a big NYC show happening on Thursday (7/21) at SummerStage in Central Park. That's with Hop Along, and tickets are still available.… Read More
Social Distortion's 2011 album Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes was a return to form for the SoCal icons, delivering the kind of twangy, anthemic punk the band forged in the '80s. It also gave them them their highest charting album,… Read More
Chicago's Riot Fest is nearing, and they've just added more artists to their lineup: Riot Fest regulars Taking Back Sunday, "Gangsta's Paradise" hitmaker Coolio (!), Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, Zola Jesus, Reece Young, Poliça and cumgirl8. They join headliners My Chemical… Read More
Dean Hurley, the sound designer who worked on David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return, has collaborated with German-Brazilian synth artist Gloria de Oliveira on a new album, Oceans of Time. Admirers of each other's work, they made the album long-distance during… Read More