League of Legends is really onto something. Following the much-buzzed about successful 2018 launch of the game’s first virtual girl group called K/DA, originally voiced by Madison Beer (put your cans up, fellow Beercans!), Jaira Burns and Miyeon and Soyeon… Read More
As mentioned, the National Independent Venue Association's livestream fest, Save Our Stages Festival, streams from Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 18, with artists including Brittany Howard, Foo Fighters, Leon Bridges, Major Lazer, Nathaniel Rateliff, Phoebe Bridgers, Portugal. The Man,… Read More
Gainesville, FL punk festival The Fest was forced to postpone their 2020 edition until 2021 because of coronavirus, but they'll be marking one of their originally scheduled days this year with a virtual Halloween event. "The Fest That Never Was"… Read More
As mentioned, Jeff Rosenstock's first full-band streaming set of the pandemic, Jeff Rosenstock: Live From the Garden, airs tonight (Friday, October 16) at 10 PM ET on YouTube; watch it below. Ahead of that, he's shared a couple of tracks… Read More
While our brains continue to lose the ability to focus as Election Day approaches (me at least), here are some records to listen to that will hopefully counteract the chaos: Kevin Morby releases his best album since Singing Saw; Helena… Read More
In 1994, at the height of grunge, punk, and alternative rock, '70s/'80s rock giant Tom Petty released his second solo album (and first of three produced by Rick Rubin), Wildflowers, a tender, folky album that is still widely and deservingly… Read More
On a beautiful September evening in 2018, I had the immense privilege of being at the Forest Hills Stadium stop of David Byrne’s American Utopia tour. It was a significant night as it had been 35 years since Byrne, along with his… Read More
Nothing slows down Robert Pollard. Guided by Voices have just announced their third album of 2020, Styles We Paid For, which will be out December 11 via Rockathon Records. It's the band's 31st album overall. Bob and the rest of the… Read More
Chicago's own Dehd have just unveiled the music video for their single, "Haha." The track, as frontwoman Emily Kempf explains, is "about finding humor in impossible situations — sometimes, you just gotta laugh it off" and the video is fitting, and it's… Read More
New Zealand band The Bats have been together with the same four-member lineup for nearly 40 years, making charming, strummy, melodic indie rock. The band are set to release their 10th album, Foothills, on November 13 via their longtime label… Read More