Fans of late ’90s / early 2000s New York rap, are you sitting down? The LOX (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Styles P) and Dipset (Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones) will face off in a VERZUZ battle on August 3, and it’ll… Read More
Nervous Dater, Future Teens, Pronoun, and Hit Like a Girl are teaming up for a Brooklyn benefit show for No More Dysphoria, a “queer-run 501(c)3 non profit with the goal of helping trans + non-binary individuals financially through major aspects… Read More
Boston Calling has been revealing its 2022 lineup in dribs and drabs, and today they’ve announced that Run the Jewels will be back for their third appearance at the fest, and Black Pumas will be making their Boston Calling debut. They… Read More
Fans of melodic punk and hardcore, take note: Comeback Kid, Strike Anywhere, One Step Closer, and Be Well will do an East Coast tour together this fall. Things kick off in Atlanta at The Masquerade on November 1, and then… Read More
The Fixx are joining up with fellow early-’80s vets The English Beat for a fall tour. Dates kick off October 18 in Dallas and include stops in Austin, Orlando, Nashville, NYC, Tarrytown, Kent, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, and… Read More
Wreckless Eric had a rough 2020, nearly dying from COVID and suffering a related heart attack, but he has recovered and is ready to start playing shows again. He’s lined up a 10-date tour of the East Coast and Midwest… Read More
Iron & Wine released the bare-bones, lo-fi “lost” album Tallahassee, which predates his 2002 debut The Creek Drank the Cradle, back in May, and now he’s announced a tour supporting it. It’ll be a “back-to-basics” solo acoustic tour of intimate… Read More
Experimental duo 100 gecs had announced a 2020 world tour before COVID hit, which wound up getting cancelled. They’ve now announced the 10,000 gecs Tour, which runs through North America this fall, including dates in Oakland, Santa Cruz, Portland, Seattle,… Read More
Last year, indie-rap duo ShrapKnel (aka Curly Castro and PremRock) released a very good self-titled album, and now PremRock just put out his own new album, Load Bearing Crow’s Feet. It features Curly Castro, as well as other underground hip… Read More
Toronto shoegaze band iris have changed their name to Bliss Fields and slightly adjusted their lineup, and their first release under the new name will be a self-titled EP due August 6 via Acrobat Unstable (pre-order here). “Bliss Fields marks… Read More