The always-great LA hardcore (and more) festival Sound and Fury returns July 30 & 31 to Exposition Park, and the lineup is stacked as ever. It includes the first-announced reunion show from Pity Sex, who broke up in 2016, plus… Read More
A posthumous Dr. John album called Things Happen That Way is coming out September 23 via Rounder Records (pre-order). According to Rolling Stone, he was working on it before he died, and it features covers of Hank Williams’ “I’m So… Read More
Lucius played NYC's Beacon Theatre on Wednesday night (5/4), and for the the first song of their encore they brought out a special guest, Roger Waters, to perform Pink Floyd's "Mother." As you may know, Lucius' Jess Wolfe and Holly… Read More
Sci-fi indie rockers Man or Astro-Man? will head out on an East Coast tour in August, hitting Asheville, Richmond, NYC, Asbury Park, Baltimore and Durham. The tour coincides with the 25th anniversary of their 1997 album Made From Technetium, and the… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and… Read More
Redd Kross' great 1987 album Neurotica has been out of print for decades, and has never been on streaming services. That changes today, as the band's current label, Merge, have announced a new deluxe edition of the album, that will… Read More
Houston soul band The Suffers are releasing their third studio album, It Starts With Love, on June 3 via Missing Piece Records (pre-order). When the album was announced, frontwoman Kam Franklin said, "I wanted to make a record that sounded… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Dave @ Brooklyn Steel The Chisel, Quarantine, Violent Attack, Anti-Machine, The Follies @ Brooklyn Monarch LP, Nick Leng @ Terminal 5 Willis Willis, Kyp Malone, TDA, Itch Princess @ Union Pool Darwin Deez, Stolen Jars @ Elsewhere… Read More
After two years of truncated programming due to the pandemic, Rooftop Films will be back in force for its 2022 Summer series, with movie screenings and live music performances on rooftops and outdoor spaces across NYC. “Inspired by the resilience… Read More
A couple weeks ago, This Is Hardcore announced that it would return from July 8-10 at the Franklin Music Hall & Underground Arts in Philly and revealed the initial lineup, including Thursday (Full Collapse set), Hatebreed (Perseverance set), Madball, Comeback… Read More