Sparks are having one of their most high-profile years in the band’s five-decade career, with Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers documentary out now and their other movie, the Leos Carax-directed rock opera Annette, out in August. They’ll ride that momentum around… Read More
NJ punks Teenage Halloween played their first show since COVID in Brooklyn last month, and they’ve since announced a few more live dates, happening this summer. In July, they play Tin Can Collective‘s Brooklyn rooftop house show on July 17,… Read More
Phoebe Bridgers released her excellent second solo album Punisher near the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and she was forced to cancel her tour plans, with The 1975, supporting it. Now she’s finally announced a headlining tour, happening this… Read More
Boston’s Slapshot and NYC’s Sheer Terror are teaming up to celebrate “35 years of hardcore” on a short fall tour of the East Coast and Midwest hitting Philly, Brooklyn, Frederick, Asbury Park, Rochester, Detroit, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and Cleveland. Skullcrack… Read More
The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach will make his feature directorial debut with a documentary about the late Dr. John, who passed away in 2019. The still untitled film is being produced by RadicalMedia, the company behind Questlove’s directorial debut, Summer of… Read More
Oslo based experimental pop duo Smerz have released a new mini-album titled Før og etter with all Bandcamp proceeds going to GiveWell which “searches for charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.” Smerz recorded the mini-album in… Read More
R.E.M.‘s debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” turns 40 today. Originally released on the Hib-Tone label, produced by Mitch Easter and backed with “Sitting Still,” this is different from the version found on their debut album, Murmur. Out of print and… Read More
Los Angeles band FEELS are putting the finishing touches on their their third album which will be released by Wichita Recordings. (Their last album, Post Earth, came out in February 2019.) To hold you over till then, they’ve got an… Read More
Boston-based musician and songwriter Anjimile released their debut LP, Giver Taker, in 2020 via Father/Daughter Records, and followed it with Reunion, an orchestral reimagining of the album’s songs, earlier this year. Now they’ve announced their first tour, happening this fall… Read More
Portland metalcore band Dying Wish have been on the rise for the past few years, and now they’ve finally announced their debut album, Fragments of a Bitter Memory, due October 1 via SharpTone Records. It includes their recent singles “Innate… Read More