Soft Cell's tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of their classic Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret wrapped up in NYC on Tuesday night at Beacon Theatre. It's only been half of the duo, unfortunately, on this tour as Dave Ball was advised by doctors… Read More
In Central Park last night, Animal Collective played a psychedelic, heavily jammy set at Summerstage, their first outdoor NYC show with all four members in over a decade. The quartet of Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin, and Geologist were soaked… Read More
As mentioned, San Jose death metallers Mortuous are gearing up to release their Greg Wilkinson-assisted sophomore album Upon Desolation on September 16 via Carbonized Records (pre-order), and we're now premiering second single "Metamorphosis." It's the whole death metal package —… Read More
Roger Waters brought his spectacular This is Not a Drill tour to NYC on Tuesday night (8/30) for the first of two shows at Madison Square Garden. With a stage show involving massive LED screens, lasers and flying farm animals,… Read More
Arctic Monkeys have announced their first headlining US show in four years, happening at Brooklyn's gorgeous Kings Theatre on September 22, which is shortly after they play Primavera LA and Las Vegas' Life Is Beautiful. Tickets go on sale Thursday… Read More
Having made records as Matt Pond PA for over 20 years, Matt Pond is ditching his longtime moniker/band name in favor of a new one, The Natural Lines, whose first release will be the First Five EP, due in early… Read More
Last year, New York post-hardcore legends Quicksand released Distant Populations, a genuinely great album that stands tall next to their '90s classics and also sounds fresh within the current post-hardcore scene (that they've left a massive influence on), and now… Read More
Oklahoma City sludge/noise rock/post-hardcore band Chat Pile's debut LP God's Country is quickly becoming one of the year's most widely-loved heavy albums, and one of the band's upcoming dates is Denton, Texas' noise rock-heavy No Coast Fest in October (10/27-30)… Read More
New Orleans dance punks Special Interest have announced Endure, their first album for Rough Trade, which will be out November 4. The band describe the process for this album as "inverted," as usually they work out songs though live performances,… Read More
Having shared a couple of the jazz interludes from their upcoming album, Keith Morris-fronted hardcore punk supergroup OFF! have now shared the second official single, "Kill To Be Heard." It's another ripper, cut from the same cloth as Keith's classics… Read More