The big hometown festival from reunited Richmond punk greats AVAIL is almost here! Over The James happens on August 6 at Brown's Island, right in the middle of the river AVAIL's classic 1998 album is named after, and the stacked… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: The Linda Lindas, Bacchae @ Bowery Ballroom Warpaint, Belief @ Brooklyn Made Jungle Brothers, DJ Red Alert, Big Jeff, Mike Gee, Afrika Baby Bam, DJ Sammy B @ Sony Hall Ecco2K, National @ Elsewhere Telekinetic Yeti, White… Read More
Paul Simon wasn't the only '60s-era legend to make a surprise appearance at this year's Newport Folk Festival. Joni Mitchell, who was also at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival, made a surprise appearance during Brandi Carlile's set and played multiple… Read More
Sylvan Esso just played Newport Folk Festival, where they surprised the crowd by both announcing their new album, No Rules Sandy, and performing the whole thing. The album will be out August 12 via Loma Vista. The band say their… Read More
Free, all-ages, DIY punk festival Punk Island returned for its first edition since 2019 on Saturday (7/23). Instead of its usual Randall's Island location, the fest happened at Bushwick's Maria Hernandez Park, this year, with organizers writing, "As a collective,… Read More
The Red Hot Chili Peppers just released Unlimited Love, their first album with guitarist John Frusciante in 16 years, in April and now they've announced that they've got another new album out this year. It's titled Return of the Dream… Read More
Somehow in the many weeks Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp have been covering big riff rock songs on the Sunday Lunch YouTube series, they haven't gotten to AC/DC's "Back in Black" until now. Robert is decked out as a… Read More
While Paul Simon officially retired from touring in 2018, he's returned to the stage for the occasional performance since then — including at last year's Global Citizen Fest — and most recently at Newport Folk Festival, where he helped close… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: black midi, Sal Valentinette, Alisa Ali (DJ set), Sarah Squirm (host) @ SummerStage in Central Park Warpaint, Belief @ Brooklyn Made Cassandra Jenkins, V.V. Lightbody, River Ramirez @ Baby's All Right Elton John @ MetLife Stadium James… Read More
Newport Folk Festival is underway, and as always, there have been some surprises. Dinosaur Jr played, and during their set they brought out Courtney Barnett to play guitar and do guest lead vocals on their '90s hit "Feel the Pain."… Read More