Having recently put out the two-song "Please Don't Take Me Back" / "My Heart Is A Drummer" single, UK DIY band Martha have another new two-song single arriving digitally this Friday (7/15) via Dirtnap, with their new song "Beat Perpetual"… Read More
The Beths' third album, Expert in a Dying Field, is out in a couple months, and they've just shared its title track. It's one of the New Zealand band's prettier, more contemplative songs, where Liz Stokes sings "Love is learned… Read More
Baltimore emo band Have Mercy had initially said that their 2020 tour — which followed the death of founding drummer Aaron Alt — would be their last, but COVID cut that tour short, and a lot changed for frontman Brian… Read More
Two veteran ska-punk bands, Detroit's The Suicide Machines and Tokyo's Coquettish, are gearing up to release their split LP Gebo Gomi next week (7/22) via Bad Time Records, and we're now premiering a third track from the split, The Suicide… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Darkest House, Zao, Bloodlet @ Saint Vitus Bar Record Setter @ The Litter Box Willie Nile @ The Harbor Lights (Rocks Off Concert Cruise) War, Adi Oasis (DJ set) @ Elsewhere Kronos Quartet & Sam Green: A… Read More
Surviving Pantera members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown will reunite for the first Pantera tour since the band's 2003 breakup, Billboard reports. The article reads: Nearly 20 years after breaking up, Pantera‘s surviving members are hitting the road for a… Read More
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. WAND Wand will be debuting a new lineup of the band when they head out on tour this fall: "Sofia and Lee have flown our lil nest, and… 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… Read More
With Oakland's Mosswood Meltdown (fka Burger Boogaloo) recently wrapped, the lineup for companion fest Halloween Meltdown has been announced. This year's edition goes down October 8 and 9 at Mosswood Park, and, like Mosswood Meltdown, is hosted by John Waters. The… Read More
Formed during the pandemic by Frightened Rabbit guitarist Simon Liddell (he was a touring FR member before joining the band as a full contributing member in 2014) and singer-songwriter (and current Vaselines keyboardist) Carla J Easton, Poster Paints explore the… Read More