UK hardcore-focused festival Outbreak Fest returns in 2023 from June 23-25 to Depot Mayfield in Manchester, and they've just revealed the initial lineup, which is shaping up to be one of their most genre-diverse lineups yet. Two of the headliners… Read More

Anthrax would've been wrapping up their 2022 European tour earlier this month, but they were forced to cancel the run because of "ongoing logistical issues and 2022 costs that are out of our control." Bassist Frank Bello elaborated further in… Read More

Though The Smiths' breakup was acrimonious to say the least and has gotten moreso over the years, guitarist Johnny Marr and bassist Andy Rourke, who were friends before The Smiths, have remained close. Marr has brought out Rourke at many of… Read More

Ronnie James Dio, Dee Snider, members of The Cure, Pantera, and more are becoming Funko Pops. The company has announced a new line of music-related vinyl figures, Polapalooza 2022. They include Notorious B.I.G. (packaged with the cover of Born Again);… Read More

Ontario emo band Arm's Length have been on a streak of making great music, from their 2021 EP Everything Nice to their ambitious debut LP Never Before Seen, Never Again Found (which came out last month via Wax Bodega). In… Read More

Acid Klaus is the new collaborative solo project from Sheffield electronic artist Adrian Flanagan, who you may know from The Moonlandingz, International Teachers of Pop or Eccentronic Research Council. (He was also briefly in The Fall.) His debut album, Step On My Travelator: The Imagined Career… Read More

Brockhampton have just released The Family, which they previously referred to as their "final album," but they also just revealed that one more album called TM is coming tonight at midnight. TM was made up of songs that were started… Read More

It's been a busy year for Thrice, who spent much of 2022 touring in support of last year's Horizons/East, released an acoustic version of one of its songs, and also put out the new single "Open Your Eyes and Dream."… Read More

Flesh & Steel is a three day NYC festival celebrating industrial, darkwave, EBM, New Beat, and other noirish, heavy synth music that happens December 1-3 in various venues around the city. The big event is on December 2 at Knockdown… Read More

Boston ska veterans Westbound Train had a prolific run during the 2000s, with releases on Hellcat Records, Stomp Records, and more (including multiple appearances on Hellcat's beloved Give 'Em the Boot compilation series), but they slowed down their output before… Read More