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Riot Fest Details 2024 Single Day Band Lineup
by Josh Sharpe - July 17, 2024 Riot Fest, the iconic annual punk rock and alternative music festival, has detailed its 2024 daily lineup, shuttle service, and more. This year's festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 20-22nd, featuring 90+ bands over 3-days, and will feature RiotLand, ...
Mayday Parade Releases New Song 'Pretty Good To Feel Something'
by Josh Sharpe - July 11, 2024 Tallahassee, Florida’s Mayday Parade has released “Pretty Good To Feel Something”. The brand-new single comes as the band kicks-off the 2024 Sad Summer Festival with their co-headliners The Maine in Sacramento, CA tonight. The new single is the latest self-released music for the band who decided to ...
Mishaal Tamer Returns to Share New EP 'THE HEART'
by Michael Major - February 14, 2024 Across its five tracks, not a single moment feels wasted, be it the first single ‘PAINFUL PARADISE' or the soft-pop flex of the excellent ‘SAD BABY'. ‘MAMA DON'T GO' is a powerfully emotive moment led stunningly by an acoustic guitar intro, punctuated by a stadium ready crescendo as the verses are i...
Voilà Releases New Song 'Nevergreen' Featuring Kellin Quinn
by Michael Major - August 14, 2023 VOILÀ unveil their latest single with Kellin Quinn -- 'Nevergreen.' This is the duo's second time collaborating with Quinn - the first being 'Cursive' off their 2022 debut album Happy Never After. Crafting a unique fusion of pop and rock, the pair has garnered recognition challenging the confines of...
Bright Eyes Announce Third Wave of Companion Releases
by Michael Major - May 09, 2023 This new wave comes with artist contributions from Johanna and Klara Söderberg of First Aid Kit (“JeJune Stars,” “Coatcheck Dream Song,” “Wrecking Ball”), Gillian Welch (“Napolean’s Hat”) and Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff (“Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed),” “Firewall,” ‘When You Were ...
LA-Based Duo (Luke Eisner, Gus Ross) Voíla Releases Debut Album
by Michael Major - October 10, 2022 Featuring the fan favorite 'Drop Dead Gorgeous,' and the band's current single 'Cursive' featuring Sleeping With Sirens' Kellin Quinn, the album is the product of producer and multi instrumentalist Gus Ross and actor/musician/model Luke Eisner's creative outlet of writing / recording and releasing s...
Vitreous Humor to Reissue Self-Titled EP
by Michael Major - July 20, 2022 The reissue is also accompanied by a never-before-released set from January 3, 1996 at Chicago's Fireside Bowl, now completely remastered by Bob Weston (who recorded the original EP). The new gatefold LP package includes a previously-unreleased EP track 'Myths To Live By' and features new art by D. ...
Laura Jane Grace, Tim Kasher & Anthony Green Announce 'The Carousel Tour'
by Michael Major - March 01, 2022 Celebrated songwriters Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!, The Devouring Mothers), Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) and Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting) are excited to announce “The Carousel Tour” for the Spring. Support on select dates will be provided by Oceanator...
Nate Bergman Announces 'Metaphysical Change' Album
by Michael Major - February 23, 2022 On the album, collaborator Tyler Bryant rips the solo of the year on “Highway Friend.” Brit Turner from Blackberry Smoke makes “Living on the Line'' move and shake, paired up with Rykman’s bass. And Lucero/Chuck Reagan collaborator, Todd Beane, brings a handle of whiskey to soak the slide guitars on...
Gordon Goodwin to Release New 5-Song EP, THE RESET
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 08, 2021 Multiple Grammy/Emmy Award winner Gordon Goodwin returns to forefront of adventurous compositions and modern jazz with 'The Reset,' an urgent and topical 5-song EP, a bold foray into the intersection of composition and improvisation, a futuristic excursion brimming with purpose and cursive....
Chase Cohl Announces 'Dear Dear: Volume 1' EP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 09, 2021 Both the retro-fetishist video and all four-songs on the EP pay homage to ‘60s girl group legends such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, Darlene Love and The Crystals....
The White Buffalo to Release New Studio Album in April
by Abigail Charpentier - February 21, 2020 On The Widow's Walk is the new studio album from The White Buffalo, the touring and recording persona of Jake Smith – US singer, songwriter, guitarist, teller of tales; the Emmy nominee whose voice – a timber-shakin' baritone of gravitas and gravel – seems fuelled by a greater truth....
Criteria Release First New Album In Nearly 15 Years
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 28, 2020 Criteria released their first new album in nearly a decade and a half, aptly titled Years. The new album was released on January 17, 2020 via 15 Passenger, a label owned and operated by singer, Stephen Pedersen's old bandmates in Cursive....
Criteria Announce First New Album In Nearly 15 Years
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 05, 2019 Criteria just announced their first new album in nearly a decade and a half, aptly titled Years. The new album will be released on January 17, 2020 via 15 Passenger, a label owned and operated by singer, Stephen Pedersen's old bandmates in Cursive. Yesterday they premiered explosive anthemic lead si...
Riot Fest Announces 2019 Late Night After Shows
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 08, 2019 In celebration of its 15th birthday, Riot Fest has already announced an incredible festival lineup with limited $49.98 single-day tickets, featuring the likes of Blink-182, Slayer's final Chicago performance, and the rare opportunity to see the recently reunited Bikini Kill. Today they up the ante w...
Summer Cannibals Announce Fall Tour With Remo Drive
by Tori Hartshorn - August 05, 2019 Summer Cannibals have announced a slew of fall tour dates with Remo Drive following their highly acclaimed fourth album Can't Tell Me Noreleased earlier this year via Tiny Engines. The band is currently in the midst of a massive headlining tour in support of the new record and will kick off the fall...
Riot Fest Announces 2019 Daily Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 24, 2019 Riot Fest has unveiled its daily lineup for the 2019 festival, with a very special deal: single-day tickets will be priced at $49.98 for a very limited time. 1-day and 2-day tickets are on sale now....
The Appleseed Cast To Release 'The Fleeting Light of Impermanence'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 23, 2019 After nearly five years, emo, indie, post-rock veterans, The Appleseed Cast, reemerge with their new album, The Fleeting Light of Impermanence, due June 28 via Graveface (pre-order). Today the band shared the album's first single 'Time The Destroyer' with Brooklyn Vegan and the song will be availabl...
Against Me! Announce Full Album Tour For October
by Tori Hartshorn - May 13, 2019 Acclaimed American rock band AGAINST ME! are excited to announce their upcoming fall tour titled 2 Nights / 4 Records / 48 Songs. Consisting of back-to-back nights in Los Angeles, CA, Toronto, ON, Sayreville, NJ, Boston, MA and Baltimore, MD throughout October, the tour will feature the band perform...
Austin's Duncan Fellows Announce EYELIDS SHUT EP, Out Summer '19 via Level
by Tori Hartshorn - May 01, 2019 Austin five-piece Duncan Fellows will release their new EP Eyelids Shut on Warner Brothers' new distribution platform Level this summer. Today, ahead of their performance at Shaky Knees Festival this weekend, they share the first single from the EP. “Deathwish Fish” is available for streaming and pu...
Indie Vision Music to Release Brand New EP From Slow Coming Day's Orion Walsh
by Tori Hartshorn - April 16, 2019 After a decade of putting out albums and touring, Nebraskan singer-songwriter Orion Walsh will release “The Foreigner” EP with Indie Vision Music. Full of fun songs & storytelling, this is truly a mature step forward for this well-traveled troubadour. Walsh has previously released 7 albums with inde...
Brighton's Delta Sleep Share Song From Ghost City Rarities EP
by Tori Hartshorn - March 25, 2019 Today, Brighton band Delta Sleep share the acoustic demo version of their song “Sans Soleil”, as the latest offering from their upcoming Ghost City Rarities EP, out on Record Store Day, April 13th. The new EP features unheard and reimagined versions of songs from the bands well received album Ghost...
Delta Sleep Announce GHOST CITY RARITIES EP
by Tori Hartshorn - March 05, 2019 Brighton band Delta Sleep are excited to announce the upcoming release of the Ghost City Rarities EP, out April 13th (Record Store Day) via Big Scary Monsters, the UK label home to American Football, Cursive, and Antarctigo Vespucci to name a few. The new EP features unheard and reimagined versions ...
The Faint Announce EGOWERK LP Out 3/15 on Saddle Creek via Pitchfork
by Tori Hartshorn - December 07, 2018 Today, Omaha cyber-punk outfit The Faint announced their long-awaited new album Egowerk, set to release on March 15, 2019 on Saddle Creek. Made up of vocalist Todd Fink, drummer Clark Baechle, keyboardist Graham Ulicny, and guitarist and bassist Michael “Dapose” Dappen, the group that ignited an ele...
Sad Song Enthusiast, Taylor Janzen Finds Herself In NEW MERCIES
by Tori Hartshorn - November 29, 2018 With her stunningly sparse melodies and minimalistic guitar riffs, 19 year old Taylor Janzen may seem softly spoken, but her staggering lyrical narrative and deeply personal writing sends a resounding message. ... |