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KNOCKED LOOSE Release New Album 'You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To'
by Josh Sharpe - May 10, 2024 The new songs find them plumbing through new depths of loathing — directed both inward and outward. Across 10 tracks and 27 gripping minutes, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To leans into Knocked Loose’s most extreme impulses, from blastbeat-driven fury, chaotic turbulence and seismic breakdowns...
Video: KNOCKED LOOSE Release Single 'Suffocate' Featuring POPPY
by Josh Sharpe - April 23, 2024 Knocked Loose have released their wild new single Suffocate ahead of their new album. On You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, Knocked Loose have honed in on a diverse, cohesive and savagely aggressive album that sums up the massive strides they’ve taken during their decade as a band, and asserts ...
KNOCKED LOOSE Release New Single 'Don't Reach For Me'
by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2024 Knocked Loose has released their seething, experimental new single “Don't Reach For Me,” a track that combines the band's signature frenzied attack with deliberate catchiness and exhilarating sonic variety. ...
KNOCKED LOOSE Announce New Album & Share Lead Single 'Blinding Faith'
by Michael Major - February 27, 2024 KNOCKED LOOSE will release their new album 'You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To' in May via Pure Noise Records. Check out the lead single/video 'Blinding Faith' and details on their upcoming North American tour. Knocked Loose are currently wrapping a sold out EU/UK run and hit the road again late...
Knocked Loose Announce Headlining Spring Tour - Show Me The Body, Loathe And Speed To Support - Tickets On Sale Friday, Presale Today
by Michael Major - January 30, 2024 Knocked Loose keep the road hot this Spring – now they've announced an extensive headlining tour with a standout lineup including Show Me The Body, Loathe and Speed. This run hits both coasts and includes New York City's Terminal 5, Austin's Amphitheatre, The Shrine in Los Angeles, The Warfield in S...
Nascar Aloe Drops New Single 'MSK1300'
by Michael Major - August 23, 2023 Known for an emphatic blend of polarizing visuals and jarring sonics, HEY ASSHOLE! (Deluxe) boasts a string of innovative production videos – “DON'T 4GET DA NAME”, “OGRE”, “GAMEBOY” and “HEY ASSHOLE” - that capture his gritty, audacious sensibilities in a cinematic fashion. The visual for “MSK1300”...
Open City Shares New Single 'Blitz Kids Stay Sick'
by Michael Major - August 22, 2023 Philadelphia hard-hitting punk and hardcore band Open City offers their newest single, 'Blitz Kids Stay Sick,' from the forthcoming LP Hands In The Honey Jar, via queer, indie record label Get Better Records. It’s a fist-pumping d-beat rager with a lyrical analysis of how individual choices both ref...
Open City Announces New LP 'Hands In The Honey Jar'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2023 Philadelphia hard-hitting punk and hardcore band Open City announces the release of their newest album, Hands In The Honey Jar, via queer, indie record label Get Better Records. Along with the announcement, the band is giving us a taste of the forthcoming LP release with new single 'Return Your Stol...
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Sets West Coast Tour Ahead of New Album Out This Friday
by Michael Major - July 11, 2023 Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – the visionary post-fusion rock trio comprising guitarist/songwriter/activist Marc Ribot, bassist Shahzad Ismaily, and drummer/percussionist Ches Smith – have announced plans for a West Coast co-headline tour alongside groundbreaking jazz quartet The Bad Plus....
Video: Los Angeles Rapper nascar aloe Shares Sinister New Music Video 'OGRE'
by Michael Major - June 15, 2023 Blending raw, unrestrained energy with his punk aesthetic and cutting-edge production, LA-based artist nascar aloe is trailblazing a new wave of underground rap that welcomes a brash genre-bending musical approach. he shares the cinematic music video for “OGRE”, a track from his freshly released EP ...
nascar aloe Announces New EP 'HEY ASSHOLE!'
by Michael Major - April 24, 2023 Brash and in-your-face, LA-based nascar aloe is exactly what music needs right now. Featuring a sound that’s of-the-moment and classic all at once, he’s reminiscent of recent rap scions like Jasiah and XXXTentacion as well as punk acts past and present like the Melvins and Show Me the Body. He also ...
JESUS PIECE Release New Album '...So Unknown'
by Michael Major - April 14, 2023 Jesus Piece is composed of vocalist Aaron Heard, guitarists David Updike and John Distefano and drummer Luis Aponte. Formed in Philadelphia in 2015, the band released a trio of EPs (the S/T EP, 3 Song Tape and the Malice at the Palace split) before delivering their massive 2018 debut LP for Southern...
JESUS PIECE Release 'Silver Lining' From New Album 'So Unknown'
by Michael Major - March 15, 2023 JESUS PIECE’s highly anticipated album …So Unknown drops in just one month. Now, they’ve shared its atmospheric centerpiece “Silver Lining” which was inspired by vocalist, Aaron Heard’s son. It kicks off with a deceptively clean, eerie minor scale riff, followed by another mid-tempo steamroller just...
JESUS PIECE Release New Single 'Tunnel Vision' Off Forthcoming Album
by Michael Major - February 13, 2023 Jesus Piece is composed of vocalist Aaron Heard, guitarists David Updike and John Distefano, bassist Anthony Marinaro and drummer Luis Aponte. Formed in Philadelphia in 2015, the band released a trio of EPs (the S/T EP, 3 Song Tape and the Malice at the Palace split) before delivering their 2018 deb...
Jesus Piece Announce New Album '...So Unknown'
by Michael Major - January 20, 2023 Their new single, “Gates of Horn” infuses industrial ambiance juxtaposed against start-stop rhythms that recall classic Ministry, breathing and blasting before merging towards a terrifying, swinging groove. Its accompanying video, directed by Eric Richter takes viewers through a series of recurring ...
Jesus Piece Release New Single 'An Offering To The Night'
by Michael Major - December 05, 2022 “An Offering To The Night” is caustic and an exercise in tension-and-release riffage from the guitar team of David Updike and John DiStefano. Bassist Anthony Marinaro and drummer Luis Aponte (LU2K)’s groove-work is as off-kilter as it is distinct and bombastic. At the heart of it all, vocalist Aaron...
Tame Impala, Iggy Pop & More Join Desert Daze Lineup
by Michael Major - August 02, 2022 The 2022 lineup will be headlined by Tame Impala who will perform their groundbreaking second album, Lonerism, in its entirety on the weekend of the album’s 10th anniversary; music icon Iggy Pop performing his only U.S. show this year; and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard returning for an exclusiv...
Sumerlands Announce New Album 'Dreamkiller'
by Michael Major - July 19, 2022 SUMERLANDS are back with their hotly anticipated sophomore album. Helmed by the critically acclaimed engineer/producer & lead guitarist Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Candy, Show Me The Body, Kreator, Eternal Champion & more) - 'Dreamkiller' is a triumph of traditional metal fuel! Watch the music video fo...
VIDEO: SOUL GLO Share Music Video For 'Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)'
by Michael Major - July 07, 2022 Soul Glo is going on tour for the rest of the summer with Show Me The Body, kicking off in NYC and ending in Louisville, KY while playing some one-off shows along the way. On August 26th they’re opening for Turnstile and My Chemical Romance, and then heading off to sets at Furnace Fest and Desert Da...
Desert Daze Announces 2022 Lineup ft Tame Impala, Sky Ferreira & More
by Michael Major - June 13, 2022 Artists joining the headliners include Chicano Batman, The Marías, Sky Ferreira, Cortex, BADBADNOTGOOD, Boy Pablo, Perfume Genius, Reggie Watts, Aldous Harding, Men I Trust, Mild High Club, Viagra Boys, Cymande, Shannon and the Clams, Nation Of Language, Duster, Nilüfer Yanya, Show Me The Body, Dan...
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival Announces First Wave of 2020 Artists
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 26, 2020 The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is thrilled to unveil its first wave of 2020 artists. The annual festival presents a thoughtfully chosen lineup of music, comedy, film and art in 30 venues across Calgary, Alberta each June. The artists announced today, ranging from celebrated icons to contempor...
Sled Island Music & Arts Festival Announces First Wave of 2020 Artists
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 26, 2020 The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is thrilled to unveil its first wave of 2020 artists. The annual festival presents a thoughtfully chosen lineup of music, comedy, film and art in 30 venues across Calgary, Alberta each June. The artists announced today, ranging from celebrated icons to contempor...
Red Bull Music Festival LA Adds Sounwave, 'Selena', Trina, CupcakKe, Lady Bunny and More
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 17, 2019 Red Bull Music Festival Los Angeles (RBMF LA) explores how music intersects with film, gaming, photography and more. Today, another round of programming for the 2019 installment of the festival has been unveiled. Event additions include the Center Channel film series initial programming, the additio...
Red Bull Music Festival Los Angeles Announce the Launch of Film Program 'Center Channel'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 17, 2019 Red Bull Music Festival Los Angeles (RBMF LA) explores how music intersects with film, gaming, photography and more. Today, another round of programming for the 2019 installment of the festival has been unveiled. Event additions include the Center Channel film series initial programming, the additio...
MADE IN AMERICA Festival Releases 2018 Schedule
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 29, 2018 The daily schedule has been released for this year's MADE IN AMERICA, the JAY-Z curated two-day music festival and staple of Labor Day weekend that returns to Philadelphia for a seventh year this weekend.... |