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• Protomartyr began their fall tour in Chicago (pics, setlist)

  13-10-2017 22:31
  Having just released their excellent fourth album, Relatives in Descent, Detroit's Protomartyr began their fall tour on Sunday (10/8) at Chicago's Lincoln Hall. The played every track from the new album, save for "Corprses in Regalia," interspersed with songs from their previous three record...
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• Joanna Newsom pays tribute to Steve Albini: “he’s been so enormously important in my life for so many years”

  11-05-2024 07:04
  
  So many musicians have paid tribute to Steve Albini since he unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack on Tuesday (5/7), and that continued when Joanna Newsom paid tribute to him during her set at Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party festival on Friday night (5/10). She dedicated “Cosmia,” the closing track of her 2006 Steve Albini-recorded album Ys, to him, and said the following:
  “On the list of all the reasons that he’s my hero, music and music-related stuff doe
  
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• Tour news: Gomez’s Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball, The Cactus Blossoms, Etran De L’Air, Jess Cornelius, more

  11-05-2024 00:45
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  BEN OTTEWELL / IAN BALL (GOMEZ)
  Gomez’s Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their band’s sophomore album, Liquid Skin, on a North American tour in October. Dates include NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on 10/2 with Buddy, and all dates are here.ETRAN DE L’AÏR
  Tuareg rock band Etran de L’Aïr will be on an extensive North American tour this sum
  
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• Shaky Knees 2024 Sunday pics (Foo Fighters, Waxahatchee, Billy Idol, Dinosaur Jr., Men I Trust, more)

  11-05-2024 00:42
  
  The 2024 edition of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival wrapped up on a very rainy Sunday (5/5) with a headlining set from Foo Fighters, who played hits from throughout their discography and a couple of songs from their most recent album, last year’s But Here We Are.
  Also performing on Sunday at Shaky Knees were Matt and Kim, Portugal. The Man, Billy Idol, Waxahatchee, Dinosuar Jr., Men I Trust, Nova Twins, Fazerdaze, and more. See pictures by Pasha Birman and Ismael Quintanilla III, Step
  
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• Róisín Murphy announces ‘Hit Parade Remixes’ album, shares “The House (System Olympia Remix)”

  10-05-2024 21:54
  
  Róisín Murphy has announced Hit Parade Remixes which will be out May 24. The album features nine remixes of tracks from last year’s Hit Parade album by Moodyman, Eli Escobar, Baba Ali, Payfone, and more.
  You can listen to the System Olympia remix of “The House” which turns one of the more overtly disco tracks on the record into synthy/housey territory. “I’ve known System Olympia for a couple of years having reached out directly to her because I fell in
  
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• Your Old Droog shares new video, announces Bowery Ballroom show with Ché Noir & Conductor Williams

  10-05-2024 20:35
  
  NYC rapper Your Old Droog has been putting out a bunch of singles lately, and he just made a video for one of them, “DBZ,” which was produced by Madlib and features Method Man and Denzel Curry. The video was directed by William Child, and you can check it out below.
  Droog also annonced a hometown show happening on July 10 at Bowery Ballroom. Edan will be his DJ for the night, and the show also features Buffalo rapper Ché Noir and a beat set by Griselda affiliate Conductor Will
  
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• Watch Foo Fighters dedicate “My Hero” to Steve Albini

  10-05-2024 20:05
  
  Tons of musicians have been paying tribute to Steve Albini following the indie rock icon’s recent death at the age of 61. Dave Grohl, who worked with Albini on Nirvana‘s In Utero, hadn’t shared a message on social media, but he dedicated “My Hero” to Albini at Foo Fighters’ Thursday night (5/9) show in Charlotte.
  “Tonight I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time,” Grohl said
  
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• Tour news: Starcrawler, Thee Sacred Souls, La Doña, Axis:Sova / Purling Hiss, more

  09-05-2024 00:40
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  STARCRAWLER
  Starcrawler will be on the road for much of 2024, including opening for Boris on their fall tour which hits NYC on October 23 at Racket. Before that they’ve got a West Coast headline tour around Punk Rock Bowling. All dates are here.
  THEE SACRED SOULS
  San Diego-based soul trio Thee Sacred Souls will be on tour this summer, beginning at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival on June 22 (
  
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• Efterklang announce new album, share “Plant” ft Mabe Fratti

  08-05-2024 22:38
  
  Danish group Efterklang have announced a new album, Things We Have In Common, which will be out September 27 via City Slang. The album features appearances from Beirut, Mabe Fratti and Sønderjysk Pigekor.
  Things We Have in Common also features the return of Rune Mølgaard, who left the band in 2007 and co-wrote seven of the nine songs on the album. It also was made after Rune left the Mormon church. “It became a completely therapeutic process for me,” says Rune. “W
  
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• Martha Skye Murphy announces debut LP ‘Um’ ft. Claire Rousay & more, shares “Pick Yourself Up”

  08-05-2024 22:07
  
  UK artist Martha Skye Murphy has released some EPs over the last few years, and now she’s announced her debut full-length album, Um, due out on June 14 via AD 93. She co-produced it with Ethan P. Flynn, and it features Claire Rousay on “Forgive,” Roy Montgomery on “Need,” Alex McKenzie of Caroline, and Laurie Nankivell of Squid. You can see the cover art and tracklist below.
  “I wanted the album to feel like this constant tension between being in a very intimat
  
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• Heavenly announce first West Coast shows in 29 years

  08-05-2024 21:56
  
  Indiepop cult heroes Heavenly will be in NYC later in May for their first US shows since the ’90s. They’ve now announced they’ll be back in the fall for their first West Coast shows in 29 years. They’ll play Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and all dates are listed below.
  The Seattle, Portland and San Francisco shows are with Swansea Sound, the indiepop supergroup led by Heavenly‘s Amelia Fletcher and Pooh Sticks‘ Hue
  
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• fantasy of a broken heart announce debut LP, share “Ur Heart Stops”

  08-05-2024 21:54
  
  Having signed to Dots Per Inch Music back in March with the release of the great “AFV,” Al Nardo (Water From Your Eyes, Sloppy Jane) and Bailley Wollowitz (Sloppy Jane) have announced their debut album as fantasy of a broken heart. Feats of Engineering is due out on September 27 via Dots Per Inch, and it features contributions from Nate Amos (This Is Lorelei, Water From Your Eyes) and Jordana. You can see the cover art and tracklist below.
  Feats of Engineering features “AFV&rdq
  
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• Bikini Kill announce openers for summer tour

  08-05-2024 21:04
  
  Bikini Kill begin their North American tour in August, and they’ve announced support for the run. Black Belt Eagle Scout, Sweeping Promises, Death Valley Girls, The Ghost Ease, Cheap Perfume, Blisster, Shadow Show, Retail Simps, Birthday Girl, and Birthday Girl DC each open select shows, and you can see the updated schedule below.
  The NYC shows are at Brooklyn Paramount on September 7 and 8, with Birthday Girl on night one and Sweeping Promises on night two.
  Kathleen Hanna also begins her
  
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• Nirvana, Pixies, Superchunk, Wedding Present, Cloud Nothings, Breeders & more pay tribute to Steve Albini

  08-05-2024 20:11
  
  Following the tragic news that Steve Albini passed away at the age of 61, the music world has been paying tribute to the indie rock icon. Nirvana, Michael Azerrad (who wrote the 1993 Nirvana biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana), Pixies, Superchunk, Jack White, The Breeders, Cloud Nothings, Fred Armisen, David Gedge (of Wedding Present, who told us about the album he made with Albini in an interview), Low, Lamb of God, Fucked Up, CLPPNG, Jarvis Cocker, Sadie Dupuis (of Speedy Ortiz),
  
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• Tour news: Suki Waterhouse / Bully, Gesaffelstein, Slowdive, EXTC, Freak Heat Waves, more

  07-05-2024 00:09
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  SUKI WATERHOUSE / BULLY
  Suki Waterhouse has announced The Sparklemuffin Tour which has Bully as opener on most shows. The tour kicks off September 28 in Denver and hits NYC at Brooklyn Paramount on December 7.FREAK HEAT WAVES
  Cindy Lee, aka former Women singer/guitarist Patrick Flegel, had been on tour supporting their fantastic new triple album Diamond Jubilee, but canceled the rest of t
  
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• NYC’s Little Island announces 2024 lineup of free summer shows & events

  06-05-2024 23:12
  
  Hudson River Park’s Little Island has announced its 2024 lineup of free and low cost shows and events that happen June through September.
  This year features nine world premieres throughout the four-month season at Little Island’s 700-seat amphitheatre, The Amph, including “How Long Blues” (June 1-23), a collaboration between Twyla Tharp, T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield; and “The Manhattan Variations” (August 14-18), a new piece from Chris Thile and Claire C
  
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• Half Waif announces new EP, shares “Big Dipper”

  06-05-2024 22:59
  
  Half Waif has announced a new EP, Ephemeral Being, due out on May 31 via ANTI-. She recorded it during winter 2021 and the following spring, and according to a press release it’s “the first offering in a larger body of work coming later this year.” See the cover art and tracklist below.
  The first single is “Big Dipper,” which Half Waif says is “a song about looking for answers, and finding none, and looking again. It was written at a time when I was feeling ve
  
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• CSS brought the party to joyous Webster Hall show on their first tour in 11 years (review, pics, video, setlist)

  06-05-2024 22:02
  
  In line for CSS‘ show, I noticed there were people dressed up in costume. The band were known for wild shows but never in that way, and these folks were dressed as vikings and faery folk. Turned out I was at the wrong venue. CSS’ show was at Webster Hall but at nearby Irving Plaza, where I was mistakenly at, it was the annual Stevie Nicks tribute party Night of 1000 Stevies. Oops! I’m sure that was fun, but Webster Hall only needed one Lovefoxxx to make the show a total rager.
  
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• Mach-Hommy announces album ft. Black Thought, Roc Marciano, Kaytranada & more, shares new song

  06-05-2024 20:45
  
  Mach-Hommy has announced a new album, #RICHAXXHAITIAN, due May 17 via self-release. It’ll include guest vocalists Black Thought, Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, Tha God Fahim, 03 Greedo, HEPHZIBAH, and Big Cheeko, alongside production from Conductor Williams, Kaytranada, Quelle Chris, Sadhu Gold, and more. The first single is the title track, produced by Kaytranada and featuring 03 Greedo. Listen below.
  Mach-Hommy says:
  All the people I worked with are people who I know and who I’
  
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• BeachLife Festival cancels Sunday due to high winds

  06-05-2024 19:25
  
  Redondo Beach, CA’s BeachLife Festival cancelled its third day on Sunday due to high winds. Organizers evacuated the festival during ZZ Top‘s set for an hour, then made the decision to cancel the remainder of the day. in a statement, they write:t is with great sadness that we must cancel our programming at BeachLife this Sunday evening, due to a serious wind event that put the general public at risk. While we take extraordinary measures to keep our fans and artists safe, and while ab
  
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• Watch the trailer for upcoming Lollapalooza docuseries

  06-05-2024 19:11
  
  Paramount+’s three-part docuseries Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza is out May 21, and they’ve just dropped the trailer for it. It features festival founder Perry Farrell, plus Chance the Rapper, Flea, Trent Reznor, Ice-T, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, Vernon Reid, and more, and you can watch below.
  Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay-Z’s Fade to Black), the docuseries tracks the creation of Perry Farrell’s touring festival, which took a wide range of alt-rock, hip hop, punk
  
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• Cindy Lee cancels remainder of tour

  05-05-2024 13:52
  Cindy Lee, aka former Women singer/guitarist Patrick Flegel, has been on tour supporting their fantastic new triple album Diamond Jubilee, but the remainder of the dates have been cancelled. Empty Bottle announced that Saturday’s Chicago show was cancelled “due to personal reasons within the touring party,” and other venues have also shared the update, as have collaborators and openers Freak Heat Waves, who wrote, “For reasons beyond our control the remaining dates of the
  
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• Kendrick Lamar drops 4th Drake diss track

  05-05-2024 03:35
  
  This morning we woke up to Kendrick’s third Drake diss track, and before bed we’ve already got a fourth, and this time before Drake even had a chance to respond again. Listen to “Not Like Us’ below:
  
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• Kendrick fires back with Drake with “Meet the Grahams”

  04-05-2024 15:37
  
  This Kendrick Lamar / Drake beef is so intense right now that you can’t turn away for a second without one of them firing back. Drake dropped “Family Matters” late last night, and Kendrick already fired back. The intense, six-and-a-half minute “Meet the Grahams” is a series of open letters over a moody, piano-fueled backdrop from The Alchemist that sounds like it could’ve been on Mr. Morale. The first verse is addressed to Drake’s son Adonis, the second
  
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• 2024 Lovers & Friends Fest canceled just hours before it was set to start due to high winds forecast

  04-05-2024 15:29
  
  Today’s Las Vegas’ throwback R&B / hip-hop festival Lovers & Friends has been canceled due to forecasted high winds. The announcement came at just after midnight on Saturday morning:
  Saturday’s Lovers & Friends Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds has been canceled.
  Lovers & Friends Festival organizers have been monitoring the weather for several days and proactively preparing for a windy Saturday. However, the National Weather Service has now issued a Hig
  
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• Drake drops 7+ minute Kendrick Lamar diss track, “Family Matters”

  04-05-2024 05:45
  
  The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef escalated this week when Kendrick dropped not one but two Drake diss tracks, “Euphoria” and “6:16 In LA,” and now Drake has responded. He just put out “Family Matters,” a seven-and-a-half minute song with multiple beat switches that feels like as much of a musical response to “Euphoria” as a lyrical one. While he’s at it, Drake also takes shots at The Weeknd, Future, Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, and Rick Ross. A
  
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• Tour news: Slipknot, Hermanos Gutierrez, L’Impératrice, Jet, “The Music of Crosby, Stills and Nash,” more

  04-05-2024 00:03
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  L’IMPÉRATRICE
  French disco band L’Impératrice will release their new album Pulsar on June 7, and they’ll be on tour this fall. They’ve just added a Los Angeles date (9/27 at Shrine Expo Hall) and before that they’ve got two sold-out shows at NYC’s Terminal 5 on 9/7 & 9/8. Check out their latest single “Love on the Other Side.”SLIPKNOT
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• Duane Eddy, twangy guitar icon, has died

  02-05-2024 00:04
  
  Duane Eddy, the guitarist whose twangy guitar style helped shape the sound of rock n’ roll, died on Tuesday in Franklin, TN at age 86. Via The New York Times, his wife said his cause of death was complications from cancer.
  Eddy’s signature “twangy” sound could be heard on a string of hits from the late-’50s and early-’60s, including “Rebel Rouser,” “Cannonball,” “40 Miles of Bad Road,” “Because They’re Young&rdqu
  
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• Casiokids are back; listen to their first new single in 13 years

  01-05-2024 23:30
  
  Norwegian band Casiokids had a moment in the late ’00s / early-’10s with infectious if hard to pronounce singles like “Fot I Hose” and “Verdens Største Land” (released on Polyvinyl in the US and Moshi Moshi in the UK) and their undeniably fun live show. (I once saw them at tiny Williamsburg club Cameo where one of the openers was Mumford & Sons.) The band never broke up, but went into hibernation not long after releasing 2011’s Aabenbaringen O
  
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• Australian hardcore band Speed announce debut LP (exclusive vinyl & new video)

  01-05-2024 23:15
  
  Australian hardcore band Speed have built up a reputation off the strength of their wild live show and some killer EPs, and now they’ve finally announced their anticipated debut full-length album. It’s called Only One Mode, and it’s due July 12 via Flatspot Records in the US and Last Ride Records in Australia. We’ve teamed up with the band on an exclusive quad black & white vinyl variant, which is limited to 300. Pre-orders are up now in the BV shop and you can check
  
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