Columbus’ Sonic Temple Festival is gearing up for its 2025 event, which is taking place on May 8-11 at the Historic Crew Stadium. And this fest has a killer lineup, of course. Headliners for the four-day fest include Korn (Thursday), Metallica (Friday & Sunday), and Linkin Park (Saturday). And there are many reasons to celebrate rock and metal in 2025. Three Days Grace will perform with OG vocalist Adam Gontier, GWAR will officially turn 40 years old, Trivium will play a 20-year anniversary set of Ascendancy, and much more. In fact, Gontier shares, “I couldn’t be more excited to not only… Read more »
Ahead of the release of Bishop Briggs‘ record Tell My Therapist I’m Fine on October 18, the artist has shared tour dates for 2025 taking place across the U.S. The tour kicks off on March 11 in Phoenix at the Crescent Ballroom and wraps up on March 29 at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club. On social media, Bishop Briggs shares, “Surprise…I am going on TOUR!!!! I am overly excited so I have a special pre-sale just for you that starts next week. I can’t WAIT to see you guys and play this new album for you. (P.S… 2 days till it’s… Read more »
Nashville-based alt-rocker and producer Letdown. has revealed the tracklist for his upcoming debut album, Be Ok, set to be released November 15 via Big Loud Rock.
Horrorcore icons Ice Nine Kills have released their newest single, “Work Of Art,” via Fearless Records. The song pays homage to the fan-favorite slasher franchise, Terrifier, and will be featured in Terrifier 3 which is playing in theaters nationwide now.
Cavetown and Frankie Cosmos have officially collabed on their new song, “magic 8 ball.” The upcoming tour buddies also dropped a delightful music video from The Egg in Albany, NY. (This is also their first tour spot on October 24!) Of the track, Cavetown shared that “this song was an old demo of @frankiecombos‘s and we added some cool lyrics and production on it together 🙂 so happy with how it came out!!” Check out the new Cavetown and Frankie Cosmos track below. Cavetown is booked and busy through the rest of 2024 into 2025 on several shows with Frankie Cosmos,… Read more »
Following the release of Final Summer, Cloud Nothings is ready to celebrate 10 years of their record Here And Nowhere Else. To commemorate the anniversary, the band is sharing a special deluxe edition of the LP via Pure Noise Records. You can secure your pre-orders here, which are scheduled for release on October 18. Vocalist Dylan Baldi noted, “A lot has changed for us in the 10 years since Here And Nowhere Else came out, but it’s really cool to have such a clear document of the band we were at that time. I can vividly remember the shows at Bell’s and Gasa… Read more »
Today, Long Island based upstarts Koyo have announced the release of their Mile A Minute EP. In addition, the band has released the first single of the EP, “Ten Digits Away (Deluxe),” one of two tracks from their previous work that appear on the EP, reimagined and reinvigorated.
Ahead of his eagerly awaited headline tour this fall, Letdown. has teamed up with LØLØ for a heart-wrenching collaboration, “Be Ok.” The single doubles as the title track for Letdown.’s highly anticipated studio album, set to release on November 15. “I was so focused on my love for someone else that I didn’t realize how much it was actually shooting me in the foot,” Letdown. mastermind Blake Coddington shares. “I didn’t understand that everything could be better if this was over. At the same time, it immediately says, ‘I never thought I’d miss you this way.’ It’s something I think… Read more »
While on tour together, Dashboard Confessional and Boys Like Girls have joined forces for the wistful and cathartic “Watch The Fire.” The track opens with a sweeping orchestral intro, setting a cinematic tone before Chris Carrabba’s intimate vocals cut through the lush strings with raw emotion. As the instrumentation builds, Carrabba’s voice is met by Martin Johnson’s silky, soaring delivery, adding a rich layer of nostalgia and creating a powerful cocktail of sentiment and sound. “Martin and I had bonded over some horrific accidents we’d had and about the recoveries that we had both worked our way through,” Carrabba shares.… Read more »
After sharing singles “Chow,” “Demolition Man,” and “Myopic,” Drug Church has arrived with “Slide 2 Me” via Pure Noise Records. All singles are set to appear on the band’s forthcoming record PRUDE, due out on October 4. “The goal is to put out good records that sound like we do–we’re not trying to do an OK Computer. But I do think that when you just do something well, you hit a point where people think they have a complete understanding of who you are,” vocalist Patrick Kindlon says. Of course, even though the record boasts classic sounds that kept the… Read more »
