Bikini Kill is bringing their punk prowess to fans across the globe in 2024 and they also just announced a brand-new slew of North American tour dates. The North American run kicks off on August 15 at Los Angeles’ famous Wiltern and concludes on September 11 at the Baltimore Soundstage. Truly, there is no greater way to spend a bizarre election year than by hearing the raw, earnest riot girl vocals of frontwoman and author Kathleen Hanna. As of now, artist support has not been announced for the tour. In an Instagram post, the band shared, “So excited to announce… Read more »
Microwave has announced a full U.S. headlining tour, scheduled to kick off following their performances at the Roundabout Festival in Detroit, MI, on March 30 and the Shaky Knees Festival in their hometown of Atlanta, GA, on May 4. Across the 23-show run, Microwave will be joined by Origami Angel, Heart Attack Man, and Carpool Tunnel. The tour will officially kick off on May 7 in Buffalo, NY, and conclude on June 8 in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, February 9, and will be available here. Ahead of their U.S. headlining tour, Microwave… Read more »
Sweet Pill is back with one more new single, “Eternal,” ahead of the release of their forthcoming EP Starchild, due out March 15 via Hopeless Records. Pre-orders are available now. The Philadelphia punk quintet made their label debut in 2023 with the EP’s title track, and shortly followed up by the math rock-infused “Chewed Up.” Today, the band showcased the dazzling, melancholy “Eternal.” Check out the new song below. “’Eternal’—this song makes me feel like I’m at home. The music is soft and comfortable but the lyrics still cut like a knife. I remember playing the main riff of this while… Read more »
Silent Planet is in their A24 era with their new music video for their track, “SUPERBLOOM,” out via Solid State Records. The band says they were inspired by the horror flick Midsommar and the Heaven’s Gate cult when it came to the narrative. They also recruited actor Jenna Kanell, who starred in the first Terrifier movie. Read more: Maggie Lindemann Announces Her Second EP, ‘HEADSPLIT’ “We decided to make a video around an alternate interpretation of our title track, ‘SUPERBLOOM,” the band says. “A bunch of our listeners came along as extras. We feel that this video is our best… Read more »
Following the release of the titular track pulled from the forthcoming Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties LP, In Lieu Of Flowers, scheduled to arrive on April 12, the 16-person ensemble has revealed their new single “Paying Bills At The End Of The World.” Stepping into the shoes of Aaron West, a character he has masterfully embodied in the group’s earlier releases, vocalist Dan Campbell (The Wonder Years) seamlessly morphs into the titular persona of the project, skillfully portraying a life outside of his own. In the latest track, Campbell encapsulates the raw desperation of navigating life paycheck to paycheck,… Read more »
Are you ready to ARF ARF? Knocked Loose has announced their North American spring tour with Show Me The Body, Loathe, and Speed. Fans can text: 502-289-6067 for early access to tickets, with general sales beginning on Friday, February 2, at 10 AM local time. The tour starts in Las Vegas, NV, at Sick New World Fest, and the 30-date run wraps up in St. Petersburg, FL, on June 9. Next month, fans in Europe and the UK have a chance to see them, too. Check out their tour dates below, and grab tickets to one of their upcoming shows… Read more »
Spanish Love Songs and Oso Oso have announced an extensive, 27-show co-headline tour scheduled to kick off this spring. The tour will kick off on April 3 in Mesa, AZ; however, Oso Oso will not be performing on the first night and will then join Spanish Love Songs on the following date, April 5, in San Diego, CA. Read more: Softcult Lights The “Shortest Fuse” On New Release Spanish Love Songs and Oso Oso will be joined by Sydney Sprague and Worry Club as support across the tour, which runs through May 9, concluding in Dallas, TX. Tickets for the… Read more »
The twin duo Softcult has unleashed their latest offering, “Shortest Fuse.” Kicking off the track with “Yeah your boss forgot the payroll again/He’s such a capitalist/Don’t even know what we spent it on/Now you’re selling your guitar to pay rent,” the new release is a critique of capitalism societies and the hardships we’ve surely all experienced within recent years. As the pair progress toward the second verse of the track, the distinctive shoegaze-alternative fusion that has become a signature of their creations reaches its peak. The result is a crescendo of dreamy and guitar-laden instrumentation erupting through your speakers for… Read more »
John O’Callaghan, the wordsmith and lead vocalist behind The Maine and John The Ghost just announced a forthcoming new book, The Highly Unqualified Hand-Guide To Keeping Plants Alive. “I started compiling all of these ideas, poems, and half-bad bits of advice after my daughter was born. Little reminders to her that I am just as confused as she’ll ever be,” O’Callaghan shares in an Instagram Reel. “The text kept evolving but the sentiment remained, and now that my son is here, I felt compelled to share it with y’all so it can exist in the ether for them and for… Read more »
I Don’t Know How But They Found Me‘s Dallon Weekes is bringing the iDKHOW Gloomtown Tour to Europe and the UK this summer. The tour dates begin on June 15 at the Rock for People Festival in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic and concludes on July 3 at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. In an Instagram post, iDKHOW shared, “Greetings from Gloomtown: You have waited patiently for this and now the day has finally arrived. UK/Europe, we would like to humbly invite you to the GLOOMTOWN TOUR. Filled with everything GLOOM DIVISION could possibly offer, this event will be coming to… Read more »
