Following the release of summer singles “Lost In Space,” “Take Me Back,” and “Chasing Low Vibrations,” Foster The People has officially released their fourth studio album, Paradise State Of Mind, via Atlantic Records. This marks the indie rock sensation’s first full album drop since 2017’s Sacred Hearts Club, featuring hit single “Sit Next To Me.” Across its 11 tracks, Paradise State Of Mind is widely inspired by the 1970s, notably infused with a range of jazz, gospel, and Motown. While Foster The People returns to the indie scene with their beloved ethereal vocals and sultry synth tones, they have matured… Read more »
Knocked Loose are having a phenomenal year: they released their wildly successful full-length You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To and have been supporting Slipknot on their current arena tour. While the hardcore mainstays still have 10 shows opening for the masked behemoths and a performance scheduled at Knotfest in September, the group has announced a massive fall tour. The tour will feature direct support from The Garden and a rotating opening slot filled by Drain and Militarie Gun. Read more: The Linda Lindas and “Weird Al” Collab On “Yo Me Estreso” Additionally, during their tour run, Knocked Loose will… Read more »
LØLØ has officially announced who she’s bringing on the U Tour Me On UK/EU Headline Tour. GUS, aka Singer of “Dancing Alone” and “Miss You,” is set to join LØLØ beginning on October 22 in Leeds, UK and concluding on November 3 in Haarlem, NL. On Instagram, LØLØ shares, “I’m SOOOO excited to announce that I am lucky enough to get to bring my BEST FRIEND on tour with me!!!! you’re gonna love @youlovegus so much, I know it. WE CANT WAIT!!” LØLØ also notes, “I couldn’t be more excited to bring my first ever headline tour to Europe and the UK! I… Read more »
Today is a big day for Destroy Boys fans. Not only did the band release their brand new album Funeral Soundtrack #4, and on it is also a very cool collab. New track “You Hear Yes” features the raw, rage-fueled sonics of both Mannequin Pussy and Scowl—two prominent acts in the hardcore and punk scenes. The lyrics describe what every woman and non-binary person know all too well. The artists sing, “I’m sick of being stared when I’m alone/I’m sick of being scared on my walk home/I’m sick of being trapped by what you impose/You hear yes, when I say… Read more »
Motion City Soundtrack is back with their new single. The track “Stop Talking” is available on all streaming platforms and appears in the movie Dìdi, written and directed by Sean Wang. The coming-of-age, semi-autobiographical dramedy is currently in theaters across the U.S. and UK. In fact, we owe a major thank you to the film director. Motion City Soundtrack notes, “A clip of Sean Wang @seanswang and Carlos López Estrada @clopezestrada (Writer/Director and Producer of the film Didi, respectively) rocking out during our set at When We Were Young festival @whenwewereyoungfest last year caused a domino effect, resulting in us recording our first new song in… Read more »
Slipknot officially kicked off their 25th Anniversary Here Comes The Pain tour with guests Knocked Loose and Orbit Culture in Noblesville, Indiana on August 6. The iconic metal act is playing an expansive setlist, mostly from their notable 1999 self-titled LP. In fact, the artists closed out the entire show with their eight-minute-long track “Scissors,” which marks the first time playing it live since 2000. According to Setlist.fm, Slipknot also played “No Life” for the first time since 2000, “Only One” for the first time since 2012, and “Me Inside” for the first time since 2015. Check out the full “Scissors” show… Read more »
On the brink of the release of their upcoming album Five Dice, All Threes, Bright Eyes have dropped their latest single from the full-length “Rainbow Overpass” featuring Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos. Known to go big, it makes sense for the band to also announce an extensive North American Tour. The track follows their June release of “Bells And Whistles.” Where that song utilized easy-going instrumentations, “Rainbow Overpass” features gritty hits and fast-moving rhythms. Though they’ve collaborated before, vocalist Conor Oberst says this is the first time Alex has sung on one of their tracks. “He’s kinda… Read more »
The Offspring has released their single “Light It Up” from their forthcoming record SUPERCHARGED. Preceded by single “Make It All Right,” the LP is set to be released on October 11, and promises to have “pure energy from the start to the finish.” Lead vocalist Dexter Holland shares, “This song is a full-speed-ahead juggernaut. This character in the song is fed up, he’s had enough, and he’s gonna light it up. He’s ready for a fight. And I definitely sense a lot of that around me.” Holland continues, “Growing up, some of my favorite songs were by punk bands that… Read more »
Ukrainian prog-metal act JINJER has returned with the surprise release of a new single and music video for “Someone’s Daughter” out now via Napalm Records. The gripping metal track and fiery music video explore the resilience of women spanning generations and the brighter future each is trying to forge. “’Someone’s Daughter‘ is an artistic attempt to cast the light on the inner world of women, who in various scenarios and circumstances, have had to choose a path that was historically made by men,” vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk says. “In a world where women are often underestimated and overlooked, they are still… Read more »
Something Corporate and Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness have released the official music video directed by Jennifer Pearl for their sunny new single, “Happy.” “I wrote ‘Happy’ toward the end of the pandemic,” McMahon shared at the time of the single release. “There was this sense that we were all coming out of this strange moment collectively, and I wanted to write something that reflected that. There was this aching for normalcy, a humble kind of happiness where you could just be without confronting a four-alarm fire every other day. Years later, I think that sentiment still makes a lot… Read more »
