Open your ears and cheers to five years! The first-ever No Earbuds Fest has announced their inaugural lineup. The festival is on June 15 in Ponoma, CA, at The Glasshouse and The Haven. Fans can grab limited pre-sale tickets today, with the general on-sale happening on Friday, March 29, at 9 AM PST. Alt-indie rockers Glass Beach will headline, and the undercard features We Are The Union, Jhariah, Teens In Trouble, and others. More acts will be announced at a later date. The fest is gearing up to commemorate five years of the music public relations and consulting business spearheaded… Read more »
Dubbed one of our 100 Rising Artists To Listen To In 2024, Baby Got Back Talk is committed to pushing boundaries and challenging stereotypes within the rock music scene by amplifying diverse voices that have often been overlooked or silenced. Their latest endeavor, a mixtape featuring BIPOC and female-identifying musicians, serves as a rallying cry for inclusivity. In an exclusive interview, Baby Got Back Talk shares insights into their mission for diversity and inclusion in rock music with the release of their latest single and accompanying video for “Guilty Of Being Bright.” The new release serves as a musical counterpart… Read more »
After marking her return to her pop-punk roots in spring 2023 with “People That I Love Leave,” Cassadee Pope has kicked off the new year with her punchy new single, “Eye Contact.” “I wanted to write a song about the lasting effects a liar has on someone else,” Pope shares. “Sometimes, the very thought of maintaining eye contact with someone after being betrayed can feel impossible. I wanted to compliment the lyric with a heavy approach sonically. I feel like that really gets the frustration across.” Read more: 7 Female Punk Artists Leading The Genre She adds on her social… Read more »
Furnace Fest finally has confirmed dates for fall 2024 with a stacked lineup, and there’s even more to come. Furnace Fest: The End Of An Era is taking place on October 4-6 at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama. The stacked headliners include August Burns Red on Friday, Coheed And Cambria on Saturday, and Underoath on Sunday. Coalesce, Poison The Well, and Trapped Under Ice will also be taking over the night slots on the fest. You can also expect to catch Better Lovers, Saosin, The Devil Wears Prada, and more legendary acts throughout the weekend. And this… Read more »
Following the release of her latest single “poser” last month, LØLØ has returned with a mesmerizing acoustic rendition of Green Day’s “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.” The track appeared on the trio’s iconic American Idiot album. Marking the group’s seventh record released in September 2004, it spawned several GRAMMY nominations and won the award for Best Rock Album. “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” won the award for Record of the Year. The cover arrives as a part of the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs Reimagined Series on YouTube. The series is designed to give emerging artists a chance to showcase a song and/or artist that… Read more »
One Step Closer has announced their new album, All You Embrace. The hardcore group’s second LP will be released on May 17 via Run For Cover Records. In the wake of the announcement, they’ve released a new song called “Giant’s Despair.” In the track, the band embraces shoegaze sounds with intricate hardcore chords that are re-fitted into a modern mix of emphatic emo. This is just a taste of what to expect from their upcoming full-length. Vocalist Ryan Savitski says this is who the band is on a deeper level. “I wanted to showcase One Step Closer in its fullest… Read more »
The Gaslight Anthem just shared a very special announcement. The New Jersey rock quintet is sharing a new History Books—Short Stories four-track EP and you don’t have to wait long at all. Arriving on March 22, the EP is an extension of their 2023 LP History Books and includes a cover of Billie Eilish‘s “Ocean Eyes.” “I was driving my daughter to school and she played it for me on the way and I really took to the song,” says vocalist Brian Fallon. “Then one day we were talking ideas for a cover with our friends and I said, wouldn’t it be… Read more »
On Episode #280, we have actor Lance Williams joining us on the show! Primetime is back baby! Have you missed us? Tune in for hilarious conversations covering a variety of topics. And most importantly, come laugh, think, and recharge for the week!
Spotify is chock-full of good alternative playlists, ranging from The New Alt and ALT NOW all the way to Feel-Good Indie Rock and Walk Like Badass. Now, the streaming platform is introducing a new rock playlist entitled MARROW. Showing off how “rock never dies,” Spotify has unleashed an entire trailer with big industry names to showcase the new playlist. You can see cameos from The Beaches, Destroy Boys, and KennyHoopla, all of which appear on the playlist. The trailer takes place in a police station as detectives try to find “the killer” of rock, but come up empty-handed, obviously. Rock… Read more »
American Football announced their 25th Anniversary Tour for their debut album. This fall, the band will make stops in the U.S., UK, and Europe, including a stint at the recently announced Best Friends Forever Festival in Las Vegas, NV. The Midwest emo staple released LP1 (as fans call it) in 1999. Known for their song, “Never Meant,” partnered with the iconic album cover of The American Football House, they are arguably the antithesis of OG emo. Their twinkly guitar riffs have carried through the various waves of the music genre and are a foundational point in the scene’s history. Recent… Read more »
