Time to put on your skanking shoes because Rancid’s singer/guitarist Tim Armstrong and Operation Ivy vocalist Jesse Michaels have reunited! Forming an all-new supergroup in March 2021, Bad Optix, have released their debut single, “Raid.” Read more: The Home Team Announce Summer Headline Shows with Action/Adventure The track features the former bandmates trading off vocal duty accompanied by Circle Jerks/The Bronx’s drummer Joey Castillo (formerly of Queens of the Stone Age) and Trash Talk’s bassist Spencer Pollard filling in the gaps. Seething with Armstrong and Michaels’ obvious ska influence, “Raid” is a spiritual, slow-burn anthem packed with horns, organs, and… Read more »
Anna Shoemaker, the young New York transplant, has released her confessional new single, “I Think I.” “I Think I” follows the release of “Holly” which Anna issued in January and sparked a “viral TikTok moment” garnering more than 1.7 million views on her platform. “I Think I” and “Holly” are two of the five enchanting tracks that make up her eagerly-anticipated EP Hey Anna which is expected to drop in June 2023 via +1 Records. Hey Anna marks the young musician’s first project since 2022’s full-length Everything is Fine (I’m Only on Fire). You can presave Hey Anna here. Read… Read more »
The Parxies are getting fed again today. Kings of the scene, Waterparks, have finally shared the opening acts for their highly anticipated The Property Tour this summer. Fans were already thrilled that Hunny was joining the trio as direct support, but now we have the full and very exciting line-up. Waterparks and Hunny will hit the road with Daisy Grenade (4/28-5/10), Elliot Lee (5/12-5/31) and Sophie Powers (6/2-6/14) starting April 28th in Anaheim, CA. The tour is almost entirely sold out, so if you want to catch this incredibly stacked bill in the flesh…you need to act fast! Limited tickets… Read more »
The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards certainly had no shortage of talent in attendance and hitting the stage at the iconic Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where the ceremony was held on Monday, March 27. Hosted by rock legend Lenny Kravitz, the rock and alt nominees featured the likes of Måneskin, blink-182, Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Turnstile, twenty one pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. Opening the ceremony with a tribute to the victims of the Nashville school shooting that occurred earlier Monday afternoon, Kravitz offered “healing love” and urged America to do better in regard to gun violence that… Read more »
Crawlers leap into a new season with a song all about how that feeling looking back at who you used to be isn’t exclusive to this time of year.
Get in the car and roll the windows down. Dead Lakes is here to provide you your new summer anthem with their debut studio record, Daydreamer.
We are itching to get our hands on the new split EP, gossip team, from poptropicaslutz! & aldrch. We have four new songs to look forward to, and luckily for us, they’ve dropped a single to hold us over. It’s called “ready, set, go” and will have you ready to skip Spring altogether and dive straight into Summer. poptropicaslutz!’s Nick Crawford said: “It’ll be the theme for your summer fling. It’s nostalgic for the early days of pts! & aldrch, but also incorporates everything we’ve learned since then.‘ready set go’ is about being ready for the next chapter, so it’s… Read more »
Demi Lovato has breathed new life into their 2013 hit single “Heart Attack” in the form of a smashing new rock experience. The electropop-infused original version was a massive success, to say the least. Peaking at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, it was later certified quadruple platinum, selling over 2 Million copies in the United States. We can all agree that the song was a banger. With Lovato’s most recent album, HOLY FVCK, being a returning venture to their early rock-inspired roots…this new spin only makes sense. Lovato announced the new track Monday, March 20th via Instagram,… Read more »
Between You & Me have kickstarted their new chapter with a bang.
Five stages, over 200 incredible artists, and a beautiful and historic venue. That’s the foundation of what you can find at the Festival D’été de Quebec in Quebec city this summer. The festival has been running for 55 years and offers a lineup to suit everyone’s taste. Headliners this year are Weezer, Imagine Dragons, Foo Fighters, Zach Bryan, Le Trois Accords, Lil Durk Illenium, Les Cowboys Fringants, Pitbull, Lana del Rey, and Green Day. A few of the other artists playing include Milk & Bone, Grandson, Jessie Reyez, Cypress Hill, Vance Joy, Feist, Streetlight Manifesto, The War on Drugs, Bad… Read more »
