— As UK music festivals go, the Phoenix Festival doesn’t have the storied history of Glastonbury or Reading. It only ran for five years, between 1993 and ’97, but it was located pretty close to my home in the Midlands region of England when I was growing up, and so I went to the 1995 event and the two that followed. The 1996 Phoenix Festival is the festival that I judge all festivals on. So high was the bar it set, I’ve yet to see it be bettered (and I’ve attended Glastonburys, Readings, Coachellas, Riot Fests, Rocklahomas, Download/Doningtons, and more… Read more »
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Too often in America we have disgusting and deplorable news slap us in the face. The only reason we can even wrap our heads around it being true is that we tend to have the video evidence to back it up. Tyre Nichols was brutally murdered this weekend in another case of a police force abusing their power. Five police officers pulled the 29-year-old out of his car after pulling him over for alleged “reckless driving.” As shown in the video, they then proceeded to beat him and shout profanities at him. It didn’t take long for Nichols to begin… Read more »
Radio Uprising showcases the greatest bands and artists that tomorrow has to offer, including: Girl Scout, American Thrills, Eliza Elliott, and Riot Stares
This week’s Singles Lost in Time features songs by Every Avenue and zebrahead.
Music festival season is just on the horizon and, while we wait for the gloomy weather to pass, we can revel in the flood of music news typical of this time of year. A majority of the music festival lineups are announced in January and the festival posters set the landscape for the year in live music, foreshadowing larger tours from bands, new album cycles, and even resurgences of genres and legacy bands that might be past their peak of popularity. Pop-punk is fresh off a massive re-emergence, showcased by the success of the When We Were Young Festival in… Read more »
Fall Out Boy announced this morning that they’ll be dropping their 8th album on March 24th, So Much (For) Stardust. March feels like forever away, but they eased the pain a bit by giving us the single “Love From The Other Side”. It feels like fans have been pining over the album for a while and Patrick Stump addressed that by saying, “Technology has made it really easy to make records much more quickly these days. There’s nothing wrong with that, and that spontaneity can be exciting. But we wanted to get back to the way we used to work.… Read more »
This week’s Singles Lost in Time features songs by Big Joanie and the Veldt (and The System!)
Sound the alarms because the time has come, people! Beach Weather is dropping their debut full-length album! Here’s what we know, it’s titled Pineapple Sunrise, has 11 tracks, and drops March 3rd. They took to their socials to announce the release saying, “Thanks for all the love on our new song TWTB! You guys really spun that tune 100,000 times within the first 24 hours. We’re gonna keep working hard for ya. We’ll see ya at the Pineapple Sunrise; A Loner’s Paradise.” Not only that, but you can pre-save their upcoming single “Homebody” in anticipation of its Friday drop! It… Read more »
