Codeine / Duster, Insomnium, Slaughter Beach Dog, Origami Angel, Damian & Stephen Marley, more
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG Slaughter Beach, Dog’s Jake Ewald has announced a solo tour taking place for most of…
Save Ferris, Finnoguns Wake, Brain Cave, more
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. FINNOGUNS WAKE – “LOVERS ALL” Finnoguns Wake, the new band from former Royal Headache frontman Shogun, are gearing…
Patti Smith cancels Bologna show due to “sudden illness,” discharged from hospital “in good health”
Patti Smith canceled tonight’s show at Duse in Bologna — one of a few Italian shows she’s doing this week — due to “sudden illness,” according to the venue’s Instagram (translated).…
Riot Fest announces 2024 dates & holiday presale
Chicago’s Riot Fest has announced the dates for its 2024 edition, which will happen on a later weekend than usual, on September 20-22 at Douglass Park. The lineup is still…
Woods’ Jeremy Earl lists his Top 10 Albums of 2023
While Woods are no longer based out of Brooklyn — Jeremy Earl moved upstate while Jarvis Taveniere lives in Los Angeles — the band continue to make sophisticated indie rock…
Ratboys played Baby’s All Right with This is Lorelei (pics, setlist)
Ratboys released the fantastic The Window in August, and as they wrap up their year in touring, they stopped in NYC for a late show at Baby’s All Right with…
Brian Jonestown Massacre / Dandy Warhols doc ‘DIG!’ is getting a new 20th anniversary cut, premiering at Sundance
Dig!, Ondi Timoner’s documentary about frenemy bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize.…
5 most underrated albums of 2023
2023 flew by, but it was another excellent year for alternative music. Rife with releases from veterans (blink-182, Paramore, Fall Out Boy) and buzzy new acts (Drain, Militarie Gun, Scowl)…
Jeff Caudill’s (Gameface, Low Coast) 10 favorite albums of 2023
Jeff Caudill of post-hardcore/emo vets Gameface released the debut album by his new band Low Coast this year, and with 2023 coming to a close, he has now made us…
Yo La Tengo had Beach House, Todd Barry & more for Hanukkah Night 6 (pics, setlists)
You may have had Todd Barry on your Yo La Tengo Hanukkah 2023 bingo card (we did) but did you have Beach House? (We did not.) Having just played an…
