Jimmy Eat World has announced a fall North American headlining tour to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of their lauded album, Futures. Slated to kick off October 2nd at the Ventura Theater, the band will perform their 2004 release from front to back. A listing of confirmed dates can be found below. Fan presales to begin … Read more
If you were to ask me to list several top punk pop rock acts currently releasing records, Canada’s Steve Adamyk Band would be in my top five. Over their last two albums, Third (2013) and Forever Won’t Wait (2011), the band has been growing in both songwriting and musicianship. “Careless” is a track off of … Read more
Just last week Justin Townes Earle announced his fifth studio album , Single Mothers, which is to be released on September 9 on Vagrant Records. Today, you can watch the live performance of the album track ‘White Gardenias’ at McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. You then can check out Justin’s tour dates below … Read more
For the Recently Found Innocent is the fifth White Fence album and the first one to be recorded outside his bedroom. “Like That” is the first single from the record which is due out on Drag City Records July 22, 2014. Not only does this new album feature live drumming but plenty of harmony vocalizations … Read more
Does some lo-fi psychedelic garage rock sound up your alley? If you answered yes then this new track from Seattle’s The Pharmacy will surely get your weekend started. From the opening retro jangle of guitar to the psychedelic drumming, The Pharmacy draws you into “Masten Lake Lagoon” right away. The song is almost four minutes … Read more
Look to your left. A young couple is passionately making out. To your right, two grizzled bearded gentlemen are getting drunk and rowdy, and singing loud as hell. And don’t forget to look up, because an old punk rocker has just launched himself from the stage. Welcome, you are at a Lucero show. This is … Read more
Ty Segall will make his return with a new record titled Manipulator on August 26th via Drag City Records. Manipulator of course will feature Ty’s helium-cooled vocals, but is loaded with guitars! You can read the exciting press description and see the teaser below and pre-order the record HERE. “Strangled-neck solos recalling the good old … Read more
Mastodon has always been a band to watch. The undersea brutality of Leviathan, the debut low end ferocity of Remission, the heavy psych prog perfections that are Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye, and finally their last effort 2011’s The Hunter. You really can’t go wrong with any record in their catalog! Now the boys … Read more
Washed Out have a new video for “Weightless,” from their latest record Paracosm which was released last year on Sub Pop Records. Washed Out has recently added August and September to their 2014 tour schedule in support of Paracosm. You can see the dates below. Tour Dates Jun. 05 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club* … Read more
Guided By Voices dropped their latest record, Cool Planet, last month and now you can catch the great first video from that album for “Bad Love Is Easy To Do.” The video finds the folk group of “Pollard & Sprout” having several issues. The video was directed by Mike Postalakis and stars actor Rob Corddry, … Read more
The Buffalo Killers were in LA last month performing at the second annual Freaks For The Festival as well as appearing on shows up and down the California coast. The group was direct support for Chris Robinson Brotherhood where they played a blistering live set to a full crowd at Joshua Tree. Check them out … Read more
Here is the new Jack White video for “Lazaretto.” It is the lead single and title track off his new album out June 10 via Third Man Records/Columbia. You can watch the Jonas & François directed video below!
Toronto is just cranking out noise-punk rock bands like no other area and they all are worth your time and ear. Champion Lover met in fourth grade so expect above average cohesiveness on their self-titled debut due out June 20. I like on the featured track today how Champion Lover create tension without ever going … Read more
Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs has a new record, “Gates of Hell,” releasing via Southpaw Records on July 13th. We have been kicking it around for about month now and I will tell you it gets a bit more addictive everytime we spin it. Four of the tracks from “Gates Of Hell” were recorded … Read more
The Friday before Memorial Day calls for some fuzz. Not talking about Ty Segall’s band but the new single from Brooklyn’s Unicycle Loves You. “JAWS” is a distorted and fuzzy jam that will put you in the mood for the weekend. It’s lo-fi is addicting and make sure you don’t stopy early as the track … Read more
Burger Records has announced the release of Whoop Dee Doo by The Muffs, their first full-length album of new material in 10 years, out July 29th. The group is made up of Kim Shattuck (Lead Vocals & Guitar), Ronnie Barnett (Bass & Backing Vocals) & Roy McDonald (Drums). Formed in Los Angeles in late 1990, … Read more
I think you are going to like this track right from the opening guitar tension. Olympia-based punk trio Naomi Punk return as “Television Man” is the first single from their Captured Tracks debut full length that is due out August 5. The album was home recorded in Olympia, Washington over the Fall and Winter of … Read more
Now less than a month away from the worldwide release of his forthcoming album Lazaretto, Jack White is has released “Just One Drink.” The song is the third Lazaretto track available to the public, following the rollicking instrumental cut “High Ball Stepper” and the ferocious title track. Lazaretto will be released June 10. Last week, … Read more
On the heels of announcing Riot Fest in three cities within the past week (Toronto, Chicago and Denver), organizers have released the first big surprise in celebration of Riot Fest’s 10th Anniversary, entitled “10 Years. 10 Essential Albums.” To help celebrate Riot Fest’s 10th Anniversary, ten bands have joined in to play their seminal albums … Read more
The Afghan Whigs world tour in support of Do to the Beast has been extended to include late summer & fall dates for North America. The trek begins with a two-night stand on August 26th & 27th in Portland, OR at Doug Fir that runs through October 31st in Austin, TX at The Mohawk. Tickets … Read more
Frontier Folk Nebraska is a band we have followed for some time now and they are one of those groups that should have a bigger following. They are a rock band from Covington, Kentucky that was founded in 2007 and have been consistently releasing quality music which includes their excellent 2011 self-titled release. The band … Read more
It’s been an exciting few months for The War On Drugs, already one of 2014’s best breakout stories! Following the release of Lost In The Dream, an album that continues to receive positive praise and selling out shows at large venues all over the country, including multiple nights in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, … Read more
The Lone Bellow’s Zach Williams loves The National. “Their music is the music that I just listen to personally,” says the singer of The Lone Bellow. And, confirms Williams, The National’s multi-instrumentalist Aaron Dessner will produce The Lone Bellow’s next album, tentatively due out this October. The band has gatherered in the Dreamland Recording Studios … Read more
Chapel Hill’s Spider Bags just announced that they have joined the Merge Records roster. Frozen Letter, the band’s fourth full-length album and first for Merge, will be released on August 5th. If you are new to the band then “Back With You Again In The World” is your first listen into their style of rock … Read more
The Head and the Heart have debuted their new animated video for “Summertime” off the band’s sophomore effort, Let’s Be Still released on Sub Pop last October. The video was made by Canadian-based musical and creative force Chad VanGaalen, whose album Shrink Dust came out just last week on the same Seattle label. You can … Read more