April 19, 2022

Zola Jesus drops “Desire” video ahead of new album ‘Arkhon’—watch

Zola Jesus has released a new single called “Desire.” The track is accompanied by a music video. “Desire” comes ahead of Zola Jesus‘ upcoming album Arkhon, out May 20 via Sacred Bones. The record is her first in five years. Read more: Green Day, Dominic Fike, Weezer, more to perform at 2022 Outside Lands Zola...

Fontaines D.C. release “Roman Holiday” ahead of ‘Skinty Fia’—listen

Fontaines D.C. have released another new single, “Roman Holiday.” The track comes ahead of their new album Skinty Fia, out April 22 via Partisan Records. “Skinty Fia” is an Irish phrase that translates to “the damnation of the deer.” The album explores themes of identity and belonging, while the lyrics celebrate the camaraderie the band found...

Simple Plan share new “Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare's Over)” video—watch

Simple Plan have shared a new video raising money for Ukraine. “Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)” comes from their forthcoming album, Harder Than It Looks. The music video was directed by Ukrainian filmmaker Jensen Noen and was created with a Ukrainian cast and crew. The VFX and post-production work was also done by...

Green Day, Dominic Fike, Weezer, more to perform at 2022 Outside Lands

Outside Lands has announced its 2022 lineup. This year the festival will be headlined by Green Day, Post Malone and SZA. The festival will take place Aug. 5-7 at Golden Gate Park. The lineup also includes Dominic Fike, Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, KennyHoopla, 100 gecs and many more. Check out the full bill below. Read more:...

Slipknot, The Sandbox unleash new metaverse experience KNOTVERSE

Slipknot have partnered with The Sandbox to create the KNOTVERSE. It will be the home for Slipknot and Knotfest experiences, concerts and lifestyle in the metaverse. Read more: Slipknot’s Sid Wilson sampled “different moons around different planets” for upcoming album M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan spoke about the decision to bring Slipknot to the metaverse in...

The Maine, Bad Religion, more to play 2022 Four Chord Music Festival

Four Chord Music Festival is back for its eighth year — and expanding to two days. The lineup includes the Maine, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Jimmy Eat World, Surfbort and more. Four Chord will take place at Wild Things Park in Washington, Pennsylvania Sept. 9 and 10. This is the first time the independently produced festival...

nothing,nowhere. shares new “MEMORY_FRACTURE” video directed by Code Orange—watch

nothing,nowhere. has shared a new single called “MEMORY_FRACTURE.” The track is accompanied by a futuristic animated music video directed by Code Orange‘s Eric “Shade” Balderose. “I’m just making music I want to make,” nothing,nowhere. says in a press release. “I’ll leave it up to the listener to unearth their own meanings and opinions.” Read more:...

A history of Britpop, from Pulp to Oasis

“The Battle Of Britpop” In its Aug. 26, 1995 issue, venerable U.K. pop weekly NME reported, “In a week where news leaked that Saddam Hussein was preparing nuclear weapons, everyday folks were still getting slaughtered in Bosnia and Mike Tyson was making his comeback, tabloids and broadsheets alike went Britpop crazy.” Homegrown pop groups Blur...

Comedian Jared Goldstein says working with 5SOS was a "dream job from heaven"

Jared Goldstein didn’t always want to be a comedian, but instead harbored ambitions of becoming a singer. Just ask his mother, who was serenaded by her son with a Backstreet Boys song at his bar mitzvah. As a child, he narrowly missed out on the role of Simba in the Broadway version of The Lion...