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Pale Waves made a late-night debut—plus, don’t miss VERIDIA’s new video for “Numb.” 1. INKCARCERATION music and tattoo festival dates announced The second annual INKCARCERATION festival will take place July 12-14 at the famously haunted Ohio State Reformatory. This festival hosts over 30 of the world’s biggest rock bands, and showcases 70 international tattoo artists. […]

Arctic Monkeys announce a seven-inch version of “Tranquility Base & Casino”—plus, don’t miss Seaway cover the Cars. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. Saves The Day share new track Saves The Day released their new single “Side By Side” along with its music video. The song comes from their upcoming […]

[Photo by: Mike Alexander] Back in May, Radar State announced their inception with a new song, and now we finally have the video for “Spinning Wheel” from their EP, out later this summer. Watch the video below: The Kansas City rock group may be new but features familiar faces that definitely give the band some […]

Last fall when we premiered the (Kansas City) Architects Border Wars Episode II and previewed its graphic novel companion, vocalist Brandon Phillips had some impassioned words about uncompromising creativity and the world that often inhibits it. “We live in an age of amphibian attention-spans, rampant stupidity and an economy for music and art that oppressively […]

Have you ever listened to a song, paused and thought, “Wait. What did they just say?” only to realize it wasn’t a buildup in your ears or an unclear vocal delivery that threw you off, but use of an unexpected language? It’s always a pleasant surprise when an artist steps beyond the boundaries of their […]

UPDATE 5:12 p.m. ET: We have now added The Architects full east coast tour dates. Those with Death Spells are indicated in bold. ORIGINAL POST: Death Spells (James Dewees and Frank Iero) have announced that they will be joining The Architects for three east coast tour dates this November.  View the dates below, then head to the band's official website for […]

Frank Turner has announced that he will embark on a brief U.S. tour this June with Kansas City's The Architects and Beans On Toast. The tour will focus on the U.S. east coast and midwest. View the dates below and head to Turner's tour page for more ticket and show information. Fans who pre-order Turner's upcoming album, Tape Deck […]

Kansas City's the Architects have launched an Indiegogo campaign for their upcoming album, Border Wars, which is to be released in a series of five episodes that will include both comics and music. Read more about their new effort and where the $10,000 they're asking for through their campaign will be going, below then scroll down to […]

UPDATE: November 13 at 6:11 p.m. EST The Architects have announced that they will release Live In Los Angeles tomorrow, November 14. TOMORROW IS D-DAY! We open the floodgates and release our new LIVE ALBUM “Live in Los Angeles” mixed by Ray Toro… fb.me/23DkMBJrv — Brandon Phillips (@TheArchitectsKC) November 13, 2012 ORIGINAL POST: November 12 […]