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Comprised of five best friends, bonded together by spending (possibly too much) time on the road, there is something unabashedly and unapologetically straightforward about how the collective approaches their life in music. Jared Kolesar, frontman of the band that bears his name, lives a life of relentless motion. Touring […]
It’s always cause for rejoice when New York rocker WILLIE NILE makes a new album. His twelfth studio album (actually fewer than you’d think, considering that his debut was released in 1980) was released on July 27th of last year, titled Children of Paradise. The haunting photographic portraits that […]
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s will continue their extensive headline tour this spring and summer with shows at Richmond’s The National, Boston’s Paradise Rock Club, Philadelphia’s Underground Arts, Baltimore’s Rams Head Live!, Kansas City’s Uptown Theater and New York’s Gramercy Theatre among many others. See below for complete […]
Multiplatinum, record-breaking superstar Ariana Grande, kicked off her Sweetener World Tour March 18 in Albany, NY. The tour will continue through 2019 with stops worldwide, including a headlining Coachella performance next month. See photos from last night HERE. Full Sweetener World Tour schedule HERE. In addition to her previous RIAA certifications, Ariana has been […]
FIRST AND ONLY FAN DATA-DRIVEN SHOWCASE AT SXSW SPOTLIGHTING EMERGING ARTISTS WHO HAVE DISPLAYED NOTABLE GROWTH ON BANDSINTOWN The Bandsintown Official Big Break Showcase at SXSW 2019 on March 13, 2019 at Maggie Mae’s Rooftop in Austin, Texas (Video Credit: Rhys Valmonte (NOX) for Bandsintown) KOLARS [Left] and […]
ALBUM PRODUCED BY AND FEATURING GRAMMY®WINNER SHOOTER JENNINGS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 30 IN PHILADELPHIA TOUR WILL SEE McKAGAN BACKED BY SHOOTER JENNINGS + BAND FANS IN LOS ANGELES CAN CATCH SPECIAL GRAMMY®MUSEUM PERFORMANCE ON APRIL 4 Los Angeles, CA (March 20, 2019) – Guns N’ Roses bassist […]
The Contortionist Special Guests On All DatesBuke and Gase, Evan Marien & Dana Hawkins and Moon ToothTo Each Appear At Select Dates‘Camping With Animals’ Music Masters Camp To Take Place in Big Indian, NYJuly 16 – 19 2019 Wednesday March 20th 2019, Los Angeles – Animals As Leaders have announced the full […]
Music students at High School in the Community (HSC) in New Haven, Conn., have a couple of reasons to smile in 2019. First, there are now plenty of new Peavey® instruments and amplifiers in the band room, and second, the instruments were delivered in person by Doug Wimbish, […]
REVOCATION will return to the road next month as part of the Chaos & Carnage tour. Set to commence on April 18th and run through May 17th, the trek features co-headliners Whitechapel and Dying Fetus with additional support from Fallujah, Spite, Uncured, and Buried Above Ground. See all confirmed dates […]
One of the hardest working bands in the heavy metal landscape at the moment, Ukrainian juggernaut JINJER have released a 4th video single “Teacher, Teacher!” taken from their critically acclaimed 5 track EP entitled “Micro,” released via Napalm Records in January 2019. Filmed in various concert venues throughout Europe on their […]
The Japanese are coming to Pittsburgh! From April 11 to 14, our city will once again be hosting the Tekko Japanese Pop Culture Festival at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It will be the festival’s 16th edition. Here’s what we know about the current lineup of bands […]
Recently appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” and in Variety Magazine, the 90’s modern rockers Sponge are out celebrating 25 years since the release of their break out album “Rotting Piñata.” The Gold certified disc included hit songs “Plowed,” “Molly/16 Candles,” “and “Raining” making them a favorite among […]
Anarchic post-punk band Blessed who are coming to Pittsburgh’s best coffee shop and rock venue Black Forge on April 28th. A DIY touring machine, they have played over 200 shows with bands like Preoccupations, The Courtneys, Chastity, and The Austerity Program. “Dominated by the high-fructose riffing pioneered by […]
Baroness Release Gold & Grey On June 14 Via Abraxan Hymns BAND Release “Borderlines” Video As North American Tour Is Underway Baroness release their eagerly-awaited new album, Gold & Grey, on June 14 via Abraxan Hymns. The band has simultaneously released a video for the song “Borderlines”, which saw its live performance debut […]
THE BLACK KEYS CONFIRM EXTENSIVE31-DATE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR MODEST MOUSE, SHANNON & THE CLAMS, *REPEAT REPEAT, AND JESSY WILSON CONFIRMED AS SUPPORT BAND HEADLINES LAS VEGAS’ LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 2019NEW SONG “LO/HI” MARKS DUO’S RETURN This morning, The Black Keys confirm their extensive, thirty-one-date arena tour of North America. The […]
“Failure has an uncanny ability to straddle the line between esoteric sonic artistry and velvet, sweet ear candy”. – Billy Howerdel – A Perfect Circle “I have always had a bit of a soft spot for the band Failure. In particular was their fine use of layered guitars and […]
90’s modern rockers Sponge celebrate the 25thAnniversary of their break out album “Rotting Piñata.” The Gold certified disc included hit songs “Plowed,” “Molly/16 Candles,” “and “Raining” making them a favorite among alternative music fans and MTV. Sponge will be rocking all the hits plus tracks from their latest release “The Beer Sessions!” Don’t […]
“[A] great big pile of noise, with layered guitars and soft melodies from co-vocalists Colson Miller and Sophie Opich that blend together to create something that sounds like that liminal space in the morning when you’re half-asleep and barely alive.” – Stereogum “Consistently washes over you with distorted, effects-laden […]
Toc is a French jazz-core trio founded in 2008 with Fender Rhodes, electric guitar and drums. Playing the density and the organic, daring the trance in a joyful and catchy tension, Toc provides energetic improvised music. Noise, post-rock, psychedelic, experimental pop, kraut or jazz hardcore, difficult to classify […]
Messer heads out on Spring tour with Pop Evil and headlining dates with special guest Saul Messer are heading back out on tour, with several dates opening for Pop Evil, and then headling dates with special guest Saul. The band is continuing their momentum from 2018 , a breakout […]
The Vics are an indie rock band originally formed at Cal U, and now residing in Pittsburgh. They have 4 new singles coming out over the coming months, with the first out on this Friday. Dancing on the line of the old and the new, with originality in […]
WARBRINGER Announces Extensive Co-Headline Tour With EnforcerL.A. Thrash Group Set to Perform 54 Shows in 54 days; New Album Due Out This Fall Los Angeles-based thrashers WARBRINGER have been road dogs since their inception, but this fall, the band will hit the road for their most grueling and extensive tour […]
How did Nothing More get here? It seems like yesterday that we were interviewing lead singer Jonny Hawkins in a run down RV parked in front of The Altar Bar. Since those few years ago Nothing More has been tearing up the road and outperforming a bunch of […]
The Veer Union has released a new single and video, “Save Yourself” as they continue to promote their “Decade 2: Rock and Acoustic” 18 song album on Rock Shop Entertainment. The band is heading back out on tour this spring with a combination of headlining dates, and direct support for Red […]
Lil Baby has over 6 BILLION streams worldwide in only 18 months which is unheard of. He has 2 songs in the Hot 100 right now (“Drip Too Hard” and “Close Friends”). Pee from Quality Control took him off the streets and Lil Baby was a meteoric rise to […]
Bones just released his hard-hitting new single “Bout Time” which was produced by Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). It was featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday and is the first taste of new music that is set to come later this year. He’s currently on tour with Whiskey Myers and will […]
Genre-banding band Whiskey Myers will be coming to Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 21 The country-rockers have played nearly 2,000 live shows since their emergence in 2008 and have sold out more than 100 headlining shows in the last 15 months alone. They were also featured in Paramount Network’s new Kevin Costner hit show “Yellowstone” with […]
The Black Keys return today with their song “Lo/Hi” (Nonesuch Records), the first new music from the band since their 2014 album, Turn Blue. Listen here, and watch the Youtube visualizer here. “Lo/Hi” was written and produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, and recorded at Nashville’s Easy Eye Sound studio. […]
Carll is currently touring in support of his new album What It Is, released February 15 via Dualtone. When writing What It Is, he challenged himself to be as present in the moment as possible and to think differently, pushing back on the complacency that often comes with happiness. Full […]
As the women’s rights movement pushes forward, internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, performer and Human Rights activist Annie Lennox and the NGO she founded, The Circle, have partnered with Apple Music for a Global International Women’s Day initiative launched today. Together with Sammy Andrews and her team at Deviate Digital, they have […]
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