beabadoobee has released a new live album, Live In LA, via Dirty Hit. It’s a live recording of 22 songs from her sold out headline show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The UK artist released her first live album, Live In London, in September. She released her debut album Fake It Flowers in 2020 and her sophomore album Beatopia was released in 2022.

Live in LA tracklist:

Talk

Apple Cider

10:36

Together

Charlie Brown

Care

She Plays Bass

Last Day On Earth

Pictures Of Us

Animal Noises

the perfect pair

See you Soon

Sunny day 

Glue Song

Don’t get the deal

You Lie All The Time

Back To Mars

Cologne

the way things go

Coffee

fairy song 

Taking Back Sunday has announced dates for their spring/summer 2024 North American headline tour in support of their latest release 152. The two-part run, featuring support from Citizen, is set to take place May 19th through August 17th with stops in Dallas, Portland, Cleveland, Orlando, Boston, New York, and more. 

The band shares: “Man, just taking it all in. We’ve been on a whirlwind on finishing the record, getting everything ready to put it out, making all the plans. Now comes our other favorite part, getting to visit so many cities in North America and playing live. The set will be a good mixture of albums and the reception for 152 has been so positive that we can’t wait to get out there and play some of those songs for the first time in these cities and make magic all summer. Citizen also put out a great new record so we’re going to have a good time together. Can’t wait.”

In addition to the headline tour, the band’s local New York and New Jersey fans will be treated to annual holiday spectacular on December 13th and 14th at Mulcahy’s and December 15th and 16th at Starland Ballroom. On Dec. 16th, Taking Back Sunday will also be holding their annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop and fundraiser at Starland Ballroom in support of Tamerlaine Sanctuary & Preserve in honor of the band’s longtime attorney Dave Stein.

Find more info HERE.

L.A.’s Mike Shinoda drops his new EP, The Crimson Chapter today (12/1) via Warner. The new collection features 8 tracks, including new remixes of his latest solo single, “Already Over” and his previous single “In My Head (f/Kailee Morgue)” from the Scream VI Soundtrack.

Shinoda said, “’Already Over’ came to me as I was sitting with my favorite guitar in my hands—the same guitar I used on songs from ‘What I’ve Done’ to ‘In My Head.’ There was a familiar DNA to the song that I think Linkin Park fans will recognize. For me, it creates a bridge from the past to a blurry but exciting future.” 

He added, “This chapter takes some of my favorite things about releasing music – the songs, games, challenges, and visuals – and assembles them in a different way.”

Find the latest Alternative Album release dates HERE.

In celebration of his favorite holiday, Koe Wetzel has released his new EP Koe Wetzel Presents… Wetzel’s Wonderland via Columbia. The genre-bending Texan puts his spin on three Christmas classics: “Please Come Home For Christmas,” “Blue Christmas,” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.”

Earlier this week Koe shared a hilarious EP trailer, which he wrote and co-directed. The video clip finds Koe encountering Mr. Claus himself “once upon a time in a lonely Texas dive bar.” Watch it HERE. 

As Koe was leaving the bar after his run-in with Santa, he was asked for a statement from the scene: “Christmas music is my favorite music to get drunk to. Also I love eggnog.”

Shinedown has released The Library Sessions inspired by their current crossover single “A Symptom Of Being Human.” In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, the special November 28th broadcast event is benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), an organization dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide that Shinedown has been supporting for over a decade. 

The Library Sessions video features stripped-down, acoustic performances of “A Symptom Of Being Human” and Shinedown’s previous #1 rock single “GET UP” along with the band reading real fan stories that were submitted to the Symptom Library. Through their lyrics and sharing their own personal stories as well as providing a safe space for fans to express their life struggles, Shinedown continues to shine a light on mental health awareness two decades into their record-setting career, while also reminding us of the importance of human connection and that we are not alone in this world. 

“For over a decade, we have had the honor of working with the AFSP,” shares Shinedown front man Brent Smith. “Mental health is not a term to be taken lightly under any circumstances. We are all a work in progress, and we will all be challenged in our lifetime. That being said, we know we live in a world that has countless obstacles that we must overcome on any given day, and at times it can feel overwhelming. Remember, life is a journey…When we got the chance to sit down together and read fan-submitted stories, it once again showed us the power of humanity and served as yet another reminder that we’re not alone. This was something to be celebrated.”

Watch The Library Sessions HERE.

Yungblud has shared the official music video for his latest single,‘Happier’ (ft. Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon). Directed by Masaki Watanabe of Maxilla Japan, the music video features both Yungblud and Oli, and was shot in Tokyo during their sold-out co-headlining tour. Watch the high-energy, in-your-face video HERE.

“Happier’ marks the second collaboration together following Bring Me The Horizon’s massive single “OBEY” in 2020. The pair have been touring Asia on their sold-out co-headlining tour this fall.

Nettwerk has announced the signing of Scottish duo SAINT PHNX and share the band’s new single “Something In The Water.” Check it out HERE.

SAINT PHNX had this to say about their new single, “‘Something in the Water’ is a song about individuality. It’s about letting that inner person who you really are out for the world to see and not care what others think.”

Formed in 2016, the Glasgow brothers, Stevie and Alan Jukes have hustled hard, performed countless gigs, and even touched down on U.S. soil to write in Las Vegas. The duo served up their single “KING” and eventually garnered over 19 million Spotify streams and counting. In between touring with Yungblud and opening for everyone from Lewis Capaldi to Imagine Dragons, they unveiled their independent full-length debut, DDMN, in 2020. 

In the middle of SAINT PHNX’s international rise, their dad was diagnosed with the terminal lung condition, pulmonary fibrosis, so Stevie and Alan moved into a new house with him and turned the room above the garage into a studio.

L.A. 3-piece Bad Suns share a new collection of songs titled Infinite Joy via Epitaph. Infinite Joy is the band’s fifth album. It was produced by Ben Allen (Washed Out, Walk The Moon).

“The songs on Infinite Joy reflect an oceanic scope of emotions which colored the last year of my life,” said lead singer Christo Bowman. “In October of 2022 I got clean after a decade spent battling with alcohol abuse. In the direct aftermath, it was like experiencing an entire ten years’ worth of growth, in a matter of months. Growth doesn’t occur independent of pain, sorrow, joy — very emotion imaginable. I had to go through all of it, and resist none of it. It’s a journey I will be on for the rest of my life.”

In celebration of the new release, Sirius XM Alt Nation premiered the new focus track “Everything Is…” The song combines witty lyrics, jangly guitars and a bouncy rhythm to find joy in letting go.

Last month Bad Suns released the upbeat single and music video for “The One I Used To Love.”

Bad Suns will be playing an Infinite Joy release show tonight at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA.

Infinite Joy Tracklisting

1. Lunar Shadows
2. The One I Used To Love
3. Astral Plans
4. Everything Is…
5. Just To Feel Your Touch
6. Living Or Dying

Following the release of two tracks “Within (Drumless Edition)” and “Motherboard (Drumless Edition),” Daft Punk has released a Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) album via Columbia to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the GRAMMY-award winning Album Of The Year. The new edition strips away all drum and percussive elements from the album.  

Daft Punk’s “Memory Tapes” content series continues most recently with episodes with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. Directed by long-time Daft Punk collaborator Warren Fu, interviews for Memory Tapes were conducted at Henson Studios in Los Angeles and Gang Studios in Paris, where much of Random Access Memories was recorded. Each episode includes a new interview as well as archival footage and never before seen studio footage of Daft Punk as they crafted what became their final album.

Bleachers announce their upcoming self-titled fourth album, will drop on March 8th via Dirty Hit. The lead single “Modern Girl” is inside the Top 15 on the Alternative chart. Jack Antonoff has also shared another new track, “Alma Mater” featuring backing vocals from Lana Del Rey.

The press release says, “Antonoff’s distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life, on his position in culture, and on the things he cares about.” It’s also perfect music for “driving on the highway to, for crying to, and for dancing to at weddings.”

The collection will include vinyl options with different bonus tracks and 4 part special edition covers now available for pre order. plus bundles with cds, cassettes, + signed postcards.

Bleachers will play UK tour dates in March following the album release.

The lineup for When We Were Young Festival 2024 has been announced for October 19th at Las Vegas Festival Grounds and there’s a new twist, each band will be performing one of their albums. 

On the bill will be My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, A Day To Remember, Dashboard Confessional, Pierce The Veil, The Used, Simple Plan, Coheed And Cambria, All-American Rejects, Underoath, Bayside, New Found Glory, and more.

Pre-sale starts Friday, November 17th at 10a. Find more info at whenwewereyoungfestival.com.

After a 26 year touring hiatus, L.A.’s Porno For Pyros will embark on their farewell tour in 2024. Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, and Peter DiStefano kick off their 16-city tour Porno For Pyros – Horns, Thorns En Halos Farewell, produced by Live Nation, on February 13th at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA.

Farrell said, “Now we’re here, and that same heart, that same desire to make music together, has returned. Getting together with these guys has been some of the most fun, the happiest times in my life.”

It’s been 30 years since their self-titled debut album. Porno For Pyros will also share a new single “Agua” tomorrow (11/16). Originally inspired by the band members’ close encounters with dolphins on their globe-trotting surfing trips of the ‘90s, “Agua” reflects their contemporary environmental concerns. The single is part of a forthcoming self-released EP set to drop in 2024 ahead of the band’s touring run.

Last year saw the reunion of the original members (Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Peter DiStefano, and Martyn LeNoble) for a hometown show at The Belasco. Porno For Pyros performed at Rockville and Lollapalooza festivals in 2023.

Tickets will be available for presale at 12p local time today, with the general on-sale taking place on Friday, November 17th at 10a local time at LiveNation.com.

PORNO FOR PYROS – HORNS, THORNS EN HALOS FAREWELL TOUR DATES:

Tue Feb 13 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory Orange County

Thu Feb 15 – San Diego, CA – Observatory San Diego

Sat Feb 17 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater

Sun Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco

Wed Feb 21 – Aspen, CO * – Belly Up Aspen*

Thu Feb 22 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium

Sat Feb 24 –- Omaha, NE – Astro Theatre*

Mon Feb 26 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed*

Tue Feb 27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit

Thu Feb 29 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY

Sat Mar 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Parx Casino*

Sun Mar 03 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring

Tue Mar 05 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Thu Mar 07 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Fri Mar 08 – New York, NY – Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom

Sun Mar 10 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater

*Not a Live Nation Date

Laura Jane Grace announces her new album, Hole In My Head, will drop February 16th via Polyvinyl. The announcement came alongside the release of title track and music video directed by actor/photographer Gilbert Trejo (Machete, From a Son). Watch “Hole In My Head” video HERE.

The upcoming 11-song collection was recorded at Native Sound in St. Louis with David Beeman and mixed by Matt Allison (The Lawrence Arms, Rise Against). Laura plays guitar and drums with Drive-By Truckers bassist Matt Patton part on over half the album.

Grace is the former lead singer and guitarist of political punk band Against Me! She has previously released two solo records and will head out on a U.S. headline tour set for March 2024 backed by a full band featuring Matt Patton (Drive-By Truckers) & Mikey Erg, with support from Thelma and the Sleaze and Dikembe.

On Friday, November 10th, Maneskin released RUSH! (ARE U COMING?) via Arista. It’s a new edition of their album RUSH! originally released in January and reverses the provocative original cover art. The newest collection includes 5 new Maneskin songs, including the band’s current Top 5 Alternative single single “Honey (Are U Coming?).”

The new album has 22-songs and also includes the long-awaited release of “Trastevere” that was first performed live at the band’s Circo Massimo show in Rome where it became an instant fan-favorite on tour. The song is named after the neighborhood they grew up in in Rome, it’s one of the rawest and most personal songs the band have ever written. The other three new songs are: “Off My Face,” “The Driver,” and “Valentine” and the announcement arrived with an accompanying video for the rock ballad. Watch the video for “Valentine” HERE.

The deluxe version of RUSH! (Are U Coming?) includes the “LOUD KIDS JOURNAL,” an exclusive photo book with 152 pages with photos and memories collected from fans during the last tour.

Yes, AJR has dropped their fifth album, The Maybe Man, via their own AJR Productions/Mercury/Republic Records. Last night, the band appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for their first-ever late night couch conversation. You can watch AJR’s interview HERE and their performance of “Yes I’m A Mess” on the show HERE. The band also performed this morning on Live With Kelly And Mark.

The new collection features 12 tracks, including five previously released tracks, including “Yes I’m A Mess,”, which was just released and has already amassed 15M global streams, “The Dumb Song,” which has over 20M global streams and over 1M views on YouTube, “The DJ Is Crying For Help,” which has nearly 20M global streams and 4.5M views on YouTube, and “I Won’t,” which they premiered on Jimmy Fallon and has amassed over 52M global streams and nearly 7M views on Youtube. The album also includes “God Is Really Real,” which is written about their father, Gary Metzger, who tragically passed away earlier this year. The heartfelt song resonated in the hearts of listeners worldwide who had grown to love Gary as an unofficial fourth member of the band. 

 “In your mid-to-late twenties, you start to think about your life. There’s endless potential, but it’s also scary because you don’t know who you’re going to be. This album examines that personal existential crisis and the prevalent question of, ‘Who am I?’” AJR share. “We’ve experienced a lot this past year and decided to write about all the serious issues you face as you get older in the most AJR-way we could.”

In celebration of the album, AJR announced a massive 43-city Maybe Man Tour set for next spring. The band’s first arena tour, promoted by Live Nation, will kick off on April 2nd in Norfolk and will conclude on August 2nd in Washington, D.C. Presale happens Monday, November 13th at 10a (ET) through Thursday, November 16th at 10p local time. The general on-sale will begin on Friday, November 17th at 9a local time at ajrbrothers.com.

$1 for every ticket sold will go towards Planet Reimagined, a non-profit organization co-founded by AJR’s Adam Met.

 The Maybe Man Tour Dates:

 Tue-Apr-02-24  – Norfolk, VA – Scope Arena

 Wed-Apr-03-24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

 Thu-Apr-04-24 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

 Sat-Apr-06-24 – Hartford, CT – XL Center

 Sun-Apr-07-24 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

 Tue-Apr-09-24 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena

 Wed-Apr-10-24 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

 Fri-Apr-12-24 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse

 Sat-Apr-13-24 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center

 Sun-Apr-14-24 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

 Tue-Apr-16-24 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena

 Wed-Apr-17-24 – Minneapolis, MN – Xcel Energy Center

 Fri-Apr-19-24 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

 Tue-Apr-23-24 – Boise, ID – Idaho Central Arena

 Wed-Apr-24-24 – Portland, OR – MODA Center

 Fri-Apr-26-24 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

 Mon-Apr-29-24 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

 Wed-May-01-24 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena

 Sat-May-04-24 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

 Tue-May-07-24 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

 Thu-May-09-24 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

 Fri-May-10-24 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center

 Sun-May-12-24 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

 Tue-Jun-25-24 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena  

 Thu-Jun-27-24 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

 Fri-Jun-28-24 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena

 Sat-Jun-29-24 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena

 Sun-Jun-30-24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

 Sun-Jul-04-24 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater (Summerfest)

 Sat-Jul-06-24 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

 Tue-Jul-09-24 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

 Wed-Jul-10-24 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

 Fri-Jul-12-24 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

 Sun-Jul-14-24 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

 Tue-Jul-16-24- Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center

 Thu-Jul-18-24 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

 Sun-Jul-21-24 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center

 Tue-Jul-23-24- Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center

 Thu-Jul-25-24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

 Fri-Jul-26-24 – New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden

 Tue-Jul-30-24 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

 Wed-Jul-31-24 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

 Fri-Aug-02-24 – Washington DC – Capitol One Arena

 

Jared Leto, frontman of Thirty Seconds To Mars, completed the historic climb of the Empire State Building in New York City on November 9th. Having always been fascinated with the incredible landmark since he was a child, he said, “The building is a testament of all the things that can be done in the world if we put our minds to it, which is largely the inspiration behind our most recent album, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day.” Watch the climb HERE.

(Photo Credit: Renan Ozturk)

The tour kicks off in Latin America with festival performances at Lollapalooza Chile, Argentina and Brazil along with Estéreo Picnic in Colombia and Tecate Pa’l Norte Festival in Mexico. The U.S. tour will begin in July 2024 with AFI along with support from Poppy and KennyHoopla with 24 shows in arenas and amphitheaters. Tickets will be available starting with a Thirty Seconds to Mars pre-sale beginning on Friday, November 10th at 10a local time ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, November 17th at 10a local time at Thirtysecondstomars.com.

Below are the North America tour dates:

Fri Jul 26 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre 

Sat Jul 27 – Ridgefield, WA RV – Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater 

Tue Jul 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre 

Wed Jul 31 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre 

Fri Aug 02 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater 

Sat Aug 03 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 

Tue Aug 06 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre 

Wed Aug 07 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center 

Fri Aug 09 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center 

Sat Aug 10 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island 

Mon Aug 12 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Wed Aug 14 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 

Thu Aug 15 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion 

Sat Aug 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center 

Sun Aug 18 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center 

Tue Aug 20 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion 

Wed Aug 21 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre 

Fri Aug 23 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre 

Sat Aug 24 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 

Tue Aug 27 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion 

Thu Aug 29 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 

Fri Aug 30 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater 

Sun Sep 01 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 

Wed Sep 04 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

The Killers announce a celebratory “best of’ album, Rebel Diamonds, will drop on December 8th via Island Records. The two-decade career spanning collection of 20 songs from the past 20 years includes the band’s biggest hits: “Mr. Brightside,” “When You We’re Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done,” “Human,” and “Read My Mind.” 

The album features at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums. From the groundbreaking debut Hot Fuss, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, to the band’s latest full length, 2021’s Pressure Machine, Rebel Diamonds showcases the group’s versatility and staying power across the ever-changing alternative music landscape. It’s a collection of songs that embody who The Killers are as a band, in addition to including some favorites of theirs that have resonated over the years such as tracks like “Be Still,” from 2012’s album Battle Born or “Dying Breed” from 2020’s album Imploding The Mirage and “A Dustland Fairytale” from 2008’s Day & Age, which the band recently re-recorded and performed with Bruce Springsteen.    

The final two tracks are the current single “Your Side of Town” and another new song “Spirit.”  

“See it’s been said that what’s remembered lives,” reflects lead singer Brandon Flowers in the preview video for the record HERE, “and we’ve racked up stadiums full of memories the past twenty years, enough to fill lifetimes. Twenty songs for twenty years – Rebel Diamonds.”

Rebel Diamonds tracklisting:

1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
2. Mr. Brightside
3. All These Things That I’ve Done
4. Somebody Told Me
5. When You Were Young
6. Read My Mind
7. Human
8. Spaceman
9. A Dustland Fairytale
10. Runaways
11. Be Still
12. The Man
13. Caution
14. My Own Soul’s Warning
15. Dying Breed
16. Pressure Machine
17. Quiet Town
18. boy
19. Your Side of Town
20. Spirit

The trio G. Love & Special Sauce emerged out of Philadelphia in 1994 with their cultivation of “hip-hop blues.” In 2024, they will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their self-titled album with an expansive national tour and re-release of the record. The album includes the singles “Baby’s Got Sauce” and “Cold Beverage.”

Born Garrett Dutton, G. Love grew up equally enthralled with folk, blues, and rap, devouring everything from Lead Belly and Run D.M.C. to John Hammond and the Beastie Boys. After migrating to Boston, he and his band, Special Sauce, broke out in 1994 with their Gold-selling self-titled debut. Over the last 30 years, G. Love has released seven studio albums with Special Sauce (plus four solo albums on his own).

The 2024 G. Love & Special Sauce tour begins January 11th in St. Louis and ends March 16th in Boulder. Find all the tour dates HERE. 

Hot off their reunion shows in Las Vegas last month, Orange County, CA’s Something Corporate has announced two hometown headline New Year’s Eve shows for Saturday, December 30th and Sunday, December 31st at City National Grove of Anaheim. 

The year-end hometown shows as the five original members of Something Corporate – Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Josh Partington (guitar), Kevin “Clutch” Page (bass), Brian Ireland (drums), and William Tell (guitar) – recently performed their first headlining show together in 20 years at a sold-out House of Blues Las Vegas, which was also livestreamed via Veeps. They also played last month at the When We Were Young festival. At the reunion shows, McMahon debuted a one-of-a-kind upright piano fully wrapped in Christie MicroTiles LED displaying images and lyrics from throughout the band’s catalog, which will be front and center on New Year’s Eve. 

“Two Nights With Something Corporate” shows will be available exclusively through Ticketmaster’s Ticket Request Program with pre-sale access open through November 13th at 12p (PT).

Matisyahu announces his forthcoming Hold The Fire EP will drop on February 2nd via his own label Fallen Sparks Records. He also shared a new single “Fireproof.”

“This song is about a dream I had about holding the fire,” shares Matisyahu. “The burning bush in the Torah is how God speaks to Moshe at first. Through a bush on fire that doesn’t consume itself. It became a metaphor for me as an artist and as a Jew. Moshe, the leader of the Jewish Nation, comes from the aspect of water spiritually. Literally, he was drawn from the river by Pharoh’s daughter after the mandate to kill the Jewish male babies. In my dream, I was being burned by fire from a tiger’s eyes but when I looked down at my hand, it was made of water. This aspect of balancing humility with the inner fire is what allows for the continuation of a people. Jews have been slaughtered and kicked around this world since the beginning of time and we have managed to not only survive but thrive, even though every two generations they try and exterminate or cut us down. We come from this ancient place of Fire and Water where we learn to dance through the violence and pave the road for the rest of humanity. Come dance with me. Hold the fire.”

Matisyahu has released seven studio albums. His 2006 album, Youth, featured the breakthrough single “King Without A Crown.”

The Struts have released their long-awaited Big Machine Label Group debut album today (11/3). Pretty Vicious is the fourth album for the Derby, England 4-piece.

Lead singer Luke Spiller had this to say about the new 11 track album. “This record showcases each individual member’s strengths. It’s some of my favorite music, hands down, we’ve ever conjured up. It’s the record everyone’s been waiting for.”

After nearly a decade of releasing music and touring at a breakneck pace, The Struts were finally able to take their time and perfect their sound with Pretty Vicious, co-producing each track with Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell, Cheap Trick, Fleetwood Mac) and working with Big Machine Label Group chairman and CEO Scott Borchetta ignited a newfound energy for the band.

“Scott was like, ‘The bottom line is, I just want this band to fucking rock’,” Spiller says. “And that’s what we achieved.” 

He adds, “We’ve never taken a left turn at a chorus, and we’ve always fought for really big hooks. But we’ve never been able to quite capture one of the best aspects of this group, and that’s how we sound live. Getting the chance to work up demos in an environment where we can take our time and play as a unit definitely resulted in the four of us feeling and sounding as close as we do on stage. We like big songs, and it’s an absolutely epic-sounding album.”

The title track from the album, “Pretty Vicious” is the new single from the collection. It opens with Spiller crooning, “When you talk and everybody listens / and you walk and everybody whispers,” in a smoky, sultry tone. “Those lyrics were very instinctual,” he explains. “They aren’t super clever, but they felt right. It’s more about the vocal delivery. That’s what makes it dark and sexy. It’s not overthought. It felt great from the moment we started to write it.” 

The original demo of the song went viral on TikTok after the band shared it online, going back into the studio to perfect it for the album release. “For me, it’s the best song on the album,” he admits. “It’s something we’ve never done before, and it has this undeniable mood to it. I still go back and listen to it purely for pleasure.”

The Struts  … Remember The Name Tour begins November 6th in Louisville and ends December 10th in Los Angeles. Find the tour dates HERE. 

Green Day have officially shared details on their massive 2024 global stadium tour with support from The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas in North America and Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The Interrupters and Maid of Ace in the UK/EU. The Saviors Tour kicks off with the European run on May 30th in Monte De Gozo, Spain and travels through France, Germany and Italy, before reaching the UK, including a London show at the legendary Wembley Stadium on June 29th. The North American run, produced by Live Nation, begins July 29th in Washington at Nationals Park and wraps up in San Diego, CA at Petco Park on September 28th.

Green Day shared, “We’ve never been more excited to unleash new music than with Saviors, a record that’s meant to be rocked live, together. So let’s thrash. We’ve got some amazing friends who are coming along for the ride!”

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s 1994 Dookie, and the 20th anniversary of 2004’s American Idiot. Each a cultural phenomenon in its own right, these albums have remained at the forefront of punk culture since their release. Green Day began dropping hints about their 14th studio album, Saviors (out January 19th), at a surprise show at Las Vegas’ Fremont Country Club, surrounded by a crowd of 800 die-hard fans. During their Las Vegas takeover, which also included headline performances at When We Were Young festival, the band debuted two new tracks: the lead single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” and the brand new “Look Ma, No Brains!,” out today. Watch the video HERE.

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning on Tuesday, November 7th ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday, November 10th at 10a local time at greenday.com.

The Saviors North American Tour Dates:

 (support from The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas):

Mon Jul 29 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park 

Thu Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre 

Sat Aug 03 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 

Mon Aug 05 – New York, NY – Citi Field

Wed Aug 07 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park

Fri Aug 09 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park

Sat Aug 10 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium 

Tue Aug 13 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field 

Thu Aug 15 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre !

Sat Aug 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field 

Tue Aug 20 – Kansas City, KS – Azura Amphitheatre !

Thu Aug 22 – Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark 

Sat Aug 24 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field 

Mon Aug 26 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion !

Wed Aug 28 – Atlanta, GA – Truist Park

Fri Aug 30 – Nashville, TN – Geodis Park 

Sun Sep 01 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park

Wed Sep 04 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park

Sat Sep 07 – Denver, CO – Coors Field

Tue Sep 10 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater !

Wed Sep 11 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field   

Sat Sep 14 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium 

Wed Sep 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field

Fri Sep 20 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park 

Mon Sep 23 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park

Wed Sep 25 – Portland, OR – Providence Park

Sat Sep 28 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park

! Support from Rancid and The Linda Lindas only

The Last Dinner Party announce their debut album, Prelude To Ecstasy, will be released on February 2nd via Island Records. It was produced by James Ford in London, and will feature the band’s breakthrough single, “Nothing Matters,” which is heading Top 20 on the Alternative chart.

To coincide with the album’s announcement, the all-female quintet also shared another new track, “On Your Side.” It’s the fourth new offering from the forthcoming album following “Sinner” and “My Lady Of Mercy.”

About the album, The Last Dinner Party had this to say, “Ecstasy is a pendulum which swings between the extremes of human emotion, from the ecstasy of passion to the sublimity of pain, and it is this concept which binds our album together. This is an archeology of ourselves; you can exhume our collective and individual experiences and influences from within its fabric. We exorcised guitars for their solos, laid bare confessions directly from diary pages, and summoned an orchestra to bring our vision to life.“It is our greatest honour and pride to present this offering to the world, it is everything we are.”

The UK band is currently on a sold-out tour of the U.S. tour dates. The upcoming tour dates include November 2nd in New York at Bowery Ballroom, November 4th in Philadelphia at Johnny Brenda’s, November 6th in Los Angeles at El Rey Theatre, and November 9th in Chicago at Bottom Lounge.

MGMT announce their fifth studio album, Loss Of Life, will be released on February 23rd via Mom+Pop Music, the band’s new home following a long tenure with Columbia Records. It’s the followup to 2018’s Little Dark Age. The duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser produced the 10-track Loss Of Life with Patrick Wimberly (Beyoncé, Lil Yachty). Longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Spoon) mixed the album as he has done on the group’s past four full-lengths.

The lead single “Mother Nature” arrived on Halloween with the album announcement.  According to the band, the song “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on. One part sounds like Oasis.” 

The animated video for “Mother Nature” was directed by another MGMT longtime collaborator, Jordan Fish, who has worked with the group since Oracular Spectacular. In the clip, two animal friends named Dog and Turtle team up to take down an evil pet collector. “I hope the story makes people happy and feel connected to family, friends and the animal kingdom as well,” says Fish. The themes of Loss Of Life will be further explored through future videos made by a remarkable roster of writers, producers and directors.

Watch the “Mother Nature” video HERE.

“All joking aside (never!), we are very proud of this album and the fact that it was a relatively painless birth after a lengthy gestation period, and are happy to be releasing this baby into the world with Mom+Pop,” MGMT says. “Musically speaking, we are running at around 20% adult contemporary and no more than this, please.”

Duran Duran has released a real treat for Halloween. The UK new wave quartet dropped their 16th album, Danse Macabre, via Tape Modern/BMG last Friday (10/26). The 13 tracks include newly reimagined versions of their own spooky classics along with covers of Billie Eilish’s “Bury A Friend,” Talking Heads “Psycho Killer,” The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black,” Rick James “Super Lonely Freak,” Siouxsie And the Banshees “Spellbound,” Cerrone “Supernature,” and The Specials “Ghost Town.” Victoria De Angelis of Maneskin appears on the album’s focus track, a cover of Talking Heads “Psycho Killer.” 

Duran Duran bassist John Taylor said, “The first time I met Vic, I asked her who her bass inspirations were. “Right away,” she said, ‘Tina Weymouth!’ I said, ‘Me too.’ When the idea of covering ‘Psycho Killer’ came up, I thought, ‘I’m going to call Vic.’ She loved the idea, naturally!”

 Victoria De Angelis adds, “I got a call from John…saying he was working on a cover of Psycho Killer, and he wanted to ask me first about playing on it. It was insane being asked by one of the greatest bass players ever to play one of my favorite songs with Duran Duran. Absolutely insane. I’m so grateful and honored, it was so much fun recording together with John and he was so sweet to me and encouraged me to express myself and play it my own way. I’ll always remember that day.”

 Check out “Psycho Killer (f./Victoria De Angelis)” HERE.

In celebration of their new album READY TO EAT, L.A. trio Beauty School Dropout are giving back to the community on their current U.S. headline tour. For every radio, press, + DSP attendee, the band will donate a meal to local food banks in each tour market. 

If you’d like to attend the show and help a good cause, you can be added to the list by sending an email to music@goldnretrieverent.com. Once at the show, send a picture of the band on stage to the same email and a meal will be donated in your name. 

Fans will be encouraged to donate digitally at each show via QR code, which will be posted at various points throughout the show, and all donations will go directly to the food pantry partner.

“READY TO EAT is the culmination of our high highs, low lows and everything in between,” says the band. “The album is a sonic spiral through our personal struggles with addiction, relationships and love (or lack thereof). The album is meant to be a reflection of our growth and our intentions to overcome every obstacle that life throws our way. From the last album to this one we have traveled the world, performed in places we never felt possible, gained fans all over but still have to deal with the trials and tribulations that are being a band putting 500% into our career. As much as it looks from the outside that our lives are skyrocketing, we are still dealing with the same issues we have been for years, only amplified. This album is our purge to our fans and an expansion and growth from where we started and a glimpse into where we are going.”

Beauty School Dropout was signed by A&R Mark Hoppus under the new label Verswire with Pete Wentz and Sherry Saeedi. Hoppus said, “I’m always impressed by how hard these guys work, their talent and uncompromising creativity, and their dedication to their fans.”

Below are the upcoming Beauty School Dropout tour dates:

OCT 30 – WASHINGTON DC – DC9

OCT 31 – PHILADELPHIA PA – KUNG FU NECKTIE  

NOV 2 – NEW YORK NY – GRAMERCY

NOV 4 – ASBURY PARK NJ – WONDER BAR

NOV 5 – CAMBRIDGE MA – SONIA

NOV 7 – PITTSBURGH PA – THUNDERBIRD CAFE & MUSIC HALL

NOV 9 – COLUMBUS OH – A&R BAR

NOV 10 – CLEVELAND OH – GROG SHOP

NOV 12 – NASHVILLE TN – THE END

NOV 15 – CHICAGO IL – SUBTERRANEAN

NOV 17 – KANSAS CITY MO – THE RINO

NOV 19 – DEVER CO – GLOBE HALL

NOV 21 – SALT LAKE CITY UT – KILBY COURT

DEC 1 – SAN DIEGO CA – HOUSE OF BLUES VOODOO ROOM

DEC 2 – LOS ANGELES CA – TERAGRAM BALLROOM

DEC 5 – PORTLAND OR – HOLOCENE

DEC 6 – SEATTLE WA – CHOP SUEY

DEC 9 – SAN FRANCISCO CA – BRICK & MORTAR

Canadian artist TALK announces a North American headlining tour in 2024 to support his debut album, Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, which released last Friday (10/20) via Capitol Records. TALK performed his first of three shows opening for country queen Shania Twain earlier this week in Toronto.

“The concept for ‘Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees’ was dreamed up by my executive producer Justin Tranter and I,” TALK explains. “I think what we created was almost exactly what was originally envisioned—an album that was made with love and heart, that I hope will put a smile on people’s faces or be a warm hug to those who need one.”

While the album navigates a flood of emotions—both good and bad—it ultimately sees hope prevail. “Thematically the album is about love and friendship being able to survive anything. It’s never too late to lift someone up,” TALK adds. Filled with big dramatics and blistering guitar solos, the 10-track set never lets up, from upbeat opener “Fall For You” to the acoustic slow-burner “A Little Bit Happy” to the fiery call-to-arms “Wastleland.” By album closer “Set On Me,” TALK is ready to soar—“I won’t let the sun set on me,” he declares in his booming howl—and it’s hard not to be pulled into his rays. 

The new album features TALK’s breakout single “Run Away To Mars.”   

Next year’s headline tour will kick it off on February 9th in Detroit before hitting most major markets around the U.S., including Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, and ending in Boston on March 10th.  The artist presale launches at 10a on October 24th with general ticket sales opening at 10a on October 26th. Find all the tour dates HERE. 

beabadoobee has collaborated with jazz singer Laufey to release a new single “A Night To Remember.” “I’ve been writing with a lot of different rhythms recently, also with strings and nods to more classical sounds,” shares beabadoobee on the song. “Laufey is a great fit for this sound and we had started hanging out in London, so we got in the studio together to work on music and try ideas with my producer Jacob. We also hung in NY on my tour and started becoming closer friends. We wrote ‘A Night To Remember’ and decided we wanted to write something that sounds grand but a bit more sexy lyrically and have fun with that theme.”

“Bea has been one of my favorite musicians for a while so getting to write and sing with her was a dream come true,” continues Laufey. “We both agreed that we wanted to write something a bit sexier for this project and ‘A Night To Remember’ was born. There are so many songs about being rejected as a woman and this song is about being on the other side of the coin – having one great night then walking away. Reclaiming the narrative! We recorded it in London with Jacob, Bea’s producer and added some finishing touches in LA with my producer Spencer Stewart. This song is a true marriage of my and Bea’s sonic worlds and I can’t wait for the world to dive into the cinematic sound this song offers.”

Check out the lyric video HERE.

On the heels of playing at When We Were Young Festival, blink-182 reveals a massive summer 2024 tour with a stadium and arena tour through North America. Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker will hit some of the biggest venues nationwide next year, debuting their new album One More Time … for the first time in the U.S. and Canada.

Produced by Live Nation, the 30-city trek includes stadium performances at Petco Park in the band’s hometown of San Diego, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Citi Field in New York, Fenway Park in Boston, and Rogers Centre in Toronto, along with 25 arena performances with Pierce The Veil opening.

BLINK-182 2024 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

Jun 20 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center

Jun 21 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center

Jun 24 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center

Jun 25 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

Jun 27 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena

Jun 30 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park

July 02 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena

July 03 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena

July 06 — Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium

July 08– Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center

July 09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center

Jul 13 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

Jul 14 – Quincy, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre

Jul 21 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field

July 23 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park

July 24 — Hartford, CT — The XFINITY Theatre

Jul 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Jul 27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena

Jul 29 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Jul 30 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena

Aug 01 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

Aug 02 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Aug 06 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center

Aug 07 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum

Aug 09 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

Aug 10 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

Aug 12 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Aug 13 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center

Aug 15 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+

+With Support from Alexisonfire and Pierce The Veil

Australian band Vacations announces their new album, No Place Like Home, will be released on January 12th. The upcoming record follows an intense period of transformation for the lead singer Campbell Burns, who was diagnosed with Pure OCD (or “Pure O”), a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder marked by intrusive, unwanted, and uncontrollable thoughts. His experiences learning to live with this while touring the world informed the record, which also engages in nuanced discussions around personal growth and sexuality. 

Burns said, “I found it extremely difficult to write anything for years. I didn’t know what Vacations’ voice was anymore, or even my own in a day-to-day sense. I had to find a way to fall back in love with music and so much else in my life, or I knew I would simply cease to exist.”

 The album was produced by Campbell Burns and John Velasquez (Zella Day, Broods). “I had this loose concept of No Place Like Home being an Americana-influenced album,” Campbell says of the album’s sonic inspirations. “I wanted to incorporate more pianos, acoustic guitars, Nashville tuning, and country-inspired lap steel, but then also bringing in drum machines and synths and finding a mix between the two.” 

The lead single “Next Exit” has over nine million streams and is chart bound at Alternative. Vacations is currently in the middle of a Tourzilla with Last Dinosaurs.

blink-182 released their highly-anticipated ninth album, ONE MORE TIME… via Columbia on October 20th. It marks the first album to feature the group’s lineup of Mark Hoppus [bass, vocals], Tom DeLonge [guitar, vocals], and Travis Barker [drums] since 2011. The title track lead single moved reached #1 on the Alternative chart earlier this week and the band is set to headline When We Were Young Festival this weekend.

The trio recorded ONE MORE TIME… across 2022 and 2023 in the midst of their reunion tour, which sold out arenas, amphitheaters, and stadiums across the world. The album, produced by Travis Barker, features 17 new songs that capture the band layering in themes of tragedy, triumph, and most importantly, brotherhood.

The brand-new album is available both digitally and physically on CD, standard black vinyl, and multiple limited edition physical vinyl variants including a new translucent blue and black swirl colored D2C exclusive LP. Additional offerings on vinyl include the coke bottle clear colored indie exclusive LP and opaque white colored Amazon exclusive LP.

ONE MORE TIME… Tracklist

ANTHEM PART 3

DANCE WITH ME

FELL IN LOVE

TERRIFIED

ONE MORE TIME

MORE THAN YOU KNOW

TURN THIS OFF!

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

EDGING

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT

BLINK WAVE

BAD NEWS

HURT (INTERLUDE)

TURPENTINE

FUCK FACE

OTHER SIDE

CHILDHOOD

Teenage UK three-piece HotWax release their second EP Invite me, kindly via Marathon Artists this week. Mixed by Alan Moulder (Foo Fighters, Wet Leg, Arctic Monkeys), Invite me, kindly encapsulates the three-piece’s ability to harness the firepower of grunge pioneers, matched with great songwriting and musicianship. The band has released three singles “High Tea,” “Phone Machine,” and “Drop” from their newest collection.

“Writing this EP felt really good, it all came together really quickly and the majority of the songs just fell into place.” explains singer Tallulah Sim-Savage. “I felt I had lots of phrases saved up in my head that I couldn’t wait to put into my lyrics. The EP looks at themes of acceptance to people who have hurt you before, letting your doubts leave you and feeling free. Playing these songs live this summer has been so refreshing, I still feel so passionately about a lot of the lyrics, which makes it feel very therapeutic to perform. Working with Alan Moulder on recording the EP was amazing, he was so open to our ideas and really helped our vision come to life.”

Barely out of school, Tallulah Sim-Savage (vocals and guitar), Lola Sam (bass) and Alfie Sayers (drums) completed a stacked summer of festivals and tours having played riotous shows at Mad Cool, All Points East and Reading & Leeds. 

The current HotWax single at Alternative Radio is “Rip It Out.” It’s from the band’s debut EP, A Thousand Times, released in May. 

In addition to joining Royal Blood on the west coast leg of their North American tour, HotWax have headlining dates in New York at Mercury Lounge and Los Angeles at Zebulon. They are also slated to play SXSW in Austin in 2024.

HotWax North American Tour Dates Supporting Royal Blood:

Nov. 9, Los Angeles CA, The Wiltern

Nov. 10, Oakland CA, Fox Theatre

Nov. 11, Santa Cruz CA, The Catalyst

Nov. 13, Seattle WA, Paramount Theatre

Nov. 14, Vancouver BC, Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Nov. 15, Portland OR, Crystal Ballroom

Nov. 17, Salt Lake City UT, Union Event Centre

Nov. 18, Englewood CO, Gothic Theatre

Nov. 20, Tulsa OK, Cain’s Ballroom

Nov. 21, Dallas TX, South Side Ballroom 

Nov. 22, Austin TX, Acl Live At Moody Theatre

Nov. 25, Albuquerque NM, Sunshine Theatre

Nov. 26, Phoenix AZ, The Van Buren

Nov. 27, San Diego CA, The Sound

HotWax Headline Dates:

Nov. 28, Los Angeles CA, Zebulon

Nov. 30, New York City NY, Mercury Lounge

Yungblud teams up with Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon on a new single “Happier.” Check it out HERE. “Happier: marks the second collaboration together following Bring Me The Horizon’s single “OBEY” in 2020, and comes ahead of Yungblud joining the band on their Asia tour later this month.

Speaking about the track, Yungblud reveals, “I have almost been conditioned by myself my whole life to be in pain. When I’m in pain I work better. I function better because I have something to combat. It’s dark but it’s all I’ve ever known. The feeling of happiness is scary because you feel like it’s all about to go wrong. I have always felt that if I’m happy I’ll get complacent so it’s lost me a lot of opportunity for friendships and relationships in the past. I got really emotional when writing this. I was craving another Yungblud song that would burn in my stomach, make me feel like it’s all gonna be ok and encourage me to fight back against old habits and try my best to re-align myself to be better. It’s ok to find happiness, it’s ok to feel it. I hope you find a little bit of it in this song. You deserve it. Everyone does.”

Shinedown has announced their 2011 live album, Somewhere In The Stratosphere, will be available for the first time on vinyl on Friday, December 8th via Atlantic. The limited-edition red, black, and beige splattered 4LP set includes the band’s multi-platinum hit single “Second Chance” and their platinum single “If You Only Knew” as well as covers of Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” and two full live show recordings: an electric set from Washington State and an acoustic set from Kansas City.  The Somewhere In The Stratosphere 4LP vinyl set is available exclusively via Shinedown’s official store.

 Shinedown is currently showcasing their fall leg of The Revolutions Live Tour as they continue to tour behind their seventh studio album Planet Zero, which includes the band’s current single “A Symptom Of Being Human.” The 25-date headlining outing, co-produced by Live Nation and FPC Live features support from Papa Roach and Spiritbox. Find the Shinedown tour dates and the band’s official online store for The Somewhere In The Stratosphere 4LP vinyl set HERE.

Nebraska-born unsigned artist Noah Floersch released his sophomore album, NOAH on Friday The 13th (10/13). The lead single “Ghost of Chicago” is at Alternative Radio now. It has already amassed 13 million streams on Spotify. 

Floersch said, “Ghost of Chicago was a big leap forward for me and my music. Not only did it triple my listenership, but it elevated my confidence in my career choice. It demonstrated to me that people truly want to hear the kind of music I make, and to me, that means everything.”

Moving to Nashville, Noah immersed himself in the city’s vibrant music scene and worked tirelessly to perfect his craft and establish himself as a storyteller and indie rock artist. With a unique fusion of pop, folk, and rock, 

Floersch’s new album explores the depths of emotion, offering a “midwest surrealist self-portrait.” The 12 track album flows in and out of of themes of love, loss, the existential, and the subconscious.

I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (iDKHOW), the musical project of Salt Lake City-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dallon Weekes, unveils his new single, “What Love?” from sophomore album, GLOOM DIVISION, scheduled to drop on February 23rd via Concord.

“What Love?” is an homage to the sexually suggestive R&B hits of the 90s. It arrived with a visually captivating video directed by iDKHOW’s longtime collaborator, Raúl Gonzo. The mastermind of Dallon Weekes is on a bewitching journey through a vivid set, reminiscent of a scene straight out of a John Waters film, seamlessly transitioning between various eccentric characters. Watch the video for HERE.

The album, produced by Dave Fridmann (Tame Impala, MGMT, Weezer), showcases a boundary-pushing fusion of R&B, post-punk and art-pop, exploring themes ranging from love and obsession to satanic panic and neurodivergence. Recorded at Fridmann’s Tarbox Road Studios and Weekes’ own basement studio, GLOOM DIVISION is a testament to the power of collaboration and fearless artistic expression. The band’s drummer/backing vocalist Ryan Seaman is no longer part of iDKHOW.

“Writing has always been an outlet to exorcize your demons or difficult emotions, but with GLOOM DIVISION I made a conscious effort to stop censoring myself when it comes to the subject material, or what I wanted to say,” said Weekes.

iDKHOW has garnered nearly 1 billion million streams worldwide to date, with 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify.  The new album follows iDKHOW’s critically acclaimed debut, Razzmatazz, which included the #1 Alternative radio hit “Leave Me Alone.”

BoyWithUke unveils his new album, Lucid Dreams, (10/6) via Mercury/Republic. He  celebrated the release by making his late night television debut with performance of the single “Migraine” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! last night Watch the performance HERE.

The 14-track album blends alternative, pop, and electronic elements and traces BoyWithUke’s journey thus far, holding nothing back in terms of intention, emotionality, and truth. Lucid Dreams encapsulates in BoyWithUke’s words: “my desires, my fears, my past, and my dreams.” He wrote, recorded, and produced a majority of the new songs in just a three-week period.

BoyWithUke continues racing towards a major mainstream breakthrough. His following has grown beyond 7 million on TikTok, 3 million on YouTube, and nearly 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify. His 2022 full-length debut album Serotonin Dreams only fueled this explosion.

Lucid Dreams Tracklist:

1. “Migraine”
2. “Problematic”
3. “Bad Blood”
4. “Babydoll”
5. “Rockstar”
6. “Blue”
7. “Lucid” (Interlude)
8. “Bad Things”
9. “Camouflage”
10. “Nightmare”
11. “Trauma”
12. “Before I Die”
13. “Homesick”
14. “King of Nothing”

Foo Fighters have confirmed a massive run of summer 2024 U.S. Stadium tour dates. The newly announced leg of the Everything Or Nothing At All Tour will kick off with the band’s return to New York’s Citi Field for a doubleheader on July 17th and July 19th. The tour includes 12 dates at 10 stadiums, including a pair of shows August 9th and August 11th at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Pretenders, The Hives, Mammoth WVH, Amyl and The Sniffers, Alex G, and L7 will support Foo Fighters on various tour dates.

General on sale for tickets begins Friday, October 6th at 10a local time at foofighters.com.

The band’s second #1 single “Under You” is from the Foo Fighters 11th album, But Here We Are, which dropped in June. It followed the #1 lead single “Rescued” giving the band’s more #1 songs than any other artist at Alternative Radio. 

Foo Fighters Everything Or Nothing At All Tour Dates

Wednesday, July 17 — New York NY — Citi Field *

Friday, July 19 – New York NY — Citi Field #

Sunday, July 21 – Boston MA — Fenway Park #

Tuesday, July 23 – Hershey PA — Hersheypark Stadium #

Thursday, July 25 – Cincinnati OH — Great American Ballpark*

Sunday, July 28 – Minneapolis MN — Target Field **

Saturday, August 3 – Denver CO — Empower Field at Mile High*

Wednesday, August 7 – San Diego CA — Petco Park $

Friday, August 9 – Los Angeles CA — BMO Stadium #

Sunday, August 11 – Los Angeles CA — BMO Stadium %

Thursday, August 16 – Portland OR — Providence Park Soccer Stadium %

Saturday, August 18 – Seattle WA — T-Mobile Park %

* Pretenders & Mammoth WVH Support

** Pretenders & L7 Support

# The Hives & Amyl and The Sniffers Support

$ The Hives & Alex G Support

% Pretenders & Alex G Support

House Parties celebrate their signing to Equal Vision Records. The band joins the label’s growing roster, which includes Yellowcard. House Parties will release a brand new single “Braindead” next Thursday, October 12th.

Speaking on the new single the band shares, “Braindead is a song about just knowing someone who’s dumb. It’s a dumb anthem if you will. We wanted a song to have non-stop energy from start to finish and that’s what this song is.”

House Parties will be heading out on tour later this month in support of Can’t Swim and Belmont. Find the tour dates HERE.

Madison, Wisconsin 4-piece Slow Pulp drop their sophomore album, Yard, via Anti-/Epitaph today. The 10-track collection from the Chicago-based band features lead single “Cramps.” Lead singer/guitarist Emily Massey shared, “The song came out of a jam at practice right after I had proclaimed that my period cramps were particularly bad that day. It is about searching for things you wish you had in other people and creating this character in your head that has all the physical and emotional attributes you feel that you are lacking.”

Slow Pulp’s full-length debut album Moveys was released in 2020 while powering through health challenges, personal upheaval, and a pandemic. The lifelong friends since  elementary school —  Alexander Leeds (bass), Theodore Mathews (drums), and Henry Stoehr (guitar) — performed in bands together since the sixth grade while growing up in Madison. Emily Massey (vocals/guitar) joined them in 2017 and they formed Slow Pulp. 

The band first started working on new songs in the Spring of 2019, immediately after the release of their EP, Big Day, but they ended up scrapping the material. “When we started writing this record, I had been experiencing so much fatigue and getting sick a lot and I didn’t know what it was. I got diagnosed with Lyme disease and a chronic Mono,” says Massey. 

She adds, “The diagnosis validated a lot of what I was feeling. I got tools for how to take care of myself better.” For Massey, taking care of herself meant more than just addressing her physical needs. “The way that I internalize trauma is I will hold it in and not process it for a very long time, but writing songs is the one place where I can’t hide from myself. It just comes out whether or not I want it to or if I’m ready for it to. Figuring out how to write together, as a band, was like me learning how to take care of myself and learning how to communicate better.”

Slow Pulp recently toured with Death Cab For Cutie and The Pixies. They begin a headline tour October 4th in Milwaukee. 

SLOW PULP HEADLINE TOUR DATES

Wed. Oct. 04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo – Backroom

Thu. Oct. 05 – Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Hall

Fri. Oct 06 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown 

Sun. Oct. 08 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall 

Tue. Oct. 10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 

Thu. Oct. 12 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 

Fri. Oct. 13 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl on Granville 

Sat. Oct. 14 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre 

Mon. Oct. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel 

Wed. Oct. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom 

Fri. Oct. 20 – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo 

Sat. Oct. 21 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room 

Sun. Oct. 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge 

Tue. Oct. 24 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

Wed. Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada 

Thu. Oct. 26 – Austin, TX @ The Parish 

Sat. Oct. 28 – Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory 

Sun. Oct. 29 – Durham, NC @ Motoco 

Mon. Oct. 30 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage 

Tue. Oct. 31 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry 

Wed. Nov. 1 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 

Fri. Nov. 3 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

Sat. Nov 4 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Mon. Nov. 6 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz

Tue. Nov. 7 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern

Fri. Nov. 10 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater 

Sat. Nov. 11 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

blink-182 will release their highly-anticipated new album, ONE MORE TIME… on October 20th via Columbia. It marks the first album to feature the group’s lineup of Mark Hoppus [bass, vocals], Tom DeLonge [guitar, vocals], and Travis Barker [drums] since 2011.

The band shared a nearly 4-minute sentimental trailer for ONE MORE TIME… watch it HERE. The trailer teases three new songs including their newest single; the title track “ONE MORE TIME” will be released on Thursday (9/21) at 7a (PT).

Detroit-born, Chicago-bred, L.A. based singer-songwriter Petey released his second studio album, USA, via Capitol Records on September 22nd. The 12-track USA collection is his major label debut. To mark the occasion, Petey will be enjoying the great American pastime as he throws out the first pitch at this afternoon’s Cubs vs. Rockies game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. 

Recorded mainly at Gold-Diggers Sound in L.A. with co-producers Aidan Christopher Spiro and John DeBold, USA came to life with equal parts intention and spontaneity. 

“For me making music has always been like throwing spaghetti at the wall, and working with John and Aidan allowed me to be reckless and experimental while giving each song the care it deserved,” says Petey, who plays guitar, bass, drums, and synth on USA. “It helped me fulfill the only real goal I had for the album, which was to make sure every single song would be super-fun to play live.” 

Petey will be bringing his USA tour to 10 states (and one Canadian province), beginning with a November 3 show at Terminal West in Atlanta. The headline run will include shows at NYC’s Irving Plaza (November 11) and The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles (December 6). 

 

Petey – 2023 USA Headline Tour

11/3 Atlanta, GA Terminal West

11/4 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle

11/5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

11/7 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer

11/9 New York, NY Irving Plaza

11/11 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes

11/12 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

11/14 Toronto, ON The Opera House

11/15 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

11/16 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar

11/18 Cincinnati, OH Top Cat’s

11/19 Indianapolis, IN HI-FI Indy

12/6 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theater

AWOLNATION announce a new EP, Candy Pop, will drop on November 22nd via Twenty Two Five Music. The title track was released today accompanied by a cinematic music video – the final of three videos directed by Eliot Charof.

The videos for the previously released singles “Freaking Me Out” and “We Are All Insane” prelude the finale in “Candy Pop.” The trilogy of videos take inspiration from classic film and paranoid fiction, revealing a dreamlike world that feels both futuristic and bygone.

“It’s a story about escaping from never-ending technological advancements and constant connectivity and scrutiny… The adventure of a lifetime can come from ‘tuning out,’” says AWOLNATION architect Aaron Bruno.

Watch the music video for “Candy Pop” HERE. 

“The intention with “Candy Pop” was to create a song that epitomizes the seductive nature of pop music and pop culture, while pointing out the absurdity of it all at once,” says Bruno on the new song.

AWOLNATION kicked off a tour this week with 311. Find the tour dates HERE.

British band The Vaccines released “Heartbreak Kid” on September 20th Super Easy/Thirty Tigers. It’s from their forthcoming sixth album Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations, which will be released on January 12th. The album was produced by Andrew Wells (Halsey, Phoebe Bridgers).

“There are two types of people in the world – people that have had their heart broken and people that haven’t had their heart broken yet,” said lead singer Justin Young. “‘Heartbreak Kid’ is a call to arms, a reminder that in a world where too many of us feel too detached too often, facing your feelings head on can make you feel more alive, even if it feels like the world is ending. It’s a song to keep you company on the busy freeway that connects loss to discovery.”

The Vaccines are Justin Young (lead vocals, guitars), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), Timothy Lanham (guitars, keys, vocals) and Yoann Intonti (drums). Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations was recorded at producer Andrew Wells’ home studio in Los Angeles and maxied by Dave Fridmann (Tame Impala, The Flaming Lips).

On the album, Young said, “It’s about loss. And coming to terms with that loss – not necessarily grieving for it, but trying to get a new understanding of it.” 

“Galloping Seas (Section 44)” is the lead single from The Polyphonic Spree, who return with a their eighth studio album, Salvage Enterprise, out November 17th via Good Records. It’s the Spree’s first body of original compositions in almost a decade, led by front man, founder, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and visionary Tim DeLaughter, the group prepare to embark on their next chapter.

The new song “Galloping Seas (Section 44)” is a heart-rending soul-anthem that affixes softly strummed acoustic guitar to an orchestral hum as Delaughter says, “Hold on through the galloping seas.” 

“We’re all galloping through rough waters,” said DeLaughter. “I tried to describe the process as well as I could and encourage people to keep their heads above the storm and the waves. Ride it out. It’s going to be okay. It starts off very calm and introspective, and you can envision where it’s going.”

The lead track “Galloping Seas (Section 44)” is 6:24. Check it HERE.

DeLaughter describes it as as a “rising-from-the-ashes record” He shares on the album’s sound: There’s an acoustic current running through the whole body of work, and we tried to embrace it as a thread. It has a lot of space to contemplate what we’re going through. I was very specific on instrumentation. I knew I wanted a cross between a Percy Faith and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young record. With the ability of The Spree to have crescendos, peaks, valleys, we were able to add depth and texture to the classic harmonies and rich folk music.”

 On the lyrics and message of the record, DeLaughter said, “Across all of the music I’ve done, lyrically there’s a sense of desperation and a moment of convincing myself I’m going to make it through regardless of how the music dresses up. On this one, I struggled with the amount of vulnerability I was experiencing and was willing to share both musically and lyrically, but ultimately decided to let it play out. Now that it’s done, I’m happy with the dance between the two.”  

Taking Back Sunday released their new single “S’old” on September 6th via Fantasy/Concord. It arrived with the announcement that their eighth studio album 152, will drop on October 27th. Named for the section of road in North Carolina between Highpoint, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh where the band and their friends would meet up as teenagers. 152 is the band’s first full-length offering since 2016’s Tidal Wave. 

Commenting on their new album 152, Taking Back Sunday stated: “152 offers a lot more hope and light than we first realized when we were in the thick of it, putting it all together. We’ve been fortunate enough, through our music, to grow up with a lot of people going through the same things at the same time, and probably feeling the same way. Our hope is that you’re able to find a little bit of yourself in this new collection of songs, because you’re not alone, and neither are we.”

Produced by Tushar Apte (whom the band met through a mutual collaboration with DJ Steve Aoki) and mixed by Neal Avron (twenty one pilots, Bleachers), the long-awaited album LP features 10 intensely vulnerable and absorbing new tracks all delivered with fresh ambition and newfound purpose. Inspired by the long layoff and the cloud of uncertainty that blanketed the world (and music industry) these past few years, 152 stands among the most genuinely reflective and emotionally pure efforts of Taking Back Sunday’s illustrious career.

Originally from Long Island, NY, the 4-piece consists of John Nolan (lead guitar, piano, vocals), Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), Shaun Cooper (bass) and Mark O’Connell (drums). You would think after 20 years, we knew what each other is going to do,” said Lazzara. “But there were so many times making this record where I heard the initial idea and thought I knew where it would go, but then I was super surprised. It’s those kinds of surprises that make it so exciting. That’s why we all still want it so badly.”

Added O’Connell: ”When we’re writing songs, the one thing we ask ourselves, ‘Is it capable of making people feel something?’ You try to make people feel emotion. That’s the one goal we went in with, and we think we did it.”

Taking Back Sunday continually challenged one another, exploring musical ideas in new and exciting ways. So many of these tracks dig deep and connect on a gut level. The lead single “S’old” struggles with the obligations of adult responsibility and acceptance.

(Photo Credit: Rachel Ziegler)

Blue October has shared their new video for their single “Down Here Waiting.” Watch it HERE! It’s from the band’s new album, Spinning The Truth Around Part II, set to drop September 29th.

“We feel like we’re at the height of our craft,” said Justin Furstenfeld, who found inspiration in R&B and hip-hop, namely J Dilla and Marvin Gaye. The album is the story of two people growing apart. Even if you did love someone, it’s okay if you both fall out of love. It’s the story about a loving relationship that changed, when the world was falling apart. Nobody had a rule book. You don’t have to end a relationship and hate each other. Life is so short. There is love out there.”