After bringing both alt metal titans Tool and weirder alt/experimental project Puscifer to town last year, and appearing solo at City Winery in support of his memoir, eclectic (and incredibly busy) rocker Maynard James Keenan is back tonight, May 3 to Bridgestone Arena to complete the whole set, returning with his alt/hard rock supergroup A Perfect Circle for their first tour…
A breakout force in Nashville’s emo/indie punk scene of the last few years, Free Throw garnered national attention with the release of their debut LP, Those Days Are Gone, in 2014, and have been touring the world since, sharing the stage with bigger and bigger acts, all the while maintaining their DIY ethos and punk roots, channeling a pure, unabashed love…
Before we get into Father John Misty‘s new video, without a doubt one of his Father John Misty-est efforts of all time, a quick PSA: if you haven’t yet bought tickets to the indie rocker’s Sept. 26 debut at The Ryman, which we told you about last month, and have any desire to go, you’d better buy those tickets NOW,…
As we told you earlier this spring, resident breakout Americana singer Jason Isbell is preparing to release a new album, The Nashville Sound, June 16 via Southeastern Records, reconvening with backing band The 400 Unit after a two-album hot streak alone, with 2013’s Southeastern and 2015’s Something More Than Free. Produced by Dave Cobb, who also also helmed those two efforts, and recorded at…
After putting the second half of her massive Unbreakable World Tour on pause at the start of last year to focus on the birth of her son, Eissa, r&b/pop megastar Janet Jackson just announced a huge run of makeup dates, plus a ton of new ones, set to commence later this year and now dubbed the State of…
Bonnaroo Artist | Innanet James Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | Thursday | The Other | 9pm As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2017 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule, we’ll highlight a spread of…
It’s now been 20 years since Canadian supergroup/musical collective The New Pornographers first came together, merging a wide range of talent and unique musical identities to craft an expansive power pop informed indie rock sound of their own, which, since their debut album Mass Romantic in 2000, has led to seven critically-beloved and hugely memorable releases. Just last month, the…
In just a few short years, breakout New York group State Champs have already cemented their status and pop punk’s rising heirs apparent. Exploding onto the scene with their buzzworthy 2013 LP The Finer Things, the young band soon found themselves supporting popular acts like Motion City Soundtrack and All Time Low, wound up on Warped Tour, and,…
West Virginia’s Rozwell Kid have been a buzzworthy fixture in the underground pop punk, indie, and power pop scene for several years running. Boasting a sound reminiscent of early Weezer, but with a fuzzy, modern, and punk fueled twist, the group’s last full-length, Too Shabby, was one of the most criminally underrated records of 2014, and their…
Formed more than 30 years ago in Cincinnati, The Afghan Whigs have always been a band hard to put into a box. Circling the grunge and alt rock explosions of the late ’80s and early ’90s, all the while channeling early garage rock, midwest punk, and classic r&b, the band rose through the ranks of indie…