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New Jersey indie punk outfit Well Wisher have been relatively quiet since the release of their 2018 debut, This Is Fine, aside from a trio of double single releases in 2020. Those one-off singles proved to be signs of exciting things to come, as the band returned earlier this year with a new single, “Need You Around,” and news that they’d signed to indie label Egghunt Records.  » Read More

Film composer (and former Oingo Boingo frontman) Danny Elfman has shared a Ghostemane remix of the song “Native Intelligence,” which features Trent Reznor. It is the latest release from Elfman’s upcoming remix album consisting of reworkings of songs from his previous studio album, Big Mess. The remix album, Bigger. Messier., will be out on August 12 via ANTI- / Epitaph.  » Read More

Andy Clockwise has shared a new single, the seven-minute “Gonna Get It (Just What We Deserve).” It is Clockwise’s first single of 2022, and it will be featured on his forthcoming four-volume album series, War Stories, which will be released later this year via Exhibition Records.  » Read More

Los Angeles four-piece Silversun Pickups have announced a headlining tour in support of their upcoming album, Physical Thrills, which will be out on August 19 via the band’s own label New Machine. Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday (July 29) at 10 a.m. local time.  » Read More

DC Gore of British trio Little Cub has shared a new single, “All These Things.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming debut solo album of the same name, which will be out this Friday (July 29) via Domino.  » Read More

Sylvan Esso, the duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, have announced the release of a new studio album, No Rules Sandy, which will be out on August 12 via Loma Vista. They have also shared a video for a new album single, “Didn’t Care.”  » Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced the release of a new album, Return of the Dream Canteen, which will be out on October 14 via Warner. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, and will be the second album released by the band this year after Unlimited Love.  » Read More

Local Natives have shared a new double single featuring the songs “Desert Snow” and “Hourglass.” It is the band’s first release of new music in two years, and it is out now via Loma Vista.  » Read More

Among third wave emo’s most commercially successful groups, My Chemical Romance emerged with a fury from New Jersey, the state itself being fertile ground for the post-hardcore and emo scenes, having birthed such major genre acts as Midtown, Thursday, and Senses Fail, as well as the lesser known but equally deserving Armor for Sleep and Hidden in Plain View.  » Read More