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Here’s something unexpected: Indie rock veterans the American Analog Set have posted a pre-order link for their first new album in 18 years. It’s called For Forever, and it’s coming at the end of this month. According to the link, the band has been writing and recording on and off for the past decade.  » Read More

Thurston Moore was set to head out on a book tour this fall in support of his new memoir Sonic Life, which is finally out this month two years after it was first announced. He won’t be making it over from his current London home base.  » Read More

English Teacher, the post-punk-ish Leeds indie band, impressed us with their summer single “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab.” They’re back today with another good one. “Nearly Daffodils” rides a crisp, relentless motorik pulse but also explodes into infernos of distortion from time to time. The band’s singer and leader Lily Fontaine describes it like so:  » Read More

We’re about one week out from chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger, the new album by emo Band To Watch alumni awakebutstillinbed. They’ve shared a handful of singles from the record so far, and today we get one more. It’s called “clearview,”  » Read More

The Eagles are on their farewell tour right now, with openers Steely Dan — a dream bill for my parents and maybe yours too. It was all going according to plan for a while, but unfortunately, the Dan have dropped off several upcoming shows. As reported within an Indianapolis Star concert review,  » Read More

They didn’t have to do this. They’re the Rolling Stones. They need no excuse to tour stadiums. Their discography was not missing one last piece. In 2023 — two years after the death of founding drummer Charlie Watts, seven years after their last album, 18 years after their last collection of original songs,  » Read More

Lauren Mayberry has done a bunch of solo tour dates already this fall, but until today she’s only released one solo single so far. Now the Chvrches singer has followed the piano ballad “Are You Awake?” with something more upbeat. “Shame” is a distinctly different kind of electronic pop song than what Chvrches usually do — looser,  » Read More

The recent history of Fuming Mouth is a real triumph of the human spirit. In 2021, Mark Whelan, frontman of the Massachusetts hardcore/death metal band, was diagnosed with leukemia. After chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, Whelan is now on the mend. Last year, Fuming Mouth returned at the America’s Hardcore fest.  » Read More

Back in August, Coldplay’s former manager Dave Holmes — not the MTV guy, or the DJ/composer, or my lifelong concert buddy — sued the band for $12 million worth of unpaid commission from their 10th album, 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, and their still-unreleased 11th LP. (A new Coldplay album is coming soon,  » Read More