The cultishly-loved, veteran folk singer Ed Askew has passed away at 84 years old. His collaborators Jay Pluck and Jerry David DeCicca separately broke the news on Instagram, as Stereogum points out.

Tickets are on sale now, and you can see this year’s schedule below. GLOBALFEST 2025: SCHEDULE 2025 Awards Ceremony 6:30–7:00 pm – Wu Tsai Theater ...

Michael Shannon will soon be on tour with Jason Narducy, playing REM’s Fables of the Reconstruction in full, with a NYC stop at Brooklyn Steel on March 8.

Kerry’s solo band–which has Death Angel‘s Mark Osegueda on lead vocals, Machine Head/Vio-lence‘s Phil Demmel on guitar, HELLYEAH‘s Kyle Sanders on bass, and his Slayer bandmate Paul Bostaph on ...

Happy New Year! For their first Sunday Lunch video of 2025, Toyah and hubbie Robert Fripp are revisiting their cover of Billy Idol’s classic single “Rebel Yell.” Toyah gives it a cheerleader theme and ...

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Meanwhile, Smoking Popes also have a new album on the way, titled Lovely Stuff and out in March. (“Allegiance” is not on it.) They’re also on tour starting in February, celebrating the 30th ...

Screamo legends Saetia returned in 2022 to play their first show in 23 years, and now they’ve released their first new music in 26 years. They’ve shared “Tendrils,” the title track of a new 3-song EP, ...

As the holidays wrap up and we get ready to look forward to the year we’re now in, here’s one last Best of 2024 list. This one is from Avey Tare of Animal Collective. His list includes Alan Sparhawk ...

After calling Glastonbury a "corporate turn-off" earlier in the week, Neil Young has now said there was an error in the information he received and will in fact be headlining the UK festival ...

The cover of “Isolation” is very well done, nodding to the original but abazaba obviously bringing their taishogoto-fueled style to it and Hutz takes it to a completely different place. The b-side, ...

The Night 8 comedian was Emily Catalano, Ira made the final mix CD, and Matt Clarke was the post-show DJ. Proceeds from Wednesday benefitted Hitops. Check out photos from the whole night by Ben Stas, ...