Two of our favorite bands right now, Mannequin Pussy and Wednesday, are teaming up for a fall co-headlining tour. Nashville art punks SNÕÕPER will open most shows, making for a killer bill from top to ...

It'll be Oranssi Pazuzu's first North American tour in 7 years.

Record Store Day 2025 happens Saturday, April 18. Check out the list of this year’s exclusive titles.

We lost Slash Records’ founder Bob Biggs over the weekend. The label grew out of Slash Magazine which chronicled punk, post-punk and other underground sounds from L.A. and the rest of the world from ...

After holding its inaugural edition in 2023, ’80s and ’90s alt-rock-focused Huntington Beach, CA festival Darker Waves is returning for a second round. It happens on Saturday, November 14 at City ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

Following our lists on ’90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore’s most popular era. Check out five songs we recommend ...

What a year for music 2024 was! From Brat Summer to the Kendrick/Drake beef to the rise of Chappell Roan, pop culture was packed with alluring musical moments, and there were countless great things ...

The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year. Of course, when you ...

You don’t need us to say it again… 2016 was a bad year, but a bad year with great music, some related to why it was so bad. It wasn’t an easy task, but we narrowed down our favorite albums of the year ...

The term “dreampop” covers a lot of territory these days, from electronic music to acoustic guitars, but one thing’s for certain: the influence of the Cocteau Twins cannot be overstated. Robin Guthrie ...

Tinashe releases her new album Popstar in September, and she’s announced a trio of fall shows supporting it. Her “Three Nights With a Popstar” happen in Chicago (The Salt Shed Indoors on October 16), ...