Archive: 2025

It’s been twenty years since the last System of a Down album, and although the band has toured off and on since 2010, there’s no indication there will be another recording. Luckily, that’s not Daron Malakian’s only band. In 2008, two years after System of a Down went on hiatus, Malakian launched a new band, […]

The Black Keys are bringing their No Rain, No Flowers tour to Indianapolis on August 24, 2025, for an electrifying night of rock and blues at Everwise Amphitheater. To make this experience unforgettable, thorough preparation is essential—from securing tickets to staying safe in the crowd. This guide offers practical advice through six key sections, helping […]

Linkin Park’s From Zero World Tour hits Omaha on August 29, 2025, for a night of explosive energy at CHI Health Center. Fans can expect an emotional and powerful setlist featuring iconic tracks like Numb, In the End, and new songs from From Zero. To help you fully enjoy the event, this guide walks through […]

Tortoise has announced a series of special concerts to take place across October and November 2025. The announcement follows the March release of digital single “Oganesson,” the band’s first new music in 9 years, and the subsequent Oganesson Remixes, an EP containing reworks of the single by Saul Williams, Makaya McCraven, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, and Broken Social […]

The late 80s punk scene in California is more of a Pandora’s box of pointed aggression than a music scene that has come and gone. With bands trading members like Pokémon and independent labels budding up, with very few survivors, mapping out the history of West Coast punk could be more complicated than the experts […]

MAMA ft. Antonella is writer, Antonella Gambotto-Burke, and multiplatinum producer Gavin Monaghan. Described as “phenomenal” and a “riveting stone killer” by critics, their debut album, Apex Predators, has just been released on May 21. Based in England, the British duo, who only started gigging in late April, plan to bring their electric, psychedelic, goth, bluegrass, […]

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Tom Meikle, known by his artist moniker Mappe Of, first emerged on the scene with the highly acclaimed, self-produced A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone in 2017 (Paper Bag Records). Since his debut, Mappe Of has amassed over 15 million streams across DSPs, had his music featured in several […]

By the time 2015 came around, Wilco had lived multiple lifetimes in the music industry. With artistically daring albums resulting in a cascade of applause from critics, like the alt-country band’s 2002 opus Yankee Foxtrot Hotel, and reaching heartbreaking levels of vulnerability, as seen on 2004’s A Ghost Is Born. From critical and commercial highs […]

Robert Plant has announced the release of Saving Grace: the first album featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found.” Arriving September 26 on Nonesuch Records, the genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire,” when Plant’s customary wandering was all but […]

Phish delivered a performance that will easily be remembered on Tuesday, July 15 as the group made their highly anticipated return to Philadelphia’s iconic Mann Center (TD Pavilion at The Mann).  The pre-show buzz permeating throughout the capacity crowd was palpable, as were the sweltering heat & humidity, reaching a fever pitch as the quartet […]

Alabama Shakes is one of those bands where you remember where you were the first time you heard them. The soul-fusion three-piece has seamlessly integrated into the modern music pantheon as a critic’s darling, backed by the raw talent and natural ability to support the countless think pieces and YouTube documentaries about their intrinsically individualistic […]

If you want to experience something that Sirius XMU wouldn’t dare play in their tedious continuous mix of The National, St. Vincent, and Japanese Breakfast, how about something from LA DIY indie rockers Origami Ghosts? Their new folky jangle-pop album A Fine Time to Talk About Nothing (out Aug. 8) embraces the punk rock spirit with a childlike […]

Rounding out our spotlight on The Police this week, for such a highly successful band who produced a plethora of classic/accessible hits, they could also get pretty weird at times. Perhaps the best example of that is “Mother”, a whacked-out little number that particularly stands out given it arrives near the midway point of the […]

After over a decade of creating moving and emotionally charged pieces of Americana that blur the lines between genre-bending and traditional, Lord Huron is reaching a new peak. Under the watchful eye of band leader Ben Schneider, the band has released critically acclaimed LPs that produced platinum hits, been tapped to write and produce movie […]

It is not often that we hear solo material from the Rome-based singer-songwriter and producer Luca Sapio, making every release feel like a proper celebration while also doubling the pressure on the artist to make every release memorable. Throughout his over-decade-long career, Sapio has worked with legends from all genres, mastered the art of collaboration, […]

After more than a decade, The Autumn Defense will return with Here and Nowhere, their long-anticipated sixth studio album slated for an October 10 release on Yep Roc Records. They have shared the first single “The Ones,” a track built on emotional contradictions with a gentle, easygoing feel that belies unsettled lyrics. Of the song, Pat Sasone offers: “‘The Ones’ is a meditation on […]

George Green is a 32-year-old artist based in Cyprus. The songs that he makes are made entirely by himself as a songwriter, musician, singer, and producer. With over a decade of recording under his belt, Green has established a raw sound he can call his own, and that uniqueness is evident on his latest release.  […]

London Missile is an experimental pop duo formed in early 2011 by Joshua Spicer and Chris Gunter. What originally started as a sound more akin to 80s synth wave has slowly shifted over the duo’s 14-year partnership into lush cacophonies of ethereal voices cascading down a fuzzy wall of droning harmonies and rhythms that have […]

If you’re searching for insights into the state of the human condition in 2025, look no further than Puff of Smoke (due out August 1st via Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers), the highly anticipated ninth album of original music from Grammy-nominated progressive Americana trio The Wood Brothers. Less a literal soundtrack to uncertain times or a roadmap […]