Archive: 2025

We here at the Caustic Factory hope everyone reading had a terrific holiday and an easy transition back into reality, but it is time to get back to business. While we took last week to oil our machinery and fine-tune any loose screws, we are firing everything back up to round out what was a […]

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When the Swedish new-wave indie band Cat Princess disbanded in 2020, founder, songwriter, and guitarist Rocky 3000 suddenly found himself a free agent in the Stockholm music market. To stay in shape during the transfer window, he started playing with friends Joakim Almén, Patrik Eklund, and Markus Ljungholm — who, back in 2019, had been […]

Straddling the boundary between discordance and serenity, Rude Films contrast light and dark to craft alt-rock that is foreboding yet hopeful. Since 2018, they’ve occupied the dank mills of Manchester, heavily inspired by their precursors but determined to carve out their own sound. With a shared love of guitar pedals, they blend elements of shoegaze, […]

Amyl and The Sniffers are heading back to North American soil this summer with a run of dates kicking off at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre and including stops in several North American cities, Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and wrapping up at Minneapolis’s Surly Brewing Festival.  The tour adds to a maelstrom of activity from Amyl […]

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When it comes to the formation of hardcore punk and the storied careers that we’ve explored since this vicious form of rock music was birthed during this column, most, if not all, of these bands have a select few forerunners to thank. Sure, some bands popularized the genre and went on to become its poster […]

Steve Cropper, one of the most quietly influential figures in American music — a guitarist, songwriter, and producer whose playing and direction influenced the sound of soul, R&B, and early rock died today at age 84. Born in Missouri in 1941 and raised in Memphis, Cropper co-founded Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Stax Records’ legendary […]

On November 14, just as the world was slowing down for the impending holiday, legendary Americana outfit Drive-By Truckers celebrated an iconic release with a proper reissue. Decoration Day, the critically acclaimed LP from Drive-By Truckers, was released in 2003, and the band has never looked back. Featuring wildly popular hits like the title track […]

In the 60 years since its release, the Beatles’ Rubber Soul (12/3/65) has come to be regarded as one of the pinnacles of the Liverpudlians’ discography. But, sacrilegious as it may sound, innovative instrumentation and production barely offset the erratic quality of the original material. Composed to meet the contractual obligation of another full-length long player just […]

These five films are different in tone (some are cozy, some are sharp, some are quietly devastating), but they share one theme: love doesn’t begin in perfection. It begins in friction—distance, timing, misunderstandings, and the very human gap between who we are online and who we are on a random Tuesday evening. This review was […]

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There was that one time, maybe 15 or 20 years ago, when Rush’s Geddy Lee offered up some winter advice. Being from Canada doesn’t automatically make you the next Bobby Hull, but Geddy has always had a knack for showing his humorous side. Catch him here as he shares a few winter safety tips – […]

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Motion II is the second batch of tracks from the session that produced last year’s highly acclaimed Motion I (covered here). In 2024, Blue Note celebrated its 85th birthday with a touring quintet of its leading contemporary musicians. At some point during the grueling tour, the members found time to enter a Hollywood studio to […]

 The legacy of Brent Mydland continues to grow with this latest edition of the ongoing Grateful Dead archive series. The departure of Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux in 1979 opened up an opportunity for the iconic band to reconfigure its chemistry dramatically and, as evidenced by the two nearly-complete shows comprising Rainbow Theatre, London, England […]

The newest archival release from the estate of Dr. John is a double disc of live New Orleans R&B. Directly titled Live at the Village Gate, it is a previously unissued performance of the good doctor fronting an eight-piece band that played the historic NYC venue on March 5, 1988.   The 80s were not a […]

Phish are excited to announce their return to Sphere in Las Vegas next year for nine shows, set for April 16-18, April 23-25, and April 30-May 2. A ticket request period is now underway at tickets.phish.com and will continue through 9:00 am PT / 12:00 noon ET on Monday, December 8. All remaining tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, […]

Today, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard has announced the return of their festival, Field of Vision II which will take place once again at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, Colorado on August 14-16.  The band will also perform at a three night residency at Forest Hills Stadium in New York on August 20-22. These are the only dates the band are announcing […]

Tyler Childers will return to the road with 2026’s Snipe Hunt, including stops at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion, Birmingham’s Coca-Cola Amphitheater, Boulder’s Folsom Field, Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and Portland’s Moda Center among others. See below for complete itinerary, presented by LN and FPC Live. To participate in Childers’ Artist Pre-sale for the new shows, which will feature […]