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Afropunk Brooklyn announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – Afropunk Brooklyn has announced its 2016 lineup. The festival, which is set to take place Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene on August 27th and 28th, will feature performances by Ice Cube, Flying Lotus, The Internet, Thundercat, Angel Haze, Saul Williams Benjamin Booker, Skunk Anansie, Skye & Ross from Morcheeba, Galant, SPZRKT and many … Continue reading

Guitar Kurt Cobain played on final Nirvana tour is up for auction

By: Curtis Sindrey – A black-and-white left-handed Fender Stratocaster used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band’s final tour – specifically their February 16th, 1994 gig in Rennes, France – is going up for auction. The guitar, which is project to sell for $140,000, was posted on the auction house Cooper Owen on April 12th. “This is what I … Continue reading

Watch Run The Jewels’ new music video for “Love Again”

By: Staff – Run The Jewels have followed up their devastating main stage Coachella performance this weekend with the release of a new music video for “Love Again (feat. Gangsta Boo),” from their groundbreaking sophomore album, Run The Jewels 2. Watch it below. Produced by JASH and Pulse Films for go90, the Ninian Doff-directed clip pairs beautiful HD footage of butterflies and bumblebees engaging in colorful floral … Continue reading

Watch the new music video for The Kills’ “Heart Of A Dog”

By: Staff – The Kills have unveiled a new music video for their new track “Heart Of A Dog”, which they premiered on the Coachella festival live stream immediately before their blistering energetic performance on Friday evening. The video was directed by Sophie Muller who has worked with the band in the past (“U.R.A Fever,” “Cheap and Cheerful,” “Last Days of Magic” and … Continue reading

James Bay announces fall tour

By: Staff – GRAMMY-nominated UK troubadour James Bay has announced a North American fall headline tour. The tour begins September 14th at CEPSUM in Montreal and wraps up on October 8th at the Arvest Bank Theatre in Kansas City. Tickets go on-sale starting Friday, April 22nd at 10am local time. The full itinerary can be found below. In between a string of … Continue reading

Much announces first performers for 2016 IHEARTRADIO MMVAs

By: Staff – Much announced today the evolution of Canada’s most iconic street level music awards show into The IHEARTRADIO Much Music Video Awards. The rename is the next step in the introduction of iHeartRadio into Canada prior to its official launch later this year. It was also confirmed today that the first group of A-listers descending on Much to … Continue reading

Letlive announce new album “If I’m The Devil…”

By: Staff – Los Angeles punk band Letlive has announced the release of their fourth studio album entitled If I’m The Devil…, which is set for release on June 10th. The album is the follow up to Letlive’s critically-acclaimed 2013 release, The Blackest Beautiful, and the time spent between that and 2016 are defined by the band’s engagement with the … Continue reading

Pemberton Music Festival announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – The Pemberton Music Festival, which is set to take place from July 14-17, has announced its 2016 lineup. Headlining this year’s festival will be acclaimed alt rock band Pearl Jam, who will also be appearing at Bonnaroo this summer. Other announced artists include: J. Cole, Kaskade, Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Wiz Khalifa, Ice … Continue reading

Sigur Ros announce 2016 North American tour

By: Staff – Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós have announced an upcoming North American tour this fall.  For the first time in their career, the band will be touring without a support act*, instead offering the audience two sets (+ intermission) starting from 8:30pm sharp at each show. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 8th at 9am PST/12pm EST (with the exception of 9/24 at Hollywood Bowl, which … Continue reading

Holy Fuck announce North American tour

By: Staff – Toronto-based electronic band Holy Fuck have announced a batch of North American tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, Congrats, on May 27th via Innovative Leisure. See full list of tour dates below. Holy Fuck took the world by surprise around 2005 because there was just nothing like them-a hardcore thrift-store … Continue reading