Rogue Wave Resurface With Sub Pop Reissues

Rogue Wave Resurface With Sub Pop Reissues

Bay Area-reared indie rock outfit Rogue Wave will reissue its first two albums, Out of the Shadow and Descended Like Vultures, in expanded editions through former label Sub Pop on March 27. New colored vinyl pressings of both projects with their original track lists are also available for pre-order. Out of the Shadow was initially…

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Tool, My Chemical Romance Set For Sonic Temple

Tool, My Chemical Romance Set For Sonic Temple

Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown and Bring Me the Horizon will headline the next Sonic Temple festival at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Oh., which will take place May 14-17. Pierce the Veil, Breaking Benjamin, the Offspring, Staind, Good Charlotte, Godsmack and Megadeth will further anchor the bill. Sonic Temple drew 175,000 fans to this…

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‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

The members of Bay Area hip-hop group Souls of Mischief—Tajai, Phesto, A-Plus and Opio—were still in high school when they started recording with fellow Hieroglyphics crewmate Del the Funky Homosapien. They were so young, in fact, they needed their parents’ permission to participate in an overnight recording session for “Burnt,” the B-side to Del’s “Mistadobalina.”…

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Cowboy Junkies Ride Unplugged… Again

Cowboy Junkies Ride Unplugged… Again

Time has not diluted the Cowboy Junkies’ dreamy mix of tempestuous torch songs and soup-for-the-soul soundscapes, but it has given it a naturally more seasoned feel and bittersweet bite that fans (and those who only knew their music in the ’80s and ’90s) should appreciate.  The Canadian band’s latest reintroduces and reimagines one of their…

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Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Tortoise. (Credit: Heather Cantrell) Tortoise has done a lot in their 30+ years as a band. In the ‘90s, they became standard-bearers of the Chicago scene, their unusual instrumentation (three percussionists, two bassists) and eclectic palette (jazz, dub, EDM, prog) helping define a major wing of the instrumental post-rock genre. Their expansive 1998 album, TNT,…

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Rosalía Gets Surreal In ‘Berghain’ Video

Rosalía Gets Surreal In ‘Berghain’ Video

Rosalía delivers a stunning first sample from her upcoming Columbia album, LUX, in the form of the Nicolás Méndez-directed, Warsaw-set video for “Berghain,” which features vocals from Björk and Yves Tumor. In the highly surreal clip, Rosalía is enveloped first by orchestra musicians and then a menagerie of animals as she moves from her apartment…

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