As expected, Shudder to Think is extending its recent reunion with its first U.S. tour since 2008. The group will play nine shows this fall, beginning Sept. 19 at Riot Fest in Chicago, and will wind its way back to Los Angeles for a Nov. 11 finale. Tickets go on sale Friday (Aug. 22). Beloved…
The modern glam rock resurgence can be attributed to a few bands, though it was The Darkness in the early 2000s that gave the movement weight. While bands like Starcrawler, Maneskin, and Temples are continuing what The Darkness started, it’s Britain’s The Struts that are igniting the real fire in the genre. The Struts formed…
When I caught up with deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-August, it’s raining in Toronto and one of his three cats, Peanut, is going a little crazy with the thunderstorm outside. Zimmerman has been in the basement, where he’s been trying to resolve a developer challenge, before he emerges to speak to…
Wisconsinite drummer Butch Vig, Nebraskan guitarist Duke Erikson, and Minnesotan guitarist Steve Marker met in the late ’70s in Madison, Wisconsin. Although Erikson and Vig’s bands Spooner and Fire Town each released a couple of well-received albums, it was really Smart Studios, which Vig and Marker founded in Madison in 1983, that made the Midwestern…
After a celebratory inaugural edition over the weekend at Cottonwood Meadows in Buena Vista, Co., King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s Field of Vision festival will return to the same site in 2026 on dates to be announced. According to organizers, fans traveled from more than 50 different countries to attend the event, which featured…
Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin featuring DJ Snake, Ricky Martin, Sabrina Carpenter and sombr are the first performers set for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held Sept. 7 at Long Island, N.Y.’s USB Arena and broadcast live on CBS. Rhymes will receive the MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award…
“When we’re writing a song or recording a song, I think we have a pretty good internal quality control of, ‘Is this good?’ or ‘Is this exciting?’ versus ‘This feels forced’ or ‘This doesn’t feel natural,’ ” Mac McCaughan says, explaining how Superchunk have, maybe consciously or maybe not, maintained their high musical standards across…
The last time I saw John Power, frontperson of Cast, was at a mutual friend’s wedding, where he was throwing up out of the hotel window. That was 24 years ago. When I remind him, he says, “Well, you know, those were hedonistic days.” Power doesn’t look any worse for wear. Cast just finished opening…
Radiohead is turning back the clock for a look at material from its 2003 album Hail to the Thief, in-concert versions of which have been assembled for the just-released digital collection Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009. Mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton, the project will also be available in a…
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