<p>If there’s one lesson we’ve all learned over the last decade, it’s that intellectual property is king. As consumers, we’re its subjects, and the navel-gazing nostalgia that now defines so much of Walt Disney Studios’ output is it’s blessing and curse. Sure, remakes like Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid saved the company from its early-’10s collapse – better to stuff up the schedule with easily-recognizable and shareholder-oriented properties with proven franchise potential than to squander it on Mars Needs Moms […]</p>
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On The Cinder have announced US tour dates for this summer. The band released their EP Sedentary Escape in 2021. Check out the dates below.

Joe Gittleman and Bad Operation will be releasing a split EP together. It will be the fourth edition of Bad Time Records’ Wavebreaker series and will feature 6 songs – three from each band. The EP will be out everywhere on June 16. Two songs have also been released – “Carrie O” by Joe Gittleman featuring Sean Rogan, Ryan O’Connor, Paul E Cutler, and Dan Stoppelman of Big D and the Kids Table and “What Keeps Us Moving” by Bad Operation. Check out the songs and tracklist below.

Boris and Uniform have released a video for their new song “Not Surprised”. The video was created by A.F. Cortes. The song is off their upcoming collaborative album Bright New Disease which will be out on June 16 via Sacred Bones Records. Check out the video below.

The Pink Spiders have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called FREAKAZOID and will be out on July 7 via Pure Noise Records. The band has also released a video for their song “Devotion”. The video was directed and edited by Perry Bean. The Pink Spiders released their album Mutations in 2018. Check out the video below.

Los Angeles-based D.A. Stern has released a video for his new song “Red Front Door”. The video was created by Brad McLean. D.A. Stern released his EP People Named Ben in 2021. Check out the video below.

Danzig has US tour dates to celebrate 35 years of his 1988 debut solo album Danzig. Behemoth, Twin Temple, and Midnight will be joining on all dates. A statement released along with the dates reads in part, “These will be the only Danzig shows for the foreseeable future, so do not miss this opportunity”. Tickets go on sale June 2. Danzig last released Danzig Sings Elvis in 2020. Check out the dates below.

The Dirty Nil have released a video for their new song “Blowing Up Things in the Woods”. The video stars B.A. Johnston and was directed and edited by Mitch Barnes. The song is off their album Free Rein to Passions which is out now. The Dirty Nil will be touring Canada and the US with Daniel Romano’s Outfit starting in June, playing Rock The Park in London, Ontario in July, and touring the UK in the summer. Check out the video below.

Middle-Aged Queers have released a new song. It is called “This Song Is Sponsored By Absolut Vodka” and critiques the commercialization of Pride Month. The song originally appeared on the benefit comp Punk Rock Saves Lives…the Album! Vol. II and is available digitally now. Middle-Aged Queers will be playing Punk Rock Bowling this weekend, touring the US this summer, and playing Fest in October. The band released their album Shout At The Hetero in 2022. Check out the song below.

<p>English musician Arlo Parks has returned with My Soft Machine, the follow-up to 2021 debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, and it’s anything but a sophomore slump. The Transgressive Records release is equal parts cool and vulnerable, building on the lyrical artistry Parks has become known for. Prior to the album’s release, Parks dropped five singles, with “Pegasus,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, drawing in a lot of buzz. But some of the album’s highlights are in the deep cuts, such as the […]</p>
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