The Anti-Queens have announced spring tour dates for Ontario and Quebec. The tour starts on May 12 in St. Catharines, Ontario and wraps up with their performance at Pouzza Fest in Montreal on May 16. MakeWar and The Iron Roses will be joining them on all dates and will also be playing Pouzza this year. Tickets go on sale on January 16. The Anti-Queens will be touring Europe with Melonball in March and released their album Disenchanted in 2024. Check out the dates below.

London, UK-based synth-punks Powerplant have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Bridge of Sacrifice and will be out on February 13 via Arcane Dynamics. The band has also released a video for the title track which was directed by Hani Hooper and Powerplant. Powerplant released their EP Heat and their single Crashing Cars in 2025. Check out the video and tracklist below.

<p>Normally, we don’t dig too far in the past for a news item, but given that this was a dead-drop at midnight on Sunday and deserves far more attention than it got, we’re breaking the rules for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Why? Well, Cronin earned that right by being one of the best voices to emerge from the Irish Horror Revival — all you need to know that’s true is a copy of Evil Dead Rise, one of the gnarliest, […]</p>
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Toronto-based dance-punk trio Gaijin Smash have released a new song. It is called “Mountain” and is off their upcoming EP Humans which will be out on July 2. The song comes along with a performance video which was created by Pedja Milosavljević. Gaijin Smash released their debut EP Play Date in 2020. Check out the song below.

Bandcamp has announced that it will not permit any AI-generated music on its platform. Bandcamp announced this in a statement on their official Reddit account (r/BandCamp) that reads, Happy New Year, r/bandcamp! Hope you all enjoyed the Holiday Guide (bandcamp.com/2025) and your 2025 Bandcamp recaps. Something that always strikes us as we put together a roundup like this is the sheer quantity of human creativity and passion that artists express on Bandcamp every single day. The fact that Bandcamp is home to such a vibrant community of real people making incredible music is something we want to protect and maintain. Today, in line with that goal, we’re articulating our policy on generative AI. We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: •Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.  •Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement. If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team**. We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated.** We will be sure to communicate any updates to the policy as the rapidly changing generative AI space develops. Given the response around this to our previous posts, we hope this news is welcomed. We wish you all an amazing 2026. Thank you. Bandcamp Support AI-generated music is prevalent on streaming services with AI artists popping up on platforms like Spotify, who replaced King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard with an AI version of the band after they left the platform in 2025 and where AI-generated artists like Sienna Rose, The Velvet Sundown, and Broken Avenue have been charting. Bandcamp will be running Bandcamp Fridays eight times this year: February 6, March 6, May 1, August 7, September 4, October 2, November 6, and December 4.