Al Park puts an exclamation point on a milestone year with album recording

<p>After 10 years of being on the stand-up grind, 2022 was the year that Al Park took the leap and decided it was time to go full-time in comedy. And with a decade of work in the bank, he’s putting the final touch on a milestone year by putting his best stuff on record. With two shows at The Rockwell Theatre on Saturday (December 10), Park will reach the milestone of recording his first album. It’s been a decade in […]</p>
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‘The Whale’ Review: Brendan Fraser can only do so much

<p>Editor’s Note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage on-site at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Read through our full slate of reviews from TIFF 2022, as well as our official preview, and revisit our complete archives of this year and past festivals.  *** Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Darren Aronofsky makes a massive — and I mean massive — box office failure centrally constructed around his passion for his lead, and, after spending a few years lying low, returns with a small-scale […]</p>
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New Pat Decline Single!

<p>Struggle 2 Adjust is the first new single from Pat Decline since his debut album Nine Lives in 2020. Pat, who can usually be found fronting Perth’s skate-punk troubadours The Decline, teamed up with producers Brody Simpson & Mark McEwen to bring this alt-rock, power-pop tune to life. Struggle 2 Adjust by PAT DECLINE “We all had a lot of shows cancel in 2020 and I found myself writing a lot of songs to fill that void” explains Pat “Struggle 2 Adjust is about how weird and upside down life got for a little bit there, and fittingly, it took […]</p>
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Nate Bargatze announces new Amazon stand-up special ‘Hello World’

<p>Having traveled the world over and sold out stages of all shapes and sizes, by no means does Nate Bargatze need an introduction. However, he’s still taking the time in the early innings of 2023 to say “Hello, World.” As announced today (December 8), Bargatze will be bringing his critically-acclaimed powerhouse comedy to Amazon Prime Video in the new year with his fourth hour-long special, Hello World, which is set to premiere on January 31. It will be his first […]</p>
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Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson postpone three shows

The first three dates of Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson’s upcoming tour (where they'll be playing some Neil Young covers) have been postponed. The shows are being postponed due to Laura Stevenson contracting COVID-19. The shows affected are December 9 in Chicago, December 10 in Detroit, and December 11 in Toronto. The rest of the scheduled shows are not affected and will resume on December 15 in Boston. New dates for the postponed shows will be announced soon and all previously purchased tickets will remain valid. Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson released their second EP of Neil Young covers Younger Still earlier this year.

Videos: Russkaja: "No Borders"

Austrian ska punk/metal band Russkaja have released a video for their new song “No Borders”. The song is off their upcoming album Turbo Polka Party due out February 3 via Napalm Records. Russkaja released No One Is Illegal in 2019. Check out the video below.

Videos: Paramore: "The News"

Paramore has released a video for their new song “The News”. The video was co-directed by Mike Kluge and Matthew DeLisi. The song is off their upcoming album This Is Why which will be out on February 10. Paramore will be touring Ireland and the UK and North America next year and released After Laughter in 2017. Check out the video below.

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie unveil 20th anniversary album tour

<p>The year 2003 was a busy one for Ben Gibbard. In February, his celebrated electronic-pop project The Postal Service released its debut and only album Give Up, followed by emo stalwarts Death Cab for Cutie issuing Transatlanticism that October. With the 20th anniversary for both fast approaching, The Postal Service and Death Cab are teaming up for a co-headlining North American tour that will find Gibbard pulling blissful double-duty across 17 shows, performing Give Up and Transatlanticism in full. The […]</p>
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Space Age Zeros release lyric video for “Wishing Well”

Chicago area power pop / pop punk hybrid Space Age Zeros have released a lyric video for their song “Wishing Well.” The track comes from their debut EP Blast Off! which was released on Ramonescore Radio Records on November 30. The video can be viewed below.