Jet Black (aka Brian Duffy), drummer and founding member of The Stranglers, has passed away. He was 84 years old and passed away at his home in Wales on December 6 following “years of ill health”. The band announced his passing in a statement that reads In part, ”It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear friend, colleague and band elder statesman Jet Black. Jet died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Fond adieu, fly straight JB.x” The Stranglers formed in 1974 and Jet Black retired from performing live with the band in 2015 due to declining health. He played on 19 out of 20 Stranglers albums with the last one he played on being 2012’s Giants. We send our condolences to his family, friends, and fans. Read tributes from the band members below.

<p>Ant Thomas doesn’t shy away from checking his privilege — and he hopes you don’t, either. The Boston artist crafts a reflective “Shakespearean experience” with his new EP Privilege Pack, released this past Sunday (December 4) after a year of rolling out each “act” individually. The five-track EP uses Thomas’ vibrant hip-hop to explain what is (and more notably, what isn’t) guaranteed in life, exploring layers like “lack of privilege, earning privilege, having privilege, and losing privilege.” As someone who’s […]</p>
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<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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Lagwagon added a few more dates to their rescheduled tour in Japan for April 2023, see below. Tickets to this run of dates are already on sale. Lagwagon released Railer in 2019.

<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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<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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<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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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.

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.

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.