<p>Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series spotlighting the bands and artists playing this year’s NICE, a fest. With 49 live performances over three days and two venues — July 28 to 30 at Somerville’s Crystal Ballroom and The Rockwell — there’s a lot going on, but consider this your compass to the NICE-est weekend imaginable. Get ticket info here, and check out our continued coverage of the festival. Mallcops When and Where: Saturday, July 30 at 8:45 p.m. at […]</p>
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<p>Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series spotlighting the bands and artists playing this year’s NICE, a fest. With 49 live performances over three days and two venues — July 28 to 30 at Somerville’s Crystal Ballroom and The Rockwell — there’s a lot going on, but consider this your compass to the NICE-est weekend imaginable. Get ticket info here, and check out our continued coverage of the festival. layzi When and Where: Saturday, July 30 at 3:15 p.m. at […]</p>
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<p>Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series spotlighting the bands and artists playing this year’s NICE, a fest. With 49 live performances over three days and two venues — July 28 to 30 at Somerville’s Crystal Ballroom and The Rockwell — there’s a lot going on, but consider this your compass to the NICE-est weekend imaginable. Get ticket info here, and check out our continued coverage of the festival. Bad Idea USA When and Where: Saturday, July 30 at 5 […]</p>
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The Avengers have announced West Coast tour dates for this fall. These dates join their previously announced summer tour dates for the US East Coast, the UK, and Germany. Check out the new dates below.

Alice Bag, Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's, Jackie Fox of The Runaways, Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks, Kelly Ogden of The Dollyrots, Paul Roessler of The Screamers, Anthony Carone of Arkells, Sara Norman & Violeta Hinojosa of Lucia Y Los Alfileres, Damon De La Paz of Los Pinche Pinches, and Mikey Hawdon of Fairmounts have teamed up to cover "Head Over Heels" by The Go-Go's. The video was edited by Michael Crusty at Crusty Media. The cover is a part of Mikey Hawdon's Mikey and His Uke YouTube series. Check out the video below.

High Vis have released a lyric video for their new single "Blending". The video was created by Dan Darby. The song is off their album of the same name due out September 9 via Dais Records. High Vis released No Sense No Feeling in 2019. Check out the lyric video below.

The Bombpops have announced that they will be dropping off their upcoming summer tour with The Last Gang due to a health issue within vocalist and guitarist Jen Pop's family. The band will still be playing their three Californian shows as well as Riot Fest and Four Chords. A statement released by the band on Instagram reads, "Friends. Jen Pop here. I'm sorry to share that The Bombpops will not be able to embark on our headlining tour next month. Being in a van for six weeks is impossible due to a close family member's health issue. I need to stay close to home and keep trips short to assist my family for the time being. We will keep the two dates at the beginning of the tour because they are local, as well as the LA at the end. Additionally, we will be playing Riot Fest and Four Chords because we can fly in. Thank you for your support and understanding while I support my family." The Bombpops released Death in Venice Beach in 2020. Check out the dates below.

Bikini Kill have announced the postponement of four more shows on their ongoing North American tour. The shows affected are July 15 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston, July 16 at Higher Ground Burlington in Burlington, July 18 at MTelus in Montreal, and July 19 and 20 at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. The band announced this in a statement on Twitter that reads, "Unfortunately due to our ongoing illness situation, we will also be unable to play our upcoming shows in Boston, Burlington, Montreal, and July 19 and 20 at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. These shows will be postponed with more info on the rescheduled dates coming soon. Please contact your local venue for any questions regarding your tickets. We are still hopeful the remaining dates will happen as planned." Bikini Kill postponed three US shows two days ago and cancelled cancelled five US shows and their European tour in June due to positive COVID cases in the band.

Pinkshift have announced that they will be releasing their debut full-length album. The album is called Love Me Forever and will be out October 21 via Hopeless Records. The band have also released a lyric video for their new song "i'm not crying, you're crying" that was edited by their guitarist Paul Vallejo. Pinkshift released their EP Saccharine in 2021. Check out the video and tracklist below.

Keith Morris, singer for OFF!, recently did a lengthy interview with RVA magazine. In the interview, he revealed some new details about OFF!'s upcoming fourth album.Morris stated that the release will be out in September on Fat Possum (who just handled all of the band's reissues). The album will be called Free LSD and also will have a full length movie associated with it. The film is currently in post-production. We;ll keep you updated.