<p>Midwest band Church Tongue have announced they have signed to Pure Noise Records and will release EP “You’ll Know It Was Me” on 14th February 2025. The 6 track EP continues its complex, uncompromising and emotionally charged sound with guest features from Colin Young (Hardlore…</p>
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Young Widows have announced that they will be releasing their first new album in 11 years. The album is called Power Sucker and will be out on March 21 via Temporary Residence Ltd.. The band has also released a video for their new song “Call Bullshit”. Young Widows will be touring the US in the winter and spring including a performance at Prepare The Ground in Toronto. The band released their collection album DECAYED: Ten Years of Cities, Wounds, Lightness, and Pain in 2018 and released their album Easy Pain in 2014. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

Chris Farren has announced tour dates for this May. He will be playing in the US and Canada and will end the tour at Pouzza Fest in Montreal. Chris Farren released his album Doom Singer in 2023. Check out the dates below.

Japanese Breakfast has announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) and will be out on March 21 via Dead Oceans. A lyric video for their new song “Orlando in Love” has also been released. The video was directed by frontwoman Michelle Zauner. Japanese Breakfast released Jubilee in 2021. Check out the song and tracklist below.

<p>Editor’s Note: With a brand new year comes new shows, new faces, and a new format for Vanyaland’s recurring weekly live comedy rundown, Mic’d Up. We’ll be hyping club shows, theater and arena gigs, open mics, and whatever else to help fill your free time with some much-needed laughter. The friendship between Joe List and Tom Dustin may very well be a “bromance,” but at its foundation, it is a friendship forged over years in the trenches of comedy clubs […]</p>
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<p>Move over gently Noah Kahan, there’s a new voice emerging from the scenic landscape of rural Vermont. It comes from indie singer-songwriter Lutalo, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Minnesota native who today (January 7) releases “I Figured,” a haunting fit of folk-ish post-punk that quickly follows last fall’s debut album The Academy. Lutalo, a cousin by marriage to Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, recently shared stages with Interpol and Nilüfer Yanya, and “I Figured” shines a vibrant light on the rising artist, arriving […]</p>
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Samiam, Iron Chic, and Toys That Kill have announced East Coast tour dates for May. The bands will be touring to Pouzza Fest in Montreal, Quebec. Check out the dates below.

Detroit-based hardcore festival Tied Down has announced its lineup for this year. American Nightmare, foundation, SPEED, Fiddlehead, Judge, The Mongoloids, The Hope Conspiracy, Mindforce, Never Ending Game, Big Boy, Disgrace, Gridiron, Regional Justice Center, Trial, Vamachara, The Wrong Side, Sanguisugabogg, Bad Beat, Crush Your Soul, Hold My Own, Prize Horse, D-Bloc, Combust, Holy Blade, Whispers, Scarab, Ante Up, Exit Strategy, Stereo Dynamite Records, Face the Pain, Succ, and Steamroll will be playing the festival. Tied Down will take place on May 31 and June 1 at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit, Michigan.

<p>It just feels like yesterday that all the shelves at your local drugstore were stacked to the gills with Lindt Santas, candy canes, and bags of whatever novelty mold Reese’s decided to use to shape their peanut butter cups in this Christmas season. Now, it’s all over — a brand new year, with only the bitter cold left to comfort you after the warmth of the holiday season — and all you’ve got to look forward to are MLK Day […]</p>
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