Horace Pinker have released a new single. It's called "Three Against Me." Their new album Now and the Future is out September 12. You can hear the new tune below.

<p>You know that parking area across from the Sinclair? That godsend of a lot reserved for when you’ve already circled Harvard Square three times and haven’t found an inch of available pavement, let alone a legal parking spot? That’s the new home of No Hype Fest, the annual summer music bash organized by Boston DJ duo SuperSmashBroz (pictured above). After shifting to Artists for Humanity in Dorchester last year, the festival sets up in Cambridge for the first time on […]</p>
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<p>You know you’re in for a good time when, at the start of Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, you get a tongue-in-cheek yet still deathly-earnest montage of the sun rising over New York set to “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’” from Oklahoma. It’s a tip of the hat to the film’s subject matter (provided that you’ve been forced to watch Oklahoma as often as I have been over the last three decades), mostly preserved by screenwriter Alan Fox in his […]</p>
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<p>Unless the studio spends extra on someone like Jim Cameron (either as screenwriter or director), most action franchises benefit from consistency. Timo Tjahjanto’s Nobody 2 sees that logic and then uses its face to play Whack-a-Mole, much like Bob Odenkirk does in one of the film’s fight scenes. When the delays stacked up and Ilya Naishuller, director of the first installment, moved on to make an off-brand Has Fallen movie for Prime Video (it’s weird that they’ve had two of […]</p>
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Days On Parade have released a new song. It is called “Cavity” and is available digitally now. Days On Parade released their EP Look Alive! in 2024. Check out the song below.

Quebec-based POP Montreal has added more bands to this year’s festival. Casper Skulls, Slash Need, Pool Kids, PONY, Miesha and the Spanks, Holy Fuck, Ribbon Skirt, fanclubwallet, Truth Club, Ducks Ltd, and Shunk are among the bands announced. They join the previously announced lineup which includes TEKE::TEKE, No Joy, Lankum, U.S. Girls, Fat Dog, PISS, and Les Shirley.POP Montreal will take place in Montreal on September 24-28. Check out the poster in full below.

Alien Boy has announced tour dates for this fall. Empath will be joining them on the majority of dates excepting their September 11 and 12 shows. The tour will begin on September 11 in Seattle, Washington, and will wrap up on October 20 in Chicago, Illinois. Alien Boy released their album You Wanna Fade? earlier this year. Check out the dates below.

Atsuko Chiba have released a video for their new song “Climax Therapy”. The video was directed by Anthony Piazza. The song is available along with their previously released song “Pope’s Cocaine” as a maxi-single via Mothland. Atsuko Chiba released their record Water, It Feels Like Its Growing in 2023. Check out the video below.

Treaty Six Territory (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)-based grunge-infused punk rockers Dead Ex Girlfriends have announced that they will be releasing their debut album. It is called take me to the after party and will be out on September 12. The album features seven new tracks, including their previously released singles “sober up.” And “not the one.” Check out the tracklist below.

Cheap Perfume have released a new song called “Okay Party”. The song is off their upcoming album Don’t Care. Didn’t Ask. which will be out on October 3 via Snappy Little Numbers. Cheap Perfume released their album Burn It Down in 2019. Check out the song below.