<p>Ever wonder what Colin Meloy’s up to these days, aside from writing 20-minute tracks about Joan of Arc? Would it surprise you to learn that the Decemberists frontman has had a successful second career as a writer of young adult fiction (gorgeously illustrated, we might add, by the artist Carson Ellis, who just so happens to be his partner)? No? Not in the slightest? Yeah, we figured. That’s a fitting evolution for a lyrical storyteller, and few of his contemporaries […]</p>
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…or Does It Explode? have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Realities Disguised as Symbols and will be out on June 18. Three songs from the album have also been released: “Instincts”, “False Premise”, and “Baby’s First Rorschach Test”. …Or Does It Explode? will be playing a handful of US shows to celebrate the release in June. The band released their album Tales to Needed Outcomes along with their EP Swan in 2025. Check out the songs, tracklist, and dates below.

<p>If you’re in search of a comedy show this weekend that brings heart, humor, and zero flying fucks all for the love of the game, let Ryan Sickler be your stand-up shaman in the Seaport. For three shows this weekend starting on Friday (May 15) at Laugh Boston, Sickler looks forward to doing what he does he best as he highlights the lowlights with his vibe-forward approach to stand-up while delivering some of the most personal, up front and honest […]</p>
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Brian Fallon has released videos for two new songs, “Not Bad for New Jersey” and “Better Before”. Both songs are available digitally now via his own label Lesser Known Records. Brian Fallon and his band The Painkillers will be playing a handful of shows in the US this June. Brian Fallon released Night Divine in 2021. Check out the videos and dates below.

Today, we are extremely excited to bring you the premiere of the new video by Hans Gruber and the Die Hards! The video is for their song "Bedbug Bailout" and was created by Ian Joseph Greene of Emerald Bean Productions. Speaking to Punknews about the song and video, the band said, "'Bedbug Bailout' started as a song during the pandemic as we were frustrated that these large corporate bailouts were happening, yet none of the benefits were passed down to the people. We all watched as countless politicians lined their pockets with stock benefits and tax breaks, as the rest of the United States struggled to survive. Rosey scoffed at the prospect and jokingly asked why the bedbugs weren't getting a bailout as well, after all, the hotels weren't being used, and the song pretty much wrote itself from there. Ian Joseph Greene, of Emerald Bean Productions, reached out to us in 2023 asking if we had any songs he could make a stop motion music video for. We were ecstatic at the chance to have something in stop motion; the clay figures added to the disgusting element of the Bedbugs in the aforementioned song, so Ian and his partner, Dustin Pesonen, went on from there. I reached out to Ian to see if he had anything more to add and he said, 'I slowly worked on it on and off for two years, and in the end, we had to burn all our bedding and clothes once we were done with this one.'" "Bedbug Bailout" is off Hans Gruber and the Die Hards' album Or Hans Gruber and the Die Hards which was released earlier this year. Watch the video below!