Alex Bleeker, the bassist for Real Estate, has announced that he will be releasing his first book. The book is called Taste in Music: Eating On Tour with Indie Musicians and was written with food and travel writer Luke Pyenson who used to play in Frankie Cosmos. The book features stories from musicians including Bob Mould, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, The Beths, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Steve Sladkowski of PUP, Stephanie Philips of Big Joanie, and more. The description of the book reads, ”In addition to meditations about eating on tour, Pyenson and Bleeker have gathered illuminating and thought-provoking stories that take place on five continents, in private homes and street-side stalls, in temples of fine dining and in actual temples, backstage and in the van, early morning and late at night. Stories that deal with the best parts of touring: meaningful cultural exchange, hospitality-induced euphoria, and the opportunity to build relationships around the world. And the worst: loneliness, exhaustion, estrangement from family and friends, struggles with disordered eating, and unsteady access to medical care.” It will be out on September 24 via Chronicle Books. See the full list of artists involved below.

<p>Enough with the ditties about “April showers” — let’s talk about April’s Bloom Fest instead. A new showcase of Boston music takes root in Cambridge this weekend, gathering area rappers, DJs, and R&B acts in the name of “Earth’s greatest plant.” (Which would sound like a riddle, were the event not taking place at a venue owned by Diaspora, a members-only cannabis club). Bloom Fest is scheduled for this Saturday (April 13) at the Harvard Square event space Dx @Dunster, […]</p>
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The Penske File have announced European tour dates for this spring. The band released their album Half Glow in 2023 and will be playing Pouzza Fest in Montreal in May. Check out the dates below.

<p>We’ve become so much better off as a society ever since James McAvoy embraced the fact that he is a brilliant heel and started leaning into absurd and evil roles. Case in point: The trailer for James Watkins’ Speak No Evil, a remake of the 2022 Danish flick of the same name that made some waves when it hit the festival circuit over here. Universal hit the CinemaCon stage on Wednesday night and dropped a full-length preview for the upcoming […]</p>
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Today we are extremely excited to bring you the premiere of the new album by Milwaukee-based post-hardcore band Garden Home! The album is self-titled and features ripping eight tracks including their three previously released singles “The Worst of It”, “Past Life”, and “Not Today”. We caught up with the band to hear what went into creating each track and the meaning behind each song. Garden Home will be out everywhere on April 12 (tomorrow!) via Thumbs Up Records and you can pre-save it right here. Listen to the album and read the track-by-track breakdown below!

Baltimore-based hardcore punks Doubt have announced that they’ve signed to Get Better Records and have also released their first single on the label. The song is called “Delusion” and is available digitally now. Doubt released their split with Harm Assist in 2023 and released their Demo in 2022. Check out the song below.

Thursday have announced that they will be releasing their first new song in 13 years. It is called “Application For Release From The Dream” and will be out at midnight tonight. The song is also the band’s first release in 25 years to be released without a record label. The band announced this in a statement on Instagram that reads, ”Tonight we release our first song in 13 years. It’s also our first release in 25 years WITHOUT a record label. That’s 25 years since we set out in a small white van to play basements and VFW Halls — attics, kitchens and back yards — with a bunch of burned CDRs marked in black Sharpie: “Summer Tour ‘99.” In those 25 years, there were so many highway breakdowns, so many emergency rooms, run-ins with the law. So much time laughing in the studio, so many hours huddled together backstage or loading gear in the rain. And yes, 25 years of legal disputes and public blowouts. But now we are free. Free to make our own mistakes. Free to turn this band into whatever we dream it to be, whether we want to make it a collective of rotating members, a small cottage industry, a publishing house, a record label, or just a group of friends still having fun together after all these years. So tonight we step on stage at a tiny independent venue like we would’ve played when we were releasing Full Collapse (23 years ago this week) or again when we released No Devolucion (13 years ago this week). The kind of place we hope we get to keep playing at for as long as they’ll have us. Because no matter the size of the stages we’ve played in those 25 years, we remain— at heart — a small band, a bunch of kids still screaming in a basement. But we’re your small band and we love you. Thanks for everything. We’ll see you at midnight, in your time zone.” Thursday released No Devolución in 2011. Check out the post in full below.

Angel Du$t and End It have announced a handful of US shows together. The shows will take place in May and June. Both bands will also be supporting Drain on their upcoming tour which begins in May. Angel Du$t released YAK: A Collection of Truck Songs in 2021 and will be touring touring Europe and the UK starting in late June. End It released Unpleasant Living in 2022. Check out the dates below.

<p>As someone who has deemed himself “pretty close to becoming an old man,” Chad Daniels still gets excited about playing new stages. Now, playing a new stage that is also iconic just makes it that much sweeter. In his leveled-up return to Boston, which finds him at The Wilbur on Friday (April 12) after years of performing in club settings in the city, Daniels is finally realizing a long-standing goal of his after years of watching some of comedy’s biggest […]</p>
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Fiddlehead have announced US tour dates for this summer. Gel, Graham Hunt, Nuclear Daisies, Milly, and Touch Girl Apple Blossom will be joining them on select dates. These dates join their previously announced dates with Fleshwater. Fiddlehead released Death Is Nothing To Us in 2023. Check out the dates below.