<p>There have been rumblings over the past few months that the new album from Pearl Jam could be one of the defining records of 2024. And while it’s not unusual for a band and everyone around them to declare the new stuff some of their best work ever, there was a growing buzz in music circles that this could actually be the case with Dark Matter, Pearl Jam’s 12th studio album, out April 19 via Monkeywrench and Republic. Today (February […]</p>
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NOFX have announced details for their final show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pennywise, Face to Face, Strung Out, Codefendants, Catbite, The Last Gang, and Teenage Bottlerocket will be joining them. The show will take place at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City on April 13. NOFX will be touring Japan starting in March, playing their final Texas show in April, touring Europe starting in May, will be touring North America starting in July (they recently announced details for their final Massachusetts shows), and will be playing their final shows ever in California in October. The band released Double Album in 2022.

<p>Last fall, Nation of Language released its third album in Strange Disciple, and its already showing the type of staying power that suggests we’ll still be listening to it several years from now. In the more immediate future comes word of the Brooklyn synth-pop trio’s headlining dates, which follows a tour opening for Beach Fossils, and included in the run of East Coast shows is a May 30 kickoff at Royale in Boston. In addition to all that, Nation of […]</p>
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Tied Down Festival has announced its lineup for this year. Have Heart, Drain, Youth of Today, Terror, No Pressure, Killing Time, 100 Demons, Angel Du$t, Gods Hate, Never Ending Game, Pity Sex, Soul Search, Twitching Tongues, Weekend Nachos, COA, Division of Mind, End It, Ends of Sanity, Gates to Hell, Hold My Own, Ingrown, Laid 2 Rest, Seed of Pain, Three Knee Deep, Trail of Lies, Anklebiter, Bad Beat, Balmora, Big Deal, Cosmic Joke, Fools Game, MOVE, Risk, and The Sissy Boys will be playing the festival. Tied Down Festival will take place at the Russel Industrial Center in Detroit, Michigan on June 1-2.

After being struck by a vehicle late last month, East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys has posted an update on the incident. The update was posted on Instagram and reads in part, ”Update on on being hit by a van while in a crosswalk. The driver did stop but had no insurance and only a California ID, no driver's license. Besides a fractured rib I have a slight break in my foot as a result of the accident, things will take a few weeks to heal." You can see the post in full below.

Sound and Fury Festival has announced its first wave lineup for this year. Anxious. Big Boy, Chat Pile, Clique, Demonstration of Power, Diztort, End It, Fiddlehead, Fleshwater, Full of Hell, Harms Way, Have Heart, Koyo, Kruelty, Kumo 99, One Step Closer, Outta Pocket, Prize Horse, Scarab, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Sunami, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Twitching Tongues, Volcano, Weekend Nachos, and XWeaponX will be playing. Sound and Fury will take place at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California on July 13-14.

Denver Ska Fest has announced its lineup for this year. Goldfinger, Less Than Jake, Five Iron Frenzy, Planet Smashers, Potato Pirates, Kill Lincoln, Joystick, and Sorry Sweetheart will be playing. Tickets go on sale on February 16. Denver Ska Fest will take place in Sculpture Park in Denver, Colorado on June 15.

<p>Editor’s Note: The shot clock has been reset and we’re in the early innings of a brand new year. However, we all know just how grey and cold the winter months can feel once the holidays wrap up, so comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work by giving us something to smile (or groan, wince, or gasp) at. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to […]</p>
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<p>We don’t got no crystal ball, but we suspect that this year’s Levitate Music & Arts Festival is going to be sublime.  The 11th edition of the South Shore festival — which is scheduled for July 5, 6, and 7 at the Marshfield Fairgrounds — will welcome headliners Mt. Joy, Boston’s Lake Street Dive, and Sublime this Fourth of July weekend. Sublime’s set in particular should be a historic standout of this summer’s concert season, now that a new generation […]</p>
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