RKL aka Rich Kids on LSD have reunited. The new version of the band includes long time members Chris Rest, Barry Ward, Lil’ Joe Raposo and Dave Raun. Tony Foresta of Municipal Waste will now be handling vocals. (Original vocalist Jason Sears passed away in 2006. The band has stated that they will tour but did not mention new studio material. We'll keep you updated.
Sum 41 have released a live video for their cover of Rage Against The Machine’s song “Sleep Now in the Fire”. The song originally appeared on Rage Against The Machine’s 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles. The cover was shot live at Hellfest Open Air Festival in France in 2023. Sum 41 will be releasing their final album Heaven :x: Hell on March 29 via Rise Records and released Order in Decline in 2019. Check out the video below.
Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new song by Oakland, California-based post-punks States of Nature! The song is called “New Foundations” and the band had this to say about it, ”This song was the last one written for the record. It came from another song we had written which had cool ideas but just wasn't working. Once we decided to scrap the other, Eric took some of those seeds and put this one together in about 30 minutes. We all think it's our favorite track on the LP and really encapsulates what we are trying to achieve with the record: music that is danceable and fun, with a hint of seriousness and introspection. Lyrically the song takes a bleak look at the world around us. Raised in a post-9/11 world, the song observes the way paranoia shapes decision-making that is harmful and destructive. This directly ties to what's happening today homelessness and the housing crisis in California. There are policy decisions happening at state and local levels that intentionally make it harder to build new housing, also pushed by positions the public holds around conservation of city aesthetics and a complete misunderstanding of why people are on the streets in the first place.” ”New Foundations” will be on their upcoming album Brighter Than Before which will be out on February 16 via Sell the Heart Records, Little Rocket Records, and Epidemic Records. Listen to the song below!
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<p>Witch City, meet Mill City. This winter, Koto will cast a spell well beyond Salem, as the hybrid music venue and Asian fusion restaurant opens a new location in Lowell. Located at 76 Merrimack St. in the heart of the city’s downtown, Koto’s second locale will offer a familiar combination of live music and libations — times three. The new space spans three stories, each of which is outfitted for live music. The result is a veritable triple decker of […]</p>
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Sheer Mag have released a video for their new song “Moonstruck”. The video was inspired by Rush’s video for “Limelight” and was directed by Ryan Schnackenberg. The song is off their upcoming album Playing Favorites which will be out on March 1 via Third Man Records. Sheer Mag will be touring the US and Toronto starting in March and released their album A Distant Call in 2019. Check out the video and updated tour dates below.
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Toronto-based music festival Prepare The Ground has announced their final round of bands for this year’s festival. Dead Tired, Body Void, Chain to the Bottom of the Ocean, Mat Ball, Unwell (Chris Colohan of Cursed / Burning Love solo debut), Drowse, Extinction A.D., Respire, Maggot Heart, Vyva Melinkolya, Tunic, North of America, Bleeding Out, Ada Rook, Botfly, Convavity, Dboy, Dismal Aura, Greber, Hellish Rebuke, Moss Harvest, Obroa-Skai, Season of Mist, Shrewd, Skin, and They Grieve. These bands join the previouslyannounced lineup which includes Vile Creature, KEN Mode, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dreamwell, Jetsam, Orchid, Sunrot, Liturgy, Marissa Nadler, and Tomb Mold. Prepare the Ground will take place May 31-June 2 across multiple venues in downtown Toronto. See the lineup in full below.
<p>As is New England tradition over the past decade: Christmas arrives in December, and the Boston Calling lineup follows in January. The Memorial Day weekend music festival, going down this year from May 24 to May 26, unveiled its lineup today (January 9). And it features more than 50 bands and artists led by a headlining trio of pop superstar Ed Sheeran, country artist Tyler Childers, and modern rock survivalists The Killers. Tickets across several tiers (three-day general admission, GA+, […]</p>
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