Alternative Rock
Alice in Chains Announce Dirt 30th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue and Boxset
Alice in Chains’ seminal 1992 album Dirt is receiving a 30th anniversary vinyl reissue and boxset. The announcement comes right after the band launched its tour with Breaking Benjamin and Bush. The trek picks back up tomorrow (August 13th) in Syracuse, New York, and runs through October 8th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. Dirt was recently certified five-times platinum by the RIAA and was overdue for a vinyl repress, having been out of print for the past couple years. It’s also the first time the album has been issued on double vinyl for maximum fidelity. Advertisement Related Video Fans have a multitude of options for owning the new edition, which features remastered audio. In addition to the standard black double-vinyl pressing and other retailer-exclusive colo...
Goo Goo Dolls on TikTok Culture and Rediscovering the Band’s ’90s Angst
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk the band’s new album, Chaos in Bloom. Advertisement Related Video The frontman discusses how the legendary pop-rockers returned to their ’90s sound for the LP, at times connecting with an edgy and angsty sound that had long been in their past. Rzeznik also talks about TikTok culture and the musicians that are birthed from it, something Goo Goo Dolls address on the Chaos in Bloom single “Yeah, I Like You.” Rzeznik also touches on the effect the pandemic has had on his songwriting, while also considering society’s future. Listen Rzezn...
Broken Bells Detail New Album INTO THE BLUE, Share “Saturdays”: Stream
Broken Bells have announced their new album, INTO THE BLUE, is out on October 7th via AWAL. The musical duo of The Shins’ James Mercer and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) also shared the latest single “Saturdays.” INTO THE BLUE finds Broken Bells drawing influence from The Beatles and Pink Floyd, as well as pulling from genres ranging from ’60s psychedelia and ’70s rock and AM Gold to ’80s new wave and ’90s trip-hop. The roster of the underground label Elephant 6 also continued to serve as a major inspiration. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing. See the artwork and tracklist below. Related Video Living up to its name, “Saturdays” wears the aforementioned inspirations on its sleeve and brings to mind a lazy weekend afternoon in the sun, though its lyrics aren’t as joyful as the melodies. ...
The Lemonheads Announce It’s a Shame About Ray 30th Anniversary Tour
The Lemonheads have announced a 2022 North American tour to mark the 30th anniversary of their album It’s a Shame About Ray. Serving as support will be a rotating cast of former member Juliana Hatfield (who played on the LP), Rusty, The Nils, Bass Drum of Death, and On Being An Angel. The trek starts in Lititz, Pennsylvania on November 17th, with subsequent stops in Toronto, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, DC, and more before wrapping on December 17th in Boston. See the full schedule below. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 12th. Grab them via Ticketmaster then. A pre-sale will precede the public on-sale beginning on Thursday, Aug 11th (use code APPLAUSE). Ahead of the North American run, the Lemonheads will play a string of dates in Ireland and the UK. Tickets for those shows are av...
Pixies Unveil “Vault of Heaven” and Four-Date US Tour: Stream
Pixies go on an epic journey from a 7-11 to the “Vault of Heaven” on their newest single. The track appears on their September 30th album, Doggerel, and if you live in California or New York, you’ll be able to hear it live on the band’s newly-announced four-date US tour. “Vault of Heaven” would seem to be about a bad drug trip, but that depends on a rare word they’re using often, “titrate.” As in, “There in the vault of heaven/ While trying to titrate/ I ended up in another case/ I went to 7-11 to try and get me straight/ I ended up there in outer space.” Most commonly, titration is an attempt to measure the concentration of a chemical, though in medicine the term is sometimes used when adjusting a dosage. Either way, the process doesn’t seem to be going well for Pixies. Black Fr...
Arctic Monkeys Play First Show Since 2019 in Istanbul: Video + Setlist
Arctic Monkeys performed their first concert since before the pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday, August 9th. During the first of two nights at Zorlu Center PSM, the band played a career-spanning, 21-song set. It included classics like “Do I Wanna Know?,” “Brainstorm,” and “R U Mine?,” along with other hits like “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?,” “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor,” and “Teddy Picker.” While Alex Turner and co. didn’t debut any new music, they did break out “Potion Approaching” for the first time in over a decade. For the next few weeks, Arctic Monkeys will play headlining shows in Europe ahead of headlining spots at festivals like Primavera Sound Los Angeles and Life is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas. In November, they’ll appear at Primavera S...
Austin City Limits Reveals Season 48 Lineup, Watch Japanese Breakfast Perform “Posing for Cars”: Exclusive
PBS’ long-running live music series Austin City Limits is set to return with the first half of Season 48 this fall. In addition to announcing the show’s lineup of performers, ACL has today teased the new season with an exclusive performance from Japanese Breakfast. The first of seven fresh Austin City Limits installments will debut on October 1st at 8:00 p.m. CT/9:00 p.m. ET with an episode headlined by Brandi Carlile. New hour-long episodes will then drop weekly, with guests including Japanese Breakfast and Arlo Parks (October 8th), Sylvan Esso and Lucius (October 15th), Allison Russell and The Weather Station (October 22nd), Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen (October 29th), and Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (November 5th). Season 48 part one will close with Cuban funk sensations...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Cancel Tour Dates Due to Stu Mackenzie’s “Personal Health Crisis”
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have canceled the remainder of their UK and European tour dates in light of a “personal health crisis” that’s inflicted their lead singer, Stu Mackenzie. In a statement posted to Instagram on August 5th, Mackenzie revealed that he suffers from Crohn’s Disease and explained that a recent flare up has required him to return home to Australia for “urgent treatment.” “For the past decade or so I’ve dealt with Crohn’s Disease the best I can,” Mackenzie said. “It’s a miracle we haven’t cancelled any shows in the past. But right now, my health is in really bad shape and I need to get home for some urgent treatment.” Mackenzie continued: “I’ve always kept my struggles with Crohn’s private. I guess I didn’t want to be defined by it. And maybe I’m not defined by it...
Song of the Week: The Killers Bring a Message of Hope with the Anthemic “boy”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, The Killers return to their synth rock roots with “boy.” Nearly a year from the release of their introverted seventh studio album Pressure Machine, The Killers have returned to their synth-heavy arena rock with their new track, “boy.” Back when they debuted the song last month at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival, Brandon Flowers told Consequence that “boy” is a song that they’ve had in their back pockets for a while, and now it was time for it to see the light of day. Within “boy” are traces of every Killers alb...
5 Reasons to See CHVRCHES Live This Year
CHVRCHES are just a few weeks away from the one year anniversary of their excellent fourth album Screen Violence, but it seems they’ve been keen on celebrating it ever since it came out; since the fall of 2021, CHVRCHES have been on tour very consistently, jumping back and forth between North America and Europe multiple times for extensive runs, festival dates, and more. Many musicians are jumping at the chance to bring their pandemic-crafted albums on tour, and CHVRCHES have done so defiantly. So, witnessing their performance at the Brooklyn Mirage in New York City on Wednesday (August 3rd) was not just an opportunity to see several Screen Violence cuts live, it was a chance to see CHVRCHES completely in their element, their show fine-tuned and riveting. More so than any of the band’s pre...
How to Get Tickets to The 1975’s 2022 Tour
The 1975 have announced a fall circuit dubbed the “At Their Very Best” tour in support of their upcoming album Being Funny in a Foreign Language, and you can feel like you’re “Part of the Band” by claiming your tickets as soon as they go up for grabs. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is The 1975’s Next Tour? The 1975’s “At Their Very Best” tour begins on November 3rd at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena. The band heads straight for the biggest marquee with a headlining performance at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on November 7th, then they travel down the East Coast via Camden, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. to Atlanta on November 12th. They play Nashville on November 13th, followed by three nights in Texas between Grand Prairie, Houston,...
The Mars Volta Announce New Self-Titled Album, Share “Vigil”: Stream
After sharing a pair of comeback singles, The Mars Volta are finally ready to release their first proper album in 10 years. Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López have announced a new self-titled album, due out on September 16th via Cloud Hill. In anticipation, a new song called “Vigil” is out now. The Mars Volta released their most recent album Noctourniquet in 2012 before Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López went their separate ways. Earlier this year, the duo returned with the Caribbean-tinged “Blacklight Shine” and the plusing electronic number “Graveyard Love.” Both songs will appear on The Mars Volta, a 14-track LP which will be available on CD, vinyl, and cassette. Pre-orders are available now. On latest single “Vigil,” the El Paso band once again switches up their sou...
