Indie Rock
The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie Announce 2023 Co-Headlining Tour
Ben Gibbard is set to pull double duty on The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie’s 2023 co-headlining tour. During the fall run, the groups will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their respective albums Give Up and Transatlanticism by performing them in full. Marking the first live performances from The Postal Service in over a decade, the trek will kick off September 8th in Portland, Maine ahead of stops in Boston; New York City; Philadelphia; Seattle; Washington, DC; and more. It will wrap in Los Angeles on October 13th. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 16th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. A Live Nation pre-sale will go down one day earlier on Thursday, December 15th (using access code CHEER). Advertisement Related Video Gibbard will be accompan...
The Strokes, Pavement, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Pixies to Play Kilby Block Party in 2023
The Strokes, Pavement, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Pixies are among the acts set to play Kilby Block Party in 2023. The three-day music festival goes down from March 12th-14th at the Utah State Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City, Utah. The lineup also promises Run the Jewels, Japanese Breakfast, The Walkmen, Caroline Polachek, The Backseat Lovers, Parquet Courts, O Sees, Faye Webster, Lucius, Frankie Cosmos, Deerhoof, Indigo De Sousza, Crumb, Ethel Cain, Mannequin Pussy, Alice Phoebe Lou, Jean Dawson, Spill Tab, Tamino, and more. Advertisement Related Video Tickets to Kilby Block Party — including GA and VIP three-day passes — go on sale December 7th at 10:00 a.m. MST. Editor’s Note: Visit Consequence’s new Live section for the latest live music news, tour dates, festival lineup announ...
The Flaming Lips Announce “An Evening With” Tour Dates
If you live on the west coast, you’re invited to “An Evening With” The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips’ newly announced 2023 jaunt begins with two shows at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on February 28th and March 1st. From there, the band hits Stateline and Las Vegas, Nevada before wrapping up with three shows across California. The tour ends on March 9th with a gig at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. According to a press release, “An Evening With The Flaming Lips” will find “the alternative rock stalwarts mining their catalog for what promises to be an epic and unforgettable two-hour set.” Advertisement Related Video Tickets to The Flaming Lips’ “An Evening With” tour go on sale Friday, December 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time, while fans can use code CHEER to access a pre-sale b...
The Flaming Lips Announce “An Evening With” Tour Dates
If you live on the west coast, you’re invited to “An Evening With” The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips’ newly announced 2023 jaunt begins with two shows at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on February 28th and March 1st. From there, the band hits Stateline and Las Vegas, Nevada before wrapping up with three shows across California. The tour ends on March 9th with a gig at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. According to a press release, “An Evening With The Flaming Lips” will find “the alternative rock stalwarts mining their catalog for what promises to be an epic and unforgettable two-hour set.” Advertisement Related Video Tickets to The Flaming Lips’ “An Evening With” tour go on sale Friday, December 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time, while fans can use code CHEER to access a pre-sale b...
Spencer Krug Announces Sunset Rubdown 2023 Reunion Tour
Spencer Krug has announced that Sunset Rubdown will reunite for the first time in 13 years for a 2023 reunion tour. What began as a solo side project for Krug quickly morphed into a quartet, and together they put out the albums 2006’s Shut Up I Am Dreaming (2006), Random Spirit Lover (2008), and Dragon Slayer (2009). Afterwords Krug moved on to Moonface before reuniting with Wolf Parade in 2016. “I always said this would never happen because I didn’t believe it ever would,” Krug wrote in a December 6th post on social media. “Glad I was wrong. Announcing the return of Sunset Rubdown.” Advertisement Related Video The group will reunite March 24th in Montreal, Quebec, and play a total of 14 shows in the US and Canada before wrapping April 25th in Los Angeles, California. C...
Sons of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Iron Maiden’s Janick Gers Share Single “Red Skies”: Stream
Dylan Gers, son of Iron Maiden’s Janick Gers, and Noah Yorke, son of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, have shared the new collaborative single “Red Skies.” Musically, “Red Skies” hews closer to Radiohead’s cracked take on rock music than Iron Maiden’s heavy metal. Yorke’s guitar picks out a pensive minor-key waltz as Gers sings, “You’re watching the road twist and twine/ My lord/ Seeing that rain drip upon/ That stove.” “I hope you enjoy the inner workings of our minds,” Gers wrote on Instagram. Via Louder Sound, he added, “I’m truly more excited with this than anything I’ve done in my life.” Advertisement Related Video Yorke said that the song was “written and sung by dyl with me on 12 string, bass, vocal harmonies, and piano and some other bits,” continuing, “We’re really proud of it. W...
Hamish Kilgour, Founding Member of The Clean, Dead at 65
Hamish Kilgour, the New Zealand musician who co-founded the pioneering indie rock band The Clean, has died at age 65. Representatives for the band confirmed the drummer was found dead after being reported missing in November. A cause of death was not revealed. “With very heavy hearts, we can confirm that Hamish Kilgour has passed away in his home country of New Zealand,” The Clean’s US label Merge Records said in a statement shared with Pitchfork. Kilgour and his brother David founded The Clean in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Their most famous lineup included bassist Robert Scott, and after signing to fledgling indie label Flying Nun, the trio helped establish the “Dunedin Sound,” complete with David’s angular guitar and Hamish’s robotic drumming. The Clean’s debut single, “Tally Ho!,” ca...
The Walkmen Expand 2023 Reunion with New Tour Dates
The Walkmen are taking their reunion shows on the road, announcing six new dates in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington DC that follow their five-night-stand at NYC’s Webster Hall. The new trek picks up May 2nd and 3rd at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer. The Walkmen will make a stop at Shaky Knees 2023 in Atlanta, before continuing on to two-night-runs at Chicago’s The Metro and Washington DC’s 9:30 Club to close out the month. Check out the full list of tour dates below. General on-sale for the new shows begins Friday, December 9th, and pre-sale begins Wednesday, December 7th (use code CHEER). Book your seats here. Advertisement Related Video In a previous statement, Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser wrote, “Back in 2013, an unnamed Walkmen band member (Peter Bauer)...
alt-J Announce An Awesome Wave Anniversary Concerts
alt-J will mark the 10th anniversary of An Awesome Wave with a special run of US concerts featuring a full performance of the album. In March 2023, the band will stage shows in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Oakland, during with they’ll play the album from front to back for the first time in the US. A ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday, December 7th, with a general on-sale following on Friday, December 9th via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Check out alt-J’s complete tour schedule below. The band also has upcoming dates in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia. alt-J 2023 Tour Dates:03/11 – Santo Domingo, DR @ Isle of Light Music Festival03/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre *03/18 – Mexico City, MX @ Vive Latino03/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *03/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Th...
Julia Jacklin Covers Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at Madrid Show: Watch
Ever since we talked to Julia Jacklin last August about her love for Céline Dion, we’ve been patiently waiting to hear her sing the Canadian crooner’s stone-cold classic “My Heart Will Go On.” Our prayers were answered last night, as Jacklin finally covered the Titanic anthem at her show in Madrid. Jacklin would probably agree that nobody can belt quite like Dion, but with backing vocals from her tour support Erin Rae, the Aussie’s rendition of “My Heart Will Go On” is gorgeous in its own right. They even go for the key change! And we’d bet Jacklin has been thinking about covering the song for a while, considering how much she fawned over Dion in her interview with Consequence: “If someone is shit-talking Céline Dion, I’m like, ‘What do you find joy in?’” she said. “I’m not...
The Flaming Lips Unveil Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition: Stream
The Flaming Lips are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal record Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with the appropriately titled Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition, a massive box set of B-sides, demos, and other rarities. Take a listen to the project below. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition is available digitally, as a 6xCD set, and as a 5xLP set (which will be released on April 14th, 2023). In addition to the original album, the package features live radio sessions, remixes, two complete concerts, and general deep cuts that have never received a proper physical release. Among the gems are fan favorites “Assassination of the Sun,” “Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus You Gave Me),” and an instrumental vers...
Jason Isbell, Jim James, and Doug Martsch on Scorsese, Live LPs, and New Music
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS In this special three-part episode, Kyle Meredith features a trio of recent interviews that were taped in front of a live audience during WFPK Members Only performances. Advertisement Related Video The first interview is with Jason Isbell, who talks about putting on his own festival, what authenticity means for him, and being featured in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon. Then, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James tells us why he loves Halloween more than the other holidays, how public radio has helped out the band throughout their career, and how they go about choosing the releases for...
