<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T17:00:06+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 1:00pm ET Thundercat has unveiled dates for a North American tour taking place this fall. The bass maestro will stop in more than 20 cities in support of the Grammy-winning It Is What It Is, one of the best albums of 2020. After kicking off the trek with an appearance at Maha Music Festival on July 31st in Omaha, Nebraska, Thundercat will make stops in cities like New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Toronto, Ontario; Los Angeles, California; and Portland, Oregon before closing out on December 5th at Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho. Besides Maha, Thundercat will also play San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival and Chicago’s Pitchfork Mu...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T19:59:53+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 3:59pm ET Dr. Dog have spent the past two decades honing their skills as one of the best live acts of the era, and now that’s coming to an end. In an unexpected announcement, the indie psych rockers announced that their final tour will take place this fall in the US. “Today we’re sharing two wildly dissimilar bits of information with everyone. Firstly, we are touring in the fall! Lastly, we are done touring after that. Done touring for good!” the band wrote on Instagram. “It is a disturbing thing to read, I’m sure, and trust me, an equally unsettling thing to write, but it’s all good. It’s important to us that you understand that this is not a br...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T21:37:49+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 5:37pm ET Shinedown have been named Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artist, and will be repping that fresh honor on an extensive 2021 U.S. tour. The outing will run from early August through early October and feature a number of shows with The Struts as direct support. The Florida rockers have the most all-time No. 1 tunes of any act on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs tally with 16 chart-toppers. In earning the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists list, the band topped contemporaries like Godsmack, Disturbed, and Three Days Grace, as well as classic acts like Van Halen, Metallica, and To...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T18:56:57+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 2:56pm ET Post-hardcore pioneers Glassjaw have announced a 2022 tour featuring full performances of two of their seminal albums: 2000’s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence and 2002’s Worship and Tribute. The 18-date, 13-city trek kicks off on March 2nd, 2022 with a two-night stand at 1720 in Los Angeles, California, with subsequent multi-night performances in San Francisco, California; Austin, Texas; and Brooklyn, New York. It will wrap up with a pair of shows at The Paramount in Huntington, New York March on 25th-26th. These cities will feature one album performance per night. At stops like Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and P...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T19:00:40+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 3:00pm ET Gary Numan is ready to bring his new album Intruder to life onstage. The new-wave icon has just announced a North American tour for later this fall that will see him trekking across the US and Canada where he will finally get to play those songs for his fans in person. The tour will begin and end in California, starting on September 17th in Los Angeles and wrapping up on October 23rd in Santa Ana. In between, he will stop in major cities like Austin, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Portland, and Seattle. Check out the complete list of dates below. Tickets for Numan’s 2021 tour are current...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T18:18:41+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 2:18pm ET Cult country artist Orville Peck has unveiled his cover of Lady Gaga’s 2011 hit, “Born This Way”. The track was recorded for Gaga’s upcoming reimagined version of Born This Way in celebration of the 10th anniversary of her sophomore album. Officially titled “Born This Way (The Country Road Version)”, the cover features Peck giving it his own twist while largely staying true to the original lyrics. However, he does add an extra flair to the breakdown while singing, “If I wanna make it country, baby, it’s okay/ I was born, I was born, I was born this way/ From London, Paris, Japan, back to USA/ I was born on the road, I was born...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-03T21:03:31+00:00“>June 3, 2021 | 5:03pm ET LA garage punks Together Pangea have announced their new album, DYE, out October 22nd. As a preview, the band shared a new song, “Nothing to Hide”, and an accompanying music video. Spanning 12 tracks, DYE was written and recorded by William Keegan, Danny Bengston, and Erik Jimenez during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It’s described as “an upbeat, undeniable collection of hooks, anthems, and power-pop garage-rock catchiness.” The self-deprecating “Nothing to Hide” is the trio’s ode to a potential lover. Together Pangea open up about their imperfections with lyrics like, “Your heart is ever innocent, it tells you what you know ...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-03T02:52:34+00:00“>June 2, 2021 | 10:52pm ET Perfume Genius has announced a nine-city American tour in support of one of the best albums of 2020, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. For this trek, the artist born Mike Hadreas will follow Horace Greely’s advice and “Go west!” Between June and November, he’ll make stops from Washington to Arizona, alighting in California, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado and Utah. Along the way, he’ll take in the natural wonders of The Gorge with Tame Impala and join Death Cab for Cutie at Red Rocks. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 4th, at 10 a.m. local time. You can get yours through Ticketmaster or on the secondary market. Related V...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-02T16:04:38+00:00“>June 2, 2021 | 12:04pm ET CHVRCHES have unveiled “How Not to Drown”, their new collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith. It’s the latest preview of the Glasgow-based pop group’s upcoming fourth album, Screen Violence, which will be released on August 27th. Additionally, CHVRCHES have announced a North American tour taking place in November and December. On the haunting track, singer Lauren Mayberry trades verses with the British rock icon over crashing percussion and sinister synths. “Tell me how/ It’s better when the sun goes down/ We’ll never escape this town/ I wasn’t scared when he caught me/ Look what it taught me/ Tell me how/ It’s better if we mak...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-01T18:38:09+00:00“>June 1, 2021 | 2:38pm ET The Psychedelic Furs have announced a 2021 headlining tour of Europe and North America in support of their 2020 comeback album Made of Rain. For their first new LP in three decades, the Furs had planned some tour dates that were subsequently cancelled due to the coronavirus. Now, the comeback is picking up right where it left off. This 35-date storm kicks off in Indianapolis, IN on September 15th. After a brief stand in the American midwest, including Summerfest 2021, the New Wave legends will decamp for the UK, lingering through October, but returning October 15th to sweep through the Sun Belt supported by Royston Langston of Spac...