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The Connecticut home improvement company was among the local businesses that helped support the 2026 Black Bear Americana Music Festival in Harwinton. When the music ended at the 2026 Black Bear Americana Music Festival, the weekend left behind more than memor…
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News4:55 PM EDT on August 19, 2026 Piper Kennedy daine is releasing their highly anticipated debut album In Endless Awe & Agony later this year, but it turns out the hyperpop scene has some drama (who could've guessed?). Electronic duo Bassvictim — who are known t…
NewsNetflix is bringing one of the strangest chapters in Wu-Tang Clan history to a global audience. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and U…
NewsThe Australian rockers are bringing their PWR/UP tour to Canada with limited-edition merchandise, collectibles and more. Australia's most legendary rock band has hit Canada and is pursuing their trek out east. AC/DC fans will have a new way to celebrate the ba…
News4:11 PM EDT on August 19, 2026 The boys are fighting. It all goes back to last month, when Charley Crockett caught heat for dropping Twin Temple off of his shows allegedly due to their Satanic imagery. Jack White recruited the LA duo to open for one of his sho…
News3:27 PM EDT on August 19, 2026 Due to appendicitis, Phoebe Bridgers had to postpone a series of intimate UK shows this week, which were to be her first live performances since last Friday's momentous Lost Weekend release. But before her appendix flared up, she…
NewsOso Oso has lined up a North American tour. The emo and power-pop group led by Jade Lilitri will hit dozens of US cities (and Toronto!) this fall with support from Leisure Hour, Bad Luck, Liquid Mike, and Bugsy. Check out a full list of dates below. When ticke…
NewsHole frontwoman recalls L7 bassist’s generosity of spirit and loyalty in moving essay: “In my 62 years, I can think of nobody more loyal or honourable. A true friend, who also gave me the security of having one house where I was safe†Courtney Love and J…
News1:12 PM EDT on August 19, 2026 Tyler, The Creator's annual festival, the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, sold out before it unveiled its lineup. A day before unveiling the festival poster, the Camp Flog Gnaw website teased its lineup with an unscrambling word game th…
NewsTwisted Teens have signed to Sub Pop. The prolific New Orleans punk outfit led by Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos have also added a pair of U.S. shows to their already enormous tour schedule. Those will take place in Los Angeles and San Francisco in early Sept…
NewsThe band conquered Quebec and the internet with microtonal math rock, and now the masked duo is selling out U.S. shows Becky drove up from San Diego without a ticket. She parked near the Teragram Ballroom in downtown Los Angeles at 1:03 p.m. on Tuesday, ran to…
NewsReid says the libraries that helped inspire her writing career deserve the same support that helped her become a successful author. Rachel Reid is putting some of the success behind Heated Rivalry toward a cause that helped shape her career in the first place.…
News12:30 PM EDT on August 19, 2026 KPop Demon Hunters was a resounding success for Netflix, coming out of nowhere to become the platform's most-watched movie of all time and spawning several of last year's biggest pop hits. It was less of a success for Demon Hunt…
News11:49 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 Insane Clown Posse's annual Gathering Of The Juggalos festival is set to start today in beautiful Macks Creek, Missouri. ICP lead a lineup that includes Freedom 250 talent Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli, as well as Tech N9ne, Hat…
News11:23 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 The fight for the future of C+C Music Factory is officially on. C+C, the hip-house hitmakers who dominated the early '90s jock jam scene with monolithic bangers like "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" and "Things That …
NewsBoston slowcore trio Horse Jumper of Love are ringing in the 10th anniversary of their debut album with a special reissue. Alongside remastered versions of their original songs are unreleased tracks, demos, and alternate takes. Horse Jumper of Love (Deluxe Edi…
NewsAnderson .Paak and Cordae go way back. The two artists first linked on “RNP,” from Cordae’s 2019 debut The Lost Boy, and have remained frequent collaborators. Now they’ve joined forces once again—this time for a whole album. Heavy Is the Crown drops October 23…
News10:08 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 Last year, Neil Young and his current backing band Chrome Hearts did a whole lot of touring, and they initially planned to keep it going into this year. Young and Chrome Hearts announced a European tour for June and July of this…
News9:56 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images FKA twigs easily surpassed the Twigs in fame, and now she's beaten them in court too. More than a decade ago, the young British dance prodigy-turned-visionary pop star Tahliah Barnett added "FKA" to th…
News9:37 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 In December 2024, Geese frontman Cameron Winter released his solo debut Heavy Metal, a cult-sensation album that helped set the stage for Geese's Getting Killed to take the indie world by storm last year. In December 2025, with t…
News9:13 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 Here's a discussion question: How old was the mean old man that the Stray Cats mentioned on their 1981 hit "Stray Cat Strut"? On that sidelong rockabilly jam, Brian Setzer sang from the perspective of a "feline casanova" living i…
News8:52 AM EDT on August 19, 2026 Your body doesn't care about your album-rollout plans. Sometimes, your body can actively veto your album-rollout plans. Phoebe Bridgers' triumphant new LP Lost Weekend is finally out, and she recently arrived in the UK to play a …
NewsUpdate: Charley Crockett has responded to Jack White’s “Rappin Duke”-inspired post by calling White “Mr. Suzy Cream Puff” and “big hoss.” He also wrote that when he accused the guitarist of never talking about politics, he meant his “public statements back whe…
NewsHeavens to Betsy, the punk band of Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer, have announced their first release since their split in 1994. After announcing a reunion tour back in June, the duo has unveiled Baby’s Gone, an archival album that Kill Rock St…
NewsIn 2024, Animal Collective’s Geologist (né Brian Weitz) decamped to visual artist Kyle Simon’s Farrington Observatory in Joshua Tree, where they, incredibly, harnessed the power of the moon to record music. That single composition is now arriving in album form…
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