The Cure’s First Ever TV Performance Is Just Like Heaven
There is a video of The Cure’s first ever TV performance, and holy shit! The year was 1979, as a fresh-faced 20-year old kid named Robert Smith leads his also-young band through three future classics: “A Forest (At Night),” “Killing An Arab” and “Three Imaginary Boys” before TV cameras at Paris’ Theatre de l’Empire. For…
Glenn Danzig Talks New Album, Politics, Misfits & More In New Interview
Rolling Stone published a new interview with Glenn Danzig today, in advance of his new album, Black Laden Crown, and the Blackest of the Black Festival that he’s throwing in Orange County. The album comes out this Friday, which also happens to be the first day of the festival. Danzig’s festival is right up our alley…
Ministry’s New Album Will Be An Awesome Thing To Taste
In local music news, Ministry has just announced AmeriKKKant, the Chicago band’s 14th album. This will be their first new LP since 2013’s From Beer to Eternity, and the promo video on the Pledge Music pre-order page for the new album teases a return-to-form, calling back the Ministry sound immortalized on classic albums such as The…
Listen To Against Me! Songs ‘Stabitha Christie’ and ‘First High of the Morning’
Happy Friday. ‘Stabitha Christie’ and ‘First High of the Morning’ are now available for streaming. The limited edition 7″ picture disc featuring two brand new tracks from Against Me! was released on Record Store Day. You can listen to both tracks below.
German Music Festival Is Building A Beer Pipeline
The Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany is building a beer pipeline to pump the approximately 100,00 gallons of delicious golden liquid that will be consumed over the 3-day heavy metal music festival. At an estimated cost of $1.25 million, the beer pipeline will not only save the festival grounds from the damage of…
Get Up Kids & The Anniversary Alums Announce New Band Radar State With A Jam
Because you can’t spell “Radar” without “Rad”When it comes to the Kansas City/Lawrence indie rock torch, it’s safe to say that The Get Up Kids and The Anniversary helped to light it and have been running four minute miles with it ever since (sorry, couldn’t help it). It only makes sense that eventually they’d come together for forces of good, which…
You Can Get A Tarot Reading By Rochelle From The Craft
Rachel True, maybe best known for her movie roles as Rochelle from The Craft and Mary Jane Potman from Half Baked, has, for the past year, been working as a tarot card reader at House of Intuition in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California. Years before being cast as Rochelle in The Craft, True lived…
Shabazz Palaces Release New Song, “Since C.A.Y.A.”
Shabazz Palaces has previously announced the release of two new albums on Sub Pop in July, and now they’re sharing some music with us. “Since C.A.Y.A.,” the first track from the 1-2 punch of Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines, “features dazzlingly funky bass licks by the magnificent Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner and was…
