When LITTLE FEAT launched their reissue programme back in 2023, it was only logical that the first longplays to get a deluxe treatment would be the classic “Sailin’ Shoes” – a little late for its 50th anniversary but always welcome … Continue reading →
Connecticut-based hardcore outfit Boundaries returned earlier today to drop their first new piece of music since 2024’s Death Is Little More in the form of single “Skies Cast Amber Black”.
Written with an eye on the current cultural situation we all find ourselves in, “Skies Cast Amber Black” starts immediately with a punch to the face and doesn’t let up. Speaking of the Drew Fulk produced track, vocalist Matthew McDougal explained how the song relates to his experience in the music industry.
“I have a deep desire in the pit of my making to surround and suffocate the growing plague of people’s self-interest. Given the chance, I’d remove every ego from the music landscape and burn it off for fuel to power blood hungry behemoths whose only goal is to crush and disable. This song is my plea to cleanse a community I adore of people who see it only as an opportunity or a stepping stone.”
There’s no news at this time of a new album, nor was there any hint with this single release, but I’m willing to bet we’ll hear something in the near future.
Along with the new single, the band has a whole mess of live North American tour dates coming up with The Amity Affliction and August Burns Red. Then they’ll head out to Europe for the summer festival circuit. You can find the full list of dates below.
Boundaries tour dates:
April 10 Worcester, MA Palladium April 11 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall April 12 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE April 14 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte April 15 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle April 16 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues Gear Shop Orlando April 18 New Orleans, LA Fillmore New Orleans April 19 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory April 21 Houston, TX House of Blues April 22 San Antonio, TX Vibes Event Center April 24 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre April 25 San Diego, CA Soma April 26 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Gardenwalk Gear Shop April 28 Sacramento, CA Channel 24 April 29 Garden City, ID Revolution Concert Hall May 1 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center May 2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium May 3 Omaha, NE The Astro Theater May 5 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore Minneapolis May 6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave/Eagles Club May 8 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre May 9 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre May 10 Toronto, ON History May 12 Montreal, QC MTelus May 13 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount May 15 Baltimore, MD Nevermore Hall May 17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore Philadelphia June 5 Berlin, DE Hole44 * June 6 Nürnberg, DE Rock Im Park June 7 Nürburgring, DE Rock Am Ring June 8 Solothurn, CH Kofmehl ** June 9 Ljubljana, SI Center Urbane Kulture Kino Šiška *** June 10 Hradec Králové, CZ Rock For People June 11 Warsaw, PL Klub Hybrydy **** June 14 Castle Donington, UK Download Festival June 15 Belfast, UK Limelight # June 16 Dublin, IE Academy # June 17 Cardiff, UK Y Plas * June 19 Norwich, UK Voodoos ## June 20 Exeter, UK Cavern ## June 22 Bremen, DE Aladin Music Hall # June 23 Karlsruhe, DE Substage ** June 25 Ysselsteyn, NL Jera on Air June 26 Leipzig, DE Impericon Festival June 27 Münster, DE Vainstream Festival July 25 – 26 Long Beach, CA Warped Tour September 19 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life
*-w/Kublai Khan TX **-w/Bury Tomorrow ***-w/Kublai Khan TX & Malevolence ****w/Malevolence #-w/The Plot In You ##-co-headline w/Heriot
Latto seems to be doing really well. We haven’t gotten an album from the Atlanta rapper since 2024’s Sugar Honey Iced Tea, but she’s been cooking up more than a follow-up. Today she announced her new album Big Mama with the single “Business & Personal.” The cover art, the song, and its video revealed that…
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)
Formed in Stockholm in 1983, Glorious Bankrobbers quickly earned notoriety for their uncompromising sound and electrifying live performances. Their 1984 debut, produced by Kee Marcello (Easy Action/Europe), marked the arrival of a band destined to push boundaries. By 1989, the group cemented their place in rock history with Dynamite Sex Doze—a landmark release that became […]
The Black Crowes present a wonderfully loud jangle on their 2026 platter, A Pound Of Feathers. Claiming that it took no more than 10 days to record, this is the follow up to their 2024 critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated, Happiness Bastards.
All songs here were penned by vocalist Chris and guitarist Rich Robinson, the brother core of the Crowes. We get a powerful “Profane Prophecy” to kick off things, with its crunchy guitar, wailing slide, and shouted backing vocals. “Cruel Streak’s” follows, showcasing drummer Cully Symington.
I like all the unadulterated rockin’ of the overall production here, and believe The Black Crowes are a band that do this kind of loosey goosy strut better than most. For me, the true meat-and-taters is the first half of the record with Rich Robinson’s stellar slide work, Erik Deutsch’s piano and Chris Robinson’s brilliant vocal. It all comes together in the all-acoustic, brilliantly tight and subtle “Pharmacy Chronicles.”
The five songs on the A Pound Of Lead second half begin again with that crunchy Stones-like panache on “It’s Like That,” which finds Chris wailing about being left by his lover. Mackenzie Adams and Leslie Grant once again lend some great single-word backing vocals in the chorus. “Blood Red Regrets” and “You Call This A Good Time” get the Crowes strut working before stripping down for “Eros Blues.” Its slow electric piano, swirly organ verses and nasty riffy chorus are pretty much perfect. Ender “Doomsday Doggerel” could have been the lost Led Zeppelin tune they never wrote.
It’s nice to still have the Robinson brothers and whatever company they are keeping these days, still crowing in their rag-taggle, Southern-stained way. The eleven songs of A Pound Of Feathers are surely worth a spin when you’re in the mood for no-nonsense, pull-no-punches, in-your-face rock and roll.
These days, it feels like the UK trio FLO are the last straight-up pop girl group left standing, at least outside of the K-pop machine. FLO made their name by reviving the sleek R&B of the late ’90s, and they’re extremely good at it. Their very fun debut album Access All Areas came out in…