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On June 11th, we’ll gather at Lucinda’s in New York City’s East Village for Welfare Music: A Tribute to the Bottle Rockets. We asked some of the artists joining us that night to reflect on the band’s legacy. Here’s what they had to say. GET TICKETS GET TICKETS

Thomas Johnson of Athens, GA’s Futurebirds talks about retiring the band’s old van “Paco” on the side of a Georgia road, rehearsing in a space that exists only in his imagination, and the TV-repair gig he took without ever being qualified for it.

A video for the first single “Deep Blue” is now streaming.

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A few weeks ago, I interviewed Show Me The Body backstage at Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party. I was nervous about that one. Even though I like that band a lot, I had this idea that they’d be ultra-serious, monkish types and that the conversation would be awkward as hell: Turns out: No! Those guys are very funny and chill, and I would hang out with them whenever. Their festival set destroyed, too. I’m not even sure why I’m telling you this, but it’s the sort of thing I would want to know.

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Streaming Single “Ashes & Embers” Montréal technical death metal force Volubilis officially announce their highly anticipated debut album “Theasterion,” set for release on July 10, 2026. The announcement arrives […]

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We all miss the glory days of Greek black metal, and members of Rotting Christ, Emperor, Necromantia, and Electric Wizard are bringing it back with a new slower and more resonant form of metal that aims for ritual atmosphere.

Where this shines above the norm these days is that the song holds together not just as a composition, but in how its parts are calibrated to complement each other in rhythm and tone, producing an immersive experience.

Like Varathron more than Necromantia, it aims for a form of heavy metal that absorbs the gothic and noise approaches to music into a slow-stalking descent which keeps a NWOBHM feel in the mindset of a subterranean seance.

China’s most unhinged fusion of anime culture and extreme metal, Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship, return with their newest single “Yomi”, taken from their upcoming full‑length album “二次元コンプレックス […]

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Progressive rock collective LUFEH will release their highly anticipated sophomore album “Overwhelmed” on May 29th, marking a major new chapter for the band as they continue to evolve their […]

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Streaming Single “Sentience” + Western Canada Tour Support w/ Exit Wound Saskatoon, Canada’s Pythonic return in 2026 with “Laws of Karma,” their heaviest and most personal release to […]

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It’s been a few years since Black Duck — the Chicago band made up of Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day) plus Bill MacKay and Charles Rumback — released their eponymous debut album. Last year, they did some shows with Basque musician Elena Setién, and now they’re announcing a collaborative LP. Black Duck With Elena Setién arrives this summer, and “Land Of The Many Eyes” is out today.

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