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The musician Conor Oberst spoke with Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica, hosts of “Popcast,” about navigating stardom, overcoming health struggles, writing political music and playing with his band, Bright Eyes.

Watch the full Popcast conversation with Conor Oberst here. Edited excerpts from the interview are below.

July 18 was a good night to be in Nashville if you’re into the heavier, weirder end of rock. Tomahawk was finally back on stage after a 13-year touring hiatus, and they brought the Melvins with them, which honestly felt right. Both bands have basically built entire careers on not sounding like anyone else, so seeing them on the same bill made a lot of sense. Plus Buzzo and Patton go together like peanut butter and chocolate.

Melvins opened, and they didn’t waste any time. Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover, with Steven McDonald and Coady Willis rounding things out, just came out swinging: heavy riffs, pounding drums, no warm-up lap. The set moved through sludge, punk, that off-kilter groove thing they’ve been doing for something like 40 years now. Songs would stretch out and go somewhere you didn’t expect; Trevor Dunn even jumped on stage at one point. That’s really the Melvins in a nutshell: you show up knowing it’s going to get strange, and it does.

Then Tomahawk came out, and the whole room changed. Mike Patton, Duane Denison, Trevor Dunn, John Stanier – the crowd’s reaction alone told you how long people had been waiting for this lineup to take the stage again.

Patton‘s still got it. He can go from this quiet, haunting thing to a full-on scream in seconds, and somehow none of it feels like a performance for performance’s sake. He was cracking jokes about bowling with the crowd one minute, totally locked in the next. That back-and-forth is a big part of why he’s still so fun to watch live. The rest of the band was right there with him. Denison‘s guitar was sharp and precise all night, Dunn’s bass held everything together without stepping on anyone, and Stanier, as usual, just doesn’t seem to get tired, powering through some pretty complicated rhythms like it’s nothing.

They played stuff from all over their catalog, but the real moment was hearing songs off Tonic Immobility live for the first time. And somehow it didn’t feel like “new songs vs. old favorites”; it all just sounded like them. That’s kind of the whole appeal with Tomahawk, honestly. A song can be dead quiet one second and explode the next, and it never feels like a gimmick. It feels like they know exactly what they’re doing, even in the moments that sound completely unhinged. Brooklyn Bowl was a good fit for it too, small enough to feel every bit of it, but still loud enough that the heavy parts actually hit, plus it was a hometown show to welcome the guys back. People up front were singing along, cheering after every song, just fully there for it. Tomahawk and the crowd were so into it, Patton and crew even gave them 2 encores!

Between the Melvins doing what they always do and Tomahawk sounding this locked-in after being gone for over a decade, the night didn’t really feel like nostalgia. It felt more like these guys never actually lost anything. They just got back up there and picked up exactly where they left off.

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It’s that time of year again where we talk to as many bands as we can who are raring to blow you away at Catton Park! Cheltenham-based groove duo CHUG will be bringing their filthy, mosh-heavy beats and primal energy to the Stowford Press New Blood Stage on Sunday at Bloodstock 2026. We previously reported on … Continue reading Road To Bloodstock 2026: CHUG

Should you have 8 minutes to spare.

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It’s that time of year again where we talk to as many bands as we can who are raring to blow you away at Catton Park! Young Birmingham and Coventry thrash outfit Thrash Mob will be bringing their blend of Bay Area riffs and modern metal intensity to the Stowford Press New Blood Stage on … Continue reading Road To Bloodstock 2026: Thrash Mob

Italian hardcore/metal outfit SLUG GORE are set to return with a brand new EP, Pillars of Eco-Terror Saga, scheduled for release on September 25, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.

Following the path established with their 2024 debut album They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill!, SLUG GORE continue to explore their distinctive blend of hardcore intensity and extreme metal weight, combining raw urgency with sharp, memorable songwriting. The band’s sound remains rooted in the immediacy and impact of hardcore, while embracing darker and heavier influences to create a balance between exasperating energy and infectious hooks.

Pillars of Eco-Terror Saga is a concept release inspired by the legend of the Four Symbols, reimagining the four mythological beasts of Eastern tradition through the lens of the kaiju universe. Across the EP, iconic creatures such as Barugon, Iris, Jiger and Gamera embody new interpretations of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger and Black Tortoise, merging ancient symbolism with the imagery of giant monsters.

More details about the EP will be revealed soon. In the meantime, the first single “Scalpel” is now available.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/VLCeeVHBNIo

Streaming: https://ffm.to/sluggore-scalpel

The band commented:

“With ‘Scalpel’ we drew inspiration from Iris, the Kaiju that represents the Vermilion Bird. We have always been fascinated by its evolution, the way its body transforms, and above all by the lethal precision of its tentacles. We wanted to translate that same feeling of surgical violence into music: something fast, cold and calculated, striking with the precision of a scalpel. The song was born from this very image, attempting to transform its tension, brutality, and atmosphere into a direct and relentless sonic assault.”

Line-up:

Andrea – Vocals
Alessandro – Guitar
Ricky – Drums

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Incubus has always treated stylistic certainty as something to escape. Brandon Boyd can move from a whisper to a howl while Mike Einziger shifts from funk-metal abrasion to shimmering atmosphere, and the rhythm section can turn a song from restless groove into open space without warning. That refusal to settle explains how the same catalog can contain “A Certain Shade of Green,” “Drive,” “Aqueous Transmission,” “Megalomaniac,” and “Our Love” without sounding like the work of five different bands. This A-to-Z guide follows that evolution through studio albums, EPs, soundtrack recordings, B-sides, rarities, and other officially released songs. Incubus first took

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November 6, 2026 will see the release of Hypno5e‘s eighth long player entitled Trame Noire. Along disclosed details you can also give a listen to the first single, “Lost Fires”.
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Laid to death.

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