First Aid Kit

The 2019 edition of the Forecastle Festival takes place July 12-14 in Louisville, KY and also includes Portugal. The Man, Noname, Denzel Curry, Tyler Childers, Playboi Carti, Chvrches, First Aid Kit, Hop Along, Andrew Bird, Leikeli47, and more.

London’s All Points East festival happens across two weekend this spring in London’s Victoria Park and includes The Strokes, Chemical Brothers, Bon Iver, Christine and the Queens, James Blake, The Raconteurs, Jarvis Cocker, Mac DeMarco and more.

Converge bassist Nate Newton shared a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list of his favorite albums of 2018, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas Priest, Cardi B, Deafheaven, Voivod, High On Fire, Boygenius, Author & Punisher, The Body, and more.

Life is Beautiful festival returned to downtown Las Vegas for its sixth edition over the weekend, with sets from Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Florence + The Machine, The Weeknd, St. Vincent, Tyler the Creator, Justice, Travis Scott, Miguel and more.

Plus: Nine Inch Nails/JAMC, serpentwithfeet, Alex Lahey, Palm, Dent May / Shannon Lay, Butch Walker, and more tour announcements.

Bon Iver played two sets, including one with a number of special guests: Francis & The Lights, Moses Sumney, Sylvan Esso, Spank Rock, and a survivor of the Parkland, FL high school shooting. In between, Eminem headlined and drew criticism for the sound of gunshots that are part of his performance of “Kill You.”

M Ward’s tour with The Decemberists hits NYC next week.

First Aid Kit have North American dates with Ryan Adams, M Ward, Jade Bird, and Julia Jacklin, whose band Phantastic Ferniture signed to Polyvinyl for their debut LP.

The annual Vegas fest also includes Death Cab, N.E.R.D., The Weeknd, ODESZA, A$AP Ferg, Phantogram, Wolfmother, Justice, RL Grime, Miguel, and much more.

Saturday at weekend two of Coachella included sets from Beyonce, Tyler, the Creator, Angel Olsen, David Byrne, Fleet Foxes, Brockhampton, Nile Rodgers & Chic, First Aid Kit, Cherry Glazerr, Priests, Otoboke Beaver and more.