The Drums

Plus: Skeletonwitch, Ann & Nancy Wilson, The Minus 5, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Taking Back Sunday, Big Thief, and more tour news.

The Drums are back with new album ’Brutalism’ which is out April 5 via ANTI-. Main man Jonny Pierce produced the record himself…

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.

Beach Goth happens August 5 at Los Angeles State Historic Park and the lineup also includes The Drums, Doug E. Fresh, Jonathan Richman, Kirin J Callinan, Hatchie, Bushwick Bill, Barrington Levy, King Yellowman, and more.

Plus: Modest Mouse, Tenacious D, Regina Spektor, Liz Phair, Phish, Ra Ra Riot, Rae Sremmurd, My Bloody Valentine, The Donkeys, Hamiton Leithauser, U2, The Church, and more newly-announced tours.

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.

The reunited hometown heroes headline alongside Dillon Francis, Martin Garrix, and Gucci Mane, and other acts include Cardi B, Third Eye Blind, Playboi Carti, Bomba Estereo, Cults, The Drums, and more.

Bowery Electric’s “Sally Can’t Dance” party hosted a tribute to Suicide and the late Alan Vega on Thursday (1/25) that featured a whole host of notable folk, including Martin Rev, Ric Ocasek, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Bob Bert, and more…

Alvvays are continuing to support 2017’s very good Antisocialites on tour this year, including just-announced North American dates this spring which wrap up with their appearance at NYC’s Governors Ball …

The two weekends of Coachella happen April 13 – 15 and April 20 – 22.