Chris Staples

24 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Cate Le Bon, Foxygen, The Cranberries, The Dream Syndicate, Earth, Peter Perrett (The Only Ones), Lydia Ainsworth, Full of Hell, State Faults, Kash Doll, and more.

SXSW 2019 lineup additions: Pedro the Lion, Durand Jones, White Denim, more

We are now about a month away from SXSW 2019 and they’re still adding artists to the music portion of the festival. New additions include Pedro the Lion, Wand, Durand Jones & The Indications, White Denim, Mike Krol, &More (aka Chill Moody & Donn T)…

Melvins, Los Campesinos! & more on new Amazon indie holiday music comp

The album is out today and also features The Album Leaf, Dandy Warhols, Tennis, Chris Staples, and more.

Modern Baseball's favorite LPs of 2016

All four members made their own lists. Sean’s is the heaviest on punk (NOFX, PUP, So So Glos, Bayside), Brendan’s is the heaviest on pop (Beyonce, Rihanna, Solange, Frank Ocean), and Jake and Ian both mostly have indie rock…

Chris Staples - "Park Bench" video/Q&A

In a Q&A, Chris Staples tells us an old, odd story involving Chris Carrabba and an engagement ring.

Chris Staples releasing 'Golden Age' on Barsuk, touring with Rocky Votolato

Chris Staples has been at it in some form or another for about two decades. He led the late ’90s/early ’00s emo band Twothirtyeight, who collaborated with Chris Carrabba on their second album and also put out a split with the post-Carrabba Further Seems Forever in 2002. After the demise of that band, Chris led the indie rock band Discover America, and he’s currently focusing on his solo career. His newest solo album, Golden Age, will be out on August 19 via Barsuk…

Rocky Votolato announces 'Makers' 10th anniversary reissue & tour

Last year, Rocky Votolato released his latest album Hospital Handshakes on No Sleep, and this year Barsuk will reissue his 2006 album Makers for its 10th anniversary. The reissue “marks the first time Barsuk has released the album on LP format, and the first time it’s been pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl with a newly […]

Manchester Orchestra released a stripped-down version of 'Cope' called 'Hope,' announce intimate shows

Manchester Orchestra at Lollapalooza 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Manchester Orchestra put out their grungy new album Cope earlier this year, and they’ve now followed it with a stripped-down version of all the songs called Hope which is already available on iTunes and will be out physically on November 18 via Loma Vista…