Mrs. Magician

Pinback, Hot Snakes & Against Me! members form PLOSIVS, release debut single

Rob Crow, John Reis, and Atom Willard meet up in a new fiery indie-punk band, who just released their first song and have live shows and a debut LP on the way…

Mike Watt, DJ Quik, Shonen Knife & more added to 2017 Sled Island fest lineup

Sled Island takes place June 21 – 25 in Calgary, Alberta. More newly added artists include Guitar Wolf, MONO, Meatbodies, DIANA, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Pinkish Black, Uniform, and more.

Walter Schreifels tells us about his favorite albums of 2016

The Quicksand/Gorilla Biscuits/Youth of Today/etc member has had a very busy year. To cap it off, here’s his 11 favorite albums of 2016 with commentary.

Hot Snakes, Wire, Diamanda Galas & more added to Drive Like Jehu-curated All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 lineup

We already mentioned that Drive Like Jehu were playing and curating curating the second weekend of a two-weekend, Wales-set edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties 2…

SXSW announces third round of 2016 artists

SXSW already announced two rounds of 2016 artists, and today a third round was announced, including L7, Bloc Party, The Cult, Loretta Lynn, Waxahatchee, Frankie Cosmos, D∆WN, Polica, Dilly Dally, Eleanor Friedberger, Protomartyr, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot, Fat White Family, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, All Dogs, Judy Collins & Ari Hest, The Dandy Warhols, Des Ark, Mick Jenkins, Lady Leshurr, Mitski, Supersuckers, Teen Suicide, together PANGEA, Turnover, Younghusband an…

Beach Goth 2015 lineup (Grimes, Ghost, Julian Casablancas, Wanda Jackson, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Camera Obscura, DIIV, more)

The Growlers‘ fourth annual Beach Goth Festival happens October 24 & 25 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. The Growlers play both days, and the lineup also includes Grimes, Die Antwoord, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, FIDLAR, Camera Obscura, Ghost, Juicy J, Warpaint, DIIV, Touche Amore, Cherry Glazerr, Sir Mix-A-Lot (seriously), Eagles of Death Metal, The Aquabats, Riff Raff, Allah-Las, Del the Funky Homosapien, Subhumans, Wanda Jackson, The Adicts, together PANGEA, Moving Units, My Life With A Thrill Kill…

The Night Marchers ready new LP, touring w/ Mrs. Magician (dates, song stream)

The Night Marchers at Santos Party House in 2008 (more by Faith-Ann Young) San Diego rockers The Night Marchers, who are fronted (who also fronts Rocket from the Crypt and Sultans) and also features two of John’s Hot Snakes bandmates (Gar Wood and Jason Kourkounis) are set to release their second album, and first since 2008, Allez Allez, on January 22 via John Reis’ own Swami Records…

MusicFestNW 2012 lineup expands (The Hives, Flying Lotus, Quasi, DIIV, Passion Pit, Hot Snakes, Beirut, Swans & many more)

The 2012 edition of MusicFestNW takes place in September 5 – 9 at 18 venues in Portland, OR and will feature performances from over 150 bands, including Passion Pit, Hot Snakes, Girl Talk, Danny Brown, Beirut Silversun Pickups, Dinosaur Jr…