Primus

Slayer’s new teaser video talks about a ”final chapter” and ”the end,” causing widespread speculation that their final tour announcement is on the way…

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

Primus’ Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon are back with a new Claypool Lennon Delirium album, titled South of Reality, which is out February 22 via ATO.

Beanpole was a musical collaboration between Primus’ Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde, and Derek Greenberg and Adam Gates of Spent Poets, who let their freak flags fly in the studio in the ’80s and ’90s.

Plus: Kacey Musgraves, Soccer Mommy, Breakdown, Thrice, Deakin, Ohmme, and more tour announcements.

Primus and Mastodon are on tour together now, having played the NYC-area twice this past weekend…

The Louisville fest also includes Billy Idol, Clutch, Action Bronson, Monster Magnet, Turnstile, GWAR, Suicidal Tendencies, and more.

We’re giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows in NYC, including Belle & Sebastian, Arctic Monkeys, David Byrne, The National presents There’s No Leaving New York, alt-J, Jamiroquai, Mastodon and Primus, The Decemberists, The Magnetic Fields, Nick Cave & more

Phil Pirrone is the cofounder of the Desert Daze festival but also makes heady psych as JJUUJJUU. He just released JJUUJJUU’s debut album, ’Zionic Mud,’ a heavy trip that incorporates of sonic weapons in its all manner of psychic warfare…

Nine Inch Nails headline the San Antonio, TX’s festival’s sixth year, and the lineup also includes sets from Primus, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Clutch, Suicidal Tendencies, The Sword, and more.