Pussy Riot

The inaugural Ohio festival Sonic Temple (which replaces Rock on the Range) also includes Refused, The Prodigy, Joan Jett, The Cult, Mark Lanegan, Lamb of God, Gojira, Meshuggah, Tom Morello, Pussy Riot, and more…

Popgun’s multi-room Bushwick venue Elsewhere opened last year on Halloween, and to celebrate their first anniversary, we’re giving away tickets to 12 big upcoming shows at the venue.

The stacked Miami festival also includes Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Herbie Hancock, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah (playing ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx’), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and still much more.

Weezer covered blink-182 (who were absent from the festival because of drummer Travis Barker’s health issues), Pussy Riot addressed the absence of Pyotr Verzilov (who is in recovery from a reported poisoning), and more from the first day of Chicago’s Riot Fest.

Janet Jackson takes on NYC in her new video, plus listen to new songs by Young Thug, Les Big Byrd, Cumulus, Shortly, Mercy Union (members of The Gaslight Anthem and The Scandals), and more.

In other news, European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for it’s treatment of the 2012 Pussy Riot protest at a Moscow Cathedral.

Pussy Riot member Veronica Nikulshina has been given “15 days of administrative arrest (will spend them in a special prison)” and they have “banned her from visiting sports events.” They’ve also released a video detailing what they did, and why.

Today’s World Cup Final, which had France winning over Croatia 4-2, was briefly interrupted at the beginning of the second half when what seemed like four fans managed to get through security and onto the field during the game.

The 2018 edition of Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner‘s annual Eaux Claires festival just got underway in Eau Claire, WI. The lineup was kept a secret until gates opened today and we can now see that this year includes performances from The National, Big Red Machine (aka Vernon and Dessner), Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, Dirty Projectors…