The Church

Including Hot Chip, Arctic Monkeys, The Church, Kiwi Jr, Max Tundra, Oneida, The Lounge Society, Dougie Poole, Greengtea Peng, and more.

“I don’t think this song has any predecessor in our history at all,“ frontman Steve Kilbey says.

While the Bunnymen have had to drop off this weekend’s very ’80s Cruel World festival, the lineup still boast Bauhaus, Blondie, The Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Violent Femmes, and lots more.

The Church are one of the many great ’80s alternative bands lined up for L.A.’s Cruel World Festival in May. Ahead of that, the band will tour…

The CA festival was originally scheduled for 2020, then rescheduled to 2022 with much of the same lineup, including Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The Church, The English Beat, and more

Originally set for 2020, the L.A. fest with an ’80s alternative / goth vibe will now happen in 2022 with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Damned, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, PiL, Cold Cave, Black Marble and more also playing.

Listen to new songs by Your Old Droog, Brockhampton, Jessie Ware, The Umbrellas, Steve Kilbey (The Church), and more.

This week: reviews of new records by Wire, Joe Pernice, and Damaged Bug, plus Kevin Hairs, and an Alzheimer’s benefit featuring New Order, Anna Calvi and more.

The compilation comes out on Friday and also features New Order, Moby, Anna Calvi, Sad13, and more.

The ’80s-centric Los Angeles festival Cruel World has announced it’s moving from May 2 to September 12, due to “recent circumstances.”