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Levitation happens Halloween Weekend in Austin with Unwound, OPN, UMO, Flying Lotus, BMJ, Ty Segall, Amyl & The Sniffers, The Church, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, and more

You can watch full Numero Twenty sets from Unwound, Karate, and Tsunami

“Broken kick drum head, broken string, broken voice, and yet, not bad. Very…Chisel“ – Ted Leo on his old band Chisel’s first show since 1997

Chisel, the mod-ish ’90s-era DC band led by Ted Leo, are reuniting for a short tour in support of The Numero Group reissue of their final album, ‘Set You Free‘

Plus: Teenage Halloween, Fever Ray, The Walkmen, GloRilla, Joshua Ray Walker, New Found Glory, The Church, Thievery Corporation, Flogging Molly, Fruit Bats, and more tour and festival news.

The 2023 edition of San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival runs February 20-26 and they’ve announced the Phase 1 lineup…

The two-day Numero Twenty festival happens in February in Los Angeles and also on the very ’80s/’90s bill are Everyone Asked About You, Ui, Rex and Tsunami.

Tons more footage shot by the late Tim Morris in the ’90s has been unearthed, also including videos of Ted Leo’s band Chisel, Converge, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, Lifetime, and more…

DC-area/Virginia post-hardcore band Indian Summer (not to be confused with the Oakland band of the same name and genre) were around for just two years in the late ’80s, and members went on to form Chisel, Edsel, Pelt, and more…

“It was a haven for working NYC musicians who just wanted to hang out in a non-careerist environment. It was previously Brownies, where all of your favorite bands played before anyone had heard of them. It feels like the heart of what was New York for me has been cut out.” – Will Sheff