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Seattle's Freakout Fest announces 2022 lineup

The 10th annual Freakout Fest happens November 10-13 at multiple Seattle venues, and the lineup includes Os Mutantes, No Age, Kid Congo, Isobel Campbell, and more.

Treefort Music Fest 2021 lineup: Japanese Breakfast, Built to Spill, Lightning Bolt, more

Treefort Music Fest happens September 22-26 in Downtown Boise and performers include Japanese Breakfast, Built to Spill, Calexico, Andy Shaur, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, Mdou Moctar, Lightning Bolt, and over 300 more.

Frank Turner tells us his top 10 albums of 2016, covered The Mountain Goats

Frank writes about his favorite records of the year, from Descendents to John K Samson to Frightened Rabbit.

XPoNential Music Festival live-streaming this weekend (Father John Misty, Mavis Staples, Alabama Shakes & more)

For those of you who can’t make it out to NJ, WXPN is live-streaming a bunch of the artists over the course of he weekend.

Lincoln Calling music festival 2016 initial lineup & tickets; Real Estate announce tour

Nebraska’s annual music festival Lincoln Calling has announced its 2016 lineup. The festival is October 6-8, and headliners include Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Real Estate, Kali Uchis and Cloud Nothings. Other artists performing at the festival are Twin Peaks, Ceremony, and Screaming Females. Along with music, the festival has comedy performances from Adam Cayton-Holland, Timmy […]

Treefort Music Fest: 2016 lineup & tickets

The 2016 Treefort Music Fest goes on March 23-27 in Boise, Idaho in venues all over the city. (It’s kinda like Boise’s SXSW.) This year’s lineup includes Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Thee Oh Sees, Youth Lagoon, Aesop Rock, Chelsea Wolfe, White Denim, Oddisee, Hinds, French Horn Rebellion, Quilt, Alex G, Wax Idols, Built To Spill, La Luz, All Dogs, Porches, Oddisee (who plays a BV show in NYC on Tuesday)…

listen to The Hold Steady's cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You

The Hold Steady recorded a cover of Billy Squier’s “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” a few years ago at the RAGS EP sessions, but in honor of the holiday season, they’ve put it up for streaming and free download on bandc…

Craig Finn releases new song, announces tour (dates)

Seamless ad star Craig Finn already released one song from his upcoming solo album, Faith In The Future (due 9/11 via Partisan), and now he’s got anot…