‘In Defense of the Genre’ October roundup (best songs of the month included)
The October roundup of punk column In Defense of the Genre includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.
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Florida emo band GILT debut new vocalist & sound with “In Windows” (watch the video)
Drummer Ash Stixx is now assuming lead vocal duties, and they've adopted a much bigger, pop-friendly sound than what they had before.
Stream La Dispute’s Fugazi cover from the upcoming 43-song tribute comp
The comp also features Fugazi covers by Failure, Shai Hulud, Teenage Halloween, Chamberlain, Viva Belgrado, Couch Slut, Into It. Over It., Jonah Matranga, Snapped Ankles, and more...
This Week’s Livestreams (Brockhampton, OSEES, Whitney, Bat for Lashes, more)
Plus Alanis Morissette, The Isley Brothers vs Earth, Wind and Fire, Ted Leo, Eve 6, Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
Thursday’s Geoff Rickly (covering Tori Amos) & more on No Sleep’s new holiday benefit comp
’No Sleep Til Christmas 8’ also features GILT covering Joyce Manor, as well as holiday-themed songs from Best Ex, Cinema Stare, Cliffdiver, Cloaker, Hate Club, Hornbill, Laughingstock, Michael Malarkey, No Better, Odd Robot, Palette Knife, p.s.you'redead, Riverby, Sarah and the Safe Word, The Weekend Run Club, and more.
Bandcamp exclusives for today’s fundraiser (Sonic Youth, Death Cab, Swervedriver, Merge comp, more)
Plus: Swervedriver, The Mountain Goats, Lingua Ignota, Lucy Dacus, Charly Bliss, Wylde Ratttz (Sonic Youth, Stooges, Minutemen), Petrol Girls, Fleet Foxes, Lakes (Glassjaw cover), and more.
This Week’s Livestreams (Metallica, Mastodon, Kim Gordon, Lucinda Williams, more)
Plus Roisin Murphy, The Beths, Gloria Gaynor, The Tallest Man on Earth, Of Monsters and Men, 311, ...Trail of Dead, Ryley Walker, Lonnie Holley, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
Halloween livestreams – a guide to the spooky virtual concerts you can watch this weekend
Teenage Halloween, GWAR, Code Orange, Mr. Bungle, The Fest, The Distillers, Puscifer, Nothing/Full of Hell, Rolling Loud, The Wonder Years (as blink-182), The Skatalites, World/Inferno, Rocky Horror, Grateful Dead, and much more...
This Week’s Livestreams (Elton John, GWAR, Mr. Bungle, Grateful Dead, Phish, more)
Plus Jason Isbell, Bright Eyes, Kathleen Hanna, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Puscifer, The Lemonheads, H.E.R., Bartees Strange, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers, Nothing, Teenage Halloween, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
The Fest 2019 adds Against Me!, Stiff Little Fingers, Spraynard, The Bronx, Torche, more
Other additions to The Fest's stacked lineup include War On Women, TWIABP, The Lillingtons, Career Suicide, Grade, The Casket Lottery, Able Baker Fox, J Robbins, Bob Nanna, and more.