Highlands

Al Cisnero (Sleep) and Emil Amos’ (Grails, Holy Sons) band OM have a few dates coming up this year. They were part of today’s initial NXNE lineup announcement, and also playing Santa Ana’s Psycho California Festival (May 15-17) with Sleep, Pentagram (performing First Daze Here), Cult of Luna, Earth, Kylesa, Russian Circles, Eyehategod, Indian, Pallbearer, Old Man Gloom, Cave In, Tombs an…

California shoegazers Highlands released their debut album Dark Matter Traveler earlier this year on their own Say Again Records, and on November 18 they’ll follow it with an EP titled Dark Matter Remnants which features five songs from the album’s sessions that didn’t make the cut…

Long Beach, CA’s Highlands name Slowdive and Ride as influences, and they’ve shared stages with A Place to Bury Strangers, Dead Meadow, Ringo Deathstarr and others, so you can probably get an idea of what you’re in for…

The annual Bumbershoot Festival returns in 2014 to Seattle’s Seattle Center from August 30 to September 1. The lineup was just announced and includes The Replacements, Wu-Tang Clan, Elvis Costello, Schoolboy Q, Afghan Whigs, The Dismemberment Plan, Nada Surf, Bobby Womack, Danny Brown, Mac DeMarco, Twin Shadow, Big Freedia, Jonathan Richman, Mission of Burma, The Dream Syndicate and man…