Late Bloomer

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.

Plus: Lissie, Late Bloomer/Alright, Burna Boy, Sebadoh, Parquet Courts and more tour-related news.

The band's new album is a big step above anything Late Bloomer had done before, and ”Life Is Weird” is an anthemic, Replacements-y ballad that really swings for the fences.

Other new additions include Comeback Kid, Mikey Erg, Frameworks, Brendan Kelly, Shellshag, and more.

”Listen” is like late '90s / early '00s emo meets The Replacements, and it's pretty damn catchy.

The annual Raleigh, NC music festival also includes Angel Olsen, Big Boi, Margo Price, Afghan Whigs, The Make-Up, Mary Timony Plays Helium, and more.

The Fest also added Lemuria, Mean Jeans, Somos, Vacation, Iron Chic, Slingshot Dakota, PUP, RVIVR, Timeshares, Frameworks, Lifted Bells, Antarctigo Vespucci, Ian Graham, Katie Ellen, Roger Harvey, Museum Mouth, Hiccup, Amanda X, Die Choking, Sonic Avenues, Mac Sabbath, Creepoid, Sports and mannnnnny…

Cassette Store Day is back for its third year, celebrating the glory of tape, and happens October 17 in North America, UK, Australia, New Zeleand and Germany...

Gainesville's annual punk festival The Fest returns in 2015 for its 14th year (hence Fest 14) from October 30 to November 1, and like in previous years, a handful of the bands play Pre-Fest in Little Ybor from October 28...

Charlotte, NC's Alright feature members of a couple other cool bands from their hometown -- It Looks Sad. and Late Bloomer -- and like those bands, Alright are most directly indebted to '80s/'90s punk and indie rock...