Plus: Kool Keith, Ivan Julian, Little Simz, Nas / Wu-Tang Clan, Billy Bragg, Neko Case, Four Chord Fest, Outside lands and more tour and festival news.
Plus, Sonic Temple comedy/spoken word lineup with Henry Rollins & more, AFI offshoot Blaqk Audio, Hot Tuna, Dent May, Active Bird Community/Wild Pink, Whitechapel/Dying Fetus/Revocation, and more tour news.
Season 2 of HBO's not-for-kids animated series Animals premieres March 17. The series takes a look at the critters that live in NYC, finding them very human but still very much of their species...
Highlights from the main stage, appropriately named Beach Goth, included FIDLAR, a party punk band that sings mostly about drinking beer and not doing homework...
The Growlers' fourth annualBeach Goth Festival happens October 24 & 25 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. The Growlers play both days, and the lineup also includes Grimes, Die Antwoord, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, FIDLAR, Camera Obscura, Ghost, Juicy J, Warpaint, DIIV, Touche Amore, Cherry Glazerr, Sir Mix-A-Lot (seriously), Eagles of Death Metal, The Aquabats, Riff Raff, Allah-Las, Del the Funky Homosapien, Subhumans, Wanda Jackson, The Adicts, together PANGEA, Moving Units, My Life With A Thrill Kill...
Do you love the '90s? Like, indiscriminately? If so you're going to love 90sFest which comes to Williamsburg's 50 Kent on September 12 with live performances from Coolio, Lisa Loeb, Naughty By Nature, Smash Mouth (no bread throwing, please), Tonic, the surviving members of Blind Melon and Saved By the '90s party cover band The Bayside Tigers...