Polaris

Nearly 100 metal, rock, and punk bands will descend upon Sacramento for this year's stacked, four-day Aftershock festival...

Plus: Snail Mail, Old Man Gloom, Somnuri, Uniform / Portrayal of Guilt, Bartees Strange, Infant Island, Hatred Surge, Tonstartssbandht, and more tour and festival news.

Polaris, Mark Mulcahy‘s group that gave us the theme song for The Adventures of Pete & Pete, have rescheduled their tour that was to support the 2020 vinyl reissue of the Pete & Pete soundtrack.

Plus: Curve, Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo, Activity, Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley & Disappears, 'Earbudz Vol 1,' Mark Mulcahy, Grant-Lee Phillips, and more.

Talk Show Host, American Television, Mercy Music, LOVEBREAKERS, Catholic Guilt, Answering Machine, and In Parallel told us about their favorite music of the year.

Boris live albums and rarities, Mikey Erg demos, a Hot Snakes rarity, a William Tyler EP, unearthed Hop Along songs from 2005, a Jason Isbell live album, Hedwig's John Cameron Mitchell, three huge compilations, and more special releases out for Bandcamp Friday...

The deluxe edition comes with a bonus disc of demos and rarities and, for the first time, a lyric sheet.

Record Store Day 2020 in April 18 and they've just announced the list of exclusive titles that will be available at independent records stores that day...

The deluxe vinyl reissue of Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete will include a CD of original demos dating between 1992-95, liner notes from Pete & Pete co-creator Will McRobb, and a complete album lyric sheet.

This week: reviews of new albums by The Soft Cavalry, Mark Mulcahy and Trash Kit, plus Prefab Sprout vinyl reissues are on the way.