Preoccupations

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IDLES are on tour now with Fontaines D.C. and will be back this fall surrounding their appearance at ACL 2019.

Foals' latest stop in NYC involved tons of dancing, stage diving, and intense grooves. The band is on tour supporting their latest LP ’Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt 1’, with the second half dropping later this year.

Following two very good albums on Trouble in Mind, Atlanta band Omni have signed with Sub Pop and are currently working on their third album. To tide you over, Omni have just contributed two new songs...

Plus: Brian Wilson, Lee Fields, Weedeater, Foals tour openers (Preoccupations, Omni), the Devastation On The Nation tour lineup, and more tour-related news.

Preoccupations cover Protomartyr’s ”Pontiac 87”; while Protomartyr take on Preoccupations’ ”Forbidden.” Their co-headlining tour kicks off 11/23 in Toronto.

Plus: Gary Clark Jr, Weird Al, The Interrupters, Patton Oswalt, The Voidz, Hot Water Music, Jonathan Richman, Mick Jenkins, Dandy Warhols, Clutch, Girlpool, Lady Lamb, and more NYC-area shows on sale today.

Listen to Protomartyr's storming take on Preoccupations' "Forbidden." Their tour starts in November.

Fans of superior post-punk inspired modern indie rock should be excited to hear that Detroit's Protomartyr and Canada's Preoccupations will be on tour together this fall...with UK band Rattle along for the ride.

For its second year, music, beer and food festival OctFest moved to Governors Island and expanded to two days. Saturday included music from Vince Staples, Jeff Tweedy, NAO, Saba, Preoccupations, Standing On The Corner, Vagabon, Hatchie, Flasher and Madison McFerrin.