Radioactivity

Radioactivity touring; The Marked Men playing Austin one-off

Radioactivity, the killer melodic punk band with members of The Marked Men, will tour once again this year. It begins this month with a couple shows in their home state of Texas…

Sled Island fest announces full 2016 lineup

Calgary’s Sled Island Festival shared its initial lineup back in February and now the full lineup has been announced, featuring more than 100 additions. Those include Speedy Ortiz, Kaytranada, Julia Holter, The Besnard Lakes, ESG, Oneida, SubRosa, HEALTH, Land of Talk, Dead Cross, Valient Thorr and more. This year’s guest curator Peaches also selected some […]

5 Metal Bands to Check Out at SXSW

All the heavy stuff you’ll need at SXSW.

5 Metal Bands to Check Out at SXSW

All the heavy stuff you’ll need at SXSW.

Mind Spiders go "Running" with new single (listen), playing Dirtnap Records SXSW showcase w/ Radioactivity & more

Fort Worth, TX’s Mind Spiders are set to release their new album Prothesis on March 12 via Dirtnap and they’ve just dropped a new track from it, “Running…

Robert Pollard reactivates Guided by Voices for new LP and shows, playing 2016 Sled Island (initial lineup announced)

Canadian music festival Sled Island has announced the initial lineup for its 2016 edition. With it comes some wider-reaching news: Robert Pollard is reactivating Guided By Voices and they’ll headline the festival…

Mind Spiders ready new LP 'Prosthesis' (listen to "Cold")

Mind Spiders, the TX band that led by Marked Men’s Mark Ryan, will soon be back with their fourth album, Prosthesis, out March 11 via Dirtnap…

SXSW announces third round of 2016 artists

SXSW already announced two rounds of 2016 artists, and today a third round was announced, including L7, Bloc Party, The Cult, Loretta Lynn, Waxahatchee, Frankie Cosmos, D∆WN, Polica, Dilly Dally, Eleanor Friedberger, Protomartyr, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot, Fat White Family, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, All Dogs, Judy Collins & Ari Hest, The Dandy Warhols, Des Ark, Mick Jenkins, Lady Leshurr, Mitski, Supersuckers, Teen Suicide, together PANGEA, Turnover, Younghusband an…

VIDEO (mems Radioactivity, Bad Sports & more) releasing new LP on Third Man (listen to "Shackles"), touring

Austin, TX’s VIDEO features members of Bad Sports, Wiccans, Radioactivity, and the Wax Museums and with a lineage like that you might know what to expect: loud, taut, sneery, angular punk heavy on the attitude…

Pop punk's complicated relationship with indie rock, and the great new Wonder Years album

“Pop punk” was once widely considered a dirty term in most indie rock circles, but over the past few years it’s been sneaking into indie rock vernacular…
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