Soft Kill

Originally set for 2020, the L.A. fest with an '80s alternative / goth vibe will now happen in 2022 with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Damned, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, PiL, Cold Cave, Black Marble and more also playing.

The November tour includes East Coast and Midwest dates with Soft Kill and Heyrocco.

Plus The Besnard Lakes, Palehound, Steve Gunn, The Chills, Otoboke Beaver, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

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

Plus Dua Lipa, Rufus Wainwright, Face to Face, Fontaines DC, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Django Django, Oceanator, Trey Anastasio, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Listen to new songs by Failure's Ken Andrews, Dessa, Calexico, Lavendar Diamond, Cocorosie, Seba Kaapstad/Oddisee, Chastity, Ariel Pink, Rinse/Hatchie, Myd/Mac DeMarco, and more...

The cover will appear on Soft Kill's new Blitz tribute 7”, which features artwork by original Blitz bassist/artist Mackie...

plus Lucius, Flume, slowthai, JPEGMAFIA, The Dears, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

Plus: Sleaford Mods, Rufus Wainwright, Amorphis, Demilich, and more tour-related news.

Here's all the metal we posted on BV this week, including Cult of Luna, Liturgy, Cattle Decapitation, Nile, Esoteric, Gatecreeper, Dawn Ray'd, Korn, Life of Agony, Crypt Sermon, and more.