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Big Ears Festival Beckons David Byrne, Robert Plant

David Byrne and Robert Plant will anchor the lineup for the 2026 edition of the Big Ears festival, which will bring more than 250 concerts, films, workshops and experiences to downtown Knoxville, Tn., from March 26-29, 2026.New York experimental music legend John Zorn will present 12 works throughout the event, including Love Songs with Petra Haden, Awakening Ground with John Medeski and Dave Lombardo and a project with Laurie Anderson. Anderson herself will re-team with Sexmob for  X2, the sequel to […]

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The Sword’s J.D. Cronise Discusses Milestones, Hints at New Music

"We listen to so much other stuff and that is kind of the idea, we need to show that the Sword is multifaceted and we can do whatever." On Tuesday (Sept. 9), the Sword's founding frontman, J.D. Cronise, joined Loudwire Nights to reflect on the band's career, the anniversary of their third studio album, Warp Riders, and more... Continue reading…

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Release Roundup: Motörhead, Tortoise, Whitney

** Rancid, Pennywise, Lagwagon, GBH, the Bronx and FEAR are among the acolytes contributing covers to the album Killed by Deaf – A Punk Tribute to Motörhead, which will be released Oct. 31 through BMG Recordings. The first single is a previously unreleased 2002 collaboration between Motörhead and the Damned on the latter’s “Neat Neat Neat” and can be sampled below. “The punks loved us. The only reason we weren’t in that lot was because we had long hair, so […]

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Armand Hammer, The Alchemist Deliver ‘Mercy’

Rap duo Armand Hammer (billy wods and ELUCID) has teamed with producer the Alchemist for a new album, Mercy, which will be released Nov. 7 through Backwoodz Studioz and distributed by Rhmesayers Entertainment.Mercy is the follow-up to the artists’ 2021 album Haram, which included one song co-produced by Earl Sweatshirt. Woods also recently released the album GOLLIWOG, while Alchemist surprised fans this summer with Alfredo 2, the sequel to his Grammy-nominated 2020 album Alfredo with rapper Freddie Gibbs.More from Spin: […]

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