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Quicksand Strikes Back With ‘Bring On The Psychics’

(photo Annette Rodriguez) New York trio Quicksand’s improbable second act will continue July 17 with its first album in five years, Bring on the Psychics. It doubles as the band’s debut for Equal Vision Records and effectively ties its ‘90s post-hardcore blueprint to the more exploratory instincts of its post-2013 reunion-era output. Produced and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) in a rapid-fire 10-day session, Psychics is led by […]

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Geese Fall Tour Includes Band’s Largest NYC Show

Geese backstage at the 2026 Coachella festival (photo: Alfred Marroquin @ YouTube x Coachella Studio). Geese’s charmed run as one of the buzziest indie rock bands of recent memory will extend at least through early November, as the New York quartet has announced some of its biggest live shows to date in support of its 2025 Partisan album Getting Killed. The aptly named Getting Killed Again tour will begin Sept. […]

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Justin Vernon Details His Bob Dylan Cover Band

Justin Vernon (photo: Eaux Claires) Earlier this year when he announced the return of his Eaux Claires festival in Wisconsin, Justin Vernon also revealed that he’d participate in the event not as Bon Iver but as someone, or something, dubbed Bon Dylan. Now, he’s finally offering a clearer picture of what that actually means — and it’s not Bon Iver as usual.Instead, Vernon will take the stage over the July […]

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MJ Lenderman, Iron & Wine Elevate Houndmouth’s ‘Lordy’

(photo: Tommy Moore) Southern Indiana-reared rockers Houndmouth will end a five-year break from releasing new music with the album Lordy, which will be released July 10 on Dualtone Records. The title cut and “Tiger Blood” can both be sampled below.Produced by Brad Cook (Mavis Staples, Bon Iver), the album leans into uncluttered arrangements, raw performances and songs that feel lived-in rather than labored over. Frontman Matt Myers wrote much of […]

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Secretly Celebrating 30th With Bloomington Gigs

Sharon Van Etten in Auckland in November 2025 (photo: Dave Simpson / WireImage). To mark its 30th anniversary, Bloomington, In.-born indie label powerhouse Secretly Canadian has announced What Comes After the Blues: Secretly 30, a three-night concert series running Aug. 27–29 at hometown venues the Bluebird, Buskirk-Chumley Theater and Switchyard Park. Each is tied closely to the label’s origin story and ongoing community roots.It’s the first major event in a […]

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Boards Of Canada Lights A New ‘Inferno’

(photo: Warp Records) As expected, sibling U.K. electronic music duo Boards of Canada will shake off a 13-year silence with the new album Inferno, which will arrive May 29 through longtime label home Warp Records. A 42-second trailer for the 18-track album can be sampled below. Over the past two weeks, fans started posting online about mysterious VHS tapes arriving in the mail, reportedly sent out by Warp. They contained […]

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