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In 1996, the Butthole Surfers hit the big time. For years, they’d been known as the biggest freaks on the American underground rock circuit, and this was during a time when the American underground rock circuit was not exactly light on freaks. (The Replacements were reportedly scared of them.) After their long rampage, the Buttholes…

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Last year, promoter Ignacio Rodriguera, who goes by the name Nacho Corrupted, announced plans for the rescheduled version of CY Fest, a Los Angeles punk festival that was originally supposed to take place in 2025. The 2026 CY Fest, scheduled to come to the Belasco later this month, has a truly impressive lineup, with punk, hardcore, and metal underground legends like the Subhumans, Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer, and Dropdead playing alongside newer bands like Big Boy, Rotting Out, and Mess. But an online feminist group has circulated a number of sexual misconduct allegations against Rodriguera, and some bands have dropped off the CY Fest lineup.

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Back in January, Death Cab For Cutie announced that after two decades and six albums with Atlantic, the band was leaving the majors and signing with the esteemed mega-indie ANTI- Records. Now when know when ANTI- will be releasing a new Death Cab album. I Built You A Tower is dropping in June, preceded today…

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The indie-rock nostalgia festival Just Like Heaven will make its annual return to Pasadena this summer, bringing your favorite indie bands from the 2000s to the present to Brookside At The Rose Bowl on Saturday, Aug. 22.

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In just a few days, the fired-up Philly pop-punkers Gladie will release No Need To Be Lonely, the new album that they recorded with Jeff Rosenstock on productions. We’ve already posted the band’s three advance singles — “Car Alarm, ” “Future Spring,” and “Brace Yourself” — and all of them rock hard. Today, Gladie share…

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Later this week, the UK powerhouse Anna Calvi will release Is This All There Is?, a new EP of duets. We’ve already heard her cover Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See A Darkness” with Perfume Genius, and we’ve posted her Iggy Pop collab “God’s Lonely Man.” There’s a song with Laurie Anderson on there, too. Today,…

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Harry Styles, fresh off the release of his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, was the host and musical guest on SNL last night. It was his second time having pulled double duty on the show, having previously done so in 2019 (he teased his latest appearance last week by crashing Ryan Gosling’s monologue). During Styles’ monologue, the pop star talked about his love of fruit, addressed past accusations of queerbaiting, discovering he’s actually “tremendously boring,” and his love of running. (Fans spotted him jogging to and from rehearsals this week.) Lastly, Styles kissed cast member Ben Marshall after passing on Chloe Fineman and Sarah Sherman.

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California’s Olivia Austin has been releasing music under the moniker Operelly for a few years, and last year she shared her debut EP Handwriting Practice No.1 via deadAir Records, which is home to acts like Jane Remover and Prostitute. Now she’s back with her second EP, *FLUTTERS AWAY*. *FLUTTERS AWAY* flits between electronic and acoustic,…

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Last year CMAT stole the spotlight with her latest record EURO-COUNTRY, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize (it ended up going to Sam Fender’s People Watching). The Irish singer-songwriter made her triumphant TV debut in September on Kimmel, and last month she brought a grandiose performance to Colbert. Now, she recruited none other than British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for her EURO-COUNTRY track “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station.”

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