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Chiodos Unleash “TAPDAT,” First New Song in 12 Years: Stream

  • Chiodos release "TAPDAT", first new song in 12 years
  • Track blends metalcore, R&B, screamo and Autotune influences
  • Summer North American tour starts 30 July in Denver

Chiodos have released "TAPDAT", their first new single in 12 years, marking a significant return for the post-hardcore band ahead of a North American headline tour this summer. The song's arrival matters as a milestone comeback for a group long associated with the mid-2000s screamo scene, signalling renewed…

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Born in Virginia 128 Years Ago Today, the Woman Who Led a Trailblazing Country Music Trio Despite Never Learning To Read Music

  • Sara Carter, Carter Family lead singer, born 21 July 1898 in Virginia
  • Her voice helped launch country music's landmark 1927 Bristol sessions
  • Group recorded 300+ songs; Sara died in 1979 aged 80

Sara Carter, born on 21 July 1898 in Copper Creek, Virginia, was the lead vocalist of the Carter Family, widely regarded as the founding group of country music. Alongside her husband A.P. Carter and his cousin Maybelle, she helped bring traditional Appalachian folk songs into the mainstream, shaping…

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Morgan Wallen Concert Takes Bizarre Turn After Fan Allegedly Pees on Family

  • Fan says drunk man urinated on his family at Wallen's Baltimore show
  • Police reportedly said Maryland law barred an on-the-spot arrest
  • Suspect later detained outside venue; charges remain undecided

A fan named Troy Grevelding says a night out at Morgan Wallen's concert at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore was ruined after an intoxicated man allegedly exposed himself and urinated on him and his family. Grevelding claims that when he called local police, they told him no arrest…

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Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Breathtaking Orchestral Album

  • Cécile McLorin Salvant releases orchestral album with Darcy James Argue
  • Features her trio plus the 48-piece Metropole Orkest
  • Ten ballads, drawn largely from musicals, explored as dramatic monologues

Jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has released a new orchestral album, *With Every Breath I Take*, made in collaboration with composer Darcy James Argue, who arranged ten ballads for her trio alongside the 48-piece Metropole Orkest, conducted by Jules Buckley. In an interview, Salvant discusses why she resists…

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MISERY INDEX Releases First New Single In Four Years, ‘Feral Future’

  • Misery Index release "Feral Future", their first new song in four years
  • Track previews the band's upcoming eighth studio album
  • European tour kicks off late July, including UK dates

Baltimore death metal band Misery Index have released "Feral Future", their first new single in four years, alongside an official lyric video. The release marks a fresh start for the band following their return to Season Of Mist and comes ahead of their headline "An Epitaph for Endtimes"…

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John Lydon: The Odds of Re-Joining the Sex Pistols are in the ‘Minus Infinities’

  • Lydon rules out a Sex Pistols reunion, calling the odds "minus infinities"
  • PiL are on their busiest tour in decades, with more North American dates ahead
  • New PiL album in progress, recorded partly with help from Oasis's Noel Gallagher

John Lydon, the former Sex Pistols and current Public Image Ltd (PiL) frontman, has said the chances of him rejoining the Sex Pistols are "minus infinities," ruling out any reunion. Now 70, Lydon spoke about the ongoing feud in an interview timed to PiL's busiest touring period in…

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Ned Collette – “Commandeered Parade”

  • Ned Collette shares "Commandeered Parade" video ahead of new album
  • Eighth album Mixed Light out 28 August via It Records/Feeding Tube
  • Second single follows lead track "Curious Thing"

Australian-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter Ned Collette has released a video for "Commandeered Parade," the second track shared from his forthcoming eighth studio album, Mixed Light. The song follows lead single "Curious Thing" and continues Collette's long-running exploration of folk, jazz and avant-garde rock, placing him in the lineage of…

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PBS Dials Up Deal For Alternative Music Doc ‘CFNY: The Spirit Of Radio’

  • PBS acquires US rights to Canadian radio documentary "CFNY: The Spirit of Radio"
  • Film debuts on PBS in September, streaming via PBS Passport and BPTM+
  • Documentary features interviews with Rush, New Order and Sum 41 musicians

PBS has struck a deal with Canadian producer-distributor HighballTV to broadcast the documentary "CFNY: The Spirit of Radio" in the United States, with the film airing in September and streaming via PBS Passport and BPTM+. The documentary tells the story of CFNY, a pioneering Toronto-area alternative radio station,…

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Self Defense Family – “Reclusion”

  • Self Defense Family release "Reclusion", their first new song in years
  • Track echoes Lungfish, reflects Kindlon's move to Australia
  • Band to play rare shows with Fiddlehead and Ink & Dagger

Self Defense Family, the long-running Albany art-hardcore collective led by Patrick Kindlon, have released "Reclusion", their first new song in years. It marks a notable return, as the band has largely sat dormant while Kindlon's other project, Drug Church, rose to prominence, though he has always maintained Self…

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Sylvan Esso Announce New Album Ow ∞: Hear The Sigur Rós-Sampling “Concrete Glen”

  • Sylvan Esso announce new album Ow ∞
  • New single "Concrete Glen" samples Sigur Rós
  • Duo to headline Durham's Good Moon Festival, 8-10 October

North Carolina duo Sylvan Esso have announced a new album, Ow ∞, alongside the release of a new single called "Concrete Glen", which samples Jónsi Birgisson's vocal from Sigur Rós's 1999 track "Svefn-g-englar". It is the band's first album since founding their own label, Psychic Hotline, and comes…

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