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March 12, 2025
Mikayla Pasterfield | Hear "Heritage Listed" from Rising Queer Musician Praised by Gracie Abrams, more
INTRODUCING…
MIKAYLA PASTERFIELD
AUSTRALIAN SINGER SONGWRITER SHARES NEW SINGLE
“HERITAGE LISTED”
Early Tracks Received Praise From The Likes Of
Gracie Abrams, Zach Bryan, Chelsea Cutler and More
Photo by Tajette O'Halloran
Rising singer-songwriter Mikayla Pasterfield emerges today with her new single, "Heritage Listed." Calling to mind Lizzy McAlpine and Noah Kahan, "Heritage Listed" casts a local lens on a universal sentiment of “home is where the heart is” – for better or worse. Effectively straddling affection and rancour, Mikayla pushes past nostalgia, harnessing the liberty of possibility as she navigates the complicated desire to step outside of one’s hometown, while not wanting to leave forever.
Listen to “Heritage Listed” here: https://awal.ffm.to/heritagelisted.
“Heritage Listed” arrives alongside the music video exploring suburban life, visually capturing a vignette of the town that raised Mikayla, traipsing through central locations amongst her friends. In Mikayla’s words, "’Heritage Listed’ describes that itch for a change of scenery, while still holding so much love and appreciation for the stability and peaceful monotony that you grew up with. The song is written as the internal thought process that goes into making the decision to leave, describing the need to give yourself permission before you can make that leap. It essentially says ‘everything will be right where you left it’ to ease the internal worry of losing the life you’ve built in favor of something else." Watch the official video here: https://youtu.be/ey8ghDIqHxc.
WATCH “HERITAGE LISTED” OFFICIAL VIDEO
Mikayla Pasterfield stumbled into music accidentally – a “high school scheduling mishap” that could never anticipate the global resonance of her debut single “Damage You Still Do.” The song has received over a million streams and millions of TikTok views with comments from Gracie Abrams (“YEAHHHHHHH”), Zach Bryan (“no sike. you’re such a great writer”), Chelsea Cutler (“Wow”) and more.
Honing her penmanship over the years with second single “Bindi In The Dirt,” a haunting vignette of a relationship through love and loss praised as “another striking example of Pasterfield’s songwriting prowess” (SXSW Sydney), Mikayla’s sights are firm on transforming her buzz into securing her place as one of the country’s next best songwriters, captivating audiences across BIGSOUND to shows with Laurel, Nick Mulvey, GRAACE and more. Moments away from revealing her formal introduction with her debut EP, now is the time to get familiar with Mikayla Pasterfield.
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March 11, 2025
The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce North American tour 2025; documentary 'DiG XX' now streaming
The Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced an extensive 40-date North American tour in two legs: September will blanket the East Coast and Midwest, while November will hit the Southwest and West Coast. All dates are listed below.
The tour hits NYC on September 9 at Webster Hall, and tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, March 14 at 10 AM local time. There are SIX shows in November in Southern California.
The BJM’s most recent album was 2023’s The Future is Your Past, which was also their 20th full length.
In other news, DiG XX, the 20th anniversary edition of Ondi Timoner’s instant classic 2004 documentary about The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, is now on streaming. The film’s distributor, Oscilloscope Labs, call it “a bigger, better, crazier expanded reimagining of the original cut” that catches us up with what’s happened in the last 20 years. Rent it from the streaming service of your choice and watch the trailer below. It’s also still showing in theaters in some cities.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – 2025 Tour Dates
May 4 – Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Music Bar
May 5 – Vienna, Austria – Arena
May 6 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
May 8 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457
May 9 – Munich, Germany – Technikum
May 10 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
May 11 – Lyon, France – Le Transbordeur
May 13 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
May 14 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
May 16 – Toulouse, France – Le Bikini
May 17 – Biarritz, France – Atabel
May 18 – Nantes, France – Stereolux
May 20 – Paris, France – La Cigale
May 21 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
May 22 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
May 24 – Malmö, Sweden – Malmö
May 25 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik
May 27 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
May 28 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
May 29 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager Bio
May 30 – Aarhus, Denmark – VoxHall
June 23 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp
June 24 – Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix
June 25 – Oxford, England – O2 Academy
June 27 – Edinburgh, Scotland – O2 Academy
June 29 – Glastonbury, England – Glastonbury Festival
September 3 – Carrboro, NC, USA – Cat’s Cradle
September 4 – Atlanta, GA, USA – Variety Playhouse
September 5 – Nashville, TN, USA – Basement East
September 6 – Asheville, NC, USA – Orange Peel
September 8 – Washington, DC, USA – 9:30 Club
September 9 – New York, NY, USA – Webster Hall
September 10 – Philadelphia, PA, USA – Union Transfer
September 12 – Cambridge, MA, USA – The Sinclair
September 13 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Beanfield Theatre
September 14 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Danforth Music Hall
September 16 – Cleveland, OH, USA – Globe Iron
September 17 – Detroit, MI, USA – Majestic Theatre
September 18 – Louisville, KY, USA – Mercury Ballroom
September 19 – Indianapolis, IN, USA – Hi-Fi Annex
September 20 – Madison, WI, USA – Majestic Theatre
September 22 – Chicago, IL, USA – Metro
September 23 – Omaha, NE, USA – Slowdown
September 24 – Kansas City, MO, USA – RecordBar
September 26 – Dallas, TX, USA – Studio at The Factory
September 28 – Houston, TX, USA – White Oak Music Hall
October 31 – San Diego, CA, USA – Music Box
November 1 – Pioneertown, CA, USA – Pappy and Harriet’s
November 2 – Santa Ana, CA, USA – Observatory OC
November 4 – San Luis Obispo, CA, USA – SLO Brew
November 6 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Swan Dive
November 7 – Phoenix, AZ, USA – The Van Buren
November 8 – Santa Fe, NM, USA – Tumbleroot
November 10 – Englewood, CO, USA – Gothic Theatre
November 11 – Boulder, CO, USA – Fox Theatre
November 13 – Salt Lake City, UT, USA – Metro Music Hall
November 14 – Boise, ID, USA – Shrine Social Club
November 15 – Seattle, WA, USA – The Showbox
November 16 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – The Pearl
November 17 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – The Pearl
November 18 – Portland, OR, USA – Revolution Hall
November 20 – San Francisco, CA, USA – Regency Ballroom
November 21 – Santa Cruz, CA, USA – Rio Theatre
November 22 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Teragram Ballroom
November 23 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Teragram Ballroom
November 24 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Teragram Ballroom
MILL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ADDS LOCAL TALENT TO EXPANDED MAY LINEUP - Tickets On Sale Now
MILL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL REVEALS EXPANDED LINEUP
WITH SWEETWATER STAGE FEATURING LOCAL BAY AREA MUSICIANS
Boutique Outdoor Music Festival Returns to Mill Valley, California
For Fourth Anniversary Celebration on May 10-11, 2025
Featuring Headliners Gary Clark Jr. & Nile Rodgers & Chic
Two-Day & Single-Day Tickets On Sale Now at MillValleyMusicFest.com
MILL VALLEY, CA (March 11, 2025) – Local festival organizers behind Mill Valley Music Festival, Noise Pop Industries and The Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, are proud to unveil a slate of new local performers joining the 2025 lineup as the independently-owned music festival returns May 10-11, with tickets on sale now at MillValleyMusicFest.com.
As previously-announced festival performers Gary Clark Jr., Nile Rodgers & Chic, Monophonics, Jason Crosby’s Crosby Collective, Ghost-Note, Sister Nancy and more travel to Northern California to perform on Mill Valley’s main festival stage this May, a more intimate second stage will host multi-genre performances from a number of talented musicians, all of whom have roots in the Bay Area.
Curated by the legendary Mill Valley music venue Sweetwater Music Hall, the aptly named Sweetwater Stage will showcase afternoon performances from a diverse array of artists that music-lovers of all ages can enjoy. Fans can experience every live performance at the festival, including the newly announced acts on the Sweetwater Stage, with no overlapping sets.
The new Sweetwater Stage lineup is listed below with the full lineup listed towards the bottom of this press release, and available online at MillValleyMusicFest.com:
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025:
Rose Paradise (@roseprrr): Twenty-something-year-old folk singing sweetheart whose debut album is set to drop this AprilFlamingos In The Tree (@flamingosinthetree): Smooth indie rock band formed by college dormmates now celebrate the recent release of their sophomore album “as it falls into place” having since planted roots in the Bay AreaMeels (@meelsmusic): 2024 festival alumn returns to perform in support of new new debut album “Tales From a Bird’s Bedroom” released last summerMarin School of Arts Band (@marinschoolarts): Student-led band from the Marin School of the Arts, who perform a range of covers and originals that stretch from classic rock to modern day hit songsSUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025:
Wreckless Strangers (@wrecklessstrangers): Six-piece music collective whose latest EP “Blue Sky Fantasy” was just released last fall to wide praise from fansIriefuse (@iriefusemusic): SF’s favorite dub-rock reggae band well known for performing at some of the country’s largest and most respected music festsMatt Jaffe (@mattjaffemusic): Singer-songwriter, guitarist and founder of the band Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, who was first discovered by none other than Mill Valley Music Festival alum Jerry Harrison of Talking HeadsLatin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco: Collective of talented young musicians ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old that perform Latin jazz classics and original compositions, thanks to the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble’s free year round educational program
The festival organizers are proud to be again partnering with the independently owned local venue, Sweetwater Music Hall, in support of the 2025 Mill Valley Music Festival.
“For decades upon decades, through the twists and turns within the Bay Area music scene, across a few different physical spaces, the Sweetwater Music Hall remains an absolute icon. You don’t have to conjure ‘what if these walls could talk’ because it’s baked into the fabric of the venue,” says Jim Welte, Executive Director of the Mill Valley Chamber. The Sweetwater celebrates that history, yet remains very much of the now. We’re thrilled they’re joining us again on the Sweetwater Stage at the 2025 Mill Valley Music Fest.”
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Beyond just the music lineup, Mill Valley Music Festival is meant to serve as an annual springtime celebration of NorCal arts, culture and community, perfectly suited for both local residents and music-lovers of all ages from across the country.
Coming off the success of an incredible third edition last spring which boasted 10,000+ total attendees, 40+ local businesses, and nearly 20 music acts, Mill Valley Music Festival will return to Friends Field, a Redwood-lined destination less than an hour from the heart of San Francisco offering ample greenspace perfect for dancing, dining, drinking, shopping, and soaking up sunrays.
As always, this year’s fourth annual event will host a diverse lineup of programming in order to offer a taste of the good life in Mill Valley. Come May, festival attendees can explore the region’s best artisans, food vendors, and philanthropic causes through an extensive vendor market; plus family-friendly activities including the Kids Village, immersive art installations, large-scale sponsor activations, and roaming local performers; as well as local vintners, craft brewers, and special Mother’s Day Weekend surprises.
More programming is still to be announced, including the Manzanita Marketplace featuring a variety of local vendors, as well as new art installations, nonprofit beneficiaries, and all-ages activities spread throughout the festival grounds.
For more announcements, fans can visit the festival’s official website at www.MillValleyMusicFest.com and follow along on social media at @MillValleyMusicFest.
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Clipping Announces New UK + EU Headlining Shows for 2025 in Support of Dead Channel Sky
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky, their long-awaited, forthcoming Cyberpunk and Hip Hop project, will be out this Friday, March 14th, 2025 worldwide on Sub Pop.Clipping has added new, headlining shows for the UK and Europe in support of Dead Channel Sky. The new dates begin Sunday, September 14th in Wroclaw, PL at Avant Art Fest and currently run through Wednesday, September 24th in Glasgow, UK at The Garage/Slay.
The band’s previously announced North American dates for Spring and Summer 2025, begin this Friday, March 14th with a hometown show in Los Angeles at The Echoplex and run through Sunday, August 17th in Asheville, NC at Eulogy. Clipping will also appear at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival on Saturday, March 29th.
Please find a complete list of dates below.
Fri. Mar. 14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex [Sold Out]
Sat. Mar. 15 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent [Sold Out]
Sat. Mar. 29 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
Thu. Apr. 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge [Sold Out]
Sat. Apr. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
Sun. Apr. 27 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge [Sold Out]
Tue. Apr. 29 - Portland, OR - Holocene [Sold Out]
Wed. Apr. 30 - Seattle, WA - Neumos [Sold Out]
Thu. May 01 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw
Sat. May 03 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
Thu. Aug. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fine Line
Fri. Aug. 08 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
Sat. Aug. 09 - Detroit, MI - El Club
Mon. Aug. 11 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
Tue. Aug. 12 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
Wed. Aug. 13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Thu. Aug. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Fri. Aug. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club
Sat. Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Sun. Aug. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy
Sun. Sep. 14 Wroclaw, PL - Avant Art Fest
Tue. Sep. 16 - Berlin, DE - Gretchen
Wed. Sep. 17 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
Thu. Sep.18 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machin Du Moulin Rouge
Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko
Tue.Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House
Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky includes the singles “Run It,” “Keep Pushing,” Change the Channel,” “Welcome Home Warrior (Feat. Aesop Rock),” and “Code,” and also features guest appearances from Nels Cline, Bitpanic, Tia Nomore, and Sub Pop labelmates Cartel Madras. Dead Channel Sky was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Dead Channel Sky will be available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). There is also a Silver vinyl edition available from independent retailer Rough Trade in the US and UK (All limited edition vinyl colors are available while stock lasts!). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
What People Are Saying About Clipping:“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“…rather than focus on opening up a discourse solely fixated on what a dystopian future might look like, the sixth album from Clipping creates an aural assault on the potential present in the name of all we have, and will, fail to overturn.” “Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping
Dead Channel Sky
CD + Digital Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Dominator
3. Change the Channel
4. Run It
5. Go
6. Simple Degradation (Plucks 1-13) (with Bitpanic)
7. Code
8. Dodger
9. Malleus (with Nels Cline)
10. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore)
11. Keep Pushing
12. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude)
13. Mood Organ
14. Polaroids
15. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic)
16. Madcap
17. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras)
18. “And You Called” (Interlude)
19. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock)
20. Ask What Happened
2xLP Tracklisting:
A1. Intro
A2. Dominator
A3. Change the Channel
A4. Run It
A5. Go
B1. Code
B2. Dodger
B3. Malleus (with Nels Cline)
B4. Scams (ft. Tia Nomore)
C1. Keep Pushing
C2. Mood Organ
C3. Polaroids
C4. Madcap
D1. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (ft. Cartel Madras)
D2. Welcome Home Warrior (ft. Aesop Rock)
D3. Ask What Happened
Volar Records announces new David Lynch tribute single feat. Jay Reatard & Lindsay Shutt b/w Cody Blanchard (Shannon and The Clams)
Volar Records announces new David Lynch tribute single feat. Jay Reatard & Lindsay Shutt b/w Cody Blanchard (Shannon and The Clams)
STREAM: Jay Reatard & Lindsay Shutt - "In Heaven" (from Eraserhead) -
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"In Heaven," a cover by Jay Reatard and Lindsay Shutt of the Lady in the Radiator song from the 1977 film Eraserhead, the first feature by David Lynch, will be seeing its first official release on vinyl by Volar Records in June 2025. Lynch, who passed away recently on January 16th, 2025 at the age of 78, was one of the most revered filmmakers of the past five decades. Lynch was considered a visionary, with his films The Elephant Man (1980), the mystery thriller Blue Velvet (1986) and the neo-noir Mulholland Drive (2001) earning him Oscar nominations for Best Director. His 1990 film Wild at Heart won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the space opera Dune (1984), the neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the road movie The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental thriller Inland Empire (2006).
Along with Mark Frost, he created the hit surrealist TV show Twin Peaks, which was nominated for five Emmys, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. His acting career included roles on Twin Peaks, The Cleveland Show (2010–13), and Louie (2012), and in the films Lucky (2017) and The Fabelmans (2022). He directed music videos for Chris Isaak, X Japan, Moby, Sparks, Interpol, Nine Inch Nails and Donovan, and commercials for Dior, YSL, Gucci and the New York City Department of Sanitation.
Lynch also worked as a musician, releasing solo albums, and as a furniture designer, cartoonist, animator, photographer, and author. A practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, he founded the David Lynch Foundation to fund meditation lessons for at-risk populations. A lifelong smoker, he died from complications of emphysema after being evacuated from his home due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
"In Heaven" was penned for Eraserhead by musician Peter Ivers, whose albums Terminal Love (1974) and Peter Ivers (1976) were released by Warner Bros. He shared bills with the likes of New York Dolls, Fleetwood Mac, and John Cale, and wrote songs recorded by Diana Ross and the Pointer Sisters.
Memphis-based musician James "Jimmie" Lee Lindsay Jr. aka Jay Reatard, born May 1st, 1980, began his career as a teenager heavily influenced by garage rock band The Oblivians. He adopted the Reatard moniker and recorded his first demo when he was fifteen, which caught the attention of Oblivians member Eric Friedl, who would go on to release Jay's first solo 7" EP Get Real Stupid under the name The Reatards on his Goner Records imprint, and later The Reatards became a trio and released their first LP Teenage Hate, also on Goner Records.
Over time, Jay played in a number of other projects like the synth-heavy Lost Sounds, Bad Times, Final Solutions, Angry Angles, and The Lids, and in 2004 formed the record label Shattered Records with his ex-girlfriend Alix Brown. In 2006 he released his first solo LP under his name Jay Reatard on In the Red, and after a lengthy tour in support of that album, he signed to Matador Records in 2008 after various major labels courted him. His final album, Watch Me Fall, was released on Matador in 2009, and on January 13, 2010, Jay was found dead in his home at the age of 29. The documentary Better Than Something: Jay Reatard, was released in 2012.
Reatard self-recorded the cover for "In Heaven" with his then-roommate Lindsay Shutt in July 2008 at their home in Memphis, TN after Shutt rented the film for the first time and became immediately enamored with it. Reatard and Shutt both sing on the track, with Reatard playing guitar and drums and Shutt playing bass. The song somehow never saw an official release, until now.
The initial 7" pressing will be a limited run of 2000 copies, 1000 violet vinyl and 1000 black. The accompanying b-side is Cody Blanchard of Shannon and the Clams covering The Ramones' "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement," which will be released digitally in May 2025.
"In Heaven" can be streamed and downloaded exclusively for now on Volar Records' Bandcamp, where the 7" can be preordered as well.
RELATED LINKS:
Bandcamp
Volar Records on Instagram
Cody Blanchard on Instagram
John Fogerty Celebrates 80th Birthday in 2025 with Performances, Honors and More
Big Year Ahead Including, Jazz Fest Headlining Set, American Music Honors, Glastonbury, Hollywood Bowl + More Exciting News to Come
Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty will celebrate his 80th birthday on May 28, 2025 - a milestone marking a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to popular music - and he plans to celebrate all year long. As the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty helped shape the sound of American music, blending blues, country, pop, rockabilly, R&B, and swamp boogie into a genre-defying style that continues to resonate with fans around the world. One of the greatest songwriters of all time, he has received multiple awards and honors for his undeniable impact on the culture including induction in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the BMI Icon Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a special honor for his song “Centerfield” making him the only musician ever honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Fogerty kicked off his 80th birthday year in January with performances at the Fire Aid benefit concert in Los Angeles and a brief residency at the Wynn Encore Theater in Las Vegas. This week he will hit SXSW for a just-announced show at Stubb’s BBQ on March 11, followed by a Keynote conversation with fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tom Morello on March 12.
On April 24, Fogerty will give a headlining performance at Jazz Fest in New Orleans, and just days later will be honored at the 2025 American Music Honors, hosted by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in NJ. The American Music Honors celebrate artists who have demonstrated artistic excellence, creative integrity, and a longstanding commitment to the value of music within national consciousness. The April 26 event is hosted by Brian Williams and will feature presenters Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, and Stevie Van Zandt.
In June, Fogerty will return to Glastonbury for his first performance at the legendary festival in nearly twenty years. On July 6, he will headline the Hollywood Bowl, with more exciting performances and other news to be announced soon. 2025 will be the year to recognize Fogerty’s many achievements. For more information, please visit https://johnfogerty.com/.
John Fogerty’s songwriting canon spans nearly six decades and includes foundational classics such as “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Born on the Bayou,” “Bad Moon Rising,” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.” He has sold over 100 million records worldwide, and CCR’s album Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits recently logged 728 weeks - or 14 years - on the Billboard 200, only the fifth album ever to reach that chart milestone.
In 2019, John Fogerty marked 50 years in music with a worldwide tour and the album 50 Year Trip: Live at Red Rocks, featuring Creedence Clearwater Revival hits. During the 2020 quarantine, he and his family released a popular video series, leading to the digital EP Fogerty’s Factory and its full album later that year. In January 2021, Fogerty released his first new solo song in eight years, “Weeping in The Promised Land.” He also partnered with Concord to release Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall, a restored 1970 concert and documentary.
Charm School shares "Crime Time" music video full of 90s pop culture references
Charm School shares "Crime Time" music video full of 90s pop culture references & a cameo from a Louisville legend
VIDEO: "Crime Time" -
YouTube
Charm School is the latest project from Louisville, KY born artist Andrew Sellers and longtime collaborators Matt Filip, Drew English, Brian Vega and Jason Bemis Lawrence. Sellers grew up immersed in the punk and hardcore scene in Louisville, forming his aesthetic by soaking up local Louisville legends like Slint, Will Oldham (Palace Brothers/Bonnie “Prince” Billy, etc.), Sunspring, Crain, Guilt & Rodan. Throw in some Chicago flavor from The Jesus Lizard & Shellac, a little Post-Punk pepper from PiL & The Fall, & a dash of Post-Hardcore salt from Fugazi, and the influence recipe is complete.
The band’s first EP, Finite Jest, released in July of 2023, introduced listeners to a philosophically minded, crushingly loud critique of modern life’s increasingly maddening realities. The band’s debut LP Debt Forever, out today, is just as loud, but it improves upon Jest’s vision by boasting a broader range of material, more variety in terms of its themes, and far more sophisticated songwriting. Expressions of anger and frustration still abound, but you’ll also find a more subtle, world-weary cynicism wrapped in addictively salty, satirical humor.
From a production standpoint, Debt Forever was helmed by a dream team of midwestern luminaries. It was tracked in Louisville by Cincinnati-based engineer John Hoffman (Beef, Corker, The Serfs, Vacation), mixed by Mike Bridavsky at Bloomington’s Russian Recording (Deerhoof, Built to Spill, WHY?), and mastered by Greg Obis (Stuck, Deeper, Wishy) at Chicago Mastering Service (owned by Bob Weston of Shellac (a man who’s musical past is weaved together tightly with Louisville’s).
If there is any message in the record, it is that life on this earth, more than ever, is devastatingly fragile, and we should all be prepared for an even more destabilized future.
You can order the extremely limited vinyl version HERE
Press photo by Destiny Robb
“Charm School has tapped into a well of influence that includes both The Fall and Pere Ubu and more modern No Wave-esque post-punkers Lithics and Protomartyr." - Queen City Sounds & Art
“Emanating from a place where the B-52s, PIL, The Fall, and Gang of Four might find a shared sonic playground.” - Post-Punk.com
TOUR DATES:
FRI 3/21/25 = Columbus, OH @ Spacebar
SAT 3/29/25 = Nashville, TN @ Springwater
SUN 4/13 = Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
FRI 4/25 = Louisville, KY @ Cave Valley Kava
MON 4/28/25 = Louisville, KY @ Kaiju
THU 5/1/25 = Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
FRI 5/9/25 = Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub
SAT 5/10/25 = Louisville, KY @ Schnitzelburg Walk
FRI 6/20 = Louisville, KY @ Magbar
SAT 6/21 = Jeffersonville, IN @ the Alcove
FRI 6/27 = Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s
SUN 7/13 = Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
SAT 7/19 = Louisville, KY @ LRS Fest
Charm School
Debt Forever
(Surprise Mind)
Release Date: January 24, 2025
Purchase it HERE
Track List:
1. Debt Forever
2. Je t'aime (A Quoi Bon)
3. Boycott Everything Everywhere
4. Crime Time
5. Cherry Red
6. Breaking The Waves
7. I Wanna Feel It
8. Without A Doubt
9. Youthquaker
10. Figure 8
11. Happiness is a Warm Sun
RELATED LINKS:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/charmschool.band
FB: https://www.facebook.com/CharmSchool777
Twitter: https://x.com/CharmSchoolUSA
Bandcamp: https://charmschool777.bandcamp.com
VENDREDI SUR MER RELEASES “HARD” COLLABORATION FEAT. HANNI EL KHATIB
VENDREDI SUR MER RELEASES “HARD”
COLLABORATION FEAT. HANNI EL KHATIB HERE
“HARD” LYRIC VIDEO HERE
Today marks the introduction of Vendredi sur Mer into English-speaking-territories with the intense single “Hard,” crafted as a romantic breakup duet between Charline (Vendredi sur Mer) and featuring artist Hanni El Khatib – an icon of the 2010s California garage rock scene and creative director at HUF. Inspired by the elegance of French chanson and the audacity of 80’s pop, Vendredi sur Mer has carved out a distinct space in contemporary French pop, balancing nostalgia with a modern edge. Her music, often accompanied by mesmerizing visuals, has positioned her as a viral sensation in the indie music scene; she is ready to do it all over again.
Produced by Sam Tiba, former member of Club Cheval and renowned French rap producer known for his work with Zola, Georgio, and 13 Block, this new single dives into a more assertive pop territory, expanding on Vendredi sur Mer’s universe, previously established with critically acclaimed projects Premiers Émois (2019) and Métamorphose (2022).
The Swiss-born musician, producer as well as photographer Charline has earned her stripes with certified international hits that affirm Vendredi sur Mer’s status as a breakout export success (platinum for Écoute Chérie, gold for La Femme à la Peau Bleue and Les Filles Désir), Vendredi sur Mer now boasts nearly 300 million streams and over 600 million views on TikTok worldwide across her entire catalog to date. Known for her dreamy, synth-pop sounds and poetic lyrics, her music combines lush, retro-styled beats with a distinctly French pop energy, often delving into themes of romance, sensuality, and introspection. With her signature soft, sultry vocals, and a recognizable cinematic feel, she’s captured fans worldwide and will pay them a visit with her in the next months (tours tba).
Listen / download Vendredi sur Mer “Hard” ft Hanni El Khatib
See Vendredi sur Mer - Ecoute Chérie (Live)
Artist photo - photo credit Écoute Chérie
https://www.instagram.com/vendredisurmer_/
https://www.tiktok.com/@vendredisurmer
THOM YORKE & MARK PRITCHARD ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM 'TALL TALES'
MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM TALL TALES OUT MAY 9TH ON WARP
STREAM NEW SINGLE "THIS CONVERSATION IS MISSING YOUR VOICE"
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Thom Yorke, Jonathan Zawada, and Mark Pritchard photo credit Pierre Toussaint
Today the pioneering electronic musician and producer Mark Pritchard and The Smile and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke announce their debut album as a duo, Tall Tales, out May 9 on Warp Records. It follows last month’s release of "Back In The Game", which signified the second time the two had collaborated on record, following the acclaimed song "Beautiful People", which appeared on Mark Pritchard's Under The Sun solo album for Warp in 2016. They have shared a new single alongside the announcement, "This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice", which was premiered this morning by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music and is paired again to a music video by visual artist Jonathan Zawada. Watch it here.
Pritchard is a luminary of 90s UK electronic music with his projects Reload, Link and as one half of the production duo Global Communication alongside Tom Middleton. In 2011 he released two remixes of Radiohead's "Bloom" and across an eclectic career that has incorporated many styles and various guises, he has remixed further material from the likes of Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey and Slowdive.
Tall Tales, Yorke's first release on Warp Records, is a multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres. Across its eclectic 12 song runtime, the record showcases Pritchard's mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths. Yorke meanwhile delivers a haunting and expansive vocal performance, delving into dark, introspective storytelling.
Very much considered a third member of the group by Pritchard and Yorke, Jonathan Zawada is a visual artist known for his multi-faceted approach that incorporates both analogue and digital techniques. Zawada designed the album artwork for Tall Tales, and both his videos for "Back In The Game" and "This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice" make up part of a feature length film that he has developed over the past few years in tandem with the development of the music. His hyperreal environments blur the line between the organic and digital, juxtaposing uneasy landscapes of natural beauty with the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world.
To coincide with the album’s launch, there will be special one night only screenings of the film in selected cinemas across the globe, with more details to be announced shortly. Subscribe for updates - https://markpritchard.warp.net/subscribe
Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions, and Zawada’s visuals, Tall Tales questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us.
As well as digitally, the album will be available in a standard black vinyl 2LP gatefold edition and as a limited special black vinyl 2LP edition including a 36-page booklet featuring a wealth of images from the project and lyrics to all the tracks, carefully designed by Jonathan Zawada. There will also be both a standard CD edition and a limited special CD accompanied by the 36-page booklet.
Pre-order Tall Tales
Listen to “This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice”
https://markpritchard.ffm.to/thisconversation
Watch the video for “This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKaei11LulE
Watch the video for “Back In The Game”
https://youtu.be/s4Ta7n_Eyjo?si=lSdByZbDNeYTfTXO
Watch the video for “Back In The Game - Live From Sydney Opera House”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv9kaiyVZwE
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
Tall Tales
Out May 9th on Warp Records
A Fake in a Faker's World
Ice Shelf
Bugging Out Again
Back in the Game
White Cliffs
The Spirit
Gangsters
This Conversation is Missing Your Voice
Tall Tales
Happy Days
The Men Who Dance In Stags' Heads
Wandering Genie
Frankie and the Witch Fingers announce new album, share single & tour dates
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS
ANNOUNCE ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM
TRASH CLASSIC
NEW SINGLE “ECONOMY” PRECEDES
BLISTERING SXSW SCHEDULE
AND NEW HEADLINE WORLD TOUR DATES
TRASH CLASSIC DUE JUNE 6, 2025
VIA THE REVERBERATION APPRECIATION SOCIETY / GREENWAY RECORDS
"The quartet has gradually become a heavy hitter
in the underground rock, punk, and psychedelic circles…"
- SPIN Magazine
"Frankie will make any fan of punk-influenced psych-rock’s heart skip a beat."
- CREEM Magazine
"Frankie and the Witch Fingers walk the line between chameleonic and commanding,
wielding endless inventiveness as a weapon to outsmart artificial intelligence."
- Exclaim!
Today, Los Angeles psych-punk road warriors Frankie and the Witch Fingers have returned to announce a brand new album, Trash Classic, due June 6, 2025 via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records. New single “Economy” provides the first glimpse of the band’s newly-refined sonic palette, putting grimy synths front and center alongside fuzzed-out angular guitars and muscular, precision-strike drumming. Stay tuned for music videos, new tracks and more in the coming days and weeks.
The band has also announced a robust slate of headline world tour dates, which include some of their biggest shows to date. See below for the full list of shows, with more to be announced soon.
These announcements come, of course, just as SXSW descends upon Austin, TX, and the band has provided no shortage of chances to catch their unforgettable live set this week. See below for the full list of high-profile showcases.
LISTEN TO “ECONOMY”
PRE-ORDER TRASH CLASSIC
Trash Classic follows another sort of classic, the band’s widely-acclaimed 2023 masterwork Data Doom. FLOOD Magazine had an almost prescient take, noting that Data Doom “feels much more in line with vintage dystopian sci-fi connotations, swapping weed-smoke riffs for frigid new wave pulses.” SPIN Magazine was early on the scene to declare the band has “become a heavy hitter in the underground rock, punk, and psychedelic circles,” and Exclaim! praised the band’s tendency to “walk the line between chameleonic and commanding, wielding endless inventiveness as a weapon to outsmart artificial intelligence.”
In addition to enjoying global press accolades in 2023, the band also played their biggest shows yet (including headline festival appearances), recorded a very special KEXP live session, and reached #3 on Billboard’s Alternative New Albums and #4 on Top New Artist Albums charts.
The band shared their collective thoughts on the message behind “Economy’s” mayhem:
"’Economy’ invades your brain like a late-night infomercial, ruthlessly selling the shiny nightmare of consumer paradise. Synthetic basslines pound like a debt collector that knows you’re home, while jagged guitars slice like overdue bills stamped in red. Urgent synth melodies buzz and ring like reminders to refill prescriptions you can’t afford. Everything throbs to a hammering blown-out beat, teetering on the edge of assembly-line-collapse. Cold electronically layered vocals chant over the frenzy: WORK. SPEND. REPEAT. Grotesque and irresistible, it’s all circling the drain. Families sell their life-force for dinner while corporations rake in unimaginable profits from the very sickness they created. Sound familiar? By the time the electro-punk fueled finale kicks into overdrive, it injects itself straight into your bloodstream, hijacking your senses and stripping everything down to its raw, naked truth. Economy distorts everyday despair into a mutant disco soundtrack—absurd, biting, and disturbingly fun."
Hooks so infectious they rot on impact. Trash Classic marks a feral mutation for Frankie and the Witch Fingers—a record that snarls with proto-punk venom, angular melodies, and electronic textures that cough and sputter like dying neon lights under a poisoned sky.
This record pushes the Witch Fingers’ sound to a razor's edge. Wiry and twitching, it bends into synth-punk and fractured new wave, with fragments of industrial grime caked under its nails. Guitars detonate and slice like cinder blocks through glass, while gnashing basslines slither through the sludge, alive and seething. Buzzy synths take the forefront, driving relentless rhythms that crack and pop, drenched in a chemically saturated sheen—part bug-eyed speed-freak pogo, part dance-floor delirium. The vocals cut through like static-laced transmissions—balancing both smirk and sneer—layering playful unease over themes of escapism, decay, and overindulgence.
The songs were born in the grime of Vernon, Los Angeles—a wasteland littered with gutted RVs and rusting machinery, where the air tastes like asphalt and dog food. But the real alchemy happened in Oakland, at Tiny Telephone Studio, where producer Maryam Qudus (La Luz, Spacemoth) helped transmute the tracks into their final forms. Unhinged tones, unconventional recording experiments, and wild sonic detours transformed the songs into something alive and unpredictable.
Every day of recording began with cartoons blaring at full volume—a Looney Tunes ritual that turned the madness of the recording process into something child-like. Late at night, sugar-fueled candy binges kept the energy spiking, pushing the sessions into a fever dream of jittery, spastic playfulness.
The result is a raw, twisted monument to rot and excess—toxic glamour and nihilistic salvation. Trash Classic isn’t just a record; it’s an auditory dumpster bible—a gutter gospel for those ready to dive into its filth.
About Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Los Angeles psych-punk shapeshifters Frankie and the Witch Fingers have spent the last decade mutating their sound into bold, electrifying new forms. Their latest release, Trash Classic (via Greenway Records and The Reverberation Appreciation Society), plunges into a sewer-slick fusion of proto-punk venom, fractured new wave, and industrial grime. Brimming with wiry synths, angular melodies, and grooves that squirm and bite, it’s all delivered with a sly, playful wink. Fueled by relentless global touring and a fierce DIY ethos, the band has shared stages with OFF!, Ty Segall, Oh Sees, Cheap Trick, and ZZ Top, cementing their place as one of the most unforgettable live acts around. Frankie and the Witch Fingers continue to morph, dragging listeners into whatever warped direction their experimental journey takes next.
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS
TRASH CLASSIC
Release date: June 6, 2025
(The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records)
Track list:
1. Channel Rot
2. T.V. Baby
3. Dead Silence
4. Fucksake
5. Economy
6. Eggs Laid Brain
7. Out of the Flesh
8. Total Reset
9. Conducting Experiments
10. Gutter Priestess
11. Trash Classic
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS LIVE @ SXSW 2025
3/11
12am - Spring Break Boogie - Hotel Vegas
3/12
3pm - Waterloo Records In-Store
5pm - Monosonic Sessions - Howler Bros Outpost
11pm - 29th St. Ballroom Showcase
3/13
5pm - CREEM / Third Man Showcase - 13th Floor
8pm - Do512 Session - Do512 Lounge
3/14
1pm - KROX Radio Session - Inn Cahoots Roof
4pm - Pooneh’s Freaky Friday - Radio East
11:45pm - Spaace Caamp - Hotel Vegas
3/15
10am - KUTX Radio Session - Scholz Garden
2:30pm - Brooklyn Vegan Showcase - Mohawk
9pm - Do512’s The Big One - Radio East
12:30am - Smartpunk House - Empire Garage and Control Room
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS
ON TOUR 2025
5/16 - Nijmegen, NL - Sonic Whip Festival
5/17 - Diksmuide, BE - 4AD
5/20 - Lyon, FR - Épicerie Moderne
5/21 - Biarritz, FR - Atabal
5/22 - Rouen, FR - Le 106
5/23 - London, UK - Wide Awake Festival
5/25 - Berlin, DE - Desertfest
5/27 - Cherbourg, FR - Le Circuit
5/28 - Brighton, UK - Daltons
5/31 - Bristol, UK - Strange Brew
6/01 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds
7/15 - Felton Music Hall - Felton, CA
7/16 - The Chapel - San Francisco, CA
7/19 - The Den - Portland, OR
7/20 - The Pearl - Vancouver, BC
7/23 - Shrine Social Club - Boise, ID
7/24 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
7/25 - Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, CO
7/26 - To Be Announced - Denver, CO
7/27 - Sister Bar - Albuquerque, NM
7/29 - Hotel Congress - Tucson, AZ
7./0 - Rebel Lounge - Phoenix, AZ
7/31 - Swan Diver - Las Vegas, NV
8/1 - Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA
8/2 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
9/19 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
9/20 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
9/21 - Songbyrd - Washington, DC
9/23 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
9/24 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
9/26 - Chelsea's Live - Baton Rouge, LA
9/27 - Dan Electros - Houston, TX
9/28 - To Be Announced - Austin, TX
9/29 - Tulips - Fort Worth, TX
10/1 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
10/2 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN
10/3 - X-Ray Arcade - Cudahy, WI
10/4 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
10/5 - Third Man Records - Detroit, MI
10/7 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
10/10 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA
10/11 - Lark Hall - Albany, NY
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