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New Colossus '26 Thursday Recap ft. Lucid Express, Tentative Decisions, and Activemirror

KACIE HILL & LUC SWIFT (@kaciejewelhill & @luc_swift) Folksy singer-songwriter duo from San Francisco. ACTIVEMIRROR (@active_mirror) Alternative post-punk from Aruba. PUNCHLOVE (@punchlve) Brooklyn-based experimental art-rock. THE SEWING CLUB (@sewingclubband) Bedroom indie-rock from Nashville. HIGH. (@high.asfuckband) Jersey-based modern shoegaze. MARCEL (@vive.marcel) "Noisy pot-pourri" post-punk from Belgium. DALLAS LOVE FIELD

New Colossus '26 Wednesday Recap ft. Midscale, Wiring, and The Jumpcuts

BEE BLACKWELL (@beeblackwell_) Grungy female-fronted alt-rock from Texas. WIRING (@wiring___) Brooklyn-based melodic math-gaze. HAUSE PLANTS (@hauseplants) Euphoric dance-rock from Lisbon. FAKE POLLOCKS (@fakepollocks) A math-rocky post-punk amalgamation from NYC. MIDSCALE (@midscaleband) "Kind of shoegaze" from France. THE JUMPCUTS (@thejumpcutsrock) West Palm Beach upbeat garage-rock. SUNSET IMAGES (@sunset__images) Melancholic kraut-gaze-noise-rock

New Colossus '26 Tuesday Recap ft. Star's Revenge, Ski Club, and Meskerem Mees

This year’s New Colossus Festival was a whirlwind. We laughed, we cried, and we spent way too much money on frozen margaritas (thank you, Pianos). But more than anything, we made many new friends, and experienced a ton of incredible shows.  Our Tuesday (Day 1) recap features some of

New Colossus Festival 2026: On Our Radar

Ladies and gentlemen, we are so back. The New Colossus Festival 2026 is finally here, and this year's lineup is more stacked than ever before. With over 200 bands taking over the Lower East Side for the festival's seventh edition, there's no shortage of exciting talent–but narrowing down who

GALLERY: Babe City, Los Angeles, February 2, 2026

Babe City played an intimate set at The Woodbridge in LA on February 2, 2026. Keep up with Babe City and future shows here.

Autoheart and Wild Party Play a Highly-Anticipated Show at Brooklyn Bowl

Autoheart’s headlining Brooklyn Bowl show on December 1st was a celebration. I don’t say that because of the FOH engineer David's birthday that night, or in anticipation of Autoheart’s album I Can Build a Fire celebrating its 10 year anniversary next year; or even because the show

Silverstein Brings Their '25 Years of Noise' Anniversary Tour to Brooklyn Paramount

Twenty-five years ago in Burlington, Canada, a band called Silverstein rolled into the post-hardcore scene. Fast forward to 2025, the band finished their '25 Years of Noise' tour on December 20th in Brooklyn, New York. Four other bands performed before Silverstein. The first was Bloom, an explosive metalcore band from

Winona Fighter Cooks Up a Sizzling Set at the Showbox SoDo

Nashville-based power-punk band Winona Fighter recently opened for Waterparks' PROWLER US Tour, hitting Seattle on December 8. Frontwoman and multi-instrumentalist Coco Kinnon, lead guitarist Dan Fuson, and bassist/producer Austin Luther brought the energy and hyped up the crowd by utilizing the rage and frustration that courses through their music.

Belmont's Fall Tour Brought Pure Chaos to Seattle's 'The Crocodile'

Back in September, Chicago-based band Belmont released their new EP titled Last To Love, via Pure Noise Records. The trio consists of Taz Johnson on vocals, Brian Lada on drums, Jason Inguagiato on guitar, and touring bassist Alec Coslow. Through this new EP, the band pushed their own boundaries and

Imperial Motors Channel Political Fury On Their Debut EP 'Charlie Don’t Surf'

Up-and-coming art-punk band Imperial Motors has released their first full-length project, Charlie Don’t Surf–a four-song EP that transports the mind into a trance-like feeling through instrumentals. while expressing strong feelings of apathy and wrath towards the political state of the world. Each track functions like a mini allegory,

Taylor Acorn Finds Her Voice on Sophomore LP “Poster Child”

Nashville-based artist Taylor Acorn pours her heart out in her sophomore album, Poster Child, as she tells stories of heartbreak, growing up, and feeling like you’re never enough through twelve upbeat and catchy tracks.  Taylor started her career in Northern Pennsylvania, with roots in a pop punk band before

The 2000s Called and Cartel Answered: Celebrating 20 Years of 'Chroma' at El Corazón in Seattle

Alternative rock band Cartel celebrated 20 years of their album Chroma by releasing a re-recorded version of the LP on September 12, via Field Day Records. This version includes re-recorded classics "Say Anything (Else)" and "Honestly," and features newly added guest vocals from Cassadee Pope. Along with this, the Georgia-based