The growing Aadam Jacobs Collection is an internet treasure trove for music lovers, especially for fans of indie and punk rock during the 1980s through the early 2000s.
Girl Trouble are the Northwest's garage rock demigods, revered by all from Neko Case and Mudhoney to Soundgarden and Beat Happening. On As Is, their first album in over a decade, vibrato guitar collides rollin' and tumblin' into bedrock beats and black crow vocal calls; it's rock'n'roll done in a backwoods style.
The album 'was one of my most enjoyable projects ever. I got to work with my son Julian-writing and producing together. A first of many for us I'm sure.' Frampton expressed enthusiasm about the collaborative creative process with his son, highlighting the personal significance of their partnership in bringing the project to life.
Usually, my handbag is a medley of digital devices and life essentials my phone, iPad, chargers, keys, tampons. But lately, you're likely to also find a half-done newspaper crossword, a ton of stationery, the book I've restarted three times, and whatever scraps and trinkets I've picked up throughout the day to put in my scrapbook. Analog is back, and it feels like we need it more than ever.
R&B in the 21st century has been in a constant state of flux, tugged between safe traditionalism and blurry attempts at progression. For the last decade-plus that "progression" has seen R&B music become more indebted to trap records and the moody atmospherics of alternative bands like Radiohead, Coldplay, or My Bloody Valentine.
My father kept manuals for products we hadn't owned in years, filed alphabetically in a cabinet. When I asked why, he looked at me like I'd suggested burning money. "What if we need to look something up?" The concept of finding any manual online in seconds just doesn't compute for a generation that had to rely on these paper lifelines.
The traditional museum experience, pausing in front of an object, and absorbing its history visually or by reading its description, has long shaped how collectors and others relate to cultural treasures. Yet, over the last few decades, digital technology has quietly rewritten many of those rules, changing not only how collections are exhibited but also how they are documented, preserved, and even inherited.
The Feelies don't really tour, and it's even rarer to find them playing outside of the East Coast. Fans fly from all over the world to their shows, which are usually marathon sets that include lots of covers alongside their own classics.
Formed in 1998 to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of ABBA winning Eurovision with 'Waterloo', teens Amit Paul, Dhani Lennevald, Marie Serneholt and Sara Lumholdt entered A*Teens as an ABBA tribute group. But after their slew of ABBA covers reached the top 40 around the world - 'Mamma Mia' hit number one in their homeland - the group decided to stick about for a bit, releasing original hit singles.
Cali indiepop greats Rocketship are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1996 debut album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness by giving it its first vinyl pressing since the original release. This is much needed as original copies fetch for over $200 in the secondary market. It's out March 20 via Slumberland and you can preorder it here. The album, which mixed sugary melodies and jangly guitars with shoegaze atmosphere and krautrock drone, sounds pretty fresh in 2026 and you can listen below.
The smell of vinyl seats baking in the summer sun, the crackle of AM radio cutting through static, and dad's off-key humming as the family station wagon rolled down another endless stretch of motorway. If you grew up in the 60s or 70s, these sensory memories probably just transported you back to childhood road trips that seemed to last forever. Those journeys weren't just about getting from A to B. They were rolling classrooms where we learned geography from road signs,
I remember adults coming up to me and saying, 'Ohhh, Medeiros! Like Glenn Medeiros, the guy who sang that love song!' And then they start singing it in front of me," Lyric tells TODAY.com. "Older women would come up to me and say, 'Oh, he was a heartthrob!'
Sugar, the alt-rock band Bob Mould formed after Hüsker Dü 's split, announced last fall that they were reuniting for just two London and New York shows in May 2026. Now that those concerts sold out, Sugar have plotted an entire tour to celebrate their big return - their first in over 30 years. The Love You Even Still 2026 World Tour is a doozy, bringing the '90s alt-rock band across Europe and North America. Check out their complete list of tour dates below.
The Head and The Heart have announced they will play their self-titled debut album in full on a 15th anniversary tour this May. Folk act The Brudi Brothers will open each show. The 2026 spring tour kicks off on May 1st in Nashville, Indiana, with subsequent stops in major cities including Chicago, New York, and Boston. Get The Head and The Heart Tickets Here
"It always happens at some point," Rob Pursey says in reference to "twee," a descriptor that has dogged he and partner Amelia Fletcher's bands for 40 years. It was a word often used as derogatory by music journalists, but like a lot of genres - shoegaze, trip-hop - it's become accepted and embraced by many who have listened to their band Heavenly in the nearly two decades between breaking up and reforming in 2023.
Taking place this summer, the 20-plus date trek includes the group's return to Vans Warped Tour, with confirmed appearances at all five scheduled dates of the traveling festival in Washington, DC, Long Beach, Montreal, Mexico City, and Orlando. Additionally, JEW will play headlining amphitheaters shows with support from a rotating cast of emo luminaries, including Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, Minus the Bear, Motion City Soundtrack, Girls Against Boys, and more.
"When I read the fine print, it was 'an experience with REO Speedwagon's music.' It's none of the original members," Fletcher recalls. "I don't want to promote the show unless it's the real thing. I don't know why you would want to see that. It's just a cover band. To me, that's a little bit strange." He adds, with a sigh, "If there are no original members, who cares?"
Fresh off a trek with the B-52's late last year, the band announced a West Coast run aptly titled the Mutate, Don't Stagnate tour, and has now filled out its 2026 schedule with a batch of June dates in Eastern North America. All those shows will take place ahead of Devo's remaining Cosmic De-Evolution Tour gigs with the B-52's, in England.
"Brooklyn! The news is in and you officially sold out @musichallofwb in record time! Thank you for that! It's bittersweet that it will be our last ever performance in a venue that we love, but what a send off it will be. The rest of the tour is selling quickly so please - if you want to come celebrate Full Collapse, A City By The Light Divided and No Devolucion with us and see Chris Conley perform a rare solo set into the bargain,"