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SUMAC record, remix, tour

Posted in Bands on June 16, 2024

SUMAC has a busy 2024 underway. We've already shared news of new album The Healer, out June 21.

The band will also hit the road shortly after the album's release, with dates in June, July, and August on the books.

Touring kicks off at Vancouver Jazz Festival, which also pairs the band with Moor Mother, who recently remixed "World of Light" from the upcoming record. The remix is part of the accompanying The Healer Remix EP, The Keeper's Tongue, out July 5 and also featuring reimaginings from Raven Chacon.

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The Healer tracklist:

  1. World of Light
  2. Yellow Dawn
  3. New Rites
  4. The Stone's Turn

SUMAC tour dates:

June 21 Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club (Vancouver International Jazz Fest) ^ 
June 22 Seattle, WA @ Clock-Out Lounge # 
June 23 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios # 
June 25 Chico, CA @ Naked Lounge Coffee #
June 26 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill # 
June 27 Oxnard, CA @ Mrs. Olson's # 
June 28 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon # 
June 29 Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives ~
June 30 Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar & Billiards % 
July 1 Reno, NV @ Holland Project % 

August 1  Salt Lake City - Urban Lounge +   

August 2  Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf 
August 3   Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad + 
August 4  Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar + 
August 5  Silver City, NM - Whiskey Creek Zócalo +  
August 7  San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger + 
August 8  Austin, TX - Parish + 
August 9  Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves + 
August 10  Oklahoma City, OK - 89th St Conservatory + 
August 11  Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck + 

^ w/ Moor Mother
# w/ White Boy Scream, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
* w/ Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Sulfuric Cautery
~ w/ Zachary Watkins, White Boy Scream
% w/ White Boy Scream, Rile
+ w/ Portrayal of Guilt, Trigger Object

ASkySoBlack with new song and tours ahead

Posted in Bands on June 15, 2024

ASkySoBlack, on tour with Stand Still now (in Scranton, PA tonight), has shared a new single as the band kicks off their summer tour schedule. The new song is "Carousel House," posted below, and is their second single of the year. Previously, the band had not released new material since … Read more

Unto Others updates

Posted in Bands on June 14, 2024

Unto Others has shared a new single, "Raigeki". The band last released Strength in 2021, and then released the single "Butterfly" in May as the band prepares for tours in August and again in November-December, the latter dates with W.A.S.P. Read more UNTO OTHERS live: August 1 Copenhagen, DK @ … Read more

The World Is A Beautiful Place & a new song is now streaming

Posted in Bands on June 13, 2024

The reformed The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die has shared their first new music since 2021, a new track called "Auguries of Guilt." Of the new song, vocalist David Bello explains, “The people in stories that get labeled as heroes are often … Read more

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JR Slayer with a new song

Posted in Bands on June 13, 2024

J.R. Slayer has a new song, embedded below, called "Blank White Pages," which is described as being about the opportunity for self-improvement rather than defining oneself by past mistakes. The band features members of Blood Brothers and Deaf Club, with a lineup of Cody Votolato, Brandi Votolato, Jason Klein, Mike … Read more

Firewalker is "Lit Up With Fire"

Posted in Bands on June 12, 2024

Firewalker has set the date for their second full-length album, Hell Bent, coming on June 28 courtesy of Triple B Records. The hardcore band fro Boston shared a new single today, "Lit Up With Fire," one of 9 songs on the LP. The band released a self-titled record in 2019, … Read more

Look out for more from The Lookout

Posted in Bands on June 7, 2024

Montreal punk band The Lookout shared a new song yesterday, "I Know The Future," which will also be the title track of the band's debut album to come this fall at an unannounced date via Thousand Island Records. The band four member group has released three EPs independently to date. Read more

New Ends of Sanity

Posted in Bands on June 7, 2024

Ends Of Sanity released the EP Eligible To Die one year ago. Now the band is back, sharing two new songs (via DAZE) in anticipation of a longer player to come. The band has upcoming dates schedule in the northeast US and Canada this August, plus sets at This Is … Read more

Desert Mambas and The L Word

Posted in Bands on June 5, 2024

Desert Mambas, a solo project from Bailey Moses (Foxx Bodies), has shared a cover of the theme to Showtime series The L Word, posted below, in advance of a short run of dates in southern California with Team Dresch. A press release explains: It all started as a silly bit … Read more

It's Clamoring time

Posted in Bands on June 1, 2024

The Clamor, a genre crossing project from Aaron Louis that loosely categorizes and new wave or post-punk, has shared a new song, "Staircase Stomp," the first taste of new music with more on the way from the New York, NY based artist. The Clamor released a full-length album last year. … Read more

Mudfight pop-punk

Posted in Bands on May 25, 2024

Austrian punk band Mudfight, who last released Time for Revolution in 2022, is back with a new single, "Drug Shack," available via SBÄM Records. The song is about balancing self care while also caring for others. A new album is in the works. Read more

Suffer No Fools speads the gospel of individuality

Posted in Bands on May 24, 2024

Suffer No Fools is preparing to release an album with Heroes + Martyrs label later this year. In the meantime, the Michigan hardcore group shares a new single this week, "Tha Hard Way," below. “The song is about individuality in the hardcore space, in a roundabout way. Not just basing … Read more

Rancid streaming updates

Posted in Bands on May 24, 2024

Two Rancid oldies and oddities are now streaming for the first time. The band's self-titled 7" EP debut, first released in 1992 (Lookout! Records) is now on digital platforms. Additionally, the band's 2007 B Sides and C Sides is also now streaming (a collection of non-album songs from 1992-2004). The … Read more

De La Soul: the book

Posted in Bands on May 22, 2024

A new biographical book about De La Soul will publish on July 11, coming from author Dave Heaton and available through J-Card Press. Heaton writes with PopMatters and The Big Takeover. The book is simply titled De La Soul and will be available via online book sellers, including J-Card directly. Read more

Amyl & the Sniffers release single

Posted in Bands on May 22, 2024

Australian rock band Amyl & the Sniffers has announced a new single: "U Should Not Be Doing That / Facts," set for release via B2B Records/Virgin Music Group as the band preps for a summer North American tour. The single is the first new music from the group since releasing … Read more

Sludgeworth really does have new material

Posted in Bands on May 18, 2024

Sludgeworth, initially active in the early 1990s, returned to the scene in 2022 with the reissue of their LP, Losers of the Year, via Red Scare Industries. Now the Chicago, IL based has shared their first new song in 30+ years, which will appear on an upcoming 7". The band … Read more

Swami & The Bed of Nails promises All Of This Awaits You

Posted in Bands on May 17, 2024

Fresh off a tour, new Swami John Reis led project Swami & The Bed of Nails has announced a full-length album. Titled All Of This Awaits You, the album will release on August 2 on Swami/BMG. Besides Reis, the band also features members of The record was born from the … Read more

Joan of Arc Boxsets are Coming

Posted in Bands on May 16, 2024

Joyful Noise Recordings have announced that they will be releasing a Joan of Arc boxset entitled, A Window & A Mirror, on July 12th. The set will consist of the band's first 5 albums, A Portable Model Of, How Memory Works, Live in Chicago 1999, The Gap, and 2003’s So … Read more

Salem Wolves are "So Deperate"

Posted in Bands on May 13, 2024

Tor Johnson has teamed up with Salem Wolves for an upcoming record, The Psychotron Speaks, release dates still to be announced. The new concept record from the Rhode Island based group "unearths the story of a down-on-his luck ‘80s-era pro wrestler named The Stranger, who taps into a mysterious power … Read more

New from Coheed and Cambria

Posted in Bands on May 10, 2024

With upcoming tours booked with Primus and Incubus, Coheed and Cambria shared a previously unreleased song: "The Joke." The new single will be available on a 7" and was recorded in the Vaxis II recording sessions. The 7" b-side is "Deranged," which first appeared on the Batman: Arkham City soundtrack … Read more