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Ben Folds’ titular Five have announced their first tour in 14 years. The trio—led by Folds, Robert Sledge, Darren Jessee—are set to rock nine suburbs cities across the South next spring, with more stops to be announced. The full slate can be found below.Folds founded the Five alongside Sledge and Jessee in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (they referred to themselves as five instead of three because it sounded better). Earlier this year, they released a shelved version of their first album for its almost 30th anniversary.Ben Folds Five04-12 Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre04-13 Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli Theatre04-15…

Snoh Aalegra is teeing up her first album in half a decade, Legendary Love. The announcement comes with a song called “I Love You,” for which the Iranian Swedish artist has recruited two legends from opposite corners of the R&B pantheon: Nile Rodgers on guitar and Raphael Saadiq on bass. Check out “I Love You” below, with a video directed by Alfred Marroquín. The album arrives November 13 via Stem.Aalegra said of the new LP in a press release: “I don’t think the greatest love stories are measured by how long they last. They’re measured by who they ask you…

Chvrches are back with their first new album in six years. All The King’s Men arrives January 22 via Futures Music Group, and the band plans to tour extensively in support of it next year. Leading the LP is the single “Roses,” which Chvrches dropped last month.Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty paused after touring behind their last album, 2021’s Screen Violence, to regroup and find a way to challenge themselves writing its follow-up. All The King’s Men is the result of those songwriting sessions: 11 indie rock songs that take inspiration from Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Nick Drake,…

Chvrches have announced ‘All The King’s Men’ – their first album in nearly six years – as well as a 2027 tour across the UK, Ireland and North America. Set to arrive on January 22, 2027, the fifth album from Chvrches will be their first since they dropped ‘Screen Violence’ in 2021. Visit here to pre-order. Featuring the recently released single ‘Roses’, the album comes after the trio of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty, took a pause following their 2023 tour and vowed to embrace a new musical approach when they returned. While ‘Screen Violence’ was written remotely,…

If Donald Trump is the greatest peacemaker in presidential history, then Vladimir Putin is the world’s greatest humanitarian, at least according to White House envoy Steve Witkoff.  Witkoff, a longtime business associate to the president, has served as one of the chief foreign policy negotiators of Trump’s second term. On Wednesday, Witkoff traveled to St. Petersburg to meet with Putin and continue negotiating for the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine.  During the meeting, Witkoff commended the Russian autocrat currently terrorizing Europe for his many good works.  “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” he…

Holiday Things arrives 24 years after Santa Claus Lane In October 2002, Hilary Duff released her holiday album Santa Claus Lane. Twenty-four years later, she’s bringing back the cheer with the EP Holiday Things, out this Friday. Holiday Things contains three original tracks: “I Guess it’s Christmas,” “All You Want for Christmas Is Me,” and “I Want (A Few Small Things).” She also re-recorded George Michael’s “Last Christmas” (originally on the Santa Claus Lane album), and cut “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” which concludes the EP. Duff first teased Holiday Things last week on Instagram, when she posted the…

A day after Douglas Dulgarian, the vocalist-guitarist for the shoegaze group They Are Gutting a Body of Water, announced that doctors had diagnosed him with cancer, his friends have launched a GoFundMe to pay for his treatment and to cover lost wages from canceled tour dates. At the time of publication, the fundraiser had surpassed its $60,000 goal thanks to more than 1,300 donations. “The hope is that Douglas will be recovered by their NYC and Philly shows in December, but everything is up in the air right now,” the posting says. “This has left Douglas and the band in…

Angine de Poitrine haven’t even wrapped up their ongoing tour, and they’re already plotting another. The Quebecois math rock duo will get right back on the road come March, beginning with their first-ever Australian dates. From there they’ll hop around to festival dates and headlining shows across South America, Canada, the U.S., Europe, and the UK. The run includes three nights at Brooklyn Steel in New York, and wraps up back in Angine de Poitrine’s home country with two July dates at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre and Chicoutimi’s Zone Portuaire. Scroll down to see all of their upcoming performances.Since the release…

Bounding through the doorway comes Betty. She’s large with long black fur, grey marks around her eyes from old age, and the demeanor and double coat of a Belgian shepherd crossed with a border collie. Hollywell follows suit with a big grin and outstretched arms, a DIY king ready to show off his castle, while an unreleased Twisted Teens song with Winkler singing harmonies blasts throughout the room. “Nina! Welcome to Teens town!” he nearly shouts. “Want a tour?”Hollywell operates his home like a punk house, where anyone is welcome to crash for as long as they need. In the…

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah:02-06 Istanbul, Turkey – Zorlu02-09 Zurich, Switzerland – Bogen F02-11 Lille, France – L’Aéronef02-12 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 902-13 Berlin, Germany – Gretchen02-14 Copenhagen, Denmark – VEGA02-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Tolhuistuin02-17 Ghent, Belgium – Club Wintercircus02-18 Paris, France – Le Trabendo02-19 Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory02-20 London, United Kingdom – Islington Assembly Hall04-05 Washington, DC – The Atlantis04-06 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle04-07 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West04-09 Dallas, TX – AM/FM04-10 Austin, TX – Mohawk04-12 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge04-13 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room04-14 San Francisco, CA – The Independent04-16 Portland, OR…