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Along with playing in beloved indie band Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner famously wrote the bestselling memoir Crying In H Mart. Now it looks like she also penned the foreword for the upcoming 30th anniversary edition of David Foster Wallace’s classic novel Infinite Jest. View the full article

Geesemania is getting out of hand. Cameron Winter is singing Bruce Springsteen in a ROG Xbox Ally commercial and getting GQ articles about his hair. Now indie darling Samia is covering Geese’s “Au Pays du Cocaine.” View the full article

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Ughhhh I hate Man Utd and Liverpool is my UK team lol So you got 1 up on me you ass hahahaha. I barely follow football anymore since living in California though

Party Dozen, the Syndey duo of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, are about a year out from the release of their most recent album Crime In Australia. That means it’s time for new music, and the duo has obliged. A 7″ is dropping next month, with the new original “Mad Rooter” backed by a cover of Suicide’s “Ghost Rider.” The A-side, out today, chugs along with a bluesy rock ‘n’ roll snarl, at least until those intermittent bursts of chaos. Hear it below. View the full article

McClain has issued his own statement, essentially saying it was time for him. to go. The post DAVE MCCLAIN Elaborates On Why He Quit SACRED REICH appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Each year on Grammy weekend, the Recording Academy’s philanthropic arm, MusiCares, throws its Person Of The Year gala. This year’s honoree will be Mariah Carey, the organization announced today. View the full article

Traveling Light is beautiful on so many levels. Without any context, Rafael Toral’s new music is a gorgeous thrill: soothing, illuminating, aglow with feeling. Out this week on Drag City, the album presents a transcendent listening experience, the kind that might leave you dumbfounded and revitalized regardless of how much background you’re bringing to the album. Yet there are layers of history that might deepen your appreciation for what the Portuguese musician is doing here. View the full article

Mediocre’s debut LP Growth Eater arrived last year, and it turns out that’ll be their last. The LA Band To Watch alums announced today that they’re breaking up in order to “focus on other creative endeavors.” View the full article

Someone get a Sanae Takaichi drum feature on their record. The post Japan's New Prime Minister SANAE TAKAICHI Is A Metal Fan & Drummer appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

New Sleaford Mods is upon us. Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson have announced their new album The Demise Of Planet X, which is out in January and features collaborations from Aldous Harding, grime emcee Snowy, Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins (!!!), and more. Gwendoline Christie and Big Special appear on the lead single out today, called “The Good Life.” View the full article

Members of Gargoyl and Imperial Crystalline Entombment are in. The post VITRIOL Announces New Lineup, Tour Dates With UNMERCIFUL, BÖLZER & More appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

For the past few years, the Las Vegas festival Sick New World has focused on nü-metal nostalgia, as well as associated stuff like goth, industrial, hardcore, and regular ol’ metal. Earlier this year, Metallica and Linkin Park were supposed to headline Sick New World, but that festival was canceled just a few weeks after the lineup was announced, with the organizers blaming “unforeseen circumstances.” Next year, however, Sick New World will return with two different festivals — one in Las Vegas, one in Forth Worth. View the full article

Plus Korn, Bring Me The Horizon, Ministry, AFI, and way more! The post Sick New World Announces Two 2026 Shows Feat. SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER, KORN, DEFTONES & More appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Did you ever see Oxes, the instrumental Baltimore math-rock trio who ran wild in the early ’00s? Those shows were so much fun. Two of them played wireless guitars, and they’d just go careening through the audience, pretty much forcing too-cool indie rock crowds to react. I miss them. Anyway, that’s not what we’re here to discuss right now. Instead, we’re talking about Oxis, an electronic producer whose tracks are all dedicated to marine life. Whole different thing. View the full article

Buffalo oi stompers Violent Way are great at making catchy, upbeat songs about fucking you up, but that’s not the subject matter of their latest track. Like all skinheads, the members of Violent Way have sentimental streaks, and that’s what they put on display with their new single “My Dearest Friend.” It’s a heartfelt thank-you to an important person who may or may not still be here. It still sounds a bit like a fight song, but it’s not that. View the full article

That makes four dudes total that wanted Watkins gone. Well, in jail anyway. The post Two More Men Arrested In Connection With IAN WATKINS' Murder appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Being in love can be a stressful experience, at least when you’re not physically close to the other person. That’s what Hannah Jagadu’s new song is about. The indie-pop singer-songwriter was in a brand new relationship in New York when she released her 2023 debut Aperture, and she had to be away from home a lot to promote it. You can hear her work through that anxiety on her new single “Normal Today.” View the full article

The band also seems poised to still play live in November. The post Details Emerge Around LIMP BIZKIT Bassist SAM RIVERS' Death appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

As bush doof enthusiasts already know, Tame Impala just released the generally fairly underwhelming album Deadbeat last week. Kevin Parker’s efforts to promote the record have revolved around DJ gigs more than actual live performances. But Tame Impala have an arena tour coming up, and so Parker has to remind everyone that he can still put on a show. Last week, Tame Impala performed the singles “Loser” and “Dracula” for the first time at their Tiny Desk Concert. Now, they’ve taken part in A24’s brand-new live performance series Sound Check At Cherry Lane Theatre, and they’ve taken the opportunity to play the album track “My Old Ways” live for the first time. View the full article

During the Irish War Of Independence in 1920, IRA fighters ambushed British soldiers in Cork, wounding some of them and killing one. In response, British forces burned and looted hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses, as well as City Hall and Carnegie Library. The soldiers beat and robbed civilians indiscriminately. They threatened off the firefighters who responded. The British government initially denied that the soldiers had anything to do with the blaze, and even after they were proven wrong, none of the soldiers was ever held responsible. Sound familiar? It should. That’s what they do. This particular example is what the new Cardinals song is about. View the full article

All happening in the Northeast. The post A WILHELM SCREAM Announces Ruiner Twentieth Anniversary Shows appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Lately, theatrical prog overlord Maynard James Keenan has been busier with his self-aware trio Puscifer than with Tool or a Perfect Circle, his more-famous bands. Puscifer’s last album was Existential Reckoning, which came out in 2020. Since then, Puscifer have toured regularly with Primus and with the aforementioned Perfect Circle, and they’ve released the split EP Sessanta E.P.P.P. They’ve also shared “The Algorithm,” a one-off single for an American Psycho comic series. Now, Puscifer have a new album and a tour on the way. View the full article

The post-punk-ish Leipzig garage rockers Onyon put out their last album, 2023’s Last Days On Earth, on Chicago’s revered Trouble In Mind label. Now that Trouble In Mind has ceased operations, they’ll release their forthcoming Pale Horses through the Swish Swash and Mangel labels. View the full article