On the new music front, it’s also a very busy week. I highlight 11 new albums below, and Bill tackles more in Indie Basement, including Edwyn Collins, Throwing Muses, Bambara, Étienne de Crécy (ft.

Ricky’s long shag, prominent cheekbones, dangling skull earrings and thin-framed body—half-exposed as he lays back in the bath with a bottle of beer—suggests 1980s hair-metal band androgyny ...

His pioneering East-West band Shakti, which he launched along with ... he has curated a special set incorporating a collage of sounds. Trilok, who is also scheduled to perform on February 21 ...

In Reality Blues, Meaghan Garvey tries to find out what is real, song by song. This week, Wren Kosinski, a.k.a. Ghost Mountain, talks about his avant-garde cinematic influences, his years-long break ...

The moment you step through the door of The Silver Ballroom, you’re crossing an invisible threshold between modern St. Louis ...

A metal band is headlining Lollapalooza for the first time in three years. The lineup for the 2025 edition of the festival ...

Def Leppard, formed in Sheffield, England, “ignited the 1980s reign of metal,” according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...

For about a decade, the guitarist and vocalist Shelby Lermo has led the death/black metal trio Ulthar. When Nails returned with their ferocious comeback album Every Bridge Burning last year, frontman ...

Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher opened up about the abrupt departure of guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds — chalking it up to people growing apart. The original lineup had been together for 25 years and ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Heavy metal band Pantera will be coming to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) this summer. Taking place on July 28, the band will be joined by Swedish ...