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Shaky Knees 2026 Books The Strokes, Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots, & An Absolutely Stacked Undercard

Atlanta’s biggest alternative festival just dropped its 2026 lineup, and it is massive. Shaky Knees will return to Piedmont Park September 18–20 with headliners The Strokes, Gorillaz, and Twenty One Pilots leading a bill that reads like a greatest hits playlist for the last two decades of rock and beyond. Also set to perform: Pavement, […]

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Rise Against Turn the Spotlight Outward With Fan-Built A.R.T. Project as Ricochet Era Expands

The crowd is part of the band, Rise Against has always understood this as a core truth. Now they’re formalizing that philosophy with the launch of The A.R.T. Project (All Rise Together), a fan-driven creative initiative tied to their tenth studio album, Ricochet, out now via Loma Vista Recordings. At a time when many legacy punk

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Is AI Ruining Music? King Gizzard, Spotify’s Doppelgängers, and the Streaming Era’s Creative Panic

By the time Charlie Warzel pressed record on the February 13, 2026 episode of Galaxy Brain, the question in the title already felt less like a thought experiment and more like an incident report: Is AI ruining music? The Atlantic staff writer frames the conversation around a reality artists have been muttering about for years—streaming

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Foo Fighters Break Silence on Josh Freese Exit as New Album Your Favorite Toy Nears Release

For the first time since last year’s lineup shift, Dave Grohl has publicly addressed why Foo Fighters parted ways with drummer Josh Freese. Speaking in a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Grohl described the decision as a collective one that unfolded over several months rather than a sudden fracture. “In those six or

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Louder Than Life 2026 Goes Bigger Than Ever With TOOL, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance with Key Sets From Sublime, Codefendants & The Ataris and more!

Louder Than Life is swinging for the fences again. The Danny Wimmer Presents flagship festival will return to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky from September 17 through 20, 2026, marking its 12th edition with what organizers are calling the largest lineup in the event’s history. Nearly 200 artists are slated to perform across

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Poppy Announces 2026 “Constantly Nowhere” North American Tour With Landmvrks and Thousand Below

Poppy has officially mapped out the North American leg of her Constantly Nowhere tour. The run kicks off July 7 in Washington, D.C., and stretches through August 19 in Nashville. Joining her on the road are French metalcore outfit LANDMVRKS and post-hardcore band Thousand Below. Tickets went on sale to the general public on February

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Bourbon & Beyond 2026 Expands to Largest Lineup Yet with Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, and Dave Matthews Band

Bourbon & Beyond will return to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, from September 24–27, 2026, unveiling what organizers describe as the largest lineup in the festival’s history. According to Rolling Stone, more than 100 artists will perform across five stages during the four-day weekend. The annual event, presented by Danny Wimmer Presents, continues

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Breaking Benjamin Announce 2026 North American Tour With Chevelle, Starset, and Kami Kehoe

Breaking Benjamin have officially put their fall plans on the books. The multi-platinum hard rock mainstays will launch a 2026 North American tour on September 2 in Camden, New Jersey, with support from Chevelle, Starset, and Kami Kehoe on select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the run stretches through October 24, wrapping in Bristow, Virginia

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Shinedown Announce New Album EI8HT, Drop new single “Safe And Sound,” and Reveal a Massive 2026 World Tour

Shinedown have announced their eighth studio album, EI8HT, arriving May 29 via Atlantic Records. Alongside the news, the band released a new track, “Safe And Sound,” out now. The album announcement also comes with a major road plan: Shinedown’s Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour, a 54-date run spanning 11 countries with stops across

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