Skratch N’ Sniff Radio returned this past weekend with two more genre-blurring shows, combining new alternative and rock releases with remixes of familiar favorites, emerging artists and a special Dirty Heads Mini Mix. Alternative Mix #708 leaned into the full range of the format, moving between indie rock, alternative pop, reggae-rock and electronic reworks. Rock […]
Riot Fest has revealed the official by-day lineups for its 2026 return to Douglass Park in Chicago, setting the stage for another massive weekend of punk, rock, alternative, hip-hop and left-field festival chaos. The festival takes place September 18 through 20 and will feature more than 100 artists across three days. Friday will be headlined
Skratch N Sniff is turning up the crossover energy this weekend with new episodes of both the Rock Show and Alt Show, each featuring a special Slightly Stoopid Mini Mix in Segment 4. Rock Mix #1217 and Alternative Mix #701, airing the weekend of June 6, 2026, both build toward the same mid-show takeover: a
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Maynard James Keenan does not romanticize songwriting. He does not wait for lightning. He does not light candles and hope the muse shows up. He sets a trap for it. If you have ever wondered how Maynard James Keenan comes up with those spiraling melodies that feel both mathematical and instinctual at the same time,
One of the largest rock festivals in North America just raised the bar again. Aftershock Festival has unveiled its 2026 lineup, bringing more than 140 artists across five stages to Sacramento’s Discovery Park from October 1–4, 2026. Produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, the annual California festival continues to expand its footprint, with organizers confirming a
Puscifer have never operated like a traditional rock band. They’re closer to a small production house that happens to write bangers, an ecosystem where characters, visuals, studio tricks, and songwriting all feed the same weird brain. And on their new album, Normal Isn’t, that brain feels sharper than it has in years: guitar-forward, post-punk-leaning, and
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Puscifer do not really do “rollout season” the way other bands do. They build worlds, populate them with weird little gremlins and saints, then invite you inside once the lights are already flickering. Now that Normal Isn’t is officially out in the wild, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Mat Mitchell, and Carina Round are gearing up
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When Tool drummer Danny Carey starts talking about timelines, fans tend to listen closely. The famously meticulous progressive-metal titans don’t move quickly — their last album, Fear Inoculum, arrived in 2019 after a 13-year wait — but Carey says the wheels are turning again. And if all goes according to plan, the next chapter won’t
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Alex Honnold has made a career out of redefining the limits of human nerve, but even by his standards, this one landed like a collective gasp heard around the world. The American climber, whose name has become synonymous with fearlessness, completed a 508-metre ascent of a skyscraper in Taiwan’s capital city without a rope or
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Tool is known for their distinctive and incredibly complicated prog metal sound – which makes the recent feat by YouTube drummer Tyler Visser all the more impressive. In a recently uploaded video, Visser plowed through (almost) every song in Tool’s discography, a marathon performance that took seven-and-a-half hours. Only the rarities “Sweat” and “Disgustipated” were
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