US branch of Independent Venue Week announces 2021 edition

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced a fourth solo album under his own name, titled ‘I Should Be Outside’.The album is due on August 10 via Monkeywrench, and follows his surprise-released ‘American Death Squad’ EP last year.In a statement shared through Pearl Jam’s Ten Club newsletter on Thursday (June 10), Ament went into more detail about how the new record came together – you can read it below.#10Clubbers: check your inbox for the latest newsletter.#pearljam #jeffament

Chromeo have announced the release of a new live album called ‘Date Night: Chromeo Live!’.The first-ever live LP from the Canadian electro-funk duo – comprising David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel – will feature 20 tracks recorded at various stops on their pre-pandemic 2019 North American headlining tour.Due to arrive on June 25 via Last Gang Records/eOne, it will feature tracks spanning their entire discography, such as ‘Hot Mess’, ‘Fancy Footwork’, ‘Night By Night’, ‘One

Pixies have announced a series of US tour dates, culminating in their previously announced support slots with Nine Inch Nails.The 11-date tour takes place this September, beginning in Port Chester, New York before ending up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.“Over the past year, it’s been wonderful to spend so much time with our families,” said Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago said of the tour in a statement.“I’ve been doing a lot of cycling and playing music, Paz has been working on art projects, music, film,

Brockhampton have announced details of a full US tour set to take place next year – see the dates below.The shows, which begin at the end of February 2022, come on the back of the LA-based collective’s recent album ‘Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine’.The new tour dates begin in Salt Lake City, before travelling through the States in March and ending up in Portland, Oregon with a final show on April 13.The US gigs will follow a set of rescheduled UK tour dates, with support coming fromSee the

the music platform launched a new initiative inspired by ongoing worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death and other instances of racial injustice.The initiative took place on Juneteenth, the anniversary of enslaved African Americans being informed of their liberation in the former Confederate States of America in 1865, with 100% of Bandcamp’s profits made on June 17 going to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.This year, the initiative will return, with the NAACP once again receiving

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has teamed up with Olivia O’Brien on new track ‘No More Friends’ – listen to the collaboration in full below.The high-energy rock track features on US singer-songwriter O’Brien’s new six-track ‘Episodes: Season 1’ EP, which has been released today (June 11).It also comes accompanied by a video which sees O’Brien performing against a simplistic white background and, at one point, lip-syncing the vocals of Sykes who is not present in the clip.‘Episodes’ is the

Kelly Lee Owens has announced that she’ll embark on a US tour later this year – see the full list of dates below.The Welsh musician will kick off the tour in Brooklyn, New York at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 8 before heading to Chicago for this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival on September 10.The tour will then pick back up in Philadelphia and touchdown in Cambridge, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Oakland and, finally, Los Angeles.

A $16.1 billion federal program set up to provide emergency relief to distressed movie theaters and live venues has started distributing funds, but venue operators say the process has been slow and a key deadline has been missed.

Doja Cat has announced details of her new album, Planet Her.

The Front Bottoms have announced their return to the touring circuit with 31 dates across North America later this year, alongside the release of a new track titled ‘Voodoo Magic’.In true Front Bottoms fashion, ‘Voodoo Magic’ sees the band put a summery spin on a tedious topic, as frontman Brian Sella waxes lyrical about his bad luck over a bed of bright lead guitars and energetic percussion.The track also features some musical input from Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 fame), who

coronavirus restrictions lift.It has been predicted that 90 per cent of US venues stand to be lost without government funding, with an estimated 300 already closed in the last 14 months. Venues spent much of last year pleading with the government for support, before Congress passed the #SaveOurStages bill in December to allow shuttered businesses like independent venues to get a $16billion emergency relief grant fund.

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twitter account has revealed.The system’s final price has been confirmed in the same thread as $179 (USA), and it will have double the originally intended internal storage at 4GB.Developer Panic is known for publishing Untitled Goose Game and Firewatch, and the portable console will have 24 original video games that come to it over time.Playdate’s website reads: “Some are short, some long, some are experimental, some traditional.”Hi.

Wolf Alice have announced that they’ll be embarking on a 2021 North American tour in support of their new album, ‘Blue Weekend’.The London band’s third LP arrives tomorrow (June 4) via Dirty Hit, featuring the singles ‘How Can I Make It OK?’, ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’.The US tour begins on October 25 in Seattle, and includes stops in Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Nashville and wraps up in Atlanta on

Alex Rodriguez has many strings to his bow and, as well as a talented sports star, he's the chairman and co-owner of Dominican beer, Presidente USA.MORE: Alex Rodriguez stuns fans with new family photo amid Jennifer Lopez splitThe kind-hearted star took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal that he had teamed up with HBO Max's upcoming movie, In The Heights, to take part in an exciting giveaway.A-Rod wrote: "Mi gente, listen up! #InTheHeightsMovie is coming to theaters and will stream on @HBOMax

Perfume Genius has shared details of a US tour for 2021 – check out the dates below.Mike Hadreas heads back out on the road later this month, starting with a headline show at Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, California on June 25.

the Save Our Stages Act passing into law five months ago.The coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music in 2020 had sparked fears that many venues across the country would have to close permanently, but the passing of the Save Our Stages Act in December – which guarantees independent venues and theatres $16billion (£11.27million) in federal relief grants – raised hopes of a recovery for the live music sector in the US.While it was reported last month that the SBA funding was yet to materialise,

Mike Hadreas, who performs as Perfume Genius, has announced a run of North American tour dates that will see him play shows in San Diego, Salt Lake City, Big Sur, and more this summer and fall. The dates mark his first live outings since the release of his 2020 album, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately.