If you’ve heard then you heard right. The Los Angeles based punk rock band Wax has announced plans to reunite for the 2009 Riot Fest in Chicago. The lineup consists of Joe Sib of Side One Dummy Records and 22 Jacks, Dave Georgeff (bass), Tom “Soda” Gardocki (guitar), and Loomis Fall of Jackass fame (drums).
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This year will mark the fifth anniversary of Chicago based Grape Juice Records — they’re the label of such fine acts as The Minneapolis Henrys, The Butcher’s Boy and The Lower 48 — and to celebrate, it’s throwing a big shindig. On September 3rd, Grape Juice will hit Chicago’s Double Door for an all night [...]

Imogen Heap has offered a preview of what is to come after Stereogum debuted the first single, “First Train Home”, from her forthcoming album Ellipse. For those who don’t know, the English singer/songwriter is best known for her solo work, in particular vocoder lament “Hide And Seek”, which was famously used to soundtrack The O.C. [...]

It’s almost tough to call Koyaanisqatsi a soundtrack. Heck, it can be tough to call Koyaanisqatsi a movie. Instead, the piece should be seen as a transcendent piece of art that fuses stunning images and powerful music into an amazing experience.

Deadmau5 is gearing for a tour… again. Joel Zimmerman (the guy behind the mask) has been on one non-stop mission across the world since breaking out with his award winnin’/nominatin’ debut, Random Album Title. So what gives? Arguably, the hardest working mau5 in the biz has found time to put together enough tunes between gigs [...]

The question we all want to know!

We’re taking this one overseas…

Since 1985, Farm Aid has traveled the country, staging annual concerts and supporting organizations that work locally, regionally and nationally to strengthen family farms. This will remain the case for 2009, but for the first time ever, organizers have chosen to hold the event in Missouri.

If this is Soulsavers’ version of broken, I want to see what the U.K. electro duo can come up with when everything is working…
On August 18th, Rich Machin and Ian Glover will release their third full-length effort with Broken. And as been the case throughout Soulsaver’s existence, the duo have tapped to some pretty big [...]

On July 8th, Punknews.com announced a release date and title for Brand New’s fourth studio album, And One Head Can Never Die which was supposed to be out on September 22nd via Interscope. Turns out they were only batting a .333 — according to the official press release, the album will indeed be out on [...]

Because it is the season of indie band members going solo, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach has announced plans for a solo tour.

This weekend, Paul McCartney will begin his three-night stint at Citi Field in Queens, New York. To warm up, he took the subway into mid-town — just go with it — to play a mini-concert for Dave. Atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater — the venue where he and his former bandmates would [...]

Only a week after they dished out tour dates, Pearl Jam leaks some info on its forthcoming ninth studio album, Backspacer, due September 20th. In addition to a tracklist (after the jump), the band’s offering a pre-sale via their official site. Fans can purchase the new record in either LP or CD format, and also [...]

The Mars Volta, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, Phoenix, and Method Man & Redman among those included.

Tim Buckley doesn’t appear in the news very often, but when he does count on his devoted fan-base to be thrilled.

Despite how much we all enjoy mucking about dispensing silly quips regarding cheesy songs, in the end, some trends still impact the industry and thus merit some observation.

Monday night’s Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson concert at Consol Energy Park— home of the Washington Wild Things minor league baseball club — had the vibe of a festival. Each fan who clicked through the ballpark turnstiles had an act he or she was most eager to see. However, with three living legends [...]

Update: Instead of the 7″, we’re giving away a vinyl of Horehound instead…
The Dead Weather has gotten a lot of play here at CoS this week. We saw, we heard, we listened and now… we’re giving. In celebration of the release of the band’s debut LP, Horehound, we have a pretty nifty prize pack to [...]