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Primus have released the final episode of Interstellar Drum Derby, the band’s behind-the-scenes YouTube series chronicling their global open-call audition for a new drummer. The finale brings the journey full circle, showcasing the last round of in-studio auditions, final interviews, and the now-iconic moment when Les Claypool surprised John Hoffman with a cake and the news that he’d officially joined Primus.

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New Wave/Prog-Pop troubadours Pardon The Interruption are thrilled to return to the stage at the iconic Sweetwater Music Hall on Thursday, June 5. Opening the night will be roots, reggae, ska, and soul-driven Jethro Jeremiah Band.

High Moon Records is excited to unveil The Final Solution – Just Like Gold: Live At The Matrix, the first-ever anthology from groundbreaking San Francisco psychedelic scene pioneers The Final Solution, available tomorrow, May 9, on CD, LP, and digitally.

John Summit, one of the most electrifying names in global dance music, will headline Folsom Field in Boulder on Saturday, October 18, 2025, marking the largest solo show of his career and a monumental moment for electronic music in Colorado.

Texas Headhunters—the blistering new band uniting Lone Star guitar heroes Ian Moore, Jesse Dayton, and Johnny Moeller—unleash their debut single "Maggie Went Back to Mineola" today, with their full self-titled album Texas Headhunters to follow on August 22 via Hardcharger/Blue Élan Records.

Tracked live at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studio over five fire-breathing days, Texas Headhunters strips the paint off the walls: 12 gut-punch tracks, snarling and hard-lived — Texas blues at its coolest and most combustible.

The Lowell Festival Foundation, producer of the nation’s largest free folk festival, has announced an urgent fundraising appeal following notification from the National Endowment for the Arts that a $20,000 grant earmarked for the 38th annual Lowell Folk Festival has been withdrawn.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis proved himself as the Toast of New Orleans this past weekend with a series of unforgettable live performances held in tandem with the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Multi-Platinum, GRAMMY-winning artist Zach Bryan has purchased the historic former Saint Jean Baptiste Church building in Lowell, Massachusetts, ensuring its transformation into the previously announced Jack Kerouac Center. The project was initially announced in November 2022, but stalled amid the COVID-19 pandemic and funding issues.

 

Today, one of the greatest bands in rock history, The Who, have announced their bittersweet final tour of the US and Canada as a truly grand finale of their illustrious six-decade career. Full tour routing and ticketing information is available below.

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Like a sweet spring breeze after a long, cruel winter, Cory Hanson’s blowing through town again. And like the wind, I Love People — our lone wanderer’s fourth album, out July 25 — comes from parts unknown. Need a ride? Long as you’re ready to find yourself wherever it dies down, jump on! The first single, “Bird on a Swing,” arrives today with a music video.

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