Nails announces a banger!
Nails has announced an insane show in Los Angles featuring Xibalba, World Peace and Entry to name a few.
Tickets are on sale this Friday at 10 am pst here

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Nails announces a banger!
Nails has announced an insane show in Los Angles featuring Xibalba, World Peace and Entry to name a few.
Tickets are on sale this Friday at 10 am pst here
Cursive- “Up and Away”
Written by R. Zachary Anderson
It was a pleasant (no pun intended) surprise when I woke up last week and saw Cursive had announced the release of a new record and first single. Their 10th studio record will be called Douvered and it will be released on September 13th via Run for Cover Records. It is the follow up to 2019’s Get Fixed. Now for a personal aside, Cursive is one of my favorite bands of all time and Tim Kasher is my favorite lyricist. His lyrics always are what drew me into anything he is associated with whether that is Cursive, The Good Life, or his solo music. So when I heard that this was going to be released, the first thing I was focusing on was the lyrics and they did not disappoint me in any way. The song follows a person going from states of delusion, to mild coherence to regret with each verse being the next step in the flow. Musically, “Up and Away” is very good. I love the bassline and I have always loved their use of, for lack of a better term, strange instruments with a sitar at the end of an indie emo song which is right out of the Cursive playbook. I can already tell without bias, okay maybe a little bias, that I’m going to just adore this record.
Curive will be touring in October and November in a city near you!
You can preorder the record here
Foster the People - "Lost in Space"
Written by R. Zachary Anderson
Los Angeles indie-pop band, Foster the People, are back with their first album in 7 long years. Paradise State of Mind will be out on August 16, 2024, via Atlantic Records and is the follow up to 2017’s Sacred Hearts Club. On the heels of the news that they would be releasing a new record, they released their first single titled, “Lost in Space”. Now if you’re unfamiliar with Foster the People they were quite popular with the song “Pumped Up Kicks”. Over the years from the days of “Pumped Up Kicks” to their newest song “Lost in Space”, they’ve evolved from a catchy radio friendly indie rock band to what I have coined as a “Neo Disco” band. Their songs are still as catchy as ever and has a grooving bassline. It would be hard not to find yourself dancing to this song in your car seat, around your home, or wherever you find yourself listening to music. This record is going to be great, if I can tell from this song, and I can’t wait to hear the rest of the record.
Preorder the record here.
Weezer Announces "Voyage to the Blue Planet" Tour
Weezer announces "Voyage to the Big Blue Planet" tour where they will be playing the Blue Album in its entirety. Supporting them on this epic tour will be The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. The tour will be starting in St. Paul, MN at the Xcel Energy Center on September 4th and Ending on October 11th at Intuit Dome in LA.
Tickets on sale 3/15 at 10 am local time
ALBUM REVIEW - MILITARIE GUN "LIFE UNDER THE GUN"
Militarie Gun- Life Under the Gun For those of you unfamiliar with Militarie Gun, you must be living under a rock, or the gun. For the past year or so they’ve been blowing up. They’ve gone from Ian Shelton’s, drummer and vocalist of Seattle’s Regional Justice Center, solo project to a full fledged band featuring Nick Cogan from Drug Church, and Vince Nguyen from Modern Color on guitar and drums respectively.
They started to gain popularity with the heavy punk and slightly abrasive sound of “All Roads Lead to the Gun” which was a two part EP that was released in 2021, which was a shift from Ian’s first release of “My Life is Over” which was just a straight up punk record. The ever-shifting nature of this band is what draws you in. On June 23, 2023, “Life Under the Gun” was released under the label, Loma Vista. This truly was such a solid output by these guys. The first single and opening track “Do it Faster” was such a great toe in the water for the record.
Songs like “Do it Faster”, “Very High”, and “My Friends are All Having a Hard Time” are so reminiscent of the Pixies best work, while other songs like “Seizure of Assets”, “Will Logic”, and “Never Fucked Up Once” have a sort of 90s indie pop sound that you can’t help but bop along to while your listening. This record was yet again another shift from “All Roads Lead to the Gun '', much less abrasive but with Ian’s signature “OOHH OOHH '' scattered throughout the record, to add that familiar Militarie Gun sound. It’s always good to see a band evolve and make a sound that is completely their own.
At just over the halfway point of the year, this record is a very strong contender to be the record of the year for this Pleasant writer. I wouldn’t keep sleeping on them, or this record, you’re truly missing out. I honestly can’t stop listening to it.
Favorite track: Seizure of Assets.
Review written by RZA
Riot Fest Finally Announces 2022 Lineup
We have been patiently waiting for this 2022 Riot Fest lineup. It will be on September 16-18 in Chicago, Illinois with headline acts including My Chemical Romance, The Misfits, and Nine Inch Nails. Other acts performing include Sunny Day Real Estate (!!!!), Bad Religion, Sleater-Kinney, Jimmy Eat World, The Academy Is, as well as bands like Save Face, Mom Jeans, Real Friends, Bully, The Menzingers, Alexisonfire, The Front Bottoms, Mannequin Pussy, Hot Mulligan, Jeff Rosenstock, The Wonder Years, and more! What an incredible lineup this year.
Visit riotfest.org for more info & tickets.
Weatherday, Michael Cera Palin, and Oolong Announce Summer U.S. Tour Dates
Weatherday, Michael Cera Palin, and Oolong Announce Summer U.S. Tour Dates. This five-week tour kicks off in Atlanta on June 18th and ends in Chattanooga, TN on July 26th. This is Weatherday’s first US shows! It’s an affordable tour that you don’t wanna miss! Check out the tour dates & get to a gig.
Tickets & more info here.
Also the rest of the split is up now, go listen to the songs by @Oolongli420 and @mcp_emo: https://cityescaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/edema-ruh
Sound and Fury Announce 2022 Lineup - and it’s SICK
Sound and Fury is back in the great city of LA and this is one of the coolest line ups I've seen this year. There are so many great bands playing this, including the return of Pity Sex, who hasn’t played a show in years as well as Angel Du$t, Anxious, Drug Church, Fiddlehead, Gulch, Militarie Gun, No Pressure, One Step Closer, Praise, Scowl, Spy, Superheaven, and more.
Tickets & more info - here
Interview: Q&A with Slo TV
Photo by Rosie Simmons
Philadelphia’s Slo TV are gearing up to release their debut album, Incomplete Structures, which was produced and recorded at True Level Studio by Tom Conran and Holly Smith. Additional recording was done at Sound Acres Studio by Conran. Guest vocals on this album feature True Level Studio owners Casey Cavaliere (The Wonder Years) and Adam Ackerman (Honeyjar). We caught up with Tom Conran for a Q&A session to talk about the band, the release, and their future plans! Check out the interview below and don’t forget to check out Incomplete Structures, due out May 6, 2022. Pre-order it here!
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Pleasant Mag: Thank you for being here to talk with us today. We’re so excited to interview y’all. So tell us, where did your band name come from & how did your band form?
Tom Conran: Working as a producer the past few years, I started experimenting with recording and mixing techniques as a sort of release or escape just trying to detach from the stress of life and make something. When it got to a point that I wanted to realize some of this stuff I just started fully recording tracks before even deciding they would have lyrics. It went from a few songs to an album quickly and I went to some friends for help.
I had been thinking about slow tv(marathon style broadcasting) as a format and idea during this time and it was the only name that felt right. We wanted to play with the contradiction of media and nature, another escape and influence for us.
PM: What was the process like bringing on UnWoven’s Charlie Singer, CaraCara/Steady Hands’, George Legatos, & Darla’s Brendan Monohan?
TC: When I was writing the tracks I knew i wanted Charlie to record drums so when he was down to join the band I was stoked. He beats the living shit out of the drums and it really comes through in a beautiful way on the tracks. On the record Adam Ackerman lent his talents to the bass and some background vocals, so when it came time to translate that live, Honeyjar drummer Richie Straub, linked me up with Brendan and It was a perfect fit from the get go so I eventually got him to find me George as well. First practice we had with George, he knew the songs better then me. Again a perfect fit.
PM: Can you tell us a little bit about what was the writing process like for your debut album? Was it collective among the band members?
TC: These tracks started out as ambient synth demos that were totally free form and were scoring some of Holly’s old art school video workfilms. Slowly the tracks built up into full band arrangements. After all the instrumentation was tracked, the songs just called for more. So Holly and I started to write lyrics with the focus of bringing some pop and poetry to them. It’s wild to reflect on the transformation of these songs since their inception.
When I got together with the band we focused on the emotional story we wanted to tell with each song. Im still always working on l demos so I’m am excited next time around to bring them to the band and get their influence early on.
PM: Why did you choose a full length album to release first rather than an EP? Any reason in particular?
TC: I was really using this process to, process, if you will, a lot of events in my life and it was a large span of time so I ended up with 20 songs. I edited that down to 8 and felt like that’s what it needed to be.
PM: Do you have a favorite song on this album? What is it and why?
TC: One of my favorite moments, sonically, is the second chorus of “Free Hands”. The overall composition of the section always guts me. It‘s a perfect photo of the exact emotion I was trying to explain. This is the one song on the record that was actually about the past unlike the others which were reactions to the these two years. It is also the one Holly pushed me to write about, and her favorite on the album
PM: What was it like recording this album at True Level Studio, which you co-own with Casey Cavaliere of The Wonder Years?
TC: It was great, I was able to experiment and sonically carve out exactly what I wanted to portray. It’s such a a privilege and a pleasure to say that the entire record is made in spaces myself and Adam have acoustically designed, tuned, or made. True Level is co-owned with Casey, Adam and myself. We went to Sound Acres to track drums and then brought it back to True Level Studio to track everything else. Holly was able to step in on vocal production and recording, and as co-writer that led to really vulnerable tracking sessions.
PM: What are you most excited for now that the album is out?
TC: I am ecstatic to show people how these songs translate live. Rather then a direct redo of the sonic experimentation and exploration the record goes down, we went for a more emotion based translation of what the songs felt like. This creates an experience that has a relationship to the record but is also completely new and has room to expand.
PM: What are you hoping to get out of this release?
TC: I wanted to put it out there as a way to heal myself but if it helps anyone else get through anything that would be a cherry on top
PM: Any plans for touring this year? As a studio owner and a band with band members who are involved in many other projects, will that make touring challenging, if that’s something you’re interested in?
TC: As of right now, we hope to play locally as much as possible, and our release show is May 11 at Ortliebs! No tour on the books as of yet, but I’d never count it out! We’re all getting good at working from where and when we can these days so hopefully we are able to take any opportunities that come our way.
PM: Are there any bands you’d like to tour with? Dream tour lineup?
TC: Dream line up for me would be opening for Pedro the Lion, Broken Social Scene, and probably Radiohead headlining. Wild.
PM: What are some artists you’ve been listening to lately?
TC: Right now it’s the new Orville Peck, Soul Glo, and Wet Leg records with some old Willie Nelson records mixed in there.
PM: Anything else you’d like to add?
TC: Our record Incomplete Structures comes out tomorrow (5/6) and our record release show on (5/11) in Philadelphia at Ortlieb’s!
Pile Announce May Weekend Shows
Pile are playing their first shows since 2019 next month -
05/28 - Providence, RI at Fete Lounge, 05/29 - Brooklyn, NY at Market Hotel and 05/30 - Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair
Tickets + more info: https://bnds.us/ajp1ex
Joyce Manor Release “Don’t Try” off of upcoming album ‘40 oz. to Fresno’
Joyce Manor have released their second single "Don't Try" from the album '40 oz. to Fresno', due out on June 10 via Epitaph Records
Pre-order the album at https://joycemanor.ffm.to/40oz
Roger Harvey Announces Canada Tour Dates
Tickets on sale now at rogerharveymusic.com—
06.29 at Sneaky Dees supporting Gregor Barnett
6.30 Eclectic Cafe with special guest Sammy
07.01 FarmFest on Brightview Farm with special guests Kayla Mahomed & ALEX
07.02 The Collingwood Brewery benefiting Collingwood Youth Centre
Photograph by Cowtown Chad
This is HC ‘22 Full Lineup is Announced
This is Hardcore is back July 7-10 2022 in Philadelphia, PA at Franklin Music Hall. Hatebreed and Thursday will be headlining the fest, both celebrating past notable releases. Others bands performing include Madball, Terror, Comeback Kid, One Step Closer, Raw Brigade, Chemical Fix, and more.
Tickets are on sale now at thisishardcorefest.com
Sunday Songs Volume 9 is here!
Your favorite Sunday playlist is back with some great songs for you to listen to!
To listen, click here.
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Dikembe Announces Summer 2022 Tour Dates with Zeta
Dikembe is hitting the road this summer along with Zeta. This east coast tour starts in Jacksonville on July 15th and ends July 26th in South Carolina. Support from Slingshot Dakota, Petrov, Gillian Carter, Rugh, and Glazed on select shows.
Tickets & more info: dikembedudes.com
Mint Green Release New Single “What I’m Feeling” off of Debut Album
photo by Athel Rogers
Staring down a world of possibilities, Mint Green's latest single "What I'm Feeling" is a song that's lush and dreamy like the fantasy of a potential future, but intense like the arena rockiness that can sometimes come with the beginning of something new.
It's the latest to be released from the Boston, MA band's debut album All Girls Go To Heaven, due out on June 3 from Pure Noise Records. Since opening a lush vein of rock with their self-released EPs Growth (2016) and Headspace (2018), Mint Green has formed a tender bond with listeners all over the dizzying highs of crushes, the sting of soiled relationships, and nagging bouts of self-doubt.
All Girls Go To Heaven centers around the idea of paradise, but instead of the palm tree sun-soaked image that comes to mind, it's about discovering what that means to the individual, and how freedom can be found through introspection. "Anyone can achieve this so-called "sacred" destination by simply believing that they belong there," vocalist Ronnica explains. "Or rather, creating their own definition of what heaven is."
Camp Cope Announce US Full North American Tour
Run for Cover Records trio Camp Cope are returning to the US this summer for a full North American tour in support of their most recent full length release, Running with the Hurricane! Select Canadian shows with @lucydacus. As of right now, support has not been announced for the US tour dates. The tour will kick off in Boston in July and end in LA in August.
Tickets on sale next Friday 10am local time. http://campcopemusic.net/#tour