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Soul Coughing’s Mike Doughty Hits The Road Solo This Spring With Guitarist Andrew Livingston

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Soul Coughing’s Mike Doughty Hits The Road Solo This Spring With Guitarist Andrew Livingston

Mike Doughty is heading out on a nationwide solo tour this spring, joined by Andrew “Scrap” Livingston, his collaborator from Ghost of Vroom. The run spans 19 cities from March through May, pulling from Doughty’s full catalog including his solo work, Ghost of Vroom, and the recently reunited Soul Coughing. The tour follows Soul Coughing’s wildly popular reunion runs, in which all four original members, Doughty on vocals and guitar, Mark degli Antoni on keyboards and sampler, Yuval Gabay on drums, and Sebastian Steinberg on bass, performed songs spanning the band’s entire catalog.

Soul Coughing’s three studio albums, 1994’s genre-defining ‘Ruby Vroom’, 1996’s ‘Irresistible Bliss’, and 1998’s ‘El Oso’, built a following that never really let go, and these solo dates give that audience something more intimate and wide-ranging. Doughty and Livingston on a stage together is a different kind of show, closer to the bone and built around deep cuts as much as familiar moments. For anyone who has followed Doughty across any chapter of his career, this is the tour to catch.

Tour Dates:

March 24 – St. Louis, MO – City Winery

March 26 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium

March 27 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center

March 28 – Chicago, IL – Garcia’s

March 30 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop

March 31 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark

April 2 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box

April 3 – Rochester, NY – Anthology

April 4 – Montgomery, NY – City Winery

April 6 – Amherst, MA – The Drake

April 7 – Fall River, MA – Narrows Center

April 9 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge

April 10 – Phoenixville, PA – Colonial Theatre

April 11 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head On Stage

April 12 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere

May 5 – Austin, TX – 3TEN

May 6 – Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater

May 8 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress

May 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid The Cat Auditorium

May 10 – San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall

May 12 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall

May 13 – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door

May 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room

May 16 – Denver, CO – Holiday Theater

Gogol Bordello Drop “Ignition,” A Post-Punk Friendship Anthem Starring Liev Schreiber

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Gogol Bordello Drop “Ignition,” A Post-Punk Friendship Anthem Starring Liev Schreiber

Gogol Bordello have released “Ignition,” the third single from their upcoming album ‘We Mean It, Man!’, out February 13 via Casa Gogol Records. The track is a post-punk anthem about lifelong friendship, rooted in the groove of Gogol Bordello’s 2023 collaboration with Bernard Sumner of New Order and Joy Division, and the music video stars Liev Schreiber. The two met when Schreiber cast Eugene Hutz in his 2005 directorial debut ‘Everything Is Illuminated’, and the friendship has held ever since. Schreiber later executive produced the Vice documentary ‘Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story’, and the pair have aligned both creatively and politically, most recently partnering with UNITED24 at Veselka.

Hutz puts it directly: “‘Ignition’ is about the hardest currency there is: lifelong friendships and trust, the people who will come pull you out of a ditch at 5 a.m. I didn’t want musicians’ faulty acting to obscure that, so I called my friend Liev, who is exactly the kind of actor who embodies it effortlessly and powerfully, because he’s exactly that kind of person.” Schreiber returns the sentiment, calling Hutz “my brother from another mother, ridiculously insane with the heart, mind, and voice of a poet.” With the 20th anniversary of ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ as backdrop, the video lands as a genuine celebration. ‘We Mean It, Man!’ was produced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES), and follows previously released singles “We Mean It, Man!” and “Hater Liquidator.” The North American tour is already underway, with a homecoming show at New York’s Knockdown Center on March 27.

Roberta Flack’s Atlantic Years Collected In New Eight-CD Remastered Set ‘With Her Songs’

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Roberta Flack’s Atlantic Years Collected In New Eight-CD Remastered Set ‘With Her Songs’

Rhino has released ‘With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums, 1969–1978’, the first retrospective collection since Roberta Flack’s passing in 2025. The eight-CD set presents newly remastered versions of her first eight studio albums, from 1969’s ‘First Take’ through her self-titled 1978 record, and arrives during Black History Month, days before what would have been Flack’s 89th birthday on February 10th. A classically trained pianist and Howard University alumna, Flack built one of the most sustained commercial and critical runs in 1970s popular music, moving fluidly between soul, jazz, folk, and pop across a decade of work for Atlantic.

The collection charts that entire arc with real weight. Flack became the first solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years, for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in 1973 and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1974. Her collaboration with Donny Hathaway produced the Grammy-winning “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You,” while “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. ‘With Her Songs’ follows last year’s Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio releases of two of those albums, and stands as the most complete document of her Atlantic years assembled in a single package. It is, by any measure, an essential collection.

The full tracklisting across all eight discs is as follows.

CD 1: ‘First Take’ (1969)

Compared To What

Angelitos Negros

Our Ages Or Our Hearts

I Told Jesus

Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Tryin’ Times

Ballad Of The Sad Young Men

CD 2: ‘Chapter Two’ (1970)

Reverend Lee

Do What You Gotta Do

Just Like A Woman

Let It Be Me

Gone Away

Until It’s Time For You To Go

The Impossible Dream

Business Goes On As Usual

CD 3: ‘Quiet Fire’ (1971)

Go Up Moses

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Sunday And Sister Jones

See You Then

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

To Love Somebody

Let Them Talk

Sweet Bitter Love

CD 4: ‘Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway’ (1972)

I (Who Have Nothing)

You’ve Got A Friend

Baby I Love You

Be Real Black For Me

You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling

For All We Know

Where Is The Love

When Love Has Grown

Come Ye Disconsolate

Mood

CD 5: ‘Killing Me Softly’ (1973)

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Jesse

No Tears (In The End)

I’m The Girl

River

Conversation Love

When You Smile

Suzanne

CD 6: ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ (1975)

Feelin’ That Glow

I Wanted It Too

I Can See The Sun In Late December

Some Gospel According To Matthew

Feel Like Makin’ Love

Mr. Magic

Early Ev’ry Midnite

Old Heartbreak Top Ten

She’s Not Blind

CD 7: ‘Blue Lights In The Basement’ (1977)

Why Don’t You Move In With Me

The Closer I Get To You

Fine Fine Day

This Time I’ll Be Sweeter

25th Of Last December

After You

I’d Like To Be Baby To You

Soul Deep

Love Is The Healing

Where I’ll Find You

CD 8: ‘Roberta Flack’ (1978)

What A Woman Really Means

You Are Everything

Independent Man

If Ever I See You Again

And The Feeling’s Good

Knowing That We’re Made For Each Other

Come Share My Love

Baby I Love You So

When It’s Over

Soul Singer Calby Delivers Sweeping New Single ‘Deeper Love’

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Soul Singer Calby Delivers Sweeping New Single ‘Deeper Love’

Calby is back with ‘Deeper Love’, the new single and next step toward his forthcoming third album. The Copenhagen-based artist builds the track around cinematic strings layered over an organic beat, creating a soundscape that feels both intimate and expansive. It showcases some of his most sensual and emotionally direct writing yet, and it arrives from a songwriter whose trajectory has been anything but conventional. He debuted in 2020 with ‘Burnout’, recorded on an eight-track tape recorder, and followed it in 2023 with ‘Inner Critic’s Choice Awards’, a sophomore record that confirmed a fearless instinct for evolution. A worldwide deal with a U.S. major label fell apart during COVID-19, and Calby kept moving forward regardless.

‘Deeper Love’ is a declaration, plainly stated and fully committed. “It’s my tribute to everything we share,” Calby says. “It’s about what we’ve been through together, how I can see myself in her scars, and how she carries them more gracefully than I ever could. It’s honest, unfiltered, and without reservation.” That directness is exactly what has made him one of Denmark’s most acclaimed new voices in soul and R&B, a roots-inspired artist with a genuinely soulful instrument at the center of everything he does. The third album is taking shape, and ‘Deeper Love’ makes a strong case for where it’s headed.

Alt-Country Songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig Returns With Haunting New Single “Ezekiel Bobbing For Apples”

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Alt-Country Songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig Returns With Haunting New Single “Ezekiel Bobbing For Apples”

Kye Alfred Hillig is back with “Ezekiel Bobbing For Apples,” the first single from his upcoming ninth album ‘The All-Night Costume Company’, due March 4. The Tacoma songwriter builds the track around haunting guitar leads and male-female harmonies that carry the emotional gravity of classic country duets, sitting somewhere between alternative-country and indie rock with the plainspoken urgency of someone shaped by punk rooms rather than polish. Hillig has spent more than two decades working the margins of the Puget Sound scene, releasing a deep catalog defined by sharp hooks and lyrical candor, and this single finds him at his most direct and melodic.

Recorded at Ex Ex Studios in Seattle and produced by Johnny Nails, the track moves with lean, charged energy. Guitars circle and cut while organ and percussion interlock with real momentum, leaving space for Hillig’s vocal delivery to carry the weight. The blend of voices adds tension rather than gloss, and the production stays close to the bone throughout. Hillig describes the song as “singing up from the bottom of the well,” adding, “everything feels kind of screwed and hopeless at times, but the message is I am with you. There’s something freeing about saying that out loud.” Listeners drawn to Father John Misty, The Jayhawks, and early-era The Shins are already responding to the instinct for narrative and melody here, and the early word is that ‘The All-Night Costume Company’ is shaping up to be one of his strongest records yet.

Riff-Rock Firebrands Mother Vulture Bring The “Cartoon Violence” Tour To The UK

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Riff-Rock Firebrands Mother Vulture Bring The “Cartoon Violence” Tour To The UK

Mother Vulture are heading out on the “Cartoon Violence” tour across the UK, with dates running through March 7th in London. Kerrang! calls them “one of Britain’s most exciting new noises” and Distorted Sound crowns them “the new kings of British rock music,” and the live reputation backs all of it up. Classic Rock named recent single “Break Me” their Track of the Week, describing the band as “easily one of the most physical, explosive live bands in rock today.” Their last headline run produced multiple sold-out dates, including a hometown show at Rough Trade Bristol that hit capacity in 48 hours.

The sound sits in its own lane, an early 2000s hardcore attack wrapped around bouncy, infectious fuzz-riff energy, pulling from stoner punk, desert rock, and metalcore without fully belonging to any of them. Their debut album “Mother Knows Best” drew comparisons to Royal Blood at their fuzziest, Biffy Clyro at their heaviest, and Queens of the Stone Age at their most unhinged. Festival appearances at ArcTanGent, Bloodstock, and Steelhouse, plus support runs with Skindred, Reef, and Feeder, have built a live following that shows up and shows out. The “Cartoon Violence” album is coming, and this tour is the runway.

Tour Dates:

Sat 28th Feb – Nottingham – Rough Trade

Thu 5th Mar – Cheltenham – Frog and Fiddle

Fri 6th Mar – Alton – The Lounge Bar

Sat 7th Mar – London – Rough Trade East

Jazz Trailblazers Knats Chronicle Working-Class Life On New Album “A Great Day In Newcastle”

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Jazz Trailblazers Knats Chronicle Working-Class Life On New Album “A Great Day In Newcastle”

Newcastle’s Knats are releasing “A Great Day In Newcastle” on March 6th digitally and March 29th physically via Gearbox Records, and it arrives with serious weight behind it. Produced by Geordie Greep of black midi (who also appears on one track), the album documents the North East working-class experience with unflinching specificity. Toxic masculinity, crime, life after prison, alcoholism, the mining industry, and community resilience all find their way into a record that pulls from lived experience, local legend, and the stories of people close to the band.

Led by lifelong best friends Stan Woodward on bass and King David-Ike Elechi on drums, Knats have spent the past year building serious momentum. They toured as the live band for both Greep and RnB legend Eddie Chacon, played two sold-out nights at London’s Koko, earned a Best Breakthrough Artist nomination at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and delivered sets at The Great Escape, We Out Here, and Love Supreme. The new album deepens everything that won those rooms over, genre-fluid grooves and strong melodic architecture, while reaching further into rock and experimentation, with compositional work rooted in Olivier Messiaen’s modes.

First single “Wor Jackie” sets the tone immediately. The track draws on the story of Newcastle football icon Jackie Milburn, who reportedly split his days between the coal mine and the pitch, as a lens for exploring North East pit culture. Stan says the piece started as “a moody sort of march,” evolving after poet Cooper Robson brought his words to it. Robson’s addition changes the album’s entire dynamic, tackling dark subject matter with what Stan calls “classic Northern optimism.” Blistering solos from Stan and George Johnson on tenor saxophone drive the track forward with real force.

“This album has been a few years of thought and writing in the making,” Stan explains. “A Great Day in Newcastle is an exploration through happy, sad and angry stories from Newcastle and the beginning of a new sound for Knats.” The record closes with words drawn from a BBC interview with Durham Miners from the 1960s, grounding everything in the region’s deep history. This is a document, not a mood board, and it lands as one of the most purposeful UK jazz records in recent memory. Early listeners are calling it essential.

Tour Dates:

April 22nd – Brighton – The Hope & Ruin

April 23rd – Norwich – Voodoo Daddy’s

April 24th – Margate – Where Else?

April 25th – London – Brick Lane Jazz Festival

April 27th – Liverpool – Quarry

April 28th – Manchester – Band On The Wall

April 29th – Leeds – Hyde Park Book Club

April 30th – Birmingham – Hare & Hound

May 1st – Glasgow – The Glad Cafe

May 2nd – Newcastle – Cobalt

French Synthwave Icon Carpenter Brut Closes His Leather Trilogy With The Dystopian ‘Leather Temple’

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French Synthwave Icon Carpenter Brut Closes His Leather Trilogy With The Dystopian ‘Leather Temple’

Carpenter Brut closes out his Leather trilogy with ‘Leather Temple’, the third and final chapter following 2018’s ‘Leather Teeth’ and 2022’s ‘Leather Terror’. Out now via No Quarter PROD and Virgin Records, the new album shoots the story forward into 2077, a world in ruins after a nuclear catastrophe, ruled by a transhuman elite called the Overlords. At the center of it all sits Iron Tusk, a paranoid tyrant running a dystopian capital called Midwichpolis, staging deadly broadcast races called Speed or Perish for a population with nowhere left to turn. Brett Halford, last seen as a serial killer anti-hero, returns here as something else entirely, rebuilt as a living weapon by rebel leader Lita Connor and aimed directly at the regime.

Musically, ‘Leather Temple’ lands like a detonation. The album pulls from a saturated 90s electro atmosphere, sharp beats, distorted layers, and orchestral weight, all compressed into something visceral and immediate. More cinematic than its predecessors and more direct at the same time, it moves like a chase sequence, each track a scene, a shot, a collision. Listeners are already calling it the most focused and ferocious entry in the trilogy. The title track arrives with a full video, and it sets the tone for everything that follows.

Lords Of Acid Hit The Road For A 29-City “Cheeky Freaky Tour”

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Lords Of Acid Hit The Road For A 29-City “Cheeky Freaky Tour”

Lords Of Acid are back on the road, and this time they mean business. The “Cheeky Freaky Tour” launches April 25 in Las Vegas at Sick New World and runs through May 31 in San Jose, covering 29 cities coast to coast. Club shows, festival stages, and everything in between. This is a full-scale return from one of electronic music’s most uncompromising acts, and the timing is deliberate.

Praga Khan, the founder and creative force behind Lords Of Acid, puts it plainly: “For the first time in eight years, there is truly new material. A new album is coming, and the ‘Cheeky Freaky Tour’ ushers in a new era for the band, with respect for the past, but with a clear focus on the future.” That new album gets its first live introduction on this tour, and both Princess Superstar and Tony and the Kiki appear on it.

Fronted by Acid Queen Carla Harvey, the live set pulls from deep catalog cuts alongside that new material. “Pussy,” “I Sit on Acid,” and “Crablouse” anchor the night with the kind of weight only decades of history can deliver. The room has been calling this one a full-body experience, loud, confrontational, and completely alive. The show runs on tension and presence, not nostalgia.

The supporting lineup is built to match. Dead On A Sunday bring raw gothic energy. Princess Superstar arrives with sharp lyricism and club-ready swagger. Tony and the Kiki add fashion-forward alternative pop. MZ NEON opens each night with pulsating underground electronics. Each act carries its own weight, and together they shape an evening with real depth and momentum.

Tour Dates:

4/25 – Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World

4/26 – Fontana, CA – Stage Red

4/29 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater

4/30 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

5/01 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep

5/02 – Denver, CO – Ritual Noize Fest

5/04 – Kansas City, KS – Warehouse

5/05 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater

5/06 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

5/07 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick

5/08 – Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground

5/09 – Washington, DC – Union

5/11 – Cleveland, OH – Mercury

5/12 – New York City, NY – Racket

5/14 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

5/15 – Orlando, FL – The Abbey

5/16 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room

5/17 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum

5/19 – Fort Walton Beach, FL – Downtown Music Hall

5/21 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar

5/22 – Dallas, TX – Trees

5/23 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live

5/24 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger

5/26 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole

5/27 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile

5/28 – Las Vegas, NV – Swandive

5/29 – San Diego, CA – Music Box

5/30 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex

5/31 – San Jose, CA – The Ritz

Doom Metal Titans Patriarchs In Black Cover Led Zeppelin Classic “The Ocean”

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Doom Metal Titans Patriarchs In Black Cover Led Zeppelin Classic “The Ocean”

Patriarchs in Black are maintaining their momentum following the critical success of their ‘Home’ LP. The doom metal project has officially released a new single and music video featuring a heavy rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic “The Ocean.” This recording features the formidable rhythm of Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) and the signature guitar work of Dan Lorenzo (Hades). The track serves as a dual birthday celebration for both Lorenzo and legendary guitarist Jimmy Page.

The band utilizes the vocal talents of guest singer Mark Sunshine (Unida) to round out the lineup. This version of the track is a powerful tribute to one of the most influential forces in rock history. The production honors the source material while injecting the somber weight associated with the band’s previous output. This release follows a 2023 Grammy nomination for their cover of “Friends,” establishing a proven track record for reinterpreting classic rock staples.

The accompanying music video provides a visual companion to the track’s crushing sonic profile. By focusing on legacy and precision, the group avoids the pitfalls of standard tribute acts. The performance on the record is a visceral display of technical skill and heavy atmosphere. Every element of the composition remains grounded in the band’s established doom-laden aesthetic.

This single release reinforces the group’s position as a vital force in the modern metal landscape. Their ability to bridge the gap between classic influence and contemporary weight remains a defining characteristic. This cover is a definitive statement of artistic intent that respects the history of the genre. Patriarchs in Black continue to deliver high-impact music that resonates with fans of aggressive, soul-stirring sounds.

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