Nine Inch Nails unloaded on New York City at Panorama Festival on July 30, 2017, headlining Randall’s Island Park with a set that stood as a high point of their “I Can’t Seem To Wake Up” tour. The performance captured the band’s ferocious return to the live circuit after a multi-year hiatus, pairing raw aggression with meticulous sonic detail in front of a massive, electric crowd. The setlist swung through dynamics with ease, weaving timeless anthems like “Wish” and “March Of The Pigs” alongside the visceral energy of newer EP material. Trent Reznor was as commanding as ever, his voice cutting through dense layers of distorted guitars, abrasive synths, and punishing rhythms, all matched by a stark, aggressive light show that mirrored the music’s controlled chaos. It’s a complete sensory assault and a bold reminder of why they remain one of modern music’s most vital live acts.
V Torres Announces Sophomore Album ‘Woman’ With A Cinematic, Desert-Soaked Title Track
V Torres is stepping into her most personal work yet. The Los Angeles songwriter has announced her sophomore album ‘Woman,’ arriving independently September 1, 2026, led by a stirring title track and a cinematic new video. The single is out now on all streaming platforms.
The song came from a heavy place. “When I wrote ‘Woman,’ it felt heavy,” Torres explains. “The line, ‘my work never ends, it just starts over and over again,’ felt so fitting to how I was feeling at the time, and honestly, most of the time.” Playing it live changed her sense of what it was. “Women kept coming up to me afterward saying, ‘You wrote this song for me.’ That’s when I realized it had become something bigger than my own story.” The accompanying video, directed by cinematographer Dylan Pelle, is a desert-soaked visual that mirrors the track’s raw vulnerability and hard-earned liberation.
Co-produced with longtime collaborator Steve Aguilar, “Woman” pulls from western landscapes, Latin textures, and indie-rock catharsis, driven by galloping drums, sprawling guitars, and Torres’ commanding vocal. It builds like a journey toward collective release, keeping the immediacy of her live shows while reaching for something cinematic and immersive.
That honesty runs through the whole record, a seven-song collection Torres calls “a journey and testament to the things that shaped the woman I am today.” She moves between expansive indie-rock, funky beach Americana, stripped-down balladry, and desert-hued psych-rock. “Beginnings” wrestles with endings and rebirth, “Great Escape” reflects on the loneliness and freedom that followed the end of her marriage, and “Winter Solstice,” written after a close friend lost her brother, captures the tenderness of trying to comfort someone through grief. “Slow” explores identity and freedom against a surreal Joshua Tree backdrop, while “That Night” lingers in the charged space between friendship and desire.
‘Woman’ also marks Torres’ first time co-producing a full-length project. “I’ve been in situations before where I felt muted creatively,” she says. “This time, there was safety and freedom. If something didn’t feel fully expressed, we kept working until it did.” It’s a fearless, lived-in record from a songwriter fully in command of her voice.
Born and raised in coastal Southern California, Torres grew up immersed in her parents’ record collection, soaking up everyone from Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and Hank Williams Jr. to Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Earth, Wind & Fire. By high school she was performing originals at open mics, later playing iconic LA venues like The Roxy Theatre and The Viper Room with her first band, Gorgeous Got a Gun.
She celebrates the single with a special event tonight, June 11, at The Studio in Hermosa Beach, featuring a live performance, an exclusive video screening, and a behind-the-scenes Q&A with the creative team.
Woman Tracklisting:
- Beginnings
- Woman
- Winter Solstice
- That Night
- Slow
- Great Escape
- I Know Nothing
Composer Rock Burwell Unleashes His Dread-Soaked Debut Score For Horror Hit ‘Obsession’
Rock Burwell just stepped fully into the world of film scoring. Waxwork Records, in partnership with Back Lot Music, has released ‘Obsession Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,’ Burwell’s dread-inducing score for the summer’s breakthrough film, out now on vinyl, CD, and cassette. The score runs on smart synth work and atmospheric ambient clouds.
It’s a milestone moment for the composer. ‘Obsession’ marks Burwell’s debut as a feature film composer, developed in close collaboration with director Curry Barker. The two built it out of a creative partnership that began when they met through a mutual music project in Los Angeles. Zach “Rock” Burwell is an American film composer, music producer, and singer-songwriter, and a platinum-selling producer with credits across multiple genres.
Burwell describes a score built on unease. “A big focus while composing Obsession was the idea of exploring the uncanny valley, finding the space where emotions get warped into something disorienting, where you’re no longer sure what’s real,” he says. He and Barker spent long stretches crafting the balance between warmth and dread, nostalgia and estrangement, even the expansiveness of love against something like claustrophobia. “Part of what made it all so exciting was the willingness to take risks, using hard cuts and loudness in ways that feel almost confrontational. Discomfort was always the goal.”
The film itself premiered in the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival. It follows a hopeless romantic who finds himself getting exactly what he asked for, only to discover that some desires come at a dark, sinister price. The score captures every bit of that tension.
Obsession Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Tracklisting:
- Obsession
- Sandy
- Nikki
- One Wish Willow
- Make a Wish
- R U OK
- Can You Sleep With Me?
- Research
- Cat’s Out of the Bag
- Love is in the Air, Pt. 1
- Date Night
- Go Back to Sleep
- If You’re Having Trouble with the Door
- What’s the Verdict?
- Hansel
- Into Darkness
- I Can’t Be Nikki
- You Wished for This
- The Letter
- One Wish Willow (Revisited)
- You Only Get One
- Billionaire
- Why Don’t You Love Me?
- Mirror Shot
- Bear
- Love is in the Air, Pt. 2
Tyler, the Creator Brings Camp Flog Gnaw Back To Dodger Stadium This November
Camp Flog Gnaw is coming back. Tyler, the Creator has announced 2026 dates for his annual carnival, returning to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 14-15. The weekend marks a return to the event’s semi-traditional mid-November slot, after last year’s edition was pushed back a week when heavy rains swept across Southern California.
Tickets go on sale at 11 am Pacific on June 11, with two-day passes set at $395 and VIP options starting at $705. Payment plans are also available for a limited time, letting fans put down 25% or 50% of their pass and cover the rest in equal biweekly or bimonthly installments.
The lineup is yet to be announced.
BIGBANG Reunite For A 31-Date 20th Anniversary Stadium Tour
One of K-pop’s biggest names is back together. Legendary trio BIGBANG have announced a 31-date stadium tour across Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia, building off their memorable reunion set at Coachella. Promoted by AEG Presents, the trek celebrates the group’s 20th anniversary and marks the first time G-DRAGON, TAEYANG, and DAESUNG have toured together since 2017, making it one of the biggest K-pop events of the year.
The run opens with three hometown shows August 21-23 at Goyang Stadium in South Korea. From there the routing hits Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Taipei Dome, Sydney’s Accor Stadium, Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka, Tokyo Dome, and Jakarta International Stadium before wrapping February 27 and 28 with a two-night stand at Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan.
The group last released new music in 2022 with the single “Still Life,” and broke through in 2006 with their debut ‘Big Bang Vol. 1.’ Two decades on, they remain one of the genre’s most influential acts. The official tour title and ticketing details will arrive later, and fans can sign up via BIGBANG’s official b.stage platform for updates.
BIGBANG Tour Dates:
Aug. 21, 2026 – Goyang, KR @ Goyang Stadium
Aug. 22, 2026 – Goyang, KR @ Goyang Stadium
Aug. 23, 2026 – Goyang, KR @ Goyang Stadium
Sept. 5, 2026 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Sept. 11, 2026 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
Sept. 19, 2026 – Paris, FR @ Stade de France
Sept. 26, 2026 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Oct. 10, 2026 – Taipei, TW @ Taipei Dome
Oct. 11, 2026 – Taipei, TW @ Taipei Dome
Oct. 17, 2026 – Singapore @ National Stadium
Oct. 24, 2026 – Hanoi, VN @ Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Oct. 25, 2026 – Hanoi, VN @ Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Oct. 31, 2026 – Sydney, AU @ Accor Stadium
Nov. 7, 2026 – Bangkok, TH @ Rajamangala National Stadium
Nov. 13, 2026 – Hong Kong @ Kai Tak Stadium
Nov. 14, 2026 – Hong Kong @ Kai Tak Stadium
Nov. 15, 2026 – Hong Kong @ Kai Tak Stadium
Nov. 27, 2026 – Osaka, JP @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
Nov. 28, 2026 – Osaka, JP @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
Nov. 29, 2026 – Osaka, JP @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
Dec. 5, 2026 – Nagoya, JP @ Vantelin Dome Nagoya
Dec. 6, 2026 – Nagoya, JP @ Vantelin Dome Nagoya
Dec. 13, 2026 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Dome
Dec. 14, 2026 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Dome
Dec. 15, 2026 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Dome
Dec. 26, 2026 – Fukuoka, JP @ Mizuho PayPay Dome FUKUOKA
Dec. 27, 2026 – Fukuoka, JP @ Mizuho PayPay Dome FUKUOKA
Jan. 9, 2027 – Kuala Lumpur, MY @ TM Stadium Nasional
Jan. 16, 2027 – Jakarta, ID @ Jakarta International Stadium
Feb. 27, 2027 – Kaohsiung, TW @ Kaohsiung National Stadium
Feb. 28, 2027 – Kaohsiung, TW @ Kaohsiung National Stadium
The Beaches, PUP And Kaytranada Make The 2026 Polaris Music Prize Long List Of 40
The race for Canada’s biggest album prize is on. CBC and the Polaris Music Prize have revealed the 40-album Long List for 2026, the first major announcement of the Polaris season and the opening move toward the $30,000 awarded to the year’s best Canadian album, judged purely on artistic merit with no regard for genre or sales.
The list spans the full range of Canadian music, from The Beaches and PUP to Kaytranada, Men I Trust, Foxwarren, Charlotte Day Wilson, Shad, and Propagandhi. It includes 13 first-time nominees alongside three past winners, Kaytranada, Tanya Tagaq, and Daphni’s Dan Snaith, who took the prize as Caribou, plus two past Polaris Heritage Prize recipients in Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Peaches. In all, 202 albums were considered by the 205-member jury this season.
The Long List reveal was hosted by NXNE at their Artist House, with a number of current and past nominees on hand. From here, the season ramps up fast. The 10-album Short List arrives July 9, the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize unveils its 20-song Long List on June 25, and the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize opens its critics-and-public vote campaign on August 5.
It all builds to the 2026 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony, powered by FACTOR, where the Album Prize, Song Prize, and two Heritage Prize winners are announced. The event takes over Toronto’s iconic 132-year-old Massey Hall on Tuesday, September 22, marking the fourth straight year at the venue. Tickets are on sale now via the Massey Hall website, with 15% off using the code POLARIS15.
2026 Polaris Music Prize Album Long List:
Angine de Poitrine – Vol. II
Aquakultre – 1783
Baby Nova – Shhugar
The Beaches – No Hard Feelings
Begonia – Fantasy Life
Bibi Club – Amaro
Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives
Mariel Buckley – Strange Trip Ahead
Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Triste animal
Ora Cogan – Hard Hearted Woman
cootie catcher – Something We All Got
Charlotte Cornfield – Hurts Like Hell
Daphni – Butterfly
Nadah El Shazly – Laini Tani
Dominique Fils-Aimé – My World Is The Sun
Foxwarren – 2
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Laughter In Summer
Holy Fuck – Event Beat
Home Front – Watch It Die
JayWood – LEO NEGRO
Rochelle Jordan – Through The Wall
Kaytranada – AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!
Catherine Leduc – Les jours où il neige à tous les postes
Les Louanges – Alouette!
Men I Trust – Equus Caballus
Tami Neilson – Neon Cowgirl
No Joy – Bugland
Ouri – Daisy Cutter
Peaches – No Lube So Rude
PONY – Clearly Cursed
Propagandhi – At Peace
PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust
Shad – Start Anew
Slash Need – SIT & GRIN
Arielle Soucy – Passages
Tanya Tagaq – Saputjiji
TOBi – For Good Measure (at Dreamhouse Studios)
Katie Tupper – Greyhound
Charlotte Day Wilson – Patchwork
Stabbing Westward Hit The Road For 30 Years Of ‘Wither Blister Burn & Peel’
Stabbing Westward are marking three decades of a fan favorite. The industrial rockers hit the road this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1996 sophomore record ‘Wither Blister Burn & Peel,’ opening the brief U.S. run July 9 in Flint, Michigan at the Machine Shop. From there they roll through Indianapolis, Boston, Philadelphia, Millersville, and Asheville, stopping at venues like New York City’s Gramercy Theater, AMH in Amityville, The King of Clubs in Columbus, and Nashville’s Exit/In before wrapping July 25 at The Loft in Atlanta.
Priest and Acumen Nation provide support throughout the run. Tickets are on sale now via the band’s official website.
The album, which followed the band’s debut ‘Ungod,’ features “Shame,” “What Do I Have to Do?,” and “So Wrong.” To mark the milestone, Stabbing Westward will release a complete re-recording of the record, dubbed ‘Wither ReWired,’ due later this year.
Frontman Christopher Hall went in with mixed nerves. “The idea of reimagining Wither triggered equal amounts of excitement and trepidation for me,” he said, reflecting on how the music we hear young imprints on us forever, tangled up with the memories that came with it. Rather than try to top those memories, the band aimed somewhere else. “How could we ever hope to improve upon those memories? Well we can’t. And we didn’t try. We chose to create new ones. I hope everyone makes some new memories to these new songs.”
Stabbing Westward 2026 Tour Dates:
July 9 – Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
July 10 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
July 11 – Indianapolis, IN @ HI-FI Annex
July 12 – Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs
July 13 – Lakewood, OH @ The Roxy
July 15 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
July 16 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
July 17 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
July 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
July 19 – Amityville, NY @ AMH
July 21 – Millersville, PA @ Phantom Power
July 22 – New Kensington, PA @ Preserving Underground
July 23 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
July 24 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
July 25 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
Tove Lo Maps Out A 2026 Tour Behind Her New Record ‘ESTRUS’
Tove Lo is back with new music and a tour to match. The Swedish pop star has revealed a round of 2026 dates supporting her forthcoming record ‘ESTRUS,’ kicking off September 15 in Nashville at The Pinnacle. From there she hits Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Oslo, stopping at venues like Chicago’s The Salt Shed, Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge, Berlin’s Columbiahalle, and Copenhagen’s Royal Arena before wrapping November 19 at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
Support shifts by date, with Mallrat, Cobrah, and Rose Gray splitting duties across the run.
The tour backs one of pop’s most distinctive voices. ‘ESTRUS,’ due September 18 via Pretty Swede Records/Virgin Music Group, features the previously released single “I’m your girl right?” and follows 2022’s ‘Dirt Femme’ and 2019’s ‘Sunshine Kitty.’ Tickets are on sale now.
Tove Lo 2026 ESTRUS Tour Dates:
Sept 15 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
Sept 16 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Sept 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Under The K Bridge
Sept 22 – Toronto, ON @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
Sept 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Oct 1 – Mexico City, MX @ Pepsi Center WTC
Nov 5 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
Nov 7 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Nov 9 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National
Nov 10 – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
Nov 12 – Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
Nov 14 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
Nov 16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
Nov 17 – Oslo, NO @ Spektrum
Nov 19 – Stockholm, SE @ Avicii Arena
Bloc Party Add Five Headline Dates Ahead Of New Album ‘Anatomy of a Brief Romance
Bloc Party are carving out room for their own shows this summer. The English rockers have added five North American headline dates in July, slotted between their run supporting Muse. The headline leg opens July 8 in Nashville at The Ryman Auditorium, then heads to Montreal’s Theatre Beanfield on July 16.
The rest of the headline stops hit Cleveland on July 20 at Globe Iron, McKees Rocks on July 21 at the Roxian Theatre, and Richmond on July 27 at The National.
The new dates fold into a larger North American itinerary backing Muse throughout July, with those stops landing in Cincinnati, Toronto, Saratoga Springs, Camden, and more.
The timing is no accident. The run arrives just after the band unveiled their upcoming studio album ‘Anatomy of a Brief Romance,’ due September 11, which will serve as Bloc Party’s seventh studio record. It’s a strong moment for one of the most enduring names in 2000s indie rock.
Bloc Party 2026 Tour Dates:
July 5 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (w/ Muse)
July 7 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center (w/ Muse)
July 8 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
July 10 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (w/ Muse)
July 11 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center (w/ Muse)
July 13 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre (w/ Muse)
July 15 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre (w/ Muse)
July 16 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Beanfield
July 18 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center (w/ Muse)
July 20 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron
July 21 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre
July 22 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center (w/ Muse)
July 24 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Albany Med Health System at SPAC (w/ Muse)
July 25 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (w/ Muse)
July 27 – Richmond, VA @ The National
July 28 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ Muse)
July 29 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (w/ Muse)
Metal Heavyweights Arch Enemy And The Black Dahlia Murder Join Forces For A Fall Co-Headlining Run
Two titans of extreme metal are hitting the road together. Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder have announced a co-headlining North American tour for fall 2026, kicking off October 5 in Riverside, California at Municipal Auditorium. The run rolls through Denver, Houston, Orlando, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, and Vancouver before wrapping November 16 in Seattle at the Showbox.
Support comes from Septicflesh, Crypta, and Thrown Into Exile, making for a stacked bill top to bottom.
The run carries extra weight for Arch Enemy. It marks the band’s first North American tour since introducing new vocalist Lauren Hart, previously of Once Human, who replaced departing singer Alissa White-Gluz earlier this year. Hart made her live debut with the band during a spring tour in Asia, and this run gives North American fans their first chance to see her front the group.
The Black Dahlia Murder, meanwhile, come in hot off a recent U.S. tour with The Acacia Strain, Disembodied Tyrant, and Corpse Pile.
Presales start Wednesday, May 20 at 10 am local time through Ticketmaster, with general sales beginning Friday, May 22 at 10 am local time.
Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder 2026 Tour Dates:
Oct 5 – Riverside, CA @ Municipal Auditorium
Oct 6 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
Oct 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex
Oct 9 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore
Oct 11 – Dallas, TX @ Echo
Oct 12 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Oct 13 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre
Oct 15 – Orlando, FL @ Beacham
Oct 16 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Oct 18 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus
Oct 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Heaven)
Oct 21 – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
Oct 22 – Raleigh, NC @ Ritz
Oct 24 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square
Oct 25 – Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore Silver Spring
Oct 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
Oct 28 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Worcester
Oct 30 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre Hall
Oct 31 – Montreal, QC @ Olympia
Nov 1 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth
Nov 3 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
Nov 4 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Nov 5 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora
Nov 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore
Nov 8 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Nov 9 – Saskatoon, SK @ Coors Event Centre
Nov 11 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
Nov 12 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway
Nov 14 – Vancouver, BC @ The Key
Nov 16 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox