Sasquatch! reveals 2017 lineup: Frank Ocean, Chance the Rapper to headline
Sasquatch! has revealed its 2017 lineup. Now in its 16th year, the three-day event returns to the Gorge Amphitheater over Memorial Day Weekend (May 26th – 28th). Frank Ocean and Chance The Rapper top...
View ArticlePitchfork Music Festival reveals full 2017 lineup
Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival has revealed its full 2017 lineup. LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange were previously announced as this year’s headliners. Now joining them are PJ...
View ArticleAmerican Football unite jocks and goths in new video for “I’ve Been Lost For...
American Football - "I've Been So Lost For So Long" (Official Music Video) from Funny Or Die. For as melancholy as their music is, the emo pioneers of American Football are no strangers to comedy....
View ArticleAmerican Football announce new album, share “Silhouettes”: Stream
Following a long-awaited reunion, American Football gave us their first album in nearly two decades, 2016’s self-titled LP. Now, the emo rock veterans are prepping a new record for the new year, and...
View ArticleParamore’s Hayley Williams joins American Football on new song “Uncomfortably...
On March 22nd, American Football are returning with a new album. Their third full-length to date is aptly titled American Football (LP3) and due out through Polyvinyl. “We were all thoughtful about...
View ArticleSong of the Week: Vampire Weekend Don’t Wanna Die on “Harmony Hall”
Each week we break down our favorite song, highlight our honorable mentions, and wrap them all up with other staff recommendations into a New Sounds playlist just for you. Be sure to subscribe here....
View ArticleFuji Rock 2019: The Cure, Thom Yorke, Chemical Brothers to headline Japanese...
Fuji Rock has revealed its preliminary lineup for 2019. The annual Japanese music festival takes place July 26th-28th at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture. The impressive bill is led by The Cure,...
View ArticleAlbum Review: American Football Inject New Colors into Their Cozy Emo and...
The Lowdown: American Football are no longer a folktale. The band no longer exist as a time capsule of black-and-white photos, a few grainy YouTube videos, and their genre-defining LP and EP, which...
View ArticleAmerican Football on Catering to the Emo Crowd in Your 40s
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS American Football’s Mike and Nate Kinsella are on the line with Kyle Meredith to talk all about LP3. The two cousins...
View ArticleRiot Fest 2019 lineup: Bikini Kill, AVAIL, Blink-182, Slayer, and The...
Chicago’s Riot Fest has unveiled its 2019 lineup. Now in its 15th year, the three-day punk and hardcore festival returns to Douglas Park from September 13th-15th. Blink-182, after having to cancel its...
View ArticleTop 25 Albums of 2019 (So Far)
Half of 2019 is nearly in the bank, and one word screams out to me above all others: breakthrough. In some cases, that can mean a young artist living up to all the hype heaped on them upon arrival....
View ArticleWin VIP Tickets to Riot Fest Chicago 2019
If it’s summer in Chicago, it means two things: humidity and Riot Fest. This year, the former has been going pretty hard — and you can bet the latter will be doing the same this September 13th-15th for...
View ArticleAmerican Football Share New Songs “Rare Symmetry” and “Fade Into You”: Stream
American Football are back with their first new music in two years. Today the midwestern emo legends shared an original song titled “Rare Symmetry” and “Fade Into You,” a cover of Mazzy Star’s 1993...
View ArticleLIES (Mike and Nate Kinsella) Announce Self-Titled Debut Album, Share...
Mike and Nate Kinsella have collaborated for years — most famously in American Football — but now the artists have formed LIES, the first project for which the musicians have written together alone....
View ArticleAmerican Football Buy the American Football House
American Football probably couldn’t have predicted that the house featured on the cover of their 1999 self-titled debut album would become one of the most recognizable landmarks in indie rock. When the...
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