The Afghan Whigs released their tenth studio album, SOFT CONTROL, via Royal Cream/BMG, with a UK/European tour beginning September 19 and a North American tour continuing this fall.
Violinist and violist Patrick Yim released BAMBOO GROVE on PENTATONE, featuring world premiere recordings created with composers Chen Yi and Zhou Long, recorded during a residency at the University of Notre Dame.
Composer and pianist Steve Hackman has released SACRED MATH, an album of original solo piano impromptus featuring the focus track "I Know That She Can Hear Me."
TroyBoi released his new FT EP via Ultra Records, a seven-track project spanning hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and bass music with vocalists including Morray, Daya and Drew Love.
Los Angeles punk band Sweet Gloom will release its sophomore album No Love Lost on August 21 via Sneak Dog Records, followed by a fall US tour leading into two sets at FEST 24 in Gainesville, Florida.
Joel Montague will play The Grinch in Tom Wright's inaugural production at Leeds Playhouse, marking the UK premiere following the musical's Broadway run.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced a 14-actor company that will perform both THE WINTER'S TALE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in repertory at the Courtyard Theater, directed by Edward Hall.
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present Playwrights' Platform, a live anthology of new short plays, on its outdoor Meadow Stage and in the Black Box Theater as part of its Annual Festival.
The Hails announced their sophomore album Duckpond via ONErpm, alongside the new single and video 'Corruptor.' The band will also head out on a fall tour supporting AX AND THE HATCHETMEN.
FRIKO released new single "Necessary" and announced an expanded edition of SOMETHING WORTH WAITING FOR, featuring four new tracks and two demos, arriving digitally Sept. 11 via ATO Records.
Brass Jar Productions will bring DRUNK DRACULA, a boozy take on Bram Stoker's tale, back to The Sage Theatre in Washington, DC for the Halloween season.
N8NOFACE has announced a new album, TOMORROW'S WORLD, produced by Dave Sitek and set for release via Stones Throw, alongside a new single and video for "I Hope It's OK."
Caroline Glaser, who performs as Brother Bird, released the single and video for "Landlord" ahead of her album THE LODGE IN MILLER COUNTY, due September 25 via Easy Does It Records, and announced a West Coast tour with Manchester Orchestra this September.
Heavens to Betsy will release a 16-track demo tape recorded by Bratmobile's Molly Neuman, featuring the previously unheard single AIN'T NEVER GOIN' BACK.
DOS SANTOS released "El Lobo," the final single ahead of the Chicago quintet's fourth album, ES AMOR, out August 28 via Otherly Love, ahead of a run of fall and winter tour dates.
Catherine Zeta-Jones will star as a former drug smuggler hunted by hitmen in KILL JACKIE, an eight-episode revenge thriller series set to stream exclusively on AMC+.
Alyssa Weinberg's cello suite, inspired by James Turrell's light installations, will be released as a world premiere recording featuring cellist Gabriel Cabezas on MASS MoCA Records.
Saint Sebastian Players will present a season featuring A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, NEXT FALL and THE FOREIGNER at its St. Bonaventure venue in Chicago.
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association will present ECHOES OF ETERNITY, pairing Mozart's Requiem with Ola Gjeilo's Sunrise Mass at the Great Auditorium, led by Maestro Jason Tramm and the MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra.
Brooklyn alt-rock trio Gooseberry will release the single "D.B. Cooper" ahead of its sophomore album Simple Sucker, continuing the band's blend of indie rock and blues influences.
Blake Whiten's debut single BET ON THAT landed on 46 stations to become radio's most added track, ahead of the singer's upcoming SOMETHING TO SAY headlining tour.
The Chicago indie-rocker, formerly of BURR OAK, released the track ahead of her debut album THE BASEBALL DIARIES, produced by Scott Lucas of LOCAL H and Blake Smith.
EVIL ISLAND announced US tour dates following its first live show in Los Angeles, in support of debut album TERRAFORM THE AFTERLIFE, out now via Blowed Out Records.
Butcher Babies announced their new album NIGHTBLOOM, produced by Howard Benson, and released a music video for the single "Blame It on the Wind."
Michelle Branch will add 17 new tour dates after her first leg sold out within a week, and confirmed Maren Morris will join her upcoming EP following a surprise Ryman Auditorium duet.
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