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“A lot of songs we’ve written are fairly common topics for musicians, but we thought it’d be incredibly unique to write something different for us,” the band shares. “That’s when we chose to write about the growing addiction of social media and the negative repercussions it can have when abused.”

About their label debut “Hit and Run,” the band adds: “This is one of the more personal tracks for us because it was inspired by a near-death car crash we were in.

Washington National Opera will present the ninth season of its American Opera Initiative with three world premieres on the Kennedy Center’s streaming platform, Digital Stage+, Saturday, May 1, directed by Amanda Consol.

The 23-track compilation features Violent Femmes’ biggest hits, including “Blister in the Sun,” “American Music,” and “Gone Daddy Gone,” plus live recordings of favorites like “Add It Up,” and “Kiss Off,” alongside a trove of demos, B-sides, interstitial voice recordings, and rarities.

American Repertory Theater has announced today the Steering Committee members of Creating Equal. Committee members include Janice Amaya (they/them); Erin Genia (she/her); Elizabeth James-Perry (she/her); Timothy Patrick McCarthy (he/him); Brisa Areli Muñoz (she/her); Brenna Nicely (she/they); Alessandra Panares (she/her); Moe Pope (he/him) & more.

The Studios of Key West continues its innovative online conversation series, 'Between Two Palms,' streaming live each Wednesday from 6-7PM in March. The program invites award-winning theater, television, film, literary and visual arts personalities online for a lively, unscripted hour-long conversation produced by The Studios.

She continues to describe the song saying, “The song is about wanting to serve love but not knowing the ‘right’ way to do so— often offering too much, or something unwanted entirely. It is a promise to love both absurdly and impossibly with a heavy sprinkle of pain.”

Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to welcome eleven new ensemble members and artistic associates. Ensemble members include Wardell Julius Clark, Greg Geffrard, Arti Ishak, Krystal Ortiz, Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Netta Walker. Artistic Associates include Patrick Agada, J. Nicole Brooks, Brynne Frauenhoffer, Jyreika Guest and Sarah Price.

Chicago punks Counterpunch have just dropped a new track titled 'We, The Role,' which is the B-side off the band's upcoming 7' “Handbook For The Recently Debriefed” out Jan 29th via Thousand Islands Records (North America) and SBÄM Records (EU).

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is a cult-classic, a powerhouse genre-defining rock musical that truly rocks. Hed-Heads are still in love with her story 23 years later. In this exclusive interview, Oklahoma City's Hedwigs Matthew Alvin Brown and Jared Blount break down what this character means to them, and how she changed the narrative on live theatre.

As tribute, Ron Gallo shares a remix of MF DOOM's 'Gazillion Ear,' along with this personal statement.

'It's time to hit the reset button,' says Eric Hausser of the US punk band Counterpunch, when he looks at the hate and strife over religion, gender and sexuality.

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, November 21-22, 2020.

The wait is over for DIVE, the highly anticipated new album from revered New York Punk act I Am The Avalanche. 

Half Past Two is a 9-piece blend of ska, rock, reggae, and pop punk from Orange County, California.

Six years after the release of Wolverines (#108 on the Billboard 200), New York punk act I Am The Avalanche is back.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has shuttered many performing arts organizations around the world, Long Beach Opera (LBO) has been industriously devising live innovative performance opportunities for both its artists and audiences. 

Craft Recordings is set to reissue three best-selling albums from the GRAMMY® Award-winning Americana trio, Nickel Creek: Nickel Creek (2000), This Side (2002), and Why Should the Fire Die? (2005).

SEETHER is celebrating the release of their highly anticipated eighth studio album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum - their first in three years - with an epic global livestream event to be held Sunday, August 30th, 2020 at 3 PM ET in an exclusive partnership with Veeps and Elite Multimedia.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced its 2020 Artists-in-Residence: Trip Cullman, Joshua Harmon, Michael R. Jackson, Sylvia Khoury, Martyna Majok and Tyne Rafaeli.

New Jersey-based pop/rock band The Ones You Forgot have released their new single 'Something For Me,' available on all digital platforms NOW. Packed with an infectious energy, 'Something For Me' is a true testament to the band's diversity.

Austin's oldest film festival, The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announces the schedule for film screenings and Q&As along with late addition, “Keith Haring: Street Art Boy” by Ben Anthony for aGLIFF 33: Prism, August 6-16, 2020.

Today, 2x Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer and entrepreneur, Steve Aoki announces his latest endeavor, Dim Mak En Fuego. Dim Mak En Fuego is a Latin imprint dedicated to releasing hybrid sounds from the global underground alongside contemporary hitmakers.

Her Hotel, a virtual rock dream, written by Rebecca Lee Lerman and directed by Jessica Wu, will stream live during the WTFringe 2020 and the 2020 Women's Theatre Festival Saturday, July 11th and Saturday, July 25th.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest protest songs from 1939-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!