Earlier this year, Footballhead unleashed the angsty anthem “Face To Face.” The Chicago alt-rock band is getting ready to play Riot Fest this weekend, and now they’re back with another dark ripper called “Hesitate.”

Last month Jordan Patterson announced her debut album The Hermit. So far we’ve heard “Jim,” “God,” “Right Person, Wrong Time,” and “Racecar,” and today she’s back with “Hey Mama.”

Last year, Superdestroyer and Leave Nelson B teamed up for the joint album Nelson Comes To Visit. It turns out that collaboration isn’t over; the DIY artists are announcing a sequel called NCTV Vol. 2: Negative thoughts about myself and people I love dearly. The lead single “Astral Project” is out now.

My Chemical Romance just wrapped up their massive Long Live The Black Parade tour, which featured covers, an appearance from Billy Corgan, and a debut of an unreleased song. Now, Gerard Way is switching gears and teaming up with the Interrupters to launch a new band called the Mock-Ups.

A year ago, Refused revealed they were breaking up. They released a tribute album called The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated of their peers covering them, and they went on a farewell tour earlier this year. Now, the Swedish punk group is announcing their final shows as well as plans for a new band with the same members.

Don’t take Woods for granted. I’m telling myself this as much as you. The upstate New York psych-folk institution is launching a tour with White Fence this weekend. Those travels include a stop at the Woodsist Festival, which, wouldn’t you know it, the Woods braintrust is responsible for bringing to pass.

claire rousay’s first album for Thrill Jockey, last year’s Sentiment, was among the musician’s most structured, pop-oriented releases to date. But for her next LP on the label, she’s delving back into her ambient side. rousay calls next month’s a little death the conclusion of a trilogy 2020’s a heavenly touch and 2021’s a softer focus, once again matching field …

Vampire Weekend have been touring a lot lately. Way before Ezra Koenig was in that band, though, he had a short-lived experimental band in high school called the Sophisticuffs, which also happened to feature future Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles. Vampire Weekend played New Jersey’s Wellmont Theater last night, and the Sophisticuffs — who got their start in that …

We’re just three days away from another excellent Joan Shelley album. The Louisville-bred, Michigan-based folk singer-songwriter has been building up to Real Warmth, and she’s teasing it today with a music video for opening track “Here In The High And Low.” The song brings more rock-band oomph to Shelley’s old-time acoustic elegance than usual, wrangling the services of Ben Whitely …

Avril Lavigne is getting into the wine business. The pop and rock veteran has announced Complicated, a limited-edition small batch Pinot Noir created in collaboration with Banshee Wines, named for her 2002 debut hit. It’s billed as a “light, velvety Pinot Noir layered with bright notes of cherry and raspberry, crafted to embody the confidence, complexity, and creativity that define …