Boston Calling has booked its two biggest headliners ever for 2020. The music festival returns to Harvard Athletic Complex this spring, and although its full lineup is under wraps until January, they're sharing the top two names today. Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers will top the bill alongside 60-plus other acts from 5/22…

Hey! You're still part of it! Yelpy Boston pop-punk greats Piebald, one of the most dependably fun bands on the late-'90s/early-'00s emo touring circuit, broke up way back in 2008. They stayed on good terms, and they've been getting back together for reunion shows over the past few years. They played a whole reunion tour…

Ric Ocasek was an unlikely rockstar. He didn’t like touring – he stayed at home in the middle of the last decade while his band, The Cars, toured – with his blessing – with Todd Rundgren in his place. Upon reuniting with the Boston born group in 2011 to make their seventh, uncharacteristically ploddy final […]The post Ric Ocase...

For more than 20 years, Aaron Bedard was the hulking, commanding figure at the front of the Boston hardcore institution Bane. If you spent any time going to hardcore shows between 1995 and 2006, then you probably got used to seeing Bedard passionately fuming about the state of the scene while hundreds of kids readied…

Can’t nobody tell them nothingDebbie Harry of Blondie and Lil Nas X.The love for ‘Old Town Road’ continues to grow: Blondie are the latest band to cover the viral hit by Lil Nas X. Fan-shot footage emerged yesterday of the new wave band covering the song live in Boston on Tuesday (July 23). Blondie are currently on a co-headlining North Am...