On Valentine’s Day we heard “Glowing Crosses,” the first single from Michigan pop-punks Fireworks’ new Oh, Common Life. The second, “Flies On Tape,” premieres today, and it is as explosive and colorful as the band name implies. Listen below. Fireworks – “Flies On Tap...

Michigan pop-punk band Fireworks have a new album coming out this year titled Oh, Common Life, their first for Triple Crown Records. The first single from it “Glowing Crosses” is overflowing with melodies, but that brightness is balanced out by David Mackinder’s pained lyrics leading into the hook: “You kn...

The show was a drastic departure from the festival set NIN has been delivering this year, with a stripped-down stage leaving all of the onstage fireworks to be provided by Reznor and his current cast of ace musicians

The Flaming Lips brought their sci-fi psychedelic stage setup to the Orange County Fair last night in support of their latest album, The Terror. Confetti, strobe lights, fireworks, and smoke bombs prevailed as Wayne Coyne stood above the crowd perched on his alien-like podium. One of the many highlights was their twisted version of Devo&#821...

Another week, another pretty great mixtape of horny, spacey California R&B. And why not? The stuff sounds great in summertime, existing specifically to soundtrack sunlit top-down cruises and sweaty-nightclub seduction attempts. Last week, it was Ty Dolla $ign’s uproarious Beach House 2, an act of ribald assholism so bald and c...