Few current indie rock bands have burrowed into my heart as aggressively as the young Asheville quintet Wednesday. Their scorched, soaring, sensitive sophomore set Twin Plagues? Love it. Guitarist MJ Lenderman’s alt-countrified new solo album Boat Songs? Can’t get enough of it. And now they’ve gone and released one ...

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Perhaps you recall Zwan, the band that Billy Corgan briefly led after the temporary end of the Smashing Pumpkins. For Zwan, Corgan recruited his longtime Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin alongside Slint’s Dave Pajo, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney, and a Perfect Circle’s Paz Lenchantin. The band lasted two years and made one...

The Beale Street Music Festival will return to the Fairgrounds in Memphis this spring, and they’ve shared their initial lineup today. It’s topped by Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, and the Smashing Pumpkins, but you have to believe the presence of Three 6 Mafia and Moneybagg Yo will be at least as much of a draw in Memphis. Other no...