In 1994, Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose, one more tragedy in a long line of them around that time. The band quickly found a new member: Melissa Auf Der Maur, who’d previously been in the Montreal band Tinker. Auf Der Maur was in Hole for five years, and she played and sang back up on their classic 1998 album Celeb...

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This fall, Interpol will head out on a run of dates where they’ll celebrate the 20th anniversary of their sophomore album Antics by playing the record in full. To unveil their tour plans, Interpol used a promotional poster that turned out to be a ripoff of another artist’s work. Apparently, the band had no idea.

SoCal shoegazers Cold Gawd make fantastic merch, but don’t sleep on the tunes. The band just announced its sophomore album I’ll Drown On This Earth and shared its lead single, the evocatively titled “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned For A Thing I Cannot Name.”

Coldplay have enlisted Max Martin again for their upcoming 10th studio album. It’s called Moon Music, it’s out in October, and its lead single “feelslikeimfallinginlove” is coming this Friday. Coldplay teased the track on socials last week and performed it live for the first time in Budapest on Sunday night. (The band als...