I don’t know whether the members of Boston’s Burning Lord are actual fucked up people, but they certainly sound like fucked up people. That’s a compliment. Burning Lord make the kind of feral, lo-fi hardcore that can’t really be described as anything other than hardcore. They bring a late-’80s ho...

Céline Dion has been really going through it lately, suffering from a rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome that has occasioned a documentary and caused her to cancel tour dates. So it’s nice to see her out in the world having fun. Last night the NHL’s Boston Bruins hosted the New York Rangers in a battle o...

Today, two huge annual hardcore festivals announced their lineups, and both of them are topped by Have Heart, the Boston straight-edge cult heroes who are back and playing their first shows since their last reunion in 2019. LA’s Sound And Fury is the bigger of the two festivals; it’s probably the biggest North American hardco...

Sound And Fury, the biggest hardcore festival in North America, is coming back to Exposition Park in Los Angeles this summer, and it’s just unveiled most of its lineup. This time, the big news is that Have Heart are coming back! Have Heart, the righteously emotional Boston hardcore band, released two classic albums and then broke up in...

Bonnaroo has announced its 2023 lineup. Headliners for the fest — going down June 15-18 in Manchester, Tenn. — are Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, and Foo Fighters, who were also just announced for Boston Calling with Zeds Dead and Liquid Stranger topping the Thursday night bill. Also on deck are two of Tennessee’s great rock bands, Paramo...