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Discover “The Land of Unfinished Dreams”: Top Shelf’s New Journey This August

What happens when the storyteller becomes the hero of his own adventure – The Land of Unfinished Dreams! Award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing) is set to release The Land of Unfinished Dreams on August 5, 2025, the North American graphic novel debut from Italian creators, writer Marco Daeron Ventura...

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Chastity Belt & 764-HERO Unite: Unveiling the ‘Loaded Painted Red’ Split 7″

Seattle institutions Chastity Belt and 764-Hero split a 7″ for Suicide Squeeze Records. The physical is out August 15, 2025, and today you can hear Chastity Belt’s cover of the 764-Hero classic “Loaded Painted Red” pushing the emo original into vaster terrain. Jangly chords crest over straight ahead, albeit jazzy drums. “And you’ll never see Venus / Ever again like this...

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Discover “POLLYANNA”: Just Mustard’s Powerful Return via Partisan Records

You might want to get that amp repaired to eliminate that rumble.  I kid of course because everything is hilarious.  A joke.  Should you consider Just Mustard shoegaze? It does have several elements, I just can’t put my finger on it.  Ireland’s Just Mustard return with a new single/video, “POLLYANNA,” via Partisan, and announce an...

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Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky: Everything You Need to Know About the Mexico Return

Every time we are asked to help curate one of these festivals it feels like a dream opportunity to gather up our families, invite some friends, old and new, and sing some songs by the sea. Truly a hard thing to argue with in terms of a good time. Want to join us? We hope...

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Prove Your Worth: Heroes Must Survive the Wars of an All-New Battleworld!

The Marvel Universe’s next SECRET WAR erupts this September in BATTLEWORLD, a five-issue limited series by acclaimed writer Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man) and superstar artist Marcus To (X-Force). In the tradition of 2015’s visionary Secret Wars event by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic as well as the original classic Secret Wars, BATTLEWORLD will see shattered...

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Rafiq Bhatia Unveils Stunning Live Session: “Aviary I | Sunrise” with Ian Chang & Riley Mulherkar

Some Pink Floyd vibes on this one.  Somewhere several small furry animals are beginning to gather in a cave and groove. Today, Rafiq Bhatia announces ‘Environments’, his first full-length solo album since 2018’s ‘Breaking English’. Coming out September 12th on ANTI-, ’Environments’ celebrates Bhatia’s full-circle return to improvised music after a decade-long foray into meticulous studio-based...

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