Stereogum — William Patrick "Billy" Corgan now appears to be, among other things, a batshit conspiracy theorist, and during his appearance on the The Howard Stern Show today, he talked about a few of the supernatural events he's allegedly witnessed. He recounts ... more info

Chorus.fm — Knuckle Puck will release Shapeshifter on October 13th. Today they’ve debuted the first single “Gone” and pre-orders are now up. Track Listing Nervous Passenger Twist Double Helix Gone Everyone Lies to Me Stuck in Our Ways Want Me Around Condui... more info

Stereogum — IAN SWEET's debut Shapeshifter was one of the best albums from last year, and today the Band To Watch has shared a video for "Slime Time Live," the album's lead single that turns the old Nickelodeon afterschool game show into an anxiety-induced pan... more info

Impose Magazine — Ian Sweet is as colorful a band as any that’s emerged from Boston’s underground in recent years, but when we first meet on a street corner in Cambridge, the moment is grey. The city’s summer-long drought has finally broken, giving way to an aft... more info

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Stereogum — Band To Watch IAN SWEET’s masterful debut album Shapeshifter comes out today, and to mark the occasion the band has shared a new video for “All Skaters Go To Heaven.” It was directed by Andrew Gibson, and starts with the band playing against an... more info

Stereogum — One of the best moments in music this year comes at the end of “Cactus Couch,” the centerpiece of Band To Watch IAN SWEET’s debut album, Shapeshifter. The song crawls to a syrupy slow after four minutes of clamoring. One of the band members goo... more info

Stereogum — “You don’t let someone you love feel afraid,” Jilian Medford sings on the opening track of IAN SWEET’s debut full-length, Shapeshifter. Falling in love is terrifying in and of itself; realizing you’ve lost too much of your individuality in ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — "Bottom of a Bottle" became a major party hit in 2003 just as nu-metal was phasing out. SMILE EMPTY SOUL's ballsy "do it for the drugs" mantra threw enough shock factor into a song that would've otherwise rang as a blatant LINKIN PARK knockoff to pro... more info

Nialler9 — Body & Soul are putting on The Shapeshifter’s Ball, a special “evening of Immortal Proportions, Dark Veils & Twisted Tales in association with the Bram Stoker Festival” in IMMA on Saturday October 25th. The “intimate, slightly twisted, Gothi... more info