Brooklyn Vegan — First Toronto, then Denver, now the Riot Fest Chicago 2015 lineup is announced. It includes Faith No More, Iggy Pop, Snoop Dogg (performing Doggystyle), Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Rancid (performing ...And Out Come the Wolves), Tenacious D, Billy Idol,.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We just posted the Riot Fest Toronto lineup, and here's the Riot Fest Denver 2015 lineup: Modest Mouse, Pixies, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop, Tenacious D, Ice Cube, Run DMC, Rancid, Motorhead, Drive Like Jehu, L7, Explosions in the Sky,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Thrice Quebec's Amnesia Rockfest goes down from June 18-21 in Montebello, QC and the lineup was just announced, including the back-in-action Refused, Pixies, Slayer, Melvins, Buzzcocks, Descendents, ALL, Tenacious D, Deftones, Bad Re... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — losers: half of Mastodon w/ Charlie Benate of Anthrax on red carpet (via Charlie) View image | gettyimages.com Since the induction of the category in 1988 when Jethro Tull beat Metallica and AC/DC (and Iggy Pop and Jane's Addiction), Metal... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Pixies in Northampton in 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The spring edition of the biannual music festival Boston Calling happens this year from May 22-24. They've once again put together a great lineup (curated by The National's Aaron.... more info

Stereogum — The Foo Fighters pulled out all of the stops at a “surprise” benefit concert at the Forum in Los Angeles last night to celebrate Dave Grohl’s 46th birthday. Among the guests that came out on stage to perform were Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper, Per... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tenacious D's Festival Supreme is back for a second year, this time happening at LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park on October 25. The laffstravaganza (with music too) features over 40 performers, and if you are into comedy it's... more info

Stereogum — Last year Tenacious D threw the inaugural Festival Supreme, a comedy-rock fest at Santa Monica Pier. The D’s big event is returning for a second go-round on 10/25, this time at LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park. The lineup features 40 music and/or ... more info

NME — 'This Is Your Life' is set for release on March 31 more info

Impose Magazine — The way we see it, you can renew that gym membership and stand around for forty minutes waiting for an eliptical to free up or you can purchase tickets to the 13th annual San Francisco Sketchfest and laugh the holiday weight off. Need more convincing... more info