Blending industrial sampling, New Wave techno beats, Hard Rock guitars, and spoken-word poetry, Meryl Streek’s Songs For The Deceased (Venn Records) puts you in front of the most ardent liberal soapbox speaker since Eugene V. Debs. The single “Rags To Riches” delves into the emotional turmoil that is life under modern capitalism. I’m glad I got to review this one, because I’m politically aligned and probably most sympathetic to Meryl’s message. Fortunately, it’s also quite danceable.
New Music Friday is back with a packed October 9th, 2026 release slate, spanning Heavy Metal, Hardcore, Extreme Metal, Doom, Punk, Prog, and more. Browse the full list below, and support the artists through the official links to each release!
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The Beach, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV 8/16/19
The award-winning ArcTanGent Festival can today reveal its final main stage eadliner as Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The absolutely incredible Canadian post-rock collective return to ATG after a nine-year gap, completing this summers brilliant main stage headliners. Truly a unique, stunning, much-loved band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be performing a 2025 exclusive European show at ArcTanGent Festival, so if you want to see them, this is the only place to be! Continue reading