Big Harp, the duo of Chris Senseney and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney, are back with a cover of The Cures iconic ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Along with it is a live in studio video of the pair recording it.

It marks Big Harp’s first new release in ten years, and their first for Saddle Creek since 2011’s White Hat and 2013’s Chain Letters.

Senseney and Drootin-Senseney (The Good Life, Bright Eyes, She & Him) formed Big Harp in December 2010, after a three-year whirlwind that saw the two meet, have a baby, move halfway across the country, get married, move halfway across the country again, and have another baby. When the dust settled, they holed up in Stefanie’s parents’ spare bedroom, practiced for a week, and recorded their debut album White Hat, a collection of dusty, low-key folk-rock laced with subtle irony and dark humor.

Big Harp will release more new music in 2026 via Saddle Creek.

In an unexpected sentence Tom Morello and Beartooth have teamed up for a new song thats featured in Final Fantasy XIV. ‘Everything Burns’ sees both Caleb and company along with Morello both bring their unique sounds together for the perfect end of year hit.

Caleb Shomo notes: “creating ‘Everything Burns’ was the definition of lightning in a bottle. Pressure makes diamonds. When I got a call saying Tom Morello wants you to sing on a song for a huge project and it’s due in a few hours I had no idea what would happen, but I gave it all I had and it turned into something that’s truly once in a lifetime. I couldn’t be more honored to be a part of this with Tom and the entire Final Fantasy family that made this happen. Life goal achieved.”

On his collaboration with Beartooth, Morello adds: 

“Everything Burns is a high energy riff heavy banger that feels like it’s rising from the streets. Collaborating with Beartooth and super producer Tyler Smyth to forge this ferocious next single from my upcoming solo album was a real thrill.”

FA Games is excited to announce that their highly anticipated post-apocalyptic MMO shooter, PIONER, is out now worldwide via Steam Early Access! The game’s Standard Edition, priced at $29.99, is available with a 10% added launch discount for a limited time. Players can also purchase Deluxe Edition content featuring a range of in-game bonuses on Steam.

Launch is only the beginning for PIONER, as the developers will soon unveil an extensive update roadmap featuring new content and in-game events.  Players can expect the first expansion of the story as early as January 2026!

Players who choose PIONER’s Deluxe Edition will receive special in-game rewards, including:

• Unique Skin: “Renegade”:  A unique, exclusive armor and gear design
• Weapon Skin with VFX: A unique weapon skin for the entire AR platform, including AR-12, AR-16 and AR-16 Ifrit
• Exclusive Founder Title: A status symbol for social interaction
• Premium Currency: 500 Efritanium Crystals 
• Weapon Accessory: “Creepy Charm”: A cosmetic trinket for a weapon
• Gadget: “Katana” Watch: Inspired by the iconic ‘80s Japanese watch design, a retro-futuristic style that fits the world of PIONER

Key Features

• Immersive Open World: Explore an alternate reality inspired by the Soviet era, filled with atmospheric landscapes, unique architecture, and captivating world-building.
• Rich Sci-Fi Lore: Delve into a narrative deeply influenced by classic science fiction, with complex characters, powerful artifacts, and mysterious anomalies shaping the story.
• Story Campaign: Embark on a story-driven campaign with deep lore and engaging quests.
• Intense PvP Modes: Defeat your rivals while climbing to the top.
• Unique Progression System: Raise your influence by completing quests, defeating monsters, and exploring. Greater influence makes merchants more inclined to sell you better items, allows higher quality materials to drop, and even allows you to improve your non-combat abilities.
• Diverse Game Activities: Engage in a range of activities, including PvE missions, PvP arenas, events, story-driven locations, and engaging mini-games like fishing and Carnage, a unique tactical card mini-game, featuring collectible decks, rewards and ranked matches.
• Factions with Unique Personalities: Align with charismatic factions, each offering distinct characters, viewpoints, and special rewards.
• Extensive Weapon Customization: Customize militarized weapons with a wide array of unique modules and designs never seen before in MMO games.
• Realistic Survival Mechanics: Maintain your character’s strength by managing hunger, rest, and resources, adding a strategic layer to survival.
• In-Depth Crafting System: Utilize artifacts, anomaly energy, and scavenged materials to craft powerful weapons and equipment at workbenches.

Pop rockers Bad Suns will hit the road this spring for a headlining tour. This comes hot off the bands latest album ‘Accelerator’ and will see the band hit a 24 show run starting this March.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 19^th at 10am local time while presale starts on Wednesday, December 17th at BadSuns.com.

Before their US dates, Bad Suns will also be touring abroad in Europe and the UK, giving international fans a chance to experience Accelerator live for the first time. Find the full list of dates below:

UK/EU Dates
Feb 28 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s
March 2 – Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan’s
March 4 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
March 5 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
March 7 – Cologne, Germany @ Artheater
March 8 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka
March 9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
March 12 – Prague, Czechia @ Cafe V Lese
March 13 – Berlin, Germany @ Privatclub
March 14 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil

BAD SUNS NORTH AMERICAN DATES
March 27 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
March 28 – Aggie Theatre – Fort Collins, CO
March 30 – Madrid Theatre – Kansas City, MO
March 31 – Red Flag – St. Louis, MO
April 2 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
April 3 – Elevation at the Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
April 4 – Hi-Fi Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
April 5 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
April 7 – Higher Ground Ballroom – South Burlington, VT
April 8 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT
April 10 – The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ
April 11 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
April 12 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
April 14 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC
April 15 – Music Farm – Charleston, SC
April 17 – Jannus Live – St. Petersburg, FL
April 18 – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
April 19 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
April 21 – George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR
April 22 – Tower Theatre – Oklahoma City, OK
April 24 – The Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
April 25 – Brewster Street Ice House – Corpus Christi, TX
April 28 – El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM
April 29 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ

For more information on Bad Suns, visit:
WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER 

Intergalactic scum dogs of the universe GWAR will take over the states this spring on ‘The Gor Gor Strikes Back’ headlining tour. Supporting them will be Soulfly and King Parrot. The carnage kicks off March 19th in their adopted hometown of Richmond, VA, and rampages through April 29th, ending in Charlotte, NC.

Tickets for The Gor Gor Strikes Back Tour go on sale beginning Friday, December 19that 10am local time. The artist presale begins Tuesday at 10am local time, sign up for the mailing list at GWAR.net for the code. This will be followed by a Local Presale on Wednesday, December 17th at 10am local time. 

Lead Vocalist The Berserker Blothar gives a preview of what fans can expect nightly:

“GWAR, Soulfly and King Parrot. This tour will be a ritual orgy of death, sex, violence and rock and fu**ing roll!! Let the severed heads rain, bouncing down the pyramid onto a heap of human skulls. Be there humans, or be left to suffer on this planet while we party in the stars!”The Gor Gor Strikes Back Tour

GWAR w/ Soulfly + King Parrot

US TOUR — SPRING 2026

3/19 – Richmond, VA @ The National

3/20 – Reading, PA @ Reverb

3/21 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live

3/22 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount

3/24 – Hartford, CT @ The Webster

3/25 – Wilmington, DE @ The Queen

3/26 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

3/27 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues

3/28 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

3/29 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

3/31 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom

4/1 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

4/2 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall

4/3 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s

4/4 – Saginaw, MI @ The Vault

4/5 – Green Bay, WI @ EPIC Events Center

4/7 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

4/8 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom

4/9 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom

4/10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada

4/12 – Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater

4/14 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

4/15 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall

4/17 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24

4/18: Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco

4/19 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

4/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater

4/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

4/23 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s

4/24 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

4/25 – Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen Music Hall

4/27 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal

4/28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

4/29 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

Pelican are teaming up with Geoff Rickly of Thursday for their newest track ‘Cascading Crescent’ which is out now. This comes from the bands newly announced EP Ascending which drops Jan. 23rd.

Serving as both an extension of and companion to this year’s Flickering Resonance, the EP gathers rare and previously unavailable material that showcases the band’s revitalised founding lineup of guitarists Laurent Schroeder-Lebec and Trevor Shelley de Brauwwith brothers Bryan and Larry Herweg at a moment of renewed creative vigor.

In celebration of the album and the EP, Laurent from Pelican and Will Killingsworth from Dead Air Studios teamed to create a custom guitar pedal inspired by the sound of the band’s recent material. The result is Resonance, a pedal whose reverb interacts with users’ playing style and resonates in a variety of unique fashions, varying from light echo to lush soundscapes to self-oscillating frenzy. The pedal, limited edition colour vinyl variants, and new bespoke merch designs are available as part of the EP pre-order – find here.