All Articles - Music Coast

December 12, 2025

Soulfly lights the fuse on Chama — “fighting music” with tribal fire and future-noise

There’s a specific kind of heat that only Soulfly can generate: the kind that doesn’t just push tempo or heaviness, but turns rhythm into a ritual. On Chama, Max Cavalera frames that heat as both flame and calling—a title that’s equal parts ignition and invitation. The record lands with the force of something classic in spirit, but sharpened for right now.

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December 11, 2025

Los Pink Cheese Green Goes Bring Punk-Rock Posadas to Snowy Chicago

Los Pink Cheese Green Goes Bring Punk-Rock Posadas to Snowy Chicago Los Pink Cheese Green Goes (aka Los PCGG) might be born in Atlanta, Georgia, but on a snowy Friday night in Chicago, they felt like the house band for every Latino holiday party you wish you’d grown up with.

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December 4, 2025

Andy Bell’s ‘Ten Crowns’ Era Reigns in Portland as ‘The Crown Jewels’ Arrives

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November 29, 2025

Building a Community Through Noise: A Conversation with Winona Fighter's Chloe (Coco) Kinnon Luther

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November 26, 2025

Inside Nadya Tolokonnikova’s POLICE STATE: A Performance of Confinement, Resistance, and Radical Imagination at MCA Chicago

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago unveils POLICE STATE by Nadya Tolokonnikova

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November 21, 2025

Tripping Jupiter – “Crack That Drum” Turns the Dance Floor into a Riot of Joy

Tripping Jupiter – “Crack That Drum” Turns the Dance Floor into a Riot of Joy Words: Music Coast New York glam-pop project Tripping Jupiter is back, and this time the dance floor is the frontline.

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November 17, 2025

Warped Tour Orlando 2025: Nostalgia, Neon Burgers & New Era Energy Words & on-site reporting: Cecilia for Music Coast – Vans Warped Tour Orlando, Nov 15–16, 2025, Camping World Stadium Campus

Nostalgia, Neon Burgers & New Era Energy Words & on-site reporting: Cecilia for Music Coast – Vans Warped Tour Orlando, Nov 15–16, 2025, Camping World Stadium Campus

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November 14, 2025

Dubbest step into soul on “Autumn Rain” — a seasonal ache with Motown/Philly textures

After 16+ years in roots reggae, the San Diego quartet leans into a new pocket: retro-soul warmth, layered harmonies, and a lyric that turns fall weather into metaphor.

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November 13, 2025

The Saints ’73–’78 storm North America: Kuepper & Hay with Mark Arm, Mick Harvey, and Peter Oxley bring the classic era to U.S. stages

For the first time, the original-era Saints material is being performed in North America—pulling from (I’m) Stranded, Eternally Yours, and Prehistoric Sounds—with an eight-piece lineup built to hit like 1977 and breathe like 2025.

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November 11, 2025

COUCH release Big Talk: retro-soul pop with bigger stakes—and a live show scaled for rooms like Roadrunner & Brooklyn Steel

Boston’s seven-piece levels up with lush horns, mostly live instrumentation, and a candid, queer-affirming centerpiece in “Middle Man.” Plus: how they road-tested arrangements and rebuilt their show for bigger stages.

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November 11, 2025

Pluginz at 10: from a viral Jack Rack® to a full-blown rock-lifestyle universe

Official collabs with Oasis, Ghost, Slayer, Megadeth & more, a Marshall reissue, build-your-own Jack Rack®, and a retail footprint that now runs through Guitar Center, Sweetwater, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shop, and beyond.

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November 11, 2025

Holo Holo 2025 filled the Tacoma Dome with island energy—Aaradhna’s roar, Stan Walker’s glow, Tupu Le Afi’s fireknife, Katchafire x Fia, and a Common Kings finale.

Holo Holo 2025 (Tacoma Dome): Island Roots, Community Energy, and a Band of Brothers in Seven Suns

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