Aesthetic Perfection: Suckers For Punishment Tour 2026

Industrial pop outfit Aesthetic Perfection is coming back to the U.S., and they’re bringing some friends. With support from Priest and Julien-K, the band will be trekking from coast to coast throughout April and early May. Tickets are on sale now at aesthetic-perfection.net!

  • 4/2 – West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
  • 4/3 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
  • 4/4 – Pomona, CA – Flyway
  • 4/5 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
  • 4/10 – West Chicago, IL – The WC Social Club
  • 4/11 – Cleveland, OH – The Foundry Concert Club
  • 4/12 – Harrisburg, PA – Capital City Music Hall
  • 4/14 – Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz*
  • 4/16 – Rochester, NY – Photo City Music Hall
  • 4/17 – New York, NY – The Meadows
  • 4/18 – Hartford, CT – The Webster
  • 4/19 – Manchester, NH – Jewel Music Venue
  • 4/21 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones
  • 4/24 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
  • 4/25 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
  • 4/26 – Dallas, TX – Trees (New date!)
  • 4/29 – Glendale, AZ – The 44 Sports Grill & Nightlife
  • 4/30 – Las Vegas, NV – The Dive Bar
  • 5/1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Liquid Joe’s
  • 5/2 – Denver, CO – Ritual Noize Festival 2026+

* Aesthetic Perfection + Julien-K only

+ Festival

Albums Released From October to December 2025

EPs Released From April to June 2025

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 5 (Updated 5/31/25)

The second half of May has come in as strong as the first! Check out these tracks that have been released since May 16th.

Be sure to visit the other installments of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist. You could discover your new favorite song/artist!

Pt. 1Pt. 2Pt. 3Pt. 4Pt. 5

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 4 (Updated 4/30/25)

Hey, y’all, and welcome to another playlist update! April has been a very weird month for me on a personal level, but at least the soundtrack was fire!!! Here are the songs that have been added to part four since April 16th.

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And, as always, be sure to check out the 2025 playlist in its entirety!

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4

Three Covers That I Did Not See Coming

I always enjoy hearing artists’ takes on songs they love, and the most fun reimaginings to me are the ones that come from a completely different genre than the original. Over the past week, two such renditions have been released into the world. The third cover… Well, it was always a dark song, so an infamously dark artist sharing his version makes sense.

1. Priest: “Black Hole Sun”

Yes, that “Black Hole Sun.” It’s so Priest, but I think it’s a very respectful nod to Soundgarden and the original. And, let’s be honest, it takes balls to release a song and know everyone is going to be comparing your vocals to Chris Cornell’s.

2. Aesthetic Perfection: “Fade to Black”

Aesthetic Perfection is a self-proclaimed industrial pop act. Hearing them do a Metallica track was unexpected, but I dig it.

3. Marilyn Manson: “In the Air Tonight”

Manson prides himself on shocking people. His entire career is based on it, in fact. He has done odd covers before. However, I just never would have predicted a Phil Collins song. Lol. As stated above, it kinda makes sense. The subject matter of “In the Air Tonight” is rather dark. Who better to reimagine it than Marilyn Manson and Tyler Bates?

Albums Released January to June 2024

There have been several albums released so far in 2024, and I decided to compile them in a post separate from the EPs. Much as with the other list, I am sure I’ve missed a few, so if there are any you know of that are not shared here, feel free to tell me in the comments!

Be sure to check out my list of EPs that have dropped over the past 6 months, as well!

The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 5/5/24)

Welcome to the first update of The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Part 3! Be sure to visit the first two parts, featuring releases from January through April: partes uno y dos.

Here are the songs that have been added since April 21st.

The Mostly Music 2023 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 11/05/23)

Visit the playlist here.

Links to parts 1 and 2 can be found in this post.

Songs added since 10/22:

A Tribute Album to Rammstein is Coming Soon!

When I say “soon,” I mean soon. As in, August 25th. Four days from now.

I had heard the covers of “Feuer Frei!” by The 69 Eyes and “Engel” by Priest, and I thought it was kind of odd (and awesome) that suddenly everyone was releasing their take on infamous Rammstein tracks. Then, I stumbled across a post on a Front Line Assembly fan page and saw that those two releases are part of a bigger project.

I’m pretty excited about this! The album features versions of songs such as “Du Hast,” “Sonne,” “Radio,” and “Deutschland,” by a slew of artists, including Front Line Assembly, Skold, Julien-K, and more. I will include the full track list below. You can order your copy on Cleopatra Records’ site.

1. “Du Hast” – Burton C. Bell, Paul Ferguson, and MGT

2. “Deutschland” – Front Line Assembly

3. “Sonne” – Skold

4. “Engel” – Priest

5. “Amerika” – Laibach

6. “Feuer Frei!” – The 69 Eyes

7. “Ausländer” – Jah Wobble & Jon Klein

8. “Radio” – Julien-K

9. “Ich Will” – Stoneman

10. “Keine Lust” – Lacrimas Profundere

11. “Links 2 3 4” – Manntra

BONUS TRACKS

12. “Mein Teil” – Original God

13. “Du Hast” – Læther Strip