Dreamy shoegazer Winter (aka Samara Winter) has announced a new LP, What Kind of Blue Are You?, due October 14 via Bar/None. (It's her first since 2020's Endless Space.) The album was recorded and produced by Winter herself in collaboration with…
StevenCharles, known for his debut “Stay,” reveals his loyal and romantic side in this last track titled “Love You Still.” The melancholic tunes and sultry vocals engage the public in a romantic story that depicts a healthy and loyal relationship;…
Back in 2020, former Auteurs frontman Luke Haines and former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck teamed for the excellent Beat Poetry for Survivalists, and now they've announced a follow-up. The awesomely titled All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out is a…
"Music used to be escape, now I can't escape it," Alexis Taylor sings on Hot Chip's "Freakout/Release," the title track to the group's upcoming eighth album. The record is new territory for Hot Chip — they made it from the start as…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. CHANNEL TRES / ROCHELLE JORDAN With his debut album due out this fall via Godmode, Channel Tres will also be on tour soon. His 10/14 show at Brooklyn…
Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, "college rock," and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new albums, reissues, box sets, books and sometimes movies and…
Tropical Fuck Storm are back with Moonburn, a maxi-single cassette EP that will be out August 26 via Joyful Noise. It features the title track, a new TFS original, as well as an acoustic version of "Aspirin (Slight Return)" and…
This week on their Sunday Lunch series, Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp put their kitchen spin on the title track to Lenny Kravitz's hit 1993 album Are You Gonna Go My Way. Decked out in a maid's uniform, Toyah…
Sun's Signature, the duo of former Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser and partner (and Massive Attack drummer) Damon Reece, released their self-titled EP last month as a Record Store Day vinyl exclusive. While this is absolutely a collaborative project, Sun's…
The 2022 edition of Lollapalooza is running now through Sunday (7/31), and as mentioned, it's streaming live on Hulu, with two channels on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Thursday. The stream starts at 3 PM ET on Thursday,…
A new compilation paying tribute to Leonard Cohen is on the way, put together by Blue Note Records. Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen will feature covers by Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Sara McLachlan,…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. JOHN MORELAND Country artist John Moreland will be playing East Coast dates this fall, including shows with Lee Bains and Christopher Paul Stelling. Dates with Lee Bains include…
Warpaint played a set for Nigel Godrich's recently relaunched From The Basement series. The Californian four piece played a seven-song set, mostly pulling from their newest album Radiate Like This (including opening trio "Champion," "Hips," and "Hard To Tell You"),…
UK electronic musician George FitzGerald's third album Stellar Drifting comes out September 2 via Domino (pre-order), and new single "Rainbows and Dreams" is a gorgeously clattering new track with dreamy vocals from SOAK. George says: The track is a real…
Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers brought their tour to NYC's iconic Radio City Music Hall last night (7/26), and they were joined by a pretty huge surprise guest: fellow New Jersey musician Bruce Springsteen. He joined them for "Chinatown," his collaboration…
So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We…
U.S. Girls are back with a new standalone single, "So Typically Now." A soulful synthpop banger with, as usual, a pointed message, the song has Meg Remy poking the real estate bubble with a sharp stick. Mostly, though, this one…
Limited to One, the East Village record store that focuses on rare, collectable vinyl, turns five this week and to celebrate they're throwing an anniversary party at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus on Sunday, July 31 featuring live performances and a record mart.…
Paul Simon wasn't the only '60s-era legend to make a surprise appearance at this year's Newport Folk Festival. Joni Mitchell, who was also at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival, made a surprise appearance during Brandi Carlile's set and played multiple…
Somehow in the many weeks Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp have been covering big riff rock songs on the Sunday Lunch YouTube series, they haven't gotten to AC/DC's "Back in Black" until now. Robert is decked out as a…
Between our daily coverage, our Notable Releases and Indie Basement columns, and our monthly punk and rap roundups, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new…
