This week in heavy music, we got new albums from Cave In, Come to Grief, Mutually Assured Destruction, Static Dress, and Be Well, all of which you can read about in Notable Releases, as well as the new Blut Aus… Read More
This week in hip hop, Kendrick Lamar's tour supporting his remarkable new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers went on sale (did you get tickets?), the Empire State Building lit up for what would have been Biggie's 50th birthday,… Read More
Last night was the season finale of Saturday Night Live and singing them out was Japanese Breakfast who performed two songs off last year's Jubilee: "Be Sweet" and "Paprika" where she wielded a gong. Watch below. It was indeed the… Read More
Pavement are having a very active 2022, with a bevy of anniversaries, reissues and a reunion tour, but that hasn't stopped cofounder Scott Kannberg from announcing a new Spiral Stairs album, Medley Attack!!!, which will be out July 8 via… Read More
Montreal band Ought announced their breakup last November, while frontman/guitarist Tim Darcy and bassist Ben Stidworthy simultaneously announced they'd formed a new band, Cola, with U.S. Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. "What started as stripped-down open D songwriting with a CR-78 soon became a full album and new… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Mavis Staples, Amy Helm @ BAM Grouper, Benoît Pioulard @ The Opera House Injury Reserve, Armand Hammer, AKAI SOLO @ Warsaw Slipknot, Cypress Hill, Ho99o9 @ Barclays Center Primus, Battles @ Capitol Theatre Jon Hopkins, Abby Echiverri,… Read More
Vangelis, the Greek prog and new age musician who won an Oscar in 1982 for his Chariots of Fire score, died on Tuesday (5/17), according to Greek news site IN who report he died in a French hospital while being… Read More
The Shenandoah Electric Company is a new band fronted by former Octaves guitarist Wes Young that also features Pianos Become the Teeth members Michael York and David Haik. And through all three members are best known for playing in post-hardcore… Read More
After two years of pandemic delays and venue changes, post-modern protopunk/new wave icons Devo finally made it to NYC, playing The Rooftop at Pier 17 on a lovely if brisk Thursday night (5/18). In some ways the delay was fortuitous,… Read More
Get tickets to four upcoming NYC shows early on BrooklynVegan Presale starting today (5/19) at 10 AM: Joyce Manor with Citizen, Prince Daddy & The Hyena and PHONY at Brooklyn Steel on August 12 Echo & The Bunnymen at Terminal… Read More