After holding a preview party on Tuesday (9/28), new Bushwick venue Brooklyn Made opened their doors for real on Thursday and Friday (9/30 and 10/1) for a pair of sold-out shows with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, and support from Kate… Read More
Here’s a question: What do we mean when we say a given record is timeless? Is it simply a matter of longevity and staying power? Some fanciful combination of critical consensus, legacy and cultural influence? Is it a nostalgic thread… Read More
The Women’s March, which was first held across the country in January of 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, returned on Saturday (10/2) to protest the near-total ban on abortion enacted in Texas, and the start of… Read More
Kristin Hayter, aka Lingua Ignota, was planning to play a few shows this fall, in NYC (a date which had been rescheduled from April of 2020 because of COVID), Chicago and Boston, supporting her new album Sinner Get Ready. She’s… Read More
Mogwai have released a remix EP, titled Take Sides, featuring three tracks from last year’s As the Love Continues reconfigured in radical ways. IDLES transform the sweeping “Midnight Fit” into a pounding industrial racket; The Other Two (aka New Order’s… Read More
Chicago’s Oscar Bait just returned with a new EP, Everything Louder Than Everything Else, and fans of melodic hardcore should not miss out on this one. They kind of find the middle ground between the Silent Majority/Movielife style LIHC that… Read More
We didn’t have to wait long as to what all those DFA logos meant. LCD Soundsystem have announced a new residency at Brooklyn Steel, much like the ones they did in 2017 (which was the last time they played NYC).… Read More
I guess Trevor Powers couldn’t find an abandoned cabin the woods to spill his heart onto some old recording equipment in, but luckily he had his bedroom. For his first full length under his Youth Lagoon moniker, The Year of… Read More
Today, Bowery Presents NYC venues Music Hall of Williamsburg and Terminal 5 both shared an image of the DFA Records lightning bolt logo on their social media accounts. The image says “You are here” and the only accompanying message is… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Erykah Badu @ Radio City Music Hall Jeff Tweedy, Kate Bollinger @ Brooklyn Made Joyce Manor, Turnover, Surf Curse, Prince Daddy & The Hyena @ SummerStage in Central Park Rufus Wainwright, José González @ The Rooftop at… Read More