As mentioned, Oakland art collective and record label Slang Church is releasing the Long Armed Bill’s Summer Comp (Vol. 1) compilation on May 1, with all proceeds benefiting Big Minds, “an attachment-based, community-focused, non-traditional 1-8th grade special ed program in… Read More
SummerStage has announced it will be back this year with outdoor shows at its Central Park venue and in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park. Performances will “follow all state and local regulations regarding large-scale outdoor events, including limited capacity and socially… Read More
Big Thief played their last pre-pandemic US show in November of 2019, at The Athenaeum Theatre in Columbus, OH. The setlist included songs from throughout their discography (and one of Adrianne Lenker’s solo tracks), and for the encore, their touring… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got new albums from Zao, Horndal, Throne, Goya, and more, all of which you can read about on Invisible Oranges. We also got new EPs from Rejoice and Field of Flames, and new singles… Read More
Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem Original Soundtrack is available on vinyl now in the BrooklynVegan store. Rob Zombie released The Lords of Salem, a horror film starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Judy Geeson, Patricia Quinn, Dee Wallace, and… Read More
In honor of its 20th anniversary, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks back on 'Full Collapse,' the most pivotal album of the post-hardcore/emo explosion. Like when grunge "broke" a decade earlier, emo was bound to explode in… Read More
Giant Drag‘s 2004 debut EP, Lemona, and their 2009 Swan Song EP were only ever released on CD. That’s about to change, though, as both are being combined for one new vinyl album that will be out June 4 via… Read More
New documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street sheds light on the amazing group of educators, artists and performers who created the most influential children’s show of all time. The film, based on Michael David’s book and directed… Read More
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The White Stripes‘ third album, White Blood Cells, the band have announced an accompanying companion, called White Blood Cells XX. The package includes 13 previously unreleased tracks (including demos and scrapped versions of… Read More
Last year, Michigan stoner metal band BoneHawk released their sophomore album Iron Mountain, which came six years and several lineup changes after their 2014 debut LP Albino Rhino. For this one, frontman Matt Helt was joined by new drummer Nate… Read More