As a followup to the 2016 video '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America' featuring Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Pink, Bono, and others, the the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) teamed with the… Read More
Phil Spector, the famed music producer who was serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, has died at 81, "sources with direct knowledge" tell TMZ. TMZ wrote that Spector "died from… Read More
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… Read More
Once upon a time, wearing a Jacques Derrida T-shirt was a hip way to declare one’s cerebral aspirations but to do so now is more likely to be taken as an indication of age or quaint fidelity to a thinker… Read More
Bartees Strange released his excellent debut album, Live Forever, in October, but because of COVID he hasn't gotten to tour around it. Instead, he's announced new virtual show, his first full-band performance of the album, which streams on January 30,… Read More
Bartees Strange released his excellent debut album, Live Forever, in October, but because of COVID he hasn't gotten to tour around it. Instead, he's announced new virtual show, his first full-band performance of the album, which streams on January 30,… Read More
Creation Stories, the biopic about legendary UK indie label Creation Records (home of My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Primal Scream, more) made by the Trainspotting team of director Danny Boyle and writer Irvine Welsh, will be out March 20 in the… Read More
Take heed that thou wash said the Angel to Dante before opening the gates to the Purgatory with two keys, a silver key for remorse and a gold key for reconciliation. Irrespective of where the path leads henceforth, this is… Read More
I first noticed Maxwell Stern from a pleasant, unassuming tweet that somehow snuck into my usually gloomy feed. Stern’s tweet said something about not really wanting fame but wanting that low-key 12:30 am talk show slot, and he said he’d… Read More
After the implosion of the Lou Barlow/J Mascis partnership in the late 1980s, Mascis signed Dinosaur Jr to a major label subsidiary and executed a run of four outstanding albums in the 1990s. Cherry Red Records have followed up on… Read More