Happy October! This is a massive week for album releases and this week and give 10 a spin: Sorry, Alvvays, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Broken Bells, Dungen, Daphni, The Orielles, Pete Astor (The Loft), Peel Dream Magazine and Ganser.… Read More
New York Comic Con is back at Manhattan' Javits Center for its 2022 edition, beginning on Thursday (10/6) and running through Sunday (10/9). After happening in 2021 with reduced capacity, masks and vaccines required, they're back at full capacity for… Read More
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 post music news, track premieres, and… Read More
Power Trip covered NYHC legends Outburst back in 2019 for a tribute LP, and now Outburst have returned the favor. It's a rendition of "Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)" that was recorded live earlier this year, and 100% of… Read More
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… Read More
"Alright, let's begin," Stereolab lead vocalist, synth player, and guitarist Laetitia Sadier began the show Sunday night at MTELUS in Montreal. The band's North American tour kicked off about a month ago in Nashville, and a couple weeks ago their… Read More
Bono is releasing SURRENDER: 40 Songs, One Story, a memoir told through the lens of 40 U2 songs, on November 1 via Penguin. “When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I’d previously… Read More
Saturday Night Live season 48 premiered last night, and the musical guest was Kendrick Lamar, whose performance was as stunning and artistic as you'd expect. First he did "Rich Spirit" and "N95" from his new album Mr. Morale & The… Read More
The theme of Pop Montreal Day 3 to an American listener seemed to me, "your favorite band you've never heard of." The city-wide independent music and arts festival continued to host scores of events across town, many of them in… Read More
With Rolling Loud behind her, Nicki Minaj has announced that her next NYC-area appearance will be headlining Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2022 on October 29 at Prudential Center in Newark. The lineup also includes Kodak Black, Moneybagg Yo, TEMS, Fivio Foreign,… Read More