In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously. April was slightly lighter for… Read More
Circle Jerks were forced to postpone most of their April shows after Keith Morris contracted Covid. He's now thankfully full recovered, and they've announced rescheduled dates, which feature the same killer support as originally planned: 7Seconds and Negative Approach. Most… Read More
House music great and producer Yaeji is releasing her first two EPs on vinyl for the first time. The EPs, both originally released on Godmode in 2017, will be on opposite sides of one vinyl album that's out June 17. The… Read More
Bikini Kill had been forced to reschedule their 2022 tour multiple times because of the pandemic, but they finally began it on Friday night (4/29) in Los Angeles, and they have dates scheduled through September, including an NYC show at… Read More
It's a great week for heavy music, with new albums/EPs from Heriot, Squint, No/Más, and Pyrithe that you can read about in Notable Releases, not to mention new albums from Negative Plane, Devil Master, Spill Your Guts, and more that… Read More
David Bowie's classic album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars turns 50 in June, and to celebrate there are two new vinyl editions of the album being released; both have been half-speed mastered for… Read More
This is the biggest Indie Basement of 2022 so far, at least by sheer number of albums reviews, including Melody's Echo Chamber, The Aluminum Group's first album in 14 years, Astrel K (Ulrika Spacek's Rhys Edwards), Honeyglaze, Kelly Lee Owens, Julie… Read More
Fool's Gold and Brooklyn Mirage are teaming up to put on the A-Trak & Friends Block Party, happening on Sunday, June 19 at Brooklyn Mirage. The lineup features A-Trak (doing a "Bloghaus set"), Duck Sauce (aka A-Trak and Armand Van… Read More
NYC darkwave band Blacklist are back in action and will release Afterworld, their first album since their 2009 debut, this fall via Profound Lore. While details are still murky, the band have shared the first single. Powered by a driving bassline and… Read More
Neneh Cherry has announced The Versions, a collaboration album of reworked versions of her songs featuring the all-female lineup of Robyn, ANOHNI, Sia, Jamila Woods, Sudan Archives, Greentea Peng, Kelsey Lu, Honey Dijon, Seinabo Sey, TYSON, and Mapei. It comes… Read More