The Oscars moved the performances of this year’s Best Original Song nominees to the pre show Oscars: Into the Spotlight special. All five were were pre-taped, with H.E.R.‘s “Fight for You” (from Judas & The Black Messiah), Celeste‘s “Hear My Voice”… 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
While most would agree that 1978’s KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park tells as full a story of iconic NYC hard rockers KISS as one could hope to experience on the screen, others — including members of the band… Read More
While his ’90s band Duster are back in action, Jason Albertini is still making records under the Helvetia banner and will release Essential Aliens on June 25 via Joyful Noise. That will be Album #10 for Helvetia and Jason made… Read More
Memphis’ Lucero released a new album, When You Found Me, at the start of the year, and have now announced a fall tour that has them out with opener Morgan Wade. Dates kick off October 6 in Louisville, KY and wrap… Read More
A Place to Bury Strangers have announced the Hologram EP, their first new record in three years. The EP marks a couple firsts for the Brooklyn band. It’s the first record made with the new APTBS lineup that features John… Read More
Sasu Ripatti knows that few things will humble you like time spent in the wilderness. “You learn to face your own limits and fears,” he’s said of his Arctic hiking experiences. His latest solo albums as Vladislav Delay take inspiration… Read More
The current lineup of Genesis — including the nucleus of the ’80s/’90s version with Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford — had planned on spending most of 2020 on The Last Domino? tour before the pandemic hit. It was to have been their first tour… Read More
UK greats Madness were supposed to go on their first US tour in forever in 2020, surrounding their appearances at Punk Rock Bowling. When the pandemic hit, that tour got rescheduled for spring 2021, but recently PRB announced it was… Read More
The Smiths-inspired episode of The Simpsons, “Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” aired on Sunday night, and the real Morrissey isn’t very happy about it. In the episode, Lisa discovers ’80s British band Quilloughby & The Snuffs, whose jangly music… Read More