This week in heavy music, we got the debut album from Cult of Luna/Perturbator Final Light (which you can read about in Notable Releases), plus new records from Axioma, Chaotian, Radian, Vicious Blade, the World Peace/Blame God split, and more.…
TONIGHT IN NYC: Action Bronson, Karen y Los Remedios, Statik Selektah, Ralph McDaniels (host) @ Flushing Meadows Corona Park Pride Island w/ Lil' Kim, Shenseea, Netta, Raye, Papi Juice @ Governors Island Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Shannon Lay @…
Greet Death have been rolling out singles over the past ten months, and today they released the New Low EP, featuring all four of their recent singles, along with the just-released title track. It's a gorgeously somber shoegaze/slowcore hybrid, and…
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…
California emo-popsters Mom Jeans returned earlier this year with their third album, Sweet Tooth, and we've now also partnered with them on a repress of their 2016 debut LP Best Buds, which comes on "light green with dark green" splatter…
Memphis crunk revivalist Duke Deuce released his new album Crunkstar last week (home of the Glorilla collab "Just Say That," which was one of our favorite rap songs of the week), and now he has announced the Crunkstar tour. It…
NJ rapper/singer Coi Leray released her debut album Trendsetter just two months ago, and now she's already followed it with a new single, the very catchy "Involved," and she also announced the Trendsetter tour. It kicks off later this summer,…
After going virtual in 2020 because of Covid, MoMA PS1 brought their annual series of weekly outdoor summer dance parties, "Warm Up," back in 2021 in a limited capacity. They're taking this summer off, however, to "reimagine" the series, which…
Stereolab have announced Pulse of the Early Brain, the fifth volume of their Switched On series of non-LP track compilations, which will be out September 2 via Warp / Duophonic UHD Disks. At 21 tracks across two vinyl albums, this…
You may recall that Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes has played shows over the years where he performs B.S. songs ("and other oddities") backed by kids from the Paul Green Rock Academy. He's doing it again, this time as a short summer tour, with…
Art pop visionary Santigold is going on tour in support of her upcoming album Spirituals. The Holified Tour kicks off with a slew of North American dates in October and November, including an NYC stop on October 17 at Great…
Last week, IV and the Strange Band released their new album Southern Circus on Shooter Jennings' Black Country Rock label (order yours). It's an album that toes the line between classic country and heavier rock (they recently toured with Eyehategod),…
German hardcore/emo/grunge blenders Hippie Trim recently released the singles "Pain Ball" and "Toothpaste," and now they've announced their sophomore album, What Consumes Me, due September 16 via Supervillain (pre-order), and released third single "Hooked On U." Following the heavier first…
Richie Follin is back with a new Guards album, More Cover Songs, that will be out August 2 via CGR. "We made a long long list of songs we would like to try and some proved easier to make our…
“You won’t break my soul…” She is Beyoncé. (Thank you.) And she is coming. Granted, we always vaguely knew that new Beyoncé is imminent. We’re never safe. Ever since 2013’s self-titled digital drop, we as a society have been conditioned…
Elvis Costello has a long history not just of doing Beatles covers but also collaborating with Paul McCartney himself, and he helped celebrate Paul's 80th birthday by doing yet another Beatles cover. He released his take on "Here, There, and…
It's been a great year for country music so far, with long-awaited returns from established artists, breakthroughs from promising up-and-comers, and country pivots from indie greats like Angel Olsen, Wilco, and Big Thief. If you're looking to catch up or…
Knitting Factory opened its Brooklyn location at 361 Metropolitan Ave, the former home of Luna Lounge, in September of 2009, after its Tribeca location shut down. Now the venue is saying goodbye to Williamsburg, as well. They've announced that they're…
Venom Inc, the Venom offshoot featuring founding Venom guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn, vocalist/bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan (who was in Venom in the late '80s and early '90s), and new drummer Jeramie 'Warmachine' Kling, have just shared a second single…
Heavy metal vets Lamb of God's 2006 album Sacrament is getting its first-ever vinyl repress that's out August 5 and we've got an exclusive purple vinyl variant – matching the album's artwork — and it's limited to 500 copies worldwide. Preorder yours now.…
After a couple lighter weeks, today is a massive week for new albums, and not just because one of the biggest rap superstars in the world decided to drop a new one on us at the last minute. I highlight…
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