Houston soul band The Suffers are releasing their third studio album, It Starts With Love, on June 3 via Missing Piece Records (pre-order). When the album was announced, frontwoman Kam Franklin said, "I wanted to make a record that sounded…
TONIGHT IN NYC: Dave @ Brooklyn Steel The Chisel, Quarantine, Violent Attack, Anti-Machine, The Follies @ Brooklyn Monarch LP, Nick Leng @ Terminal 5 Willis Willis, Kyp Malone, TDA, Itch Princess @ Union Pool Darwin Deez, Stolen Jars @ Elsewhere…
After two years of truncated programming due to the pandemic, Rooftop Films will be back in force for its 2022 Summer series, with movie screenings and live music performances on rooftops and outdoor spaces across NYC. “Inspired by the resilience…
A couple weeks ago, This Is Hardcore announced that it would return from July 8-10 at the Franklin Music Hall & Underground Arts in Philly and revealed the initial lineup, including Thursday (Full Collapse set), Hatebreed (Perseverance set), Madball, Comeback…
Model, musician and aspiring… motor mechanic? Yes, this is indeed the trinity of Jade Indiana Rabarivelo, the 20-year old Parisian also known as Suki. The latter is a nickname, she tells—an enabler of a full circle experience considering her line…
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…
UK band SCALPING hail from Bristol, and you can definitely feel the influence of that city's '90s trip hop scene (Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky) in their intense, dark, heavy, beat-forward sound. But they draw from a wide variety of influences,…
Steve Diggle decided to keep the Buzzcocks flag flying after the death of Pete Shelley in 2018, releasing new single "Gotta Get Better" in 2020. They're now back with a new three-song EP, Senses Out of Control, that's out today…
Metric will release a new album, Formentera, on July 8. Details are scant, but they have shared the first single, "All Comes Crashing," a typically towering piece of anthemic synthpop, and its music video. Watch that below. “Not everyone has…
Camp Cope released the follow-up to our 2018 album of the year How to Socialise & Make Friends, Running with the Hurricane, in March (order on limited edition ultra clear/baby pink moon phase vinyl), and now they've announced a North…
The New Colossus Festival will once again be presenting free shows at Brooklyn's 18th Ward Brewery on Sunday afternoons starting this Sunday (5/1), and running through the summer. Shows are all-ages, outdoors and run 12-6 PM. The initial "Summer Sundays"…
Back in 2020, former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden gave his legendary 1970 solo debut Population II a long-awaited remastered reissue via RidingEasy Records. If you're unfamiliar, it's one of the earliest metal records in existence, and it continues to…
The Weather Station released the fantastic Ignorance in February of 2021, and after multiple pandemic-related postponements and another new album, she's finally on tour, and stopped in NYC on Tuesday night (4/26) for a show with Sam Amidon. Sam opened…
When Ibeyi announced their new album Spell 31, they revealed that it'll include a re-imagining of Black Flag's "Rise Above" featuring BERWYN. The album's due out next week (5/6) via XL, and they've now shared that track. Similar to Dirty…
Real Estate frontman Martin Courtney has announced a new solo album, Magic Sign, which will be out June 24 via Dominio. This is his first solo record since his 2015 debut, Many Moons. He made it with producer Rob Schnapf at Mant…
TONIGHT IN NYC: Fontaines D.C., Just Mustard @ Brooklyn Steel The Weather Station, Sam Amidon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Olivia Rodrigo, Holly Humberstone @ Radio City Music Hall Phony Ppl @ Blue Note Jazz Club The Sword, Sun Voyager,…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. 100 GECS, BOY HARSHER & YVES TUMOR OPENING FOR NINE INCH NAILS Nine Inch Nails begin their 2022 tour on Thursday in Raleigh, NC and they've just announced…
Spiritualized released their majestic new album Everything Was Beautiful last week (read our review), and the record ends with a real showstopper, "I"m Coming Home Again," that features an orchestra and choir adding more emotional gravitas. They've just released a…
This week in heavy music, we got the highly-anticipated Undeath album, plus great new ones from Overo and ASkySoBlack, all three of which you can read about in Notable Releases. We also got the surprise Thou & Mizmor album, and…
The Story So Far recently began a spring tour with the stacked support lineup of Joyce Manor, Mom Jeans, and Microwave, and that tour rolled through NYC for a stop at Terminal 5 last night (4/22). Microwave kicked things off…
Surprise guests are a Coachella tradition, and one guest appearance that people were of course wondering about is if Baby Keem would bring out his cousin/frequent collaborator Kendrick Lamar. It didn't happen at weekend one, but during Keem's weekend two…
