Saturday, April 23 is Record Store Day, and one of the exclusive releases available this year is a vinyl reissue of So… How's Your Girl?, the 1999 debut album from Handsome Boy Modeling School (aka Prince Paul and Dan the Automator).…
Today is Owen Ashworth's (Advance Base, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) birthday, and for the occasion, 26 of Owen's talented friends have surprised him with a covers album of his own material. You Were Alone: An Owen Ashworth Almanac is…
"Show me a word that rhymes with Pavement / And I won't kill your parents and roast them on a spit," Stephen Malkmus sings on "Harness Your Hopes," a Pavement b-side that is their most popular song on Spotify. "Pavement"…
Weekend two of Coachella 2022 is almost here, and the festival has just announced the updated set times for this weekend's edition, which runs Friday, April 22-Sunday, April 24. One major change is that Run the Jewels have been moved…
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…
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has cancelled Thursday night's (4/21) episode after Stephen Colbert tested positive for Covid. Ozark's Jason Bateman and Laura Linney and Veep's Matt Walsh were scheduled to appear; a repeat featuring Josh Brolin and The…
Warpaint are releasing their first album in six years, Radiate Like This, in May, and they've now announced a North American tour supporting it. Shows begin in Philadelphia in July and include stops in Washington DC, NYC, Toronto, Los Angeles,…
Flasher have paid homage to Nicolas Cage action flick National Treasure with their new video for "Love is Yours." This has been a longtime dream of the band's Taylor Mulitz; using stock footage, some cheap plug-ins and deep fake technology…
Oklahoma folk/country singer John Moreland has announced a new album, Birds In The Ceiling, due July 22 via Bad Omens/Thirty Tigers (pre-order), and the first single is the warm, rustic Americana of "Ugly Faces." Check it out below. John is…
"This is our first fucking show in 14 years," Be Your Own Pet's Jonas Stein told the crowd at East Village club Heaven Can Wait. After a pregnant pause he added, "We're not nervous!" The Nashville indie rock band, who…
NYC Pride's annual concert series, Pride Island, is returning for 2022 after three years of not being held because of Covid. They've announced this year's lineup, happening in a new location,
Pavement's iconic debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, turns 30 today — happy birthday! — and to celebrate they've announced new vinyl and cassette pressings that will be out August 12 via Matador Records, as part of their Revisionist History series. The…
The 2022 edition of the Tribeca Festival (formerly the Tribeca Film Festival) happens June 8-19 at theaters all over lower Manhattan. This year's lineup includes 88 world premieres, two international premieres, seven North American premieres, two U.S. premieres, and 11…
Andrew Bird has announced a new album, Inside Problems, due out June 3 via Loma Vista. Bird recorded it live with his four-piece band, with added vocals from Madison Cunningham being some of the only overdubs, and it was produced…
Hot Chip have announced their eighth album, Freakout:Release, which will be out August 19 via Domino. They made it at their new Relax & Enjoy Studio in East London that Al Doyle put together before and during the first year…
Kendrick Lamar's last album, DAMN., came out in 2017, and needless to say, we've been highly anticipating its follow up. On Monday (4/18), he quoted a tweet from @raptalksk reading "Kendrick Lamar is officially retired," with a link to his…
TONIGHT IN NYC: Wilco, Aizuri Quartet @ United Palace Big Thief, Kara-Lis Coverdale @ Kings Theatre Lyricist Lounge 30th Anniversary Celebration w/ KRS-One, Kid Capri, Bahamadia, Grand Puba, MR Cheeks, Buckshot, CL Smooth, Large Professor, Rah Digga, Talib Kweli @…
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…
Snail Mail has been on the road this month supporting her new album Valentine, and she and her band hit Chicago on Thursday night (4/14) for a show at Riviera Theatre with Joy Again. As she has for most of…
Author, editor, and drummer S.W. Lauden released a new book, Forbidden Beat: Perspective on Punk Drumming, earlier this year. The collection looks back on six decades of the genre's drummers; Lauden told The Believer, "There’s not a lot of writing…
Experimental artist Colin Self's new multidisciplinary opera, Tip the Ivy, will be staged in NYC this spring, on May 5-7 at the Keith Haring Theatre. Self collaborated with Bully Fae Collins, Dia Dear, Mica Sigourney, and Geo Wyeth on the…
