Joyce Manor originally planned to take a small break from music after wrapping up their tour supporting 2018's Million Dollars to Kill Me, which was followed by a rarities compilation and some select shows to celebrate the 10th anniversary of…
Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, "collage rock," and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new albums, reissues, box sets, books and sometimes movies…
Horsegirl have shared another song from their upcoming debut album, Versions of Modern Performance. (Preorder it on vinyl.) "'World of Pots and Pans’ is the first love song Horsegirl has ever written—or the closest thing to it," the band say.…
So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup…
"It's not an awards show. It's a concert where we also give out awards," Grammys host Trevor Noah said at the top of tonight's Grammys telecast, which is live from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Arena. It felt that way too,…
NYC screamo legends Saetia only existed briefly, from 1997 to 1999, but that was enough time to release one massively influential full-length and a variety of smaller releases, all of which were compiled for 2001’s essential A Retrospective comp (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…
Texas country band Flatland Cavalry are riding high off the strength of their great 2021 album Welcome To Countryland, and they're keeping the momentum going with their Far Out West Sessions, a video series that finds the band performing stripped-down…
Wet Leg are finally releasing their much-anticipated self-titled debut next week (grab it on yellow vinyl) and while in L.A., they stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to play "Too Late Now." There were clearly a lot…
Happy April! No jokes today, just some good records: Sondre Lerche's sprawling, ambitious Avatars of Love; Papercuts' charmingly glum seventh album; Jon Spencer releases his second album with The HITmakers; Warmduscher meet At the Hotspot; and Bath, UK band Rueben's Daughters…
NJ/Philly emo band Out of Service make the kind of dark, soaring, ambitious emo that bands like Straylight Run and their peers made in the mid 2000s, so it's a perfect fit that they've teamed with Straylight Run/Taking Back Sunday's…
When Cursive/The Good Life frontman Tim Kasher announced his new solo album Middling Age, he revealed that one song, "Forever of the Living Dead," features guest vocals from Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace and sax by Jeff Rosenstock, and that…
Prolific NY/NJ metal band Tombs will follow their two 2020 releases with a new digital EP, Ex Oblivion, on July 13 via Season of Mist. It features covers of Motorhead and GG Allin, along with original songs, including the just-released…
The beloved and highly influential Durham, NC rap duo Little Brother (aka Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh) returned in 2019 with their first album in nine years, May the Lord Watch, and now they've announced a documentary of the same…
So many artists, 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 more all day.…
Kevin Morby has shared a second song, "Rock Bottom," from his upcoming album This is a Photograph (preorder on gold nugget vinyl). It features backing vocals by Cassandra Jenkins, and "laugh tracks" from Tim Heidecker and Alia Shawkat. The video…
Ten years after its DIY Pomona, CA fest was launched by Rene Contreras, Viva! has teamed up with Coachella producers Goldenvoice for a new Los Angeles fest, Viva! L.A. Music Festival, happening on Saturday, June 25 at Dodger Stadium. Here's…
Tuareg band Les Filles de Illighadad are headed to the US on tour this spring. The band was founded by Fatou Seidi Ghali, the first Tuareg woman to play guitar professionally in Illighadad, a village in the Sahara Desert in…
King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard have shared details of their 20th (!) studio album Omnium Gatherum. Those details include the release date — April 28 via the band's own KGLW imprint — and the 16-song tracklist. The album's a…
The sad news that Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins passed away at the age of 50 has shocked the world of music and beyond. Tributes have been pouring in from fellow musicians and others, including Guns N' Roses, Faith No…
“I’ma make you my, I’ma make you my / I’ma make you my, I’ma make you my…baby.” It’s Charli, baby. The 29-year-old signed douche wholesaler-slash-pop star is deep into her self-described evil major label sell-your-soul era, with her fifth and…
