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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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.… Read More
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… Read More
Icelandic band Sigur Rós, which has Kjartan Sveinsson back in the band alongside Jónsi and Georg Holm for the first time in a nearly a decade, are wrapping up their North American tour this week with three NYC shows. The… Read More
The Internet member, guitar great, and solo artist Steve Lacy has announced his sophomore solo album, Gemini Rights, due this summer via his new major label home, RCA Records. It's the followup to his 2019 debut album, Apollo XXI. Most… Read More
Instru-metal greats Russian Circles have announced their eighth album, Gnosis, due August 18 via Sargent House (pre-order). It was engineered and mixed by frequent collaborator Kurt Ballou of Converge, and the first taste is "Conduit," a riffy banger that finds… Read More
Santigold has announced a new album, Spirituals, which will be out September 9 via her own Little Jerk Records. “Recording this album was a way back to myself after being stuck in survival mode. It wasn’t until I made the… Read More
This past weekend, Citi Field vibrated with the noise of NYC music festival Governors Ball. This was the fest's second consecutive year in the parking lot of the Queens ball park, following a lengthy run on Randall's Island and its… Read More