Brooklyn Academy of Music's Hanif Abdurraqib-curated Spring Series continued on Friday night (5/20) with the iconic Mavis Staples. Her set included classics like "I'll Take You There," covers of The Talking Heads' "Slippery People" and The Impressions' "This Is My Country,"… Read More
It's a so fuckin'/very special edition of Toyah and Robert Fripp's "Sunday Lunch" cover series as they cover Radiohead's classic 1992 single "Creep." No mohawk today for Robert, Toyah makes interesting use of what they call "cling film" in the UK,… Read More
Doja Cat has cancelled tour dates, including festival appearances and her arena shows with The Weeknd, because she's about to have tonsil surgery. "I wanted you to hear it from me first," she writes. "Unfortunately I have to have surgery… Read More
Lou Barlow has been very busy lately. He put out his new solo album Reason to Live last year, released the first new Folk Implosion EP in two decades last month, and is always busy with Dinosaur Jr too. Now… Read More
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… Read More
It's been five years since Sleaford Mods last toured North America. At the time of their last NYC show, frontman Jason Williamson had recently gotten sober, and in the half decade since, beatmaker Andrew Fearn has adopted a more sober lifestyle, as well; it… Read More
As mentioned, the upcoming Jack Antonoff-produced Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack includes a collaboration from Diana Ross and Tame Impala, and that song is out now. It's called "Turn Up the Sunshine," and it takes clear notes from Diana's… Read More
Daniel Avery has announced a new album, Ultra Truth, which will be out November 4 via Mute / Phantasy Sound. He cites Deftones, Portishead, Nick Cave and Mogwai as influences for this one, and it features appearances by Ghost Culture, Manni… Read More
Tickets for the Gorillaz show at Barclays Center with EarthGang are on BrooklynVegan presale today from 10 AM – 5 PM. Use password BVGORILLAZ. If you miss out on our presale, tickets go on sale to the general public on… Read More
Tickets for The Shins' show at Radio City Music Hall on August 23, where they'll play their debut album, Oh, Inverted World, in full, go on BrooklynVegan Presale today (5/19) at 10 AM. Use the password VEGANSHINS. Our presale runs… Read More