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"… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More