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… Read More
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… Read More
Anthony Green of Circa Survive, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting, and other bands turns 40 today (happy birthday!), and for the occasion, Fuckin Whatever — his psychedelic side project with Adam Lazzara and John Nolan of Taking Back Sunday… Read More
Lizzo has announced a new album, Special, which will be out July 15 via Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic Records. The first single is "About Damn Time," a bright, frothy, retro-flavored and instantly appealing disco pop song. You can watch the… Read More
Tickets for Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit's NYC and NJ shows at The Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 1 and 2 and Stone Pony Summer Stage on September 3 are on BrooklynVegan Presale today (4/14) from 10 AM-10… 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
June of 44 are in the process of playing some long-awaited reunion shows, and just hit the West Coast for a few dates last week. We've got pictures of their LA show at El Rey Theatre on April 8 with… Read More
The absurdly heavy Denver doom/sludge band Primitive Man have announced a new EP, Insurmountable, which is due May 13 via the fast-growing hardcore/metal label Closed Casket Activities, and is their first for the label following multiple releases on Relapse. It… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: a-ha @ Radio City Music Hall R.A.P. Ferreira, Sha Ray, Pink Navel, Eldon Somers, Fatboi Sharif @ Elsewhere Zone One The Retirement Party, Carly Cosgrove @ Baby's All Right Man on Man, Macy Rodman @ Saint Vitus… Read More
Superchunk had already rescheduled dates on their 2022 tour with Torres, supporting their new album Wild Loneliness, once, and now they've announced another postponement, due to an illness in the band. Jon Wurster has tested positive for Covid, and the… Read More