Andrew Bird has announced a new album, Inside Problems, due out June 3 via Loma Vista. Bird recorded it live with his four-piece band, with added vocals from Madison Cunningham being some of the only overdubs, and it was produced… Read More
Hot Chip have announced their eighth album, Freakout:Release, which will be out August 19 via Domino. They made it at their new Relax & Enjoy Studio in East London that Al Doyle put together before and during the first year… Read More
Kendrick Lamar's last album, DAMN., came out in 2017, and needless to say, we've been highly anticipating its follow up. On Monday (4/18), he quoted a tweet from @raptalksk reading "Kendrick Lamar is officially retired," with a link to his… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Wilco, Aizuri Quartet @ United Palace Big Thief, Kara-Lis Coverdale @ Kings Theatre Lyricist Lounge 30th Anniversary Celebration w/ KRS-One, Kid Capri, Bahamadia, Grand Puba, MR Cheeks, Buckshot, CL Smooth, Large Professor, Rah Digga, Talib Kweli @… Read More
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… Read More
Snail Mail has been on the road this month supporting her new album Valentine, and she and her band hit Chicago on Thursday night (4/14) for a show at Riviera Theatre with Joy Again. As she has for most of… Read More
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