Pom Pom Squad played their first show in over a year on Sunday (9/19), a free performance for Rough Trade, that happened around the corner from their new 30 Rock location at Rockefeller Plaza. During the holidays, the stage would… Read More
We’ve been waiting for the new The Wrens album for almost two decades, and while Charles Bissell continues to tinker with his contributions to The Meadowlands‘ follow-up, the band’s other songwriter and singer, Kevin Whelan, has taken the songs he… Read More
The 2021 edition of Asbury Park’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival kicked off on Saturday (9/18), and closing out the day were Pearl Jam, playing their first show in three years. Their set included the live debut of several songs off their most… Read More
“This is only our third show in three years … we missed our job really badly,” El-P said at the start of the set. Much of the material from the night came from “RTJ4,” their fourth studio album that came… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Patti Smith and her Band @ SummerStage in Central Park Sea.Hear.Now w/ The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol, Grouplove, Orville Peck, Ani DiFranco, Tank and the Bangas, Strand of Oaks, more @ Asbury Park The LOX @ Coney… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got new albums from Carcass and Employed To Serve, as well as the latest from metal-adjacent post-rockers MONO, all three of which you can read about in Notable Releases. You can also head to… Read More
SummerStage runs into October this year, and this weekend they’re hosting two excellent, FREE shows at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield. Saturday, September 18 features Brooklyn Afrobeat vets Antibalas, with support from Cochemea and DJ Tara, and on Sunday, September 19,… 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
Fall may not officially start till Tuesday, but autumn feels off to the races judging by this week’s release calendar and today’s Indie Basement features reviews of seven new albums: Blunt Bangs, the new group from Black Kids’ Reggie Youngblood,… Read More
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ sequel to their 2005 b-sides and rarities compilation, B-Sides and Rarities Part II, is due out on October 22 (pre-order on double vinyl), and they’ve shared a second track from it, “Earthlings.” The melancholy… Read More