Metallica have returned to touring by returning to their roots, playing surprise shows at very small capacity clubs. They played a hometown show at San Francisco’s Independent last week, and on Monday night (9/20) surprised Chicago with a show at… Read More
Eric’s Trip bassist/vocalist Julie Doiron always stays busy, whether it’s reuniting with Mount Eerie, making albums with Daniel Romano, or with members of Cancer Bats and Eamon McGrath as Julie and The Wrong Guys. But it’s been a while — nine… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Flogging Molly, Violent Femmes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, THICK @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 Open Air w/ Moor Mother, Rena Butler @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3 Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco @ SummerStage in… Read More
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