Megadeth have officially parted ways with bassist David Ellefson following allegations that he was grooming an underage girl online. In a message on Facebook, Dave Mustaine writes: We are informing our fans that David Ellefson is no longer playing with… Read More
In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk and its many offshoots, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously. This list looks at some of the genre’s… Read More
Young punk band The Linda Lindas had been on the rise ever since being hand-picked by Bikini Kill to open one of their reunion shows in 2019. They also played shows with Alice Bag (and members appeared on Alice’s album… Read More
Psycho Las Vegas have announced the revised lineup for the 2021 edition of the festival which will take place August 20-22 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. The festival is now headlined by Danzig, Emperor and Down, and the 2021… Read More
Actress and singer Olivia Rodrigo‘s debut album, SOUR, came out today. The anticipated LP features the 18-year-old’s runaway hit single, “drivers license,” and if you’re wondering if the rest of the album holds up to that, the answer is pretty… Read More
This week in Indie Basement: Super Furry Animals‘ Gruff Rhys has made one of his best-ever albums with Seeking New Gods; Japanese band CHAI mellow out just a little on their first album for Sub Pop; Chicago trio FACS make… Read More
For those who’ve never had the pleasure of falling down it, few rabbit holes go deeper than the madcap universe of Gorillaz. You’ve heard of fan fiction, but this is band fiction—and theirs’ is a recondite realm of frankly preposterous… Read More
Lana Del Rey‘s second album of 2021, Blue Banisters, is due July 4, and Lana just shared three songs from it: “Blue Banister,” “Text Book,” and “Wildflower Wildfire.” All three of them explore Lana’s minimal, ethereal side, and it’s always… Read More
“Hello, it’s me, your ex…” Against all odds, Little Mix is thriving. At a time when most girl groups historically lose steam – in fact, they’ve outlived the lifespan of a majority of those acts already – the newly minted… Read More
In his work as Murcof, Fernando Corona has long shown a talent for drawing beauty out of bleakness. On his earliest albums, 2002’s Martes and 2005’s Remembranza, the Tijuana native fused the timbres of contemporary classical with the tonal and… Read More