Record Store Day usually happens in April, right after Tax Day, but with the pandemic, it got postponed to June which then got postponed again. What they came up with was splitting Record Store Day, and its usual cache of… Read More
In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously. Here are The Genre’s five best… Read More
The Queens-based producer Alex Dadras has cast a wide net. Working across New York’s rap and experimental scenes, he’s collaborated with everyone from A$AP Rocky to Eartheater to Show Me the Body. In the process, Dadras has developed a unique… Read More
Montreal’s Yves Jarvis blends folk with minimalist electronics and Afropop textures on his upcoming new album, Sundry Rock Song Stock. It’s a mesmerizing sound that leaves gentle, lingering traces behind, co-existing with nature’s organic sounds. Jarvis has always preferred performing… Read More
Adult film veteran Ron Jeremy was charged with four counts of sexual assault back in June. Rolling Stone reports that he's now been charged with assaulting thirteen more women, with a total of twenty additional charges. The new charges span… Read More
Before the pandemic threw a wrench into the works, Bruce Springsteen said that there was a new E Street Band album and tour in the works. Live shows are obviously off the table for now, but might we still get… Read More
Ars Magna Umbrae – Apotheosis (I, Voidhanger) Ars Magna Umbrae’s 2018 LP Lunar Ascension remains a highlight of atmospheric black metal in recent years and a bright anomaly in the often dreary status quo of the genre. Built by the… Read More
Warning: mild spoilers below… It may not have seemed like the world needed another Bill & Ted movie, but turns out it did. Face the Music is a fun, funny and satisfying conclusion to what might be the most improbably… Read More
John Hughes was such a big part of popular culture in the 1980s, tapping into teen culture like few had done before with films like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The soundtracks to his films were… Read More
San Francisco festival Outside Lands is holding its virtual edition, Inside Lands, on Friday and Saturday (8/28 and 8/29) on Twitch. They've released the streaming schedule, which includes archival footage from previous years, as well as some new live videos,… Read More