Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore has shared "Cantaloupe" from his forthcoming solo album By the Fire. "'Cantaloupe' is a song about the dance of romance and surrealism, where the hallucinations of wild dreams come true," says Thurston. It is pretty groovy,… Read More
The Europe dates on Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy's Hella Mega Tour were already pushed back, and now — as you probably expected would happen — the North American dates have been officially postponed too. They now happen… Read More
Between our daily coverage and our Notable Releases and Bill’s Indie Basement columns, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new music we’re excited about, we’ve been posting a new playlist each… Read More
UK group Fear of Men are back with their first new music since 2016's Fall Forever. "Into Strangeness" brings an unpredictable dischordant element to their dark, rhythmic sound, with swooping strings and skronky horns. "It's been a strange and extremely charged… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
Chase Rice isn't the only country singer receiving criticism for playing a show that looked decidedly pre-coronavirus era this weekend. While he was playing to a packed, maskless crowd in Tennessee, Chris Janson was performing at Filer, Idaho's Hwy 30… Read More
Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers frontman Greg Dulli will be doing two livestream performances on August 1 from Gold Diggers in Los Angeles. The first, aimed at European audiences, happens at 3 PM ET (8 PM GMT), and then one… Read More
Code Orange have been consistently doing a livestream series during these concert-less times, and as cool as they've all been, the very best one was the full-band release show for Underneath at an audience-free Roxian Theatre, so it's exciting news… Read More
As mentioned, Elliott Smith's classic 1995 self-titled sophomore album is getting a 25th anniversary reissue on August 28 via Kill Rock Stars, and it's coming packaged with a live album recorded on September 17, 1994 at Portland’s Umbra Penumbra, which… Read More
It's been two years since Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series Who Is America convinced Sarah Palin, radio host Joe Walsh, and other right wing personalities to do interviews with some of Cohen's characters. There's been no word on a second… Read More