Brockhampton revealed earlier this year that Coachella would be their final shows before indefinite hiatus, and at the end of their Coachella set, they teased that they'd release one last album. Now it's officially announced: it's called The Family and…
Tickets for the BrooklynVegan-presented Kevin Devine 20th anniversary shows at Baby's All Right and Saint Vitus go on BrooklynVegan presale today (10/26) at noon. PASSWORD = BVKD20. At these shows, Kevin will be playing two completely different career-spanning sets each…
Run The Jewels have announced RTJ CU4TRO, an album of re-imaginings of RTJ4 songs by an all-Latin lineup, due November 11 via Jewel Runners/BMG (pre-order). El-P says: we are honored and delighted to have had the opportunity to work with…
Proggy hard rockers Elder, who recently relocated from Massachusetts to Berlin, have announced a new album. It's called Innate Passage and it comes out November 25 via Stickman Records. Guitarist/vocalist Nicholas DiSalvo says: This record channels the surreal world we…
Hagop Tchaparian used to play in '90s UK punk-pop band Symposium, but in the early '00s became obsessed with electronic music. He was soon a regular at London club Fabric and ended up tour managing and doing live sound for…
The C.I.A., the project of Ty and Denée Segall and Emmett Kelly, have announced a sophomore LP, Surgery Channel, out January 20 via In The Red. It follows their self-titled 2018 debut. Surgery Channel was written in 2021 and recorded…
Lawrence of cult bands Felt and Denim is back with a new album and a new moniker, Mozart Estate. (It's a slight variation of Go-Kart Mozart, which he used for the last two decades, most recently on 2017's Mozart's Mini-Mart.)…
Genre-blurring Scottish trio Young Fathers have announced their first album since 2018's Cocoa Sugar. Heavy Heavy comes out February 3 via Ninja Tune (pre-order). Today they shared austere single "I Saw" with an evocative music video directed by Austrian-Nigerian filmmaker…
Metalcore lifers Killswitch Engage have announced a round of holiday shows in the Northeast with support from Unearth, Rivers of Nihil, and one more opener TBA. Vocalist Jesse Leach says: It's been a while since we've been able to do…
Despite seeming to consistently shoot down the idea of reunion shows, Botch played a surprise show at longtime producer Matt Bayles' birthday party in Seattle this past weekend. And now, they've officially announced their first proper shows in over 20…
The 2023 edition of the SXSW Music Festival runs March 13-18, 2023 and they've just announced the first round of showcasing artists. They include Algiers, Thao, Beverly Kills, Knifeplay, RVG, Lee Bains + The Glory Fires, Blondshell, Teenage Halloween, Disq, Jane Weaver,…
NYC-born, LA-based artist Sabrina Teitelbaum has been releasing singles that she worked on with Yves Rothman as Blondshell over the past few months, and the latest of those is "Cartoon Earthquake," which is out as a Spotify Single. The song…
TONIGHT IN NYC: The Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Poppy @ Madison Square Garden Iron Maiden, Within Temptation @ UBS Arena Bret McKenzie @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Arooj Aftab @ Symphony Space DOMi & JD Beck @ Le Poisson Rouge…
Car Seat Headrest have cancelled their West Coast tour dates and pulled out of this month's When We Were Young Festival. Frontman Will Toledo made the announcement via a statement on Twitter, citing ongoing health issues. The statement reads: Hi…
After releasing three solo EPs last year, Motion City Soundtrack vocalist Justin Courtney Pierre has just announced that he'll put out another one before the end of 2022: Permanent Midnight, due December 9 via Epitaph. It was produced and engineered…
Belle & Sebastian will be back in North America in spring 2023. Dates kick off April 24 in Guadalajara, Mexico and wrap up May 19 in Kalamazoo, MI, with stops along the way in Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto, Burlington, New Haven,…
So many artists, so many songs, 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…
Drag cabaret greats Kiki & Herb, aka Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman, are back, reuniting for a short holiday tour; "We’re trotting out the old show ponies!" they say. December dates include Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco…
When not playing bass in Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, Australian musician Donny Benet makes his own smooth blend of '80s soft rock, city pop and Italo disco. Earlier this year he released the Le Piano EP, which goes perfect…
Caroline Polachek has released a new single, "Sunset," a Sega Bodega-produced track with a video shot on location in Barcelona and co-directed by Caroline and Matt Copson. "Sunset" explores new sonic territory for Caroline, meshing pure pop with Spanish guitar…
This week wraps up Chesney Hawkes' "Chesney's in the Kitchen" residency on Toyah and King Crimson leader Robert Fripp's "Sunday Lunch" series, and they perform Fountains of Wayne's 2003 hit "Stacy's Mom." For some reason, Robert has been tied up and given…
