Superchunk will release their 12th album, Wild Loneliness, on February 25 via Merge. Made during lockdown at their North Carolina home, the album features a number of guest appearances, including Sharon Van Etten, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack,… Read More
In honor of the 20th anniversary of emo's breakout year, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at the 20 best emo albums of 2001. Emo started in the 1980s and really came to be a widespread genre… Read More
We’ve been highly anticipating Factory Baby, the followup to Noname‘s 2018 album Room 25 that she said would drop later this year, but other than excellent new single “Rainforest” in February, there’s been no further word on it. Over the… Read More
When baby-faced Swedish rappers like Yung Lean and Bladee first started racking up views in the United States, their viral success was owed as much to the beats as it was the bars. The cooing vocal samples, angelic synths, and… Read More
The holidays are upon us, and whether you’re feeling festive or not, musicians are climbing aboard the tinsel bandwagon with new songs for the season. We offer to you a week’s worth of them, nestled in one place, like gifts… Read More
Between our daily coverage, our Notable Releases and Indie Basement columns, and our monthly punk and rap roundups, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new… Read More
Not only was Thursday the fifth night of Hanukkah, it was also the 37th anniversary of Yo La Tengo‘s first-ever show, which happened December 2, 1984 at Maxwell’s in Hoboken. To celebrate the double occasion, the band put together a… Read More
Not only does Grimes have a new AI girl goup, NPC, she’s also shared a new single of her own, “Player of Games,” which she says is the first of the “BOOK 1 era.” She debuted the song, which she… Read More