It’s officially December, and that means year-end list season is in full swing. But the year is not over yet, and good albums are not done coming out. I highlight seven (technically ten) new releases below, Bill reviews Ultimate Painting… Read More
Back in May, Radiohead offshoot The Smile — Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, in collaboration with producer Nigel Godrich — announced their existence by appearing on the Glastonbury livestream festival back in May, playing an eight-song… Read More
Tierra Whack has released countless singles since putting out her instant-classic 2018 debut project Whack World, and now she’s put out the three-song Rap? EP, which is technically her first project since Whack World that’s more than just one single… Read More
Take Today are a punk band from the New Jersey/Pennsylvania area, and we’re stoked that they’re opening the Philly night of our BrooklynVegan showcases with Catbite, JER, and Teenage Halloween this January. They aren’t usually a ska band, but ahead… Read More
NPR unveiled their top albums of 2021 yesterday, and today they’ve followed that with a list of their picks for the year’s best songs. Like their album list, their song choices span mainstream pop, jazz, classical, experimental music, and more,… Read More
Damn: Australia’s Amyl & The Sniffers were due to be in NYC next week for a one-off show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday (12/6), but unfortunately that show has been canceled as singer Amy Taylor and drummer Gus Romer recently… Read More
CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON Charlotte Day Wilson just released the deluxe edition of Alpha (featuring BADBADNOTGOOD, Syd, King Princess, Amaarae, and Meshell Ndegeocello) and she also announced a 2022 tour. All dates (including Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 8)… Read More
Long Island/New York hardcore vets Kill Your Idols have released their first new song in 15 years, “Simple, Short & Fast,” which will appear on an upcoming split with LIHC newcomers Rule Them All, due February 4 via Flatspot Records… Read More
Yo La Tengo‘s annual Hanukkah celebration rolls on, and Night 3 featured Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, who released a collaborative album, Lost Futures, back in August. This was the guitarists’ first East Coast show as a duo, and Yo… Read More
NYC punks Lunachicks were scheduled to play their first shows in over a decade around the 2020 edition of Punk Rock Bowling. Those dates wound up being postponed because of COVID, of course, and after making their official return to… Read More