Questlove's award-winning Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) documentary brought renewed interest to 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival, which was held in Mount Morris Park (now known as Marcus Garvey Park) and dubbed the "Black Woodstock,"… Read More
Last summer, Lou Barlow and John Davis announced they were working on their first new Folk Implosion music together since 2000. (Barlow released The New Folk Implosion album in 2003 which didn't feature Davis.) Today, The Folk Implosion released the… Read More
Hop Along have announced a summer tour that has them out on the East Coast in the second half of July. The tour surrounds their appearance at SummerStage at Central Park on 7/21 with Lucy Dacus, and includes a headlining… Read More
As usual, BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU makes many of its playlist selections based on stories we ran in the last week, and our April 10 show kicks off with Portishead, who just announced their first show in years would… Read More
Back in March, Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp covered Living Colour's 1988 classic "Cult of Personality" in solidarity with Ukraine. They've now revisited the song for their Sunday Lunch covers series, with a little more of the flash and flair their known… Read More
Sleater-Kinney's third album and breakthrough, Dig Me Out, turns 25 today (4/8), and to celebrate they've announced a new album of other artists covering its songs. They've put together quite an exciting list of participating artists, including Courtney Barnett, St.… Read More
Emma Ruth Rundle has announced new album Electric Guitar Two: Dowsing Voice, which will be released May 13 via Sargent House. It's a quasi sequel to 2011's EG1 and she says it's "album of improvised music – with an emphasis… Read More
Motion City Soundtrack are gearing up to finally take their beloved 2005 sophomore album Commit This to Memory on tour this summer, and we're also teaming with the band on a new translucent ruby red vinyl pressing of their classic… Read More
It's a big week in Indie Basement: Wet Leg finally release their debut album; Pavement finally release the Terror Twilight deluxe edition; plus reviews of new albums by Orville Peck, Kae Tempest, Mick Trouble, The Pop Group's Mark Stewart (ft.… Read More
Regina Spektor was scheduled to play a big show at NYC's Carnegie Hall on Monday (4/11), but she's postponed it until July 19 because of the death of her father, Ilya Spektor. Tickets for the original date will be honored,… Read More