Former Bomb the Music Industry! bandmates Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson released Still Young, an EP of Neil Young covers, back in 2019, and now the duo have announced that they're celebrating the EP with a North American tour. Jeff… Read More
This is the 60th anniversary of the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, and as part of the year-long celebration there's a new documentary, The Sound of 007, that debuted on Amazon Prime today, looking at both Monty Norman and… Read More
Cinderblock — the short-lived early 1990s Buffalo hardcore band co-fronted by Scott Vogel (Terror, Buried Alive, Despair, Slugfest, etc) and Tim Redmond (drummer of Snapcase, Slugfest) that also featured guitarists Karl Dutton and Phil Popieski, bassist Clint Marriott, and future… Read More
Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, "college rock," and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new albums, reissues, box sets, books and sometimes movies and… Read More
Emily Scott Robinson will release Built on Bones, an EP-length "song cycle for the Witches of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth," on October 28 via the late John Prine's Oh Boy Records (pre-order). Here are more details: Originally commissioned for the Telluride… Read More
Fever Ray, aka former The Knife co-founder Karin Dreijer, have released new single "What They Call Us." The song, which was co-written and co-produced with their former Knife bandmate Olof Dreijer, is dark and sinewy, more dramatic than danceable, with… Read More
A Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute album called To the Moon and Back is arriving December 2 via Milan Records (pre-order). It features "remodels" of Ryuichi's songs by Thundercat, Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange), Cornelius, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Hildur Guðnadóttir, The Cinematic Orchestra,… Read More
Loretta Lynn died today at age 90, huge loss not just for country but music in general. There has been an outpouring of tributes today and here's one from Jack White who produced her great 2004 Grammy-winning album Van Lear… Read More
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. ALVVAYS Alvvays release their new album Blue Rev this week, and will be on tour with Slow Pulp starting next week, including Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on November 16.… Read More
Drake is headed to NYC for an intimate show next month. He'll play Harlem's Apollo Theater on November 11, presented by SiriusXM as part of their Small Stage Series. Like previous SiriusXM shows at The Apollo, tickets will be given… Read More