Brooklyn-based musician Grace Ives began her first ever headlining tour supporting her great new album Janky Star in her home city on Thursday night (9/8), playing a packed show at Elsewhere Zone One. Though she began the night with an… 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 music we’re excited about, we’ve been posting a new playlist… Read More
Reggae revivalist Kabaka Pyramid has announced a new album, The Kalling, due September 30 via Ghetto Youths International/Bebble Rock Music (pre-order). It includes his recent singles "Red Gold and Green," (ft. Damian Marley), "Grateful" (ft. Jemere Morgan), and "Make Things… Read More
Triple B Records is throwing America's Hardcore Fest from December 1-3 in Cambridge at The Middle East and Sonia, and the lineup is stacked. It's got Fiddlehead, Vein, Fuming Mouth, Mindforce, Sunami, Magnitude, Division of Mind, Pain of Truth, Restraining… Read More
Long Island punk/melodic hardcore greats Iron Chic and supergroup Ways Away (vocalist/guitarist Jesse Barnett of Stick To Your Guns, guitarist Sergie Loobkoff of Samiam and Knapsack, drummer Jared Shavelson of The Hope Conspiracy, Boysetsfire, etc, and bassist Ian Smith who… Read More
New York Fashion Week is officially upon us, with runway shows for designers' spring/summer 2023 collections and a whole bevy of private, secret, invite-only, or otherwise hard to get into parties and special events, some of which have cool musical… Read More
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday after a 70-year reign, and many, many musicians have reacted on social media but there are a few that many have wondered just how they'd react. Chief among them: members of The Sex Pistols, whose… Read More
Dream Unending — the collaborative project of Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold) and Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Sumerlands) — released one of our favorite metal albums of 2021 with their debut album Tide Turns Eternal, and spilled the beans shortly after… Read More
Labor Day is past and the tap is open on new releases. This is a very big week and I look at nine albums (well eight and a mixtape), including ones from alt rock royalty Built to Spill and The Afghan Whigs,… Read More
Rosalía released the fantastic Motomami in March, and she's now expanded it with a new deluxe edition, Motomami +, featuring new tracks. One of those is recent single "Despechá," which she's also shared a new video for, and there's also… Read More