Summer in NYC means Rocks Off Concert Cruises and there are some good ones in the punk and ska realm coming up this month and next. There are TWO on August 12, including NYHC vets Murphy's Law doing their annual… Read More
DJ Kool Herc, who's credited with birthing hip hop during his 1970s parties at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, has teamed with Christie's for an online auction of memorabilia, including an old sound system, turntables, records, a film projector,… Read More
Earlier this year, Mike Kinsella and his cousin/American Football bandmate Nate Kinsella launched their new band Lies with two new songs, and now they've released a third, "Summer Somewhere." It's a pulsating, synthy art pop song, and Mike Kinsella's unmistakable… Read More
Local H will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2002 album Here Comes the Zoo on tour this fall. These are "An Evening With Local H" shows, and they'll be playing the album in full, plus a set songs… Read More
Denver crust/deathgrinders Vermin Womb (who are fronted by Primitive Man's Ethan McCarthy and also feature members of Ethan's former band Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire) have announced their sophomore album, Retaliation, following 2016's Decline. It was recorded… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Khruangbin, Vieux Farka Touré @ BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival mewithoutYou, Why? @ Warsaw Norah Jones, Regina Spektor @ Forest Hills Stadium Homeboy Sandman, Deca @ Baby's All Right Club Quarantine Live ft. D-Nice & special guests Ashanti,… Read More
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Former Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham is on tour in Europe and the UK in September and October, and on returning to the states has a… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We… Read More
yeule released their great new album, Glitch Princess, back in February, and they just wrapped up a short US tour supporting it, which included a set at Pitchfork Festival and a pair of NYC shows at Bowery Ballroom and National… Read More
IDLES have released a music video for "Stockholm Syndrome" off their latest album, last year's Crawler (order on vinyl). The surreal and macabre video was directed by Charlotte Gosch and IDLES guitarist Lee Kiernan, who explain: The initial idea of… Read More