After breaking up in 2002, hugely influential metalcore/mathcore band Botch signed to Sargent House last year, finally bringing their catalog to streaming services and announcing that vinyl reissues of their discography were on the way. Bassist Brian Cook shot down… Read More
The Hold Steady have announced the 2022 edition of their annual "Massive Nights" run, happening November 30 – December 3 at Brooklyn Bowl in NYC. Tickets and four-day passes go on sale Friday, August 5 at 10 AM, with a… Read More
New Jersey emo vets The Early November have announced new, quasi-retrospective album Twenty, due on October 14 via Pure Noise (pre-order). The album features tracks written across their twenty-year career, many of them B-sides to older songs. Member Ace Enders… Read More
This weekend at Drake's OVO Fest in Toronto, Nelly Furtado made her first live appearance in five years. She was the last special guest to come out, after Drake brought out Keshia Chanté, K-Os, Maestro Fresh Wes, Shawn Desman, Kardinal Offishall and more… Read More
Northeast dance-punk/post-hardcore band Perennial released their new album In The Midnight Hour earlier this year (read the band's track-by-track breakdown for more), and they've now got a new video for "Soliloquy For Neil Perry." It embraces a similar aesthetic to… 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
Fresh off playing Sound and Fury and releasing a John Lennon cover, Militarie Gun have added more dates to their fall North American tour. Most dates are with MSPAINT, and additional support comes from PONY, Dazy, Public Opinion, and Entry,… Read More
Joe Walsh is reuniting his '60s/'70s band The James Gang for his annual VetsAid benefit concert that happens November 13 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. The Cleveland band, known for such songs as "Funk #49" and "Walk Away," will… Read More
Arcade Fire made a grand return to Canada this weekend, headlining Osheaga Festival in Montreal (where they replaced Foo Fighters) for their first Canadian show since 2018. During the Friday night (7/29) show, they covered Wolf Parade's "This Heart's On… Read More
In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously. Summer is flying, July is… Read More