It's a holiday weekend in the US (not that the US has much to celebrate right now) and that means a shorter release week than usual. There are still some great ones, three of which I highlight below, and more… Read More
Today (7/1) is Sufjan Stevens' birthday, and to celebrate he's shared two new alternate versions of the gorgeous, haunting "Fourth of July," from his excellent 2015 album Carrie and Lowell. Both were recorded around 2014: the "April Base Version" at… 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. June is a wrap, summer… Read More
Poison are in the midst of their '80s rock-centric Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, and Joan Jett, but they were forced to cancel their Nashville set on Thursday night (7/30) when frontman Bret Michaels had a medical emergency.… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Combo Chimbita, Sunny Cheeba @ The Sultan Room Man Man, HARD TAYS NIGHT @ Elsewhere Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Antibalas @ Stone Pony Summer Stage SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Foreign Hands, Omerta @ Debonair Music Hall Alice Glass,… Read More
French post-metallers Year Of No Light are crossing the Atlantic in August for Psycho Las Vegas and will be doing a little touring while here, including Seattle, Portland and San Francisco shows with Marissa Nadler and Eight Bells, and then… Read More
Trustkill Records, one of the key labels in the development of metalcore in the '90s and 2000s, has uploaded its complete catalog (from 1994 to 2009) to Bandcamp. Label head Josh Grabelle writes: All original masters with high res artwork,… 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
Mary J. Blige released a new album, Good Morning Gorgeous, earlier this year, and she's now shared a new video for "Come See About Me" (feat. Fabolous) as part of the deluxe edition.The luxe, tropical music video follows the video… Read More
Felony For Existing is a new many-membered screamo project with over 20 different trans and/or non-binary performers, including Aki McCullough (Dreamwell), Kai Van Vlack (Trophy Hunt), Ryann Slauson (Closer, Sonagi), Harim Jung (Sonagi), Eve Beeker (To Be Gentle), Kevin Henson… Read More