As a rule, New Yorkers like to think they're ready for anything. Blackouts, earthquakes, floods… but maybe not possums. That's what happened, though, when a marsupial wandered into Greenpoint's Temkin's Bar on Thursday night (5/26). Luckily one of the human patrons was prepared.… Read More
Sacramento post-hardcore vets Will Haven are back with their first new song in four years, "Wings of Mariposa," and it's a fired-up, super-heavy song that really suggests this band still has more to say. It serves as a precursor for… Read More
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are releasing their first new single in nine years next week. "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" features Perfume Genius, and is their first taste of their new for Secretly Canadian. The song will be out… Read More
Veteran concert promoter and venue owner Peter Shapiro was the owner of celebrated Tribeca nightclub Wetlands, and he currently has Brooklyn Bowl's NYC, Philadelphia, Nashville, and Las Vegas locations, and Port Chester's Capitol Theatre. He's announced a new memoir, The… Read More
The Flatliners have been gradually expanding their 20th anniversary tour, but they've kept quiet about new music… until now! They've just announced their first album in five years, New Ruin, due August 5 via Fat Wreck Chords/Dine Alone. The first… Read More
Are you ready for the summer? I am not and thankfully it's still three weeks away, but of course Memorial Day Weekend is the psychic start of the season with cookouts, "tentpole" movies, outdoor concerts and white jeans. (Maybe that… Read More
Neil Young continues to dig through his vast archives, unearthing live recordings and studio albums he's been sitting on for decades, and he's announced Toast. He made the album with Crazy Horse in 2001 but never released it, and it… Read More
It's the start of Memorial Day Weekend, which means summer is unofficially here, and which maybe means barbecues and/or an extra day off. Nothing goes better with summer barbecues than music, so luckily there's plenty of that this week. I… Read More
It's the start of Memorial Day Weekend, which means summer is unofficially here, and which maybe means barbecues and/or an extra day off. Nothing goes better with summer barbecues than music, so luckily there's plenty of that this week. I… Read More
Queens reggae/rocksteady band The Frightnrs have just released their new album Always, via Daptone Records. It follows 2016's Nothing More To Say, which was recorded before before frontman Dan Klein tragically passed away at age 33 from A.L.S, and this… Read More