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
Denver's Public Opinion hail from the hardcore scene, but they've clearly got a big love for early 2000s rock revival acts like The Hives and The Strokes. "We’re either the surprisingly poppy band on the hardcore show or the surprisingly… Read More
Mike Park is one of the most influential figures in American ska thanks to Skankin' Pickle, The Chinkees, and The Bruce Lee Band, and with his long-running label Asian Man Records, he's also one of the most influential (and committed)… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Tirzah, Ouri @ Brooklyn Steel Citizen, Ceremony, all under heaven @ Asbury Lanes Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Macseal, Insignificant Other, California Cousins @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Cut Worms, John Andrews & The Yawns, Ryan Sambol… Read More