LVL UP was a band from 2011 through 2018. The band members were Greg Rutkin (drums), Nick Corbo (vocals/bass), Dave Benton (vocals/guitar) and Mike Caridi (vocals/guitar). This interview piece serves as both an endcap of their time together as LVL… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Band of Horses @ Brooklyn Made Phil Lesh & Friends @ Capitol Theatre Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real @ Brooklyn Steel Robert Finley, I&R @ Mercury Lounge Namesake, Bipolar, 95 Bulls @ TV Eye —… Read More
Rare Metal Blade variants now available individually in the BV shop… Earlier this year, an eight-album, nine-disc vinyl Metal Blade Records vinyl box set became available — featuring records by GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, King Diamond, The Black Dahlia Murder, Amon… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got the awesome surprise new Knocked Loose EP/short film (read my review) and the debut album by Horrendous/Crypt Sermon offshoot The Silver (read the band’s track-by-track breakdown), and we also got new albums from… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: IDLES, Gustaf @ Terminal 5 Laura Stevenson, Anika Pyle @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Japanese Breakfast, Luna Li @ Brooklyn Steel King Woman, Confines, Octonomy @ Saint Vitus Bar Steve Earle, Elijah Wolf @ Brooklyn Made Kaytranada… Read More
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. SZA SZA will be playing a few “intimate performances” in November, hitting Houston, Austin and Dallas before leaving Texas for Denver and Salt Lake City before winding up at… Read More
Between our daily coverage, our Notable Releases and Indie Basement columns, and our monthly punk and rap roundups, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new… Read More
Japanese Breakfast leader Michelle Zauner has been having a huge year, including the release of the band’s third album Jubilee in June; her memoir, Crying in H Mart, in April (which was also acquired for a film adaptation); and Sable,… Read More
There is an insane amount of music out today and this week I take a look at six releases: Luna and Galaxie 500’s Dean Wareham is back with his first proper studio album in seven years; London’s Vanishing Twin continue… Read More
You may remember back in August, longtime Cure bassist Simon Gallup said he had left the band, writing on his Facebook, “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure ! Good luck to them… Read More