Chvrches are on a real ’80s Alternative kick lately. They scored Robert Smith as a collaborator on their single “How Not to Drown,” and now they’ve covered Echo & The Bunnymen‘s classic “The Killing Moon” for Amazon Music’s new DV8 playlist… Read More
Old friends and frequent collaborators Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson have just released Refuge, a gorgeous album that is unlike any either have made before. Created during 2020 lockdown, it’s a seamless, hour-long trip that features appearances by Mary Lattimore… Read More
Tickets for the BrooklynVegan and Saint Vitus co-presented Crime In Stereo (playing The Troubled Stateside), Koyo, Hangman, and Become One show at Elsewhere Hall go on sale today (8/13) at noon. It’s a multi-generational Long Island emo/hardcore show, with not… Read More
There have been rumors that the “mystery band” playing Gainesville punk festival The Fest is ’90s buzz bin band turned Twitter MVPs Eve 6, and today The Fest has confirmed that the rumors are true. They’ve also added Chuck Ragan… Read More
As mentioned, Portland straightedge band Enact (members of Dying For It, Cutting Through, Blue Monday, and XCauterizeX) are putting out a two-song promo on August 20 via WAR Records (pre-order). They recently released “Hear My Voice,” and we’re now premiering… Read More
This week: “punk professor,” reggae expert and all-around cool person Vivien Goldman releases her first-ever solo album; A Certain Ratio wrap up their three EP series; Chorusing delivers hushed-and-haunted synth folk; Stephen Duffy unearths an album’s worth of song by his… Read More
The concerts-during-COVID restrictions continue to increase, with even outdoor events like SummerStage in NYC requiring proof of vaccination as of this week. And even with restrictions like those, it’s still hard to say what the future will bring. Even Fred… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Modest Mouse, The Districts @ Brooklyn Steel Porches, Liam Benzvi, And Me, Slick Bill @ Baby’s All Right Tobin Sprout, The Natvral @ The Saint Ben Seretan, Dave Scanlon, Field Guides, Suzie Kim, Nico Hedley, Natasha Bisouxxxx,… Read More
NYC underground rap leader MIKE has announced a fall headlining tour in support of his great new album Disco!, and he also put out a new video for two of the album’s songs, “Aww (Zaza)” and “Ghoulish.” The video, which… Read More
Having just played two nights at Radio City Music Hall with Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett has canceled a six-date fall tour that was to have started September 25 in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Earlier this year, Bennett’s family revealed that the singer had been… Read More