You may recall that Fruit Bats covered Smashing Pumpkins’ classic second album, Siamese Dream, in full last year for the Sounds Delicious series, and that’s now been shared to streaming services. Eric D. Johnson gives the alt-rock classic a decidedly… Read More
Martin Gore, who’s been Depeche Mode‘s chief songwriter for nearly four decades, turns 60 today (7/23). Happy birthday, Martin! As a present to us, Martin has shared the Barker remix of “Mandrill” from the upcoming The Third Chimpanzee Remixed album which… Read More
Raleigh, NC’s Hopscotch Music Festival returns this year from September 9-11 at City Plaza and Moore Square, and they’ve just revealed the lineup. Animal Collective and Flying Lotus will headline, and the 2021 lineup also includes Dr. Dog (part of… Read More
Boldy James and frequent collaborator The Alchemist have announced another album together, Bo Jackson, which is due August 13 via self-release and follows their 2020 album The Price of Tea of China, which was one of our favorite albums of… Read More
As you’ve probably seen, “breakthrough” COVID infections in fully vaccinated people have been in the news a lot lately as the Delta variant accounts for a larger and larger percentage of COVID cases in the country. We’re beginning to see… Read More
It was a very emo episode of Jeopardy! last night, when the genre was represented with not one but two of the answers. The less surprising one is when Jimmy Eat World was the answer to ‘this ‘planet-devouring’ band went… 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
Synthpop pioneer Gary Numan is reissuing all his Tubeway Army and solo singles from 1978-1983 as a new 7″ box set, due out November 5 via Beggars Arkive. All 15 singles — including classics like “Cars” and “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”… Read More
After going virtual in 2020 because of COVID, Afropunk is returning with an in-person event this fall. They’ve announced the lineup to their 2021 Atlanta edition, happening on September 25 and 26 at Atlantic Station Pinnacle Lot. It features Wale… Read More
Girls Go Ska is a ska band from Mexico City who have been releasing singles since 2020 and just put out their debut album, Frente Al Mar, which has been given a US release by the Ska Punk International label… Read More