R.E.M.‘s debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” turns 40 today. Originally released on the Hib-Tone label, produced by Mitch Easter and backed with “Sitting Still,” this is different from the version found on their debut album, Murmur. Out of print and… Read More
Genre-defying metal band Inter Arma announced a run of East Coast shows with NY mainstays Artificial Brain, including a date at the soon-to-reopen Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn on November 5, with local death metal supergroup Glorious Depravity (members of… Read More
Butthole Surfers and sometimes Melvins bassist Jeff “JD” Pinkus will release new album Fungus Shui on August 21 via Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise. It’s his second solo album of what he calls “spacegrass” banjo music, pretty much just him, his instrument and… Read More
Los Angeles band FEELS are putting the finishing touches on their their third album which will be released by Wichita Recordings. (Their last album, Post Earth, came out in February 2019.) To hold you over till then, they’ve got an… Read More
We may never know the full story behind the Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco that brought Rudy Giuliani to the parking lot of a desolate block in Philadelphia near an adult book store and a crematorium to hold a Trump… Read More
Tickets to three newly-added shows at new Bushwick venue Brooklyn Made — Boy Harsher on October 31, Whitney on November 2, and The Wallflowers on November 10 — go on BrooklynVegan Presale today (7/8) at 10 AM with the password… Read More
Tickets to The Microphones‘ Brooklyn show at the ornate, gorgeous St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church on March 8, 2022 — part of his North American tour — go on BrooklynVegan Presale today (7/8) at 10 AM ET with… Read More
Thurston Moore has a memoir on the way titled Sonic Life. Pitchfork notes he told Vulture last year than pandemic lockdown had given him time to finish and he hoped to release it in 2021. (He has his own publishing company, Ecstatic Peace… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We… Read More
With COVID cases on the decline and vaccination rates on the rise, tours and festivals are being announced and happening again. Check the Tour Dates category for more tour-related news. THE WALLFLOWERS Jakob Dylan’s band The Wallflowers will release Exit Wounds, their… Read More