TONIGHT IN NYC: My Chemical Romance, Thursday, The Lemon Twigs @ Barclays Center Afropunk Festival w/ Burna Boy, Earl Sweatshirt, Lucky Daye, Mick Jenkins, Adekunle Gold, Ambre, Bartees Strange, Ekkstacy, Pink Siifu, Fana Hues, more @ Commodore Barry Park Pearl… Read More

Afropunk Festival returns for its first Brooklyn edition since 2019 this weekend (9/10-9/11) at Commodore Barry Park. If you aren't going in person, you can also stream it live on Afropunk's Twitch channel. It runs from 1 PM ET-10 PM… Read More

This week in heavy music, we got the incredible new Holy Fawn album (which you can read about in Notable Releases), plus albums from Ozzy Osbourne, Bloodbath, Revocation, Fallujah, Warforged, Slugcrust, Crippled Black Phoenix, I AM, Nadja, and more (hit… Read More

TONIGHT IN NYC: My Chemical Romance, Thursday, Badflower @ Barclays Center Afropunk Festival w/ The Roots, Isaiah Rashad, Freddie Gibbs, Tierra Whack, Adekunle Gold, Doechii, BbyMutha, Butcher Brown, Kah-Lo, Pawpaw Rod, Alex Mali, Lyric Michelle, more @ Commodore Barry Park… Read More

THE AFGHAN WHIGS / PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Indie rock greats The Afghan Whigs just released their ninth album, How Do You Burn?, and begin their Wish You Were Near tour tonight in Minneapolis. Dates are with Pink Mountaintops and the NYC… Read More

So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More

With Queen Elizabeth II's death on Thursday, there have been a lot of tributes to her, including some from surprising sources, but one we're probably not likely to get is from The Cure's Robert Smith. A longtime anti-monarchist, Smith actually… Read More

Megaforce Records cofounder Jon Zazula died in February, just a year after his wife, Marsha, passed away, and now their private collection of records, memorabilia and other items is up for auction. The auction is running now through September 11.… Read More

Brooklyn-based musician Grace Ives began her first ever headlining tour supporting her great new album Janky Star in her home city on Thursday night (9/8), playing a packed show at Elsewhere Zone One. Though she began the night with an… 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 music we’re excited about, we’ve been posting a new playlist… Read More