John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in March of 1981, was scheduled to play a show at Brooklyn's Market Hotel on July 8. The sold out show has now been cancelled. The venue made the announcement in… Read More
La Dispute's second LP, the sprawling post-hardcore opus Wildlife, turned 10 last year, and they've announced a (belated) anniversary tour to celebrate, happening this fall. "I didn’t spend much time looking ahead in the first five or so years of… Read More
Emo revival OGs Algernon Cadwallader recently announced that they're reuniting for their first tour in 10 years, including a Brooklyn show on October 20 at Monarch, which sold out immediately. Now they've added a second, bigger Brooklyn show happening October… Read More
Vashti Bunyan, grandmother of whispery folk, has had a wonderful resurgence into the indie music world throughout the past twenty years. The British singer got her start in the 1960s and early '70s with her album Just Another Diamond Day… Read More
Foo Fighters are paying tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins with two special, guest-filled shows. After revealing the special guests for London earlier today, they've now announced who will join them for the Los Angeles show. LA guests include… Read More
Brooklyn-based musician and songwriter Grace Ives' new album Janky Star came out this past Friday via True Panther/Harvest. It's full of offbeat pop gems, including singles "Angel of Business" and "Lullaby," and you can stream it below. Grace has announced… Read More
Japanese avant-garde metal vets Sigh have announced a new album, Shiki, due August 26 via Peaceville (pre-order). Here's some background, via the album announcement: The word "Shiki" itself has various meanings in Japanese such as four seasons, time to die,… Read More
Tickets for the Clutch, Quicksand, Helmet, and JD Pinkus (of Butthole Surfers) show at Palladium Times Square go on BrooklynVegan presale today (6/15) at noon. PASSWORD = BVCLUTCH. If you miss out on the presale, you can try again for… Read More
The Shins are celebrating the 21st birthday of their quietly game-changing debut album Oh, Inverted World this summer, and they've added a few new dates. The new shows are in NYC, Big Sur, Flagstaff, and Portland, and you can see… Read More
Santigold has announced a new album, Spirituals, which will be out September 9 via her own Little Jerk Records. “Recording this album was a way back to myself after being stuck in survival mode. It wasn’t until I made the… Read More