Last summer, amid Black Lives Matter protests and Confederate statues being taken down, Donald Trump announced plans for the National Garden of American Heroes, which would honor “historically significant” people "who made substantive contributions to America’s public life or otherwise… Read More
New Radicals, the short-lived band led by Gregg Alexander who released the iconic hit "You Get What You Give" in 1998 before breaking up the following year, will return for the first time in over two decades to perform at… Read More
NOTE: We post the newest livestreams in a new post every week. Make sure you're reading the newest edition of our roundup – check the livestream tag HERE for the latest. LAST UPDATED: 1/15 at 2:28 PM ET HERE ARE… Read More
During the hiatus between Built to Spill's 2001 album Ancient Melodies of the Future and 2006's You in Reverse, frontman Doug Martsch, joined by fretless glass-necked guitar inventor Ned Evett, BTS sound tech Ian Waters on drums, and John Mullin… Read More
We're two weeks into 2021 and it's already a killer year for heavy music. Last week we got the new Frozen Soul album (which you can pick up on limited baby blue vinyl in the new BrooklynVegan store), and this… Read More
This week for their ongoing collaborative covers series, Bill Callahan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy have taken on Air Supply's 1980 hit balled "Lost in Love." Emmett Kelly, who toured with Bonnie Prince Billy around this time last year, provides the… Read More
Thursday (1/14) night brought the sad news that the legendary Sylvain Sylvain died at 69, following a battle with cancer, leaving David Johansen as the only surviving member of the original New York Dolls lineup. David has now paid tribute… Read More
Goth-punk veterans AFI have been on a late-career creative roll since releasing the genuinely good AFI (The Blood Album) in 2017 and The Missing Man EP in 2018, and they recently confirmed that they'll put out their 11th full-length album… Read More
Super sad news, from Sylvain's own Facebook page: Sylvain Sylvain MizrahiRest In PeaceFebruary 14, 1951 ~ January 13, 2021 As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years. Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday… Read More
Laura Stevenson's second album with The Cans as her backing band, the modern classic Sit Resist, turns 10 this year, and we've very excited to be teaming up with her to help celebrate that anniversary with a livestream performance of… Read More