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• 15 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2004

  23-05-2024 15:56 via brooklynvegan.com
  By 2004, the emo boom was really boomin’. Emo was just the pop music of its time at this point (one form of it, at least), and bands in the Victory/Vagrant/Drive-Thru mold were popping up left and right. It’s the year things started to get a little too oversaturated, so it makes sense why a lot of the great bands in this world wanted to break from that mold in the years that followed–some were already doing that in 2004. A lot of mainstream emo started to look and sound the sam
  
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• Sufjan Steven’s ‘Seven Swans’ getting 20th anniversary reissue

  23-05-2024 15:28 via brooklynvegan.com
  Sufjan Stevens will celebrate the 20th anniversary of 2004’s Seven Swans with an expanded deluxe ressiue, due out on June 21 via Asthmatic Kitty (preorder). Original b-sides “I Went Dancing With My Sister” and “Waste of What Your Kids Won’t Have” will accompany the album on a bonus flexi-disc, and they’ll also be available digitally for the first time. See the tracklist and stream the original album below.
  Sufjan released the fantastic Javelin last year,
  
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• The Rolling Stones add final show to North American Hackney Diamonds tour

  23-05-2024 15:14 via brooklynvegan.com
  As The Rolling Stones begin their two-night run at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium tonight (5/23) and Sunday (5/26), they’ve added what they say will be the final stop on their current North American “Hackney Diamonds” tour. It happens at Ridgedale, Missouri’s Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, and tickets go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10 AM CDT, with various presales starting Wednesday, May 29 at 10 AM CDT. See their updated dates below.
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• Melt-Banana announce first album in 11 years, ‘3+5’

  23-05-2024 15:04 via brooklynvegan.com
  Japanese noise rock legends Melt-Banana have announced their eighth album and first in 11 years, 3+5, due August 23 via the band’s own A-Zap Records (pre-order). The album bio was penned by the BBC’s Olli Siebelt, and it reads in part:
  The album showcases the duo’s visionary musical approach and extraordinary abilities as performers: Yasuko Onuki’s giddy, hyperactive vocalizing and Ichiro Agata’s glitchy, cyberpunk guitar, delivered at dizzying speed, bathed in aggr
  
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• Oasis announce 30th anniversary ‘Definitely Maybe’ reissue with previously unreleased tracks

  23-05-2024 14:26 via brooklynvegan.com
  As teased, Oasis have announced a 30th anniversary deluxe reissue of their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe. The album features “tracks from the discarded original recording session at Monnow Valley Studios, along with outtakes from the definitive album recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, newly mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho. The album also includes an unreleased demo version of ‘Sad Song.’ Originally released as a bonus track on the LP, th
  
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• Tour news: Remi Wolf, Aparna Nancherla, Funeral Chant, Philly Music Fest, Gift, more

  23-05-2024 00:35 via brooklynvegan.com
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  FUNERAL CHANT
  Oakland’s Funeral Chant, who Justin Ennis of Ulthar named a metal band to watch on our 2023 list, have announced their first East Coast tour. Things kick off in NYC at Trans-Pecos on August 8.MARYLAND DEATHFEST
  Ahead of its 2024 edition this weekend, Maryland Deathfest announced its first names for 2025, happening on May 22-25 in Baltimore.APARNA NANCHERLA
  Aparna Nancherla has a few
  
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