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• Drake drops 7+ minute Kendrick Lamar diss track, “Family Matters”

  04-05-2024 05:45 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef escalated this week when Kendrick dropped not one but two Drake diss tracks, “Euphoria” and “6:16 In LA,” and now Drake has responded. He just put out “Family Matters,” a seven-and-a-half minute song with multiple beat switches that feels like as much of a musical response to “Euphoria” as a lyrical one. While he’s at it, Drake also takes shots at The Weeknd, Future, Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, and Rick Ross. A
  
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• 11 Metal Bands to Watch in 2024

  24-05-2024 21:58 via brooklynvegan.com
  Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track of, from still-active veterans to rising new bands with buzzed-about demos. We’re always looking for more new bands to listen to, so earlier this year we again reached out to an array of metal lovers to ask them what metal bands they think people should be keeping an eye on. Each person
  
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• Tour news: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Marcos Valle, Super American, Marc Ribot, Deep in the Valley fest, more

  24-05-2024 19:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
  Afrobeat greats Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 are on tour in the US this summer and stops include LA’s Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival on June 16 ,and a free NYC show in Prospect Park on July 13 as part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival that’s also with Lollise, Rich Medina, IAM LOVE.SUPER AMERICAN / SYDNEY SPRAGUE / SUMMERBRUISE
  Buffalo emo/pop-punk band Super Americ
  
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• Firewalker announce new LP ‘Hell Bent’ (stream a track)

  24-05-2024 19:17 via brooklynvegan.com
  Boston hardcore band Firewalker have announced their sophomore album, Hell Bent, due June 28 via Triple B Records (pre-order). It’s their first LP since 2017 and first new music since their 2022 demo. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by drummer Sasha Stroud at her NYC studio, Artifact Audio, and it features a song with guest vocals by Trapped Under Ice/Angel Du$t’s Justice Tripp. Guitarist Cecelia Halle says:
  After being a band for nearly ten years, we wanted to create an
  
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• Listen to Joshua Moshier’s ‘Semipermanence’ (and watch Fred Armisen listen to it)

  24-05-2024 17:38 via brooklynvegan.com
  Emmy-nominated composer Joshua Moshier (Baskets, Documentary Now!) just released his new album, Semipermanence, which features contributions from Jeff Parker, Macie Stewart, Caroline Davis, Akenya, and more.
  “I was inspired in part by albums like Quincy Jones’s The Dude and Paul Simon’s Graceland, where disparate styles and performers piece together like a puzzle into something unified and new,” Joshua says of the album. “I loved the process of turning my
  
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• Watch Jane’s Addiction reunite classic lineup & debut new song “Imminent Redemption”

  24-05-2024 17:26 via brooklynvegan.com
  Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro sat out the band’s fall 2022 and 2023 shows due to long Covid symptoms, but he’s officially back in action, and joined them at an intimate show at London’s Bush Hall on Thursday night (5/23). Co-founding bassist Eric Avery had already re-joined the band in 2022, making Thursday night’s show their first with their classic lineup since 2010. “We’re back,” they wrote on Instagram.
  The setlist featured the live d
  
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• Listen to The Chameleons’ first new music in 23 years

  24-05-2024 16:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  With a sound that was equal parts driving and dreamy, The Chameleons’ three original ’80s albums have influenced everything from the ’00s post-punk revival (Interpol, Editors, The Horrors) to the current shoegaze revival. The band never got their due during their original run, though, and broke up shortly after releasing their major label debut, 1986’s Strange Times, thanks to the record industry grist mill and some particularly bitter infighting. Improbably, all fou
  
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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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• Drugdealer announce US tour

  22-05-2024 23:35 via brooklynvegan.com
  Drugdealer has announced a US tour happening in August. They’ll first hit the East Coast for shows in NYC and Boston and then head back to California for stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Pioneertown and more. All dates are listed below.
  The NYC show is August 3 at Bowery Ballroom, and tickets for all dates go on sale Thursday, March 23 at 10 AM local time.
  Drugdealer – 2024 US Tour Dates8/1 – Boston – Brighton Music Hall8/3 – NYC – Bowery Ballro
  
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• CRSSD FEST 2024: Disclosure, Four Tet, BICEP, Soulwax, Gesaffelstein, more

  21-05-2024 21:36 via brooklynvegan.com
  The 2024 edition of San Diego’s CRSSD Festival happens September 28 & 29 at Waterfront Park and they’ve just announced the lineup. It includes Disclosure, Gesaffelstein, Four Tet, BICEP in their CHROMA guise, Skream, TOKIMONSTA, Soulwax,  BLOND:ISH, Confidence Man, Idris Elba, Gorgon City, Boris Brejcha, Walker & Royce, 999999999, Erol Alkan, Luke Alessi, Klangkuenstler, and more.
  Tickets for CRSSD 2024 go on sale Friday, May 31 at 12 PM Pacific.
  More artists are still t
  
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• Anika Pyle announces East Coast shows with Julia Blair, Trace Mountains & more

  21-05-2024 21:24 via brooklynvegan.com
  Anika Pyle (formerly of Chumped) released her new EP Four Corners back in February, and she’s announced a few East Coast shows in June supporting it. She’ll stop in NYC (Sundown on June 27), Philadelphia (God’s Auto Body and Spa on June 28), and Washington DC (The Cool House on June 29). Philly and DC are both house shows, and you can RSVP for their addresses; Sundown tickets are on sale now.
  Anika will have a full band for all three shows, and all three are with Julia Blair of
  
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• Luna Li announces fall North American tour

  21-05-2024 20:26 via brooklynvegan.com
  Luna Li announced her new album, When a Thought Grows Wings, last week, and now she’s announced a tour supporting it. She’ll travel North America in September and October, starting in San Diego on September 10 and wrapping up in Los Angeles on October 15. See all dates below.
  The NYC show is at Bowery Ballroom on September 23. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, May 24 at 10 AM ET, with various presales happening now.
  LUNA LI: 2024 TOUR DATESJul 25, 2024 Calgary Folk Music Festiv
  
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• Cosmic Psychos touring after Punk Rock Bowling with Zeke and Nine Pound Hammer

  21-05-2024 20:22 via brooklynvegan.com
  Aussie punk icons Cosmic Psychos are in the US starting Memorial Day Weekend, when they’ll play Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas. After that, they’ll head out on tour with West Coast dates featuring Seattle hardcore vets Zeke, while East Coast dates are with long-running KY punks Nine Pound Hammer. All dates are listed below.
  The tour ends in NYC at Gramercy Theatre on June 22. Tickets are on sale now.
  COSMIC PSYCHOS – 2024 TOUR DATES24-27 MAY 2024 Las Vegas, NV Punk Rock Bowling
  
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• David Cross plots ‘The End of the Beginning of the End Tour’ w/ Sean Patton ++ other dates

  21-05-2024 20:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  David Cross will be on the “The End of the Beginning of the End Tour” this fall. Sean Patton will be along for most dates, with Shane Torres opening in San Diego and Oakland. The tour ends in Missoula, MT where David will tape his new standup special.
  Before that you can catch David honing his new show at Brooklyn’s Littlefield on June 23, and he’s also got a big SummerStage in Central Park show on August 8 which features Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Fred Armisen, Sean
  
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• Amyl & The Sniffers share new songs “U Should Not Be Doing That” & “Facts”

  21-05-2024 19:34 via brooklynvegan.com
  Amyl & The Sniffers are back with their with their first new music since 2021’s Comfort to Me. “U Should Not Be Doing That” and “Facts” are also the Australian band’s first releases for B2B Music / Virgin Music Group, and were made with producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, IDLES, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
  “Lyrically they’re both pretty self-explanatory,” says Amyl’s Amy Taylor. “‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ m
  
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• Respire announce new album ‘Hiraeth,’ share “Distant Light of Belonging”

  21-05-2024 19:29 via brooklynvegan.com
  Toronto screamo (and more) band Respire have announced a followup to 2020’s great Black Line, Hiraeth, due July 26 via their new label home, Dine Alone Records (pre-order). “The album serves as a tribute to those who have uprooted their lives and their families in search of hope and a better future,” the band says. “It also serves as a cautionary tale to those who remain complacent, falsely secure in the privileges of their illusory societal positions. Hiraeth is a manife
  
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• Tirzah announces US shows (BrooklynVegan Presale for NYC w/ Loraine James & Purelink)

  21-05-2024 19:08 via brooklynvegan.com
  Tirzah was forced to cancel her fall 2023 North American tour after getting pneumonia, but she’s announced she’ll return to the US for a new round of shows this summer. She also has dates in Europe, the UK, and Australia, including a London show supporting PJ Harvey. See all dates below.
  The NYC show is on August 9 at Knockdown Center. It’s a killer lineup with UK experimental composer, producer and singer Loraine James, and ambient-dub-techno trio Purelink. You can get tickets
  
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• GEL announce fall tour w/ MSPAINT, Destiny Bond & The Mall + more Fiddlehead dates

  21-05-2024 18:18 via brooklynvegan.com
  GEL have announced a fall tour with with their former Convulse Records labelmates MSPAINT and Destiny Bond, and most dates also feature St. Louis synthpunks (and past MSPAINT tourmates) The Mall. Kicking off September 10 in Washington, DC, they make their way around the US and Canada before heading back to the East Coast, wrapping up in Boston on October 21.
  The NYC stop is hardcore’s favorite new Manhattan venue Bowery Ballroom (Drain played there last night) on October 19. Tickets for al
  
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• Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp revisit INXS’ “The Devil Inside” ++ summer tour dates

  19-05-2024 13:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  It’s another trip into the archives this week on Toyah and King Crimson leader Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch series as they revisit their 2022 cover of INXS‘ “The Devil Inside.” This time it’s Robert taking the song title (and original video) literally with his costume while Toyah is dressed vaguely gothy. Watch that and INXS’ video below.
  In other news, Toyah & Robert are taking Sunday Lunch on the road again this summer for the Rock Party Tour which
  
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• Echo & The Bunnymen brought ‘Songs to Learn & Sing’ to Brooklyn Steel (review, setlist, video)

  18-05-2024 20:28 via brooklynvegan.com
  The lights went down at Brooklyn Steel and the packed house cheered as Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant walked on stage…alone. Approaching the center stage mic, he greeted the audience and then said, “Just to let you know, Mac’s got a bit of laryngitis,” Sergeant said to some immediate grumbling from the audience. “The show must go on, of course, but just know Mac won’t be at 100% strength. 99.5, though. See ya in a minute.”
  With expectat
  
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• Tour news: Grupo Frontera, The Dismemberment Plan, Astrid Sonne, Louisa Stancioff, The Sewerheads, more

  18-05-2024 00:13 via brooklynvegan.com
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  GRUPO FRONTERA
  Fresh off releasing their sophomore album Jugando A Que No Pasa Nada, Texas norteño band Grupo Frontera have announced a tour starting in late summer that includes a Brooklyn show at Barclays Center on August 29.RAPSODY
  North Carolina rapper Rapsody released her very good new album Please Don’t Cry on Jamla/Roc Nation (read our review), and now she has ann
  
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• Rapsody announces tour behind new album ‘Please Don’t Cry’

  17-05-2024 22:30 via brooklynvegan.com
  North Carolina rapper Rapsody released her very good new album Please Don’t Cry on Jamla/Roc Nation (read our review), and now she has announced a tour supporting it. It includes four Europe/UK shows in September followed by a fall North American tour, with support on the N.A. dates from New York’s Niko Brim. An artist presale is underway now, followed by more presales on Monday (5/20) and the general public on-sale on Tuesday (5/21).
  NYC gets a stop on September 22 at Bowery Ballroo
  
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• Steve Albini’s bands Shellac and Big Black return to Spotify & other streaming services

  17-05-2024 22:01 via brooklynvegan.com
  Steve Albini, who died last week, was not a fan of Spotify or streaming services in general. His band Shellac used to be on most streaming services but their music was pulled off Spotify in early 2022 and as of yesterday none of their music had been available anywhere but Bandcamp. Multiple times in the last two years Albini has written on X/Twitter, “Spotify is an awful company and we don’t want to be part of their business.”
  But today (5/17), the same day as Shellac’s p
  
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• Gatecreeper’s 10 favorite melodic death metal albums

  16-05-2024 16:10 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Arizona death metallers Gatecreeper are gearing up to release their excellent new album Dark Superstition tomorrow (May 17) via Nuclear Blast. We’ll have a review of that soon, but first, vocalist Chase Mason and bassist Alex Brown have made us a list of their favorite melodic death metal albums, to go along with this new melodeath-leaning LP. It includes Dismember (whose Fred Etsby assisted Gatecreeper on the new album) and In Flames (who Gatecreeper are on tour with as we speak), plus al
  
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• Stream Islands’ “The End” off their “final album”

  16-05-2024 16:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Montreal indie vets Islands are gearing up to release their 10th album, What Occurs, on June 21 (pre-order), and band leader Nick Thorburn also says it will be their last. We’re premiering album closer “The End,” and here’s what Nick says about it:
  The final song on the final album from Islands pulls no punches. It’s The End. We’ve reached the last stop on the station, and it’s time to disembark into the void. With this song, I wanted to look back on the
  
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