Amanda Hatfield

New York

photographer (of live music + more), visual artist, crazy cat lady, awkward. photo editor, social media manager, news, etc at @brooklynvegan. she/her, gay

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Articles

Metric drop off Bloc Party's 'Silent Alarm' tour due to "production issues"

1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Back in February, Bloc Party announced a tour celebrating 20 years of their 2005 debut album Silent Alarm, with support from Metric. Shows begin in May, but they’ll be without Metric, who have now dropped off the tour. Metric write:We are so sorry to come to you all with some disappointing news. Reluctantly, we are withdrawing from the upcoming tour with Bloc Party.
The Mars Volta announce fall tour

1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

The Mars Volta‘s fiery, psychedelic new album Lucro sucio; los ojos del vacío is out now (read our review), and now that they’ve wrapped up their tour supporting Deftones, they’ve announced new fall headlining shows. They run from October through November in North America, and you can see all dates below. The tour includes an NYC show at Brooklyn Paramount on November 9. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, April 18 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Monday, April 14 at 10 AM local.
The Sound of Animals Fighting announce fall tour w/ This Will Destroy You, The Casket Lottery & more

1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Experimental post-hardcore supergroup The Sound of Animals Fighting (featuring Anthony Green, members of RX Bandits and more) returned in 2022 with Apeshit, their first EP in 14 years, and now they’ve announced a fall tour. These will be their first shows since 2023, and they’ve lined up some killer support from This Will Destroy You and The Casket Lottery, plus Hard Chiller and Soft Blue Shimmer joining them for select shows. See all dates below.
My Chemical Romance giving 'Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge' deluxe reissue ft. previously unheard tracks

1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Ahead of their The Black Parade tour, My Chemical Romance have announced a deluxe reissue of their 2004 sophomore album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, due out 21 years to the day after its original release, on June 6.
Lana Del Rey shares new single "Henry, come on"

1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Lana Del Rey‘s highly anticipated new country album The Right Person Will Stay has largely been a mystery so far, but a month ahead of its scheduled release in May, she’s given us the first preview with “Henry, come on.” The moody ballad has a little twang and nods heavily to western iconography — “soft leather, blue jeans” and “go on and giddy up” included — and sits atop pretty, cinematic strings. She wrote it with country songwriter Luke Laird, and you can hear it below.
Murder by Death detail final album 'Egg & Dart,' share "Wandering"

2 weeks ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Earlier this year, gothic country vets Murder by Death announced that after 25 years as a band, they’d be going on a final tour and releasing a final album. They’ve now revealed details of the latter. They’re self-releasing Egg & Dart on June 13, and they recorded it in Los Angeles with Kevin Ratterman.
Kaonashi announce new LP ft. Anthony Green, share "When I Say"

2 weeks ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Philly post-hardcore band Kaonashi have announced a new album, I Want To Go Home, due out June 6 via Equal Vision. It’s the follow-up to their great 2021 concept album Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year and its accompanying EPs, and it brings that narrative to a close.
John Carpenter adds 2nd rare NYC show (on BV Presale - password here)

2 weeks ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Horror/sci-fi icon and musician John Carpenter will play a rare Los Angeles residency this fall, and last month he announced an NYC show happening ahead of them. That show, happening on October 10 at Knockdown Center, is now sold out, so he’s added a second show the night before, on October 9 at Knockdown Center. You can get tickets on BrooklynVegan Presale starting today (4/10) at 1 PM ET with the password CARPENTERBKVII (it will come up automatically).
Mac DeMarco adds new NYC & LA shows to fall tour

2 weeks ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Mac DeMarco just announced a North American tour supporting his first album in two years, which arrives this summer. Now that presales have begun, he’s added a couple of additional shows: second nights in Los Angeles (August 29 and 30 at Greek Theatre) and NYC (September 7 and 8 at Radio City Music Hall). Tickets to those and all dates go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 11 at 10 AM local, and you can see all dates below.
Patti Smith releasing new memoir, 'Bread of Angels'

2 weeks ago | brooklynvegan.com | Amanda Hatfield

Patti Smith has a new memoir on the way this fall, Associated Press reports. Bread of Angels is due out on November 4 via Random House and Bloomsbury Trade (in the UK), and it will focus on her childhood in “working class Philadelphia and South Jersey,” her move to Michigan, her marriage to Fred “Sonic” Smith, and her grief over his death in 1994. Here’s the synposis:God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper, writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist.