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Bill Pearis

New York

Senior Editor at Brooklyn Vegan

Senior Editor at https://t.co/iAcrePonME, general music nerd, also likes food, television, adventures and whatnot. Please don't call me Reg: it's not my name.

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  • 5 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

    This week on Toyah and Robert Fripp‘s Sunday Lunch YouTube series, they’re heading back to the innocent days of 2022 and their kitchen cover of AC/DC‘s classic, “Back in Black.” Robert is in his schoolboy best a la Angus Young, as is Toyah though she seems more inspired by Britney Spears as she shoots rubber bands at the camera. Watch that and AC/DC performing their original below. Pick up AC/DC music and merch in the BV shop.

  • 5 days ago | flipboard.com | Bill Pearis

    17 hours agoThom Yorke - the frontman for Radiohead and The Smile - has spoken out against the onslaught of artificial intelligence in music and the creative industries, insisting the technology can do nothing more than replicate "genuine human artistic expression".

  • 6 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

    Alf Clausen, the TV and film composer who most famously worked on The Simpsons from 1990 through 2017, died On May 29 at age 84. He had been living with Parkinson’s Disease for the last decade.

  • 1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

    Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. CROWBAR / EYEHATEGODCrowbar and Eyehategod have announced a co-headlining tour, kicking off August 8 in Tampa and wrapping up August 30 in New Orleans, with the bands swapping playing order depending on the city. NYC will be Rocks Off Concert Cruise on August 14 with Crowbar headlining. LAUFEYLaufey‘s new album A Matter of Time arrives in August, and she’s announced a North American tour supporting it.

  • 1 week ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

    Between our daily coverage, our Notable Releases and Indie Basement columns, and our monthly punk and rap roundups, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new music we’re excited about, we’ve been posting a new playlist each week with many of the songs we love that were (mostly) released that week.

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Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis @soundbitesnyc
9 May 25

This week's reviews column is up. Check out Le Volume Courbe and King Husky in particular

BrooklynVegan
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan

This week's Indie Basement reviews: Peter Murphy, Mclusky, Le Volume Courbe, Gene, Preoccupations, TVOD, King Hüsky, more https://t.co/KCfP13U0R9 https://t.co/sAIOOVXwqI

Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis @soundbitesnyc
26 Mar 25

Always fun to talk to Dan, and Destroyer's new album is great

BrooklynVegan
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan

Interview: Destroyer's Dan Bejar talks new album 'Dan's Boogie', "Bologna" Vs "Baloney," touring with Father John Misty, and more https://t.co/8ctVJdllvN https://t.co/AyU4AXCG2m

Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis @soundbitesnyc
5 Mar 25

The Pavement movie is still titled ‘Pavements’ despite what other websites may tell you, but this is a funny FYC trailer for the fake biopic within it

BrooklynVegan
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan

Watch a trailer for fake Pavement biopic 'Range Life' that's part of Alex Ross Perry's 'PAVEMENTS' movie https://t.co/NLHb4lry8A https://t.co/N7hXBATv0I