Brooklyn Vegan

Established in 2004, BrooklynVegan is a vibrant, independent blog based in New York City that covers a wide range of music genres along with international music updates. The blog offers insights on album releases, concert reviews, photography, festival highlights, tour schedules, industry gossip, and streaming content for songs and albums. In addition to music, you'll find articles about comedy, television, films, and burlesque. Each post encourages reader interaction through comments and social media. We also host various live events and produce a radio show for SiriusXMU.

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Jonathan Richman reunites with Jerry Harrison on new album, on tour now - hear 2 songs

2 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Jonathan Richman is back with a new album, Only Frozen Sky Anyway, which will be out July 16 via his own Blue Arrow Records. Like 2021’s Want to Visit My Inner House?, this one was co-produced by Talking Heads‘ Jerry Harrison, who, before joining that band, was a member of Jonathan’s band The Modern Lovers.
OSEES announce new album: hear "Flight Simulator"

2 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

OSEES will release a new album, Abomination Revealed at Last, on August 8 via frontman John Dwyer’s Deathgod Records (fka Castle Face). “Well this album just channelled out of the mist of atrocities swirling around the planet right now,” Dwyer says. “AI empathy, genocides, social media data collection & addiction, the alignment of tech billionaires with the fascist overlords and their armada of dogs, civilians being kidnapped by bootlicking thugs, the death of due process…the list goes on and on.
Tour news: Lyle Lovett, Kula Shaker, Quannnic, Murphy's Law & H2O, William Basinski, more

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. LYLE LOVETT AND HIS ACOUSTIC GROUPLyle Lovett will take his Acoustic Group on the road this summer and fall and he’s just announced a new leg of the tour, hitting Durham, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Shreveport and more. TV ON THE RADIOTV On The Radio are playing a special show Under the K Bridge in Brooklyn in September with a lineup that includes Flying Lotus, Sudan Archives, Moor Mother, SPELLLING and more TBA.
Robert Fripp is on Cameo (so is Toyah)

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

King Crimson founder and popular YouTuber Robert Fripp is expanding his empire and joined Cameo, the service where you can pay famous people to make short video greeting for you. (H/t Stereogum’s Instagram.) It’s $99 to get a video made and here’s the description from his Cameo profile:Fripp’s personalized videos are a treat for any devoted Crimson or Fripp enthusiast.
Wisp announce debut album & headline tour: hear 3 tracks

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Following a string of EPs and opening slots for Slowdive, Whirr, Panchiko and more, rising shoegaze artist Wisp has now announced her debut album, If Not Winter, which is out August 1 via Interscope. The album includes recent singles “Sword” and “Get Back to Me” and the just-released “Save Me Now,” which Wisp says “represents the desperation for attention, sometimes mistaken as love, when you are in a lonely and vulnerable place.
Vampire Weekend announce 2 Wellmont Theater shows w/ Ezra's high school band Sophisticuffs

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Vampire Weekend will be continuing their Only God Was Above Us tour starting later this summer and running into the fall with a mix of festival appearances (Fuji Rock, Outside Lands, Shaky Knees, more) and headline shows. They’ve just added a few of the latter in the US, including New Orleans, Las Vegas, and two in NJ. All dates are listed below. The NJ shows are at the 2500-capacity Wellmont Theater on September 15 & 16.
GWAR announce 40th anniversary tour with Helmet, Dwarves & Blood Vulture

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

GWAR will celebrate their 40th anniversary of invading Planet Earth with a fall tour that will also feature Helmet, Dwarves, and Blood Vulture. They’re calling it The Return of Gor Gor Tour — Gor Gor is the T-Rex in their cinematic universe — and it launches October 18 in Salt Lake City and crashes to a halt November 22 in Norfolk, VA. All dates are below. The NYC show is at Palladium Times Square on November 21 and tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, June 27 at 10 AM local time.
Franz Ferdinand tap Johnny Marr for new single "Build it Up"

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Franz Ferdinand have released a new version of “Build it Up,” off this year’s The Human Fear, which features Johnny Marr on guitar. “Johnny is an inspiration. Literally,” frontman Alex Kapranos says. “I sat in my bedroom as a teenager trying to work out how to play his melodies. To hear his distinctive playing on our song is glorious. He’s elevated it in that way only he can.” You can listen to the studio version and watch Marr with Franz Ferdinand on Amazon Music’s City Sessions video series below.
The Beths announce new album, share "No Joy" video

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

New Zealand’s The Beths have announced new album Straight Line Was a Lie which will be out August 29 via ANTI-. It’s their first for the label and was produced by the band’s Jonathan Pierce. “Linear progression is an illusion,” Stokes says of the album’s title. “What life really is is maintenance.
Boris announce 'Pink' 20th anniversary tour w/ Uniform, Cloakroom & more

3 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Bill Pearis

Japanese band Boris will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 10th album, Pink, on tour this fall with support, depending on the date, from Suppression, Agriculture, Uniform, Bongzilla, Cloakroom and more TBA. The tour begins October 23 in Solana Beach, CA then makes its way east and back again, wrapping up in L.A. on November 22. All dates are listed below.