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Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. SMOKING POPES Do you need the Smoking Popes around? Lucky for you they’re going to be on their 35th anniversary tour this summer, with two-night stints in cities where they’ll play songs from Get Fired, Destination Failure, Stay Down and Into the Agony on Night 1, and songs from Born to Quit, The Party’s Over, This is Only a Test, and Lovely Stuff on Night 2. The NYC shows happen at TV Eye on July 25

Indie rock / shoegaze / dreampop cult heroes Rocketship are gearing up for their first tour in eight years which is in support of their just-released 30th anniversary edition of their album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. The tour starts April 9 in San Francisco and they’ve recently announced East Coast dates which happen in the fall with Lightheaded opening. The NYC show, which will be their first  is at Elsewhere Rooftop on September 30 and tickets are on sale. A Certain Smile, A Cer

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place. THE DAMBUILDERS – “SHRINE 2026” NYC indie rock vets The Dambuilders h

Luna just wrapped up a sold-out three-night run at Bowery Ballroom (April 2-4) and we’ve got photos from Night 3 by Ellen Qbertplaya. 22°Halo were supposed to be the opening band on Saturday but had to pull out at the last moment, so Luna opened for themselves with what guitarist Sean Eden called a “Luna-adjacent potluck.” Night one had Buga opening, and night two was opened by Elk City (which Sean Eden played in). At 9 PM, Sean Eden (guitar), David Voigt (bass), and Christy Da

Scott Aukerman‘s long-running podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! will be hitting the road once again this spring and summer for the “Ground Beefing Tour.” Paul F Tompkins will be joining on every date, and you can look forward to a variety of CBB all-stars to join them, details TBA. The tour kicks off May 25 in Toronto and wraps up June 29 in Portland, ME. All dates are listed, along with an announcement video featuring Scott and Paul, below. The NYC stop is at The Town Hall on June 24

Metallica have their Sphere run beginning in October, but those aren’t the only shows they have coming up. They’ve announced two more non-Sphere US dates, happening at CT’s Mohegan Sun Arena on November 19 and 21. They celebrate the venue’s 25th anniversary, and with a capacity of 10,000, it’s significantly smaller than most of the venues Metallica have played lately. Suicidal Tendencies open night one, Spiritbox open night two, and tickets go on sale Friday, April

Gang of Four called it quits after their 2025 farewell tour, but are having trouble saying “that’s all.” In support of the No Kings protests, they wrote and recorded a new song “No Kings Here!,” with their 2025 lineup that included Belly’s Gail Greenwood on bass and Ted Leo on guitar. Of course the title of the song is a bit of a misnomer, as they’ve got a King in the band — frontman Jon King — but that’s not the kind of king they&#8217

The Strokes have announced their first new album in six years. It’s titled Reality Awaits and it’ll be out this summer. That’s all we have to go on so far, as the band just shared a teaser video that looks like a magazine ad from 1981 come to life with just a bit of music that may or may not be from the new record. You can watch that below. Meanwhile, The Strokes played San Francisco’s The Warfield on Saturday, but there were no new songs in the setlist (which you can see

“it was a really well kept secret,” Bob Mould says of the announcement that his very popular ’90s band, Sugar, were going to reunite for their first tour in 31 years. “The day that we actually announced, I had a couple dozen really upset friends, like, ‘why did you not fucking tell me?'” I talked to Bob for the April 6 episode of BV Interviews, primarily about Sugar — how the reunion came to be, stories from ’90s including touring North America wit

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. MONOLORD Swedish sludge-metal trio MONOLORD will be touring in support of their upcoming album Neverending: West Coast Dates happen in June with Mizmor, and Eastern US dates happen in August and September with Khemmis and include a Brooklyn show at Elsewhere on September 3. RICHARD AYOADE Comedian, filmmaker, author, travel show host, style icon and all-around cool dude Richard Ayoade is going on his first ever tour i

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. This week’s playlist includes new music by Dillinger Four, Angine de Poitrine, Getdown Services, Robber Robber, Gia Margaret, Tiny Voices,

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place. FUTURE TEENS – “BAD FAITH” Future Teens’ new album Still Life i

Comedian and voice of Gene on Bob’s Burgers, Eugene Mirman was hospitalized with “serious injuries” on Tuesday after being involved in a car cash in New Hampshire. He’s thankfully on the mend, and he’s released a statement. It reads: Hello everyone! Thank you so much for all the well wishes, love and kind messages from friends and strangers. I am extraordinarily thankful to the heroic people that pulled me from the car and to the warm, kind and talented staff at th

Philadelphia-based artist Emily Moales began her Star Moles project in 2017, self-releasing music and working with close collaborator Kevin Basko, which led to the formation of his Historic New Jersey record studio and music group. Stereogum recently talked to her about that, and some of her previous material, but my introduction to Moales was with her new album Highway to Hell, which came out in February. It recalls both ’70s folk and minimalist bedroom pop at times, with clever lyricism,

Minneapolis band she’s green announced their third EP, Swallowtail, due out July 10 via Photo Finish Records. It follows last year’s Chrysalis, and it was recorded, produced, and mixed by Sonny Diperri. See the cover art and tracklist below. Swallowtail includes their February single “Mettle,” and they’ve shared a new single, the dreamy, shoegazey “Paper Thin.” Bandleader Zofia Smith says it “explores the power of lust in a dying relationship: how

Jack White will return to Saturday Night Live for his sixth musical guest appearance (including his debut with The White Stripes in 2002) this weekend, and ahead of that, he’s shared a pair of new singles. “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” and “Derecho Demonico” are his first new music since his 2024 album No Name, and he produced both, with his longtime live bandmembers Patrick Keeler (drums), Dominic Davis (bass), and Bobby Emmet (keys) joining him on them. Hear both

Happy April! This has been a crazy week without even factoring in yet another huge New Music Friday. This week I review nine albums, including Angine de Poitrine, Arlo Parks, Robber Robber, deary, Joe Pernice, The Bevis Frond, and more. There are even more reviews in this week’s Notable Releases, including Thundercat, Sunn O))), Wendy Eisenberg, Charley Crocket and more. You can hear me talk about some of this week’s albums, as well as my trip to Knoxville for Big Ears and a look bac

U2 are back with another surprise-released EP, this one titled Easter Lily which features six new songs including a tribute to the late Hal Willner and  “COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)” which features a soundscape by their frequent collaborator Brian Eno. Says Bono: We are in the studio, still working towards a noisy, messy, ‘unreasonably colourful’ album to play LIVE… which is where U2 lives. We still look to vivid rock n roll as an act of resistance against all

As faithful BrooklynVegan readers and podcast listeners may know, Andrew is currently taking some time away to take care of his new baby, who he and his wife recently welcomed into the world. He wasn’t able to write his usual reviews for most of the albums in this week’s edition of Notable Releases, but we did our best to fill you in on what you need to know about them so you can check them out for yourself. Stay tuned for his return, and… This week, we got some shocking news a

Codefendants, the trio of Fat Mike (of NOFX), Sam King (of Get Dead), and rapper Ceschi release their sophomore album, Lifers, this Friday (4/3). Fat Mike produced it, and he says it includes a “Little Bossa Nova, little Hardcore, little Simon and Garfunkel…” We have an exclusive galaxy swirl vinyl variant, limited to 200 copies – get yours in the BV shop. On the eve of the album’s release, we’re premiering the video for album track “The Fix.” Cesc