Kendrick Lamar to play an intimate show at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Next stop on the American Express, Williamsburg, Brooklyn - and full speed ahead thanks to its fearless conductor, Kendrick Lamar. Yup, you read the headline right. The secret that had been built up and teased by the hip-hop star over the past few days is now out and Kendrick Lamar will be kicking...

Sigur Rós announce 2017 North American spring tour dates

Sigur Rós have spent most of 2016 touring around the world, and it looks like they won’t be taking a break anytime soon. Announced on Monday, the Icelandic trio will be embarking on the next North American leg of their world tour, playing over twenty additional dates in 2017 starting on April 4 at...

Sigur Rós announce Forest Hills Stadium concert to close out 2017 North American tour

The experimental rock trio from Iceland known as Sigur Rós will be returning to New York City this summer when they headline Forest Hills Stadium to close out the North American leg of their 2017 world tour. Announced on Monday, the group will be playing the outdoor venue in Queens on June 17, and...

Bowery Presents gears up for their latest NYC music venue, Brooklyn Steel

Out with the old and in with the new. The old saying certainly rings true for concert venues in New York City, which thanks to rising rents in Brooklyn and areas of lower Manhattan, have almost as quick of a turnover as the revolving door of talent who plays their stages. Bowery Presents have seemed...

LCD Soundsystem, Weezer, Odesza lead 2017 Forecastle lineup

Another day closer to the end of 2016, and another festival lineup for next year has dropped. Today it’s Forecastle Festival, which will be returning to Louisville, KY for its fifteenth year and will be celebrating with LCD Soundsystem, Weezer, and Odesza set as headliners according to the release...

Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, The xx, Van Morrison lead the way as Primavera releases their 2017 lineup

Christmas may be coming early for a lot of music festival fanatics this week. Less than twenty-four hours after Hangout Festival and Rock on the Range released their 2017 lineups, Primavera Sound Festival went ahead and released theirs as well around 4am EST on Wednesday. Returning to Barcelona...

Modern English announce first studio album together in thirty years with ‘Take Me To The Trees’

Modern English, the British new wave, post-punk band who gained fame in the eighties with hits like "I Melt with You" and "Hands Across the Sea," announced on Tuesday that they would be releasing their first album in thirty years on February 24 of next year. Titled Take Me To The Trees, the album...

Canon Logic return with Leonard Cohen cover and mysterious teaser video

Let’s turn the clocks back to 2013. The five-piece pop rock band, Canon Logic, were one of the hottest independent rock bands in New York City at the time, packing some of the smaller venues around the city whenever they’d play with their dance-friendly, feel-good sounding rock music. In February of...

The Griswolds announce 2017 winter tour and release new music video for ‘Out Of My Head’

Aussie rockers The Griswolds are continuing to keep the momentum rolling around the release of their sophomore LP, High Times For Low Lives. On Friday the group announced that they’d be returning to North America early in 2017 with a run of twenty-four shows starting on February 8 in Seattle, WA and...

Kanye West’s rescheduled Los Angeles concert will include free tickets for inner-city students

A few weeks ago back on November 3, Kanye West had to cut a concert at The Forum in Los Angeles short due to the fact that his throat decided it had enough Kanye for one night and just gave up on him. After turning the house lights on, he was reported saying, "My voice is so hoarse, I can't finish...

Metallica will release music videos for every song on ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’ ahead of album’s release

With Metallica gearing up for the release of their tenth studio album, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, this weekend, the band announced on Wednesday that they'' be releasing the music videos for every song from their upcoming LP over the next two days leading up to Friday. Starting today (Wednesday) at...

The xx announce 2017 European tour dates

The xx continue to make it a very fun and anticipatory week for their fans as they build up to the release of their first studio album in four years in I See You on January 13. While most of North America was asleep late Tuesday night going into the early hours of Wednesday morning, the band...