Sol Blume cancels 2024 edition over site safety concerns, reschedules to 2025

“Due to significant site damage and growing safety concerns, we will not be able to host this year’s festival,” organizers write.

Our Favorite Songs of the Week (playlist)

This week’s playlist includes songs by Menomena, The Folk Implosion, King Hannah, Jadasea, Taylor Swift, Ekko Astral, Fontaines DC, Arooj Aftab, and more

20 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Glixen, Porcupine, Headie One & Stormzy, Boldy James, Tee Grizzley, Mike Watt / David Pajo, and more…

Matthew Sweet played City Winery on first tour in 4 years (pics, setlist)

Matthew’s band included Bangles drummer Debbi Peterson

Loneliest Place On Earth 2024 lineup (Hot Mulligan, Aaron West, One Step Closer, more)

The Wonder Years have announced a second edition of their Philly mini-fest Loneliest Place On Earth. TWY aren’t playing this year, but a bunch of other great emo-leaning bands are…

5 Record Store Day 2024 Deep Cuts to look out for

Here are 5 off-the-beaten-path releases to look out for at #RSD24.

Midwest emo bands Harrison Gordon and TRSH touring together

Two new-ish, rising Midwest emo bands, Harrison Gordon and TRSH, are hitting the road together this May/June.

Sloan's Jay Ferguson talks vinyl collecting, being a 13-year-old record store clerk & more

We talked to Sloan’s Jay Ferguson about all things vinyl in the Record Store Day 2024 issue of the free BrooklynVegan digital magazine

Montreux 2024 lineup: Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Janelle Monáe, Kraftwerk, Sting(?), André 3000, more

The wildly diverse 2024 lineup of this long-running Swiss festival also has Jon Batiste, Air, Deep Purple, Diana Krall, The National, Dionne Warwick, André 3000 and more.

Hear David Byrne's cover of Paramore's "Hard Times"

The cover is out on a limited edition 12″ for Record Store Day 2024, along with Paramore’s cover of Talking Head’s “Burning Down the House.”