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Today Shaw puts her restlessly inquisitive personality to use as the lead vocalist for one of the most exciting bands in rock. Dry Cleaning’s debut album, New Long Leg, is due out April 2nd after a pair of 2019 EPs that hit like telepathic firecrackers from another planet. Shaw’s unique lyrical style is a big part of what sets Dry Cleaning apart from a thousand other 21st-century U.K. guitar bands. On songs like the recent single “Strong Feelings,” she recites disjointed monologues in...

Our Last Shows: A Look Back at Final Concerts Before the World Went Quiet Read full article Brenna Ehrlich, Hank Shteamer, David Browne, Andy Greene, Andrew Firriolo, Jonathan Bernstein, Mankaprr Conteh, Rick Carp, Griffin Lotz, Jason Newman, Jon Freeman, Rob Sheffield and Kory Grow March 10, 2021, 6:25 AM·28 min read A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks...

Fred Pessaro’s favorite albums of 2020 Fred Pessaro -- a lifer -- was a long time BrooklynVegan and Invisible Oranges editor and show organizer before moving on to Noisey, CLRVYNT, Revolver, and other places. His taste in heavy music has helped shape not just our own coverage for over 10 years, but the music landscape as a whole. In addition to still occasionally contributing to BrooklynVegan and writing other places, Fred helped organize shows at places across the US including Saint Vitus, B...

Lanegan embraces his love of gothy 80s alt rock this fun, sometimes danceable album Mark Lanegan has had one of the more resilient careers of any of the acts associated with the 90s grunge movement. That association was mostly geographical: his old band Screaming Trees were from Seattle, but started well before the flannel movement and their sound was more on the garage-psych side of the spectrum. He survived the 90s and drug addiction, and has dabbled in a wide variety of genres including blue...