Aerosmith retire from touring, say Steven Tyler’s recovery from vocal injury is “not possible” - NY Brooklyn news - NewsLocker (2024)

Sad news, Aerosmith have announced their retirement from touring, effective immediately, saying that Steven Tyler’s vocal injury is too severe. Doctors say a full recovery is “not possible.”
“We’ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing,” they wrote in a statement. “As you know, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other. He has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury. We’ve seen him

Outside Lands streaming live (2024 schedule)

Outside Lands returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend, and if you can’t be there in person, select sets will stream live on Amazon Prime (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), on Amazon Music’s Twitch, and below.
They’ve revealed the streaming schedule for Friday (8/9), which includes The Killers, Kevin Abstract, Reneé Rapp, The Japanese House, Daði Freyr, The Last Dinner Party, Real Estate, and more. See it below, and stay tuned for the Saturday and Sund

Afropunk reveals full 2024 lineup

Afropunk is moving to Prospect Park for 2024, happening at Lena Horne Bandshell on August 23 and 24 in partnership with BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. They announced last month that Erykah Badu would be performing, and now they’ve revealed the full lineup. Erykah Badu will close out both nights, which they’re billing as “Ba-Deaux – 2 nights – 2 different experiences.”
Friday will be hosted by Amari and will also feature a Ballroom Battle with Fight Club NY

For the uninitiated, Punk Rock Karaoke is a band currently made up of four punk veterans–guitarists Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks/Bad Religion) and Stan Lee (The Dickies), bassist Randy Bradbury (Pennywise), and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer (Goldfinger)–and they play shows and festivals where you’re invited to come up on stage and sing punk classics with them as your backing band. They’ve also begun to release some recordings with famous guest singers; in 2022, they put out a sing

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NYC vegan restaurant Modern Love “struggling to keep the doors open”

Isa Chandra Moskowitz‘s beloved purveyor of “swanky vegan comfort food,” Modern Love, has been a Williamburg staple since it opened there in 2016 (there’s also an Omaha location). We were bummed to see, via their Instagram story, that they’re struggling at the moment. They write, “Friends, please come see us soon! We have had a rough summer and are struggling to keep the doors open. We are doing our best work but having a restaurant is tough right now and we c

KEN mode announce 25th anniversary tour with HIDE

Winnipeg’s KEN mode have been keeping the sludgy noise rock/post-hardcore torch lit for 25 years straight, and they’ll celebrate the anniversary by going on a 25th anniversary North American tour this October with Chicago’s gothy HIDE. Tickets for most dates are on sale now, except Cambridge and Princeton, which go on sale next week.
NYC gets a stop on October 10 at TV Eye in Ridgewood. All dates are listed below.
KEN mode recently released two companion albums, 2022’s NU

WHY?’s Yoni Wolf discusses 10 influences on new album ‘The Well I Fell Into’

Yoni Wolf is back with a new WHY? album, The Well I Fell Into, out now via Waterlines. WHY? has shapeshifted a lot over the years, from art rock to hip hop to all kinds of uniquely-WHY? stuff in between, and on this album, Yoni says he was “very interested in classic songwriting. I want my songs to be able to be played unadorned by just one person and still hold up. Any production frills should only serve to elevate the song further without being relied upon to tell the story.” The a

Jane’s Addiction will “more than likely” release a new LP with their original lineup, Dave Navarro says

Jane’s Addiction are back with their original lineup, and they begin their tour with Love & Rockets tonight (8/9) in Las Vegas. Ahead of that, guitarist Dave Navarro spoke with Rolling Stone about the reunion, and about the time he spent sidelined from performing with long Covid symptoms. “The jury’s still out on what’s the right treatment for long Covid,” he told Rolling Stone. “How do you get rid of it, if you can get rid of it? But I’m in a strong

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Signals Midwest leader Maxwell Stern has just released his new solo album, In The Good Light, on Lauren Records, and though it’s technically a “solo album,” it actually features more musicians than any record he’s ever made. The 13-person list of contributors includes Ratboys’ Julia Steiner on backup vocals, Slaughter Beach, Dog/Modern Baseball’s Ian Farmer on bass, Sincere Engineer/Into It. Over It.’s Adam Beck on drums, and more. The record finds Max o

Tour news: Judge, Foxing/From Indian Lakes, Tokyo Police Club, Lady Lamb, Jeezy, Night Moves Fest, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check theTour Datescategory for more.
NIGHT MOVES FEST
Pensacola, FL festival Night Moves has announced its 2024 edition, happening at Hunter Amphitheater at Maritime Park on November 9. The lineup includes Alvvays, Silversun Pickups, Beach Fossils, Tigers Jaw, Drug Church, and more, and you can get more details and tickets HERE.TOKYO POLICE CLUB
Tokyo Police Club’s Farewell Tour begins in September, and they’ve added two new Ca

yunè pinku shares “Believe” from new EP, touring with Caribou

Singer-songwriter and producer yunè pinkuhas announced a new EP, Scarlet Lamb, due out on October 4 via Method 808. According to a press release, “Beneath the balmy melodies and ASMR-evoking details there is a host of gothic imagery, with Jane Eyre, Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein cited as particular lyrical touchpoints” on it. See the cover art below.
The first single is “Believe,” a glistening electro track that yunè wrote and produced with C

Watch Bon Iver play a Kamala Harris/Tim Walz rally in Eau Claire, WI

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her newly revealed vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, were in Bon Iver‘s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin for a rally today (8/7), and Justin Vernon and his band joined them for a performance. They played “Towers,” “666 ʇ,” “Flume,” and Civil War-era song “The Battle Cry of Freedom” by George Frederick Root, which advocated for abolitionism and supporting the Uni

Singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle has announced a fall US tour, starting in late October and running through December. Ora Cogan opens the first few shows, with Storefront Church joining as support for the remainder of the run, and tickets go on sale Friday, August 9 at 10 AM local.
The NYC show is on November 1 at Littlefield with Ora Cogan, presented by Le Poisson Rouge. See all dates below.
Emma released a sequel to her 2011 debut Electric Guitar 1, EG2: Dowsing Voice, in 2022, and Engine of

New Yorker Fest 2024: The National (playing Webster Hall!), Seth Meyers, Rachel Maddow, more

The New Yorker Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, bringing a mix of conversation, music, film, books, food, theater and art to a variety of NYC venues on October 25-27.They’ve announced the initial lineup, which includes performances from The National (whose are being billed as “band members Matt Berninger and Aaron and Bryce Dessner”) and Sara Bareilles, among other events:Alan Cumming in conversation with Emily Nussbaum at Webster Hall on 10/25
Seth Meyers in

Machine Girl announce new album ‘MG Ultra,’ share “Until I Die”

NYC duo Machine Girl have announced a new album, MG Ultra, due October 18 via Future Classic (pre-order). The first single is “Until I Die,” a breakbeat-fueled song that pulls from punk, industrial, noise, electronic, and more. Check it out below.
Machine Girl’s recently-announced tour behind the new album begins on Halloween at Brooklyn Steel. All dates are listed below.
Tracklist01. Until I Die02. Nu Nu Meta Phenomena03. Sick!!!04. Just Because You Can05. Hot Lizard06. Innerf

Battleboro, VT band THUS LOVE have announced their sophom*ore LP, All Pleasure, due out on November 1 via Captured Tracks. It’s the follow-up to their 2022 debut Memorial, and they made it with founding vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars and drummer Lu Racine, along with new bassist Ally Juleen and guitarist/keyboardist Shane Blank. See the cover art and tracklist below.
The first single is “Birthday Song,” a dose of glammy rock. “‘Birthday Song’ is a simple song abo

The Get Up Kids recently shared a new music video for “Holiday” with archival tour footage and a demo of the song from the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of their classic 1999 album Something To Write Home About, and now they’ve done the same for one of the album’s other most-loved songs, “Ten Minutes.” The video was directed by the band’s longtime friend Josh Berwanger of The Anniversary, and here’s what co-guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic (who wr

OMD reschedule North American tour due to “health issues”

UK synthpop greats OMD were scheduled to begin their 2024 North American tour in September, but they’ve now postponed the shows “due to health issues around the band requiring treatment.” “We are extremely sorry to all those who have made travel plans already,” they write. “It is the first time (outside the pandemic) that we have postponed a tour in our 45 year career, and we would not do so without exhausting all alternative options first.”
The reschedu

Half Waif announced her sixth album, See You At The Maypole, due out on October 4 via ANTI-. It follows 2021’s Mythopoetics and her 2024 EP Ephemeral Being, and she worked on it with her longtime collaborator Zubin Hensler. Other contributors include Jason Burger and Zack Levine (drums and percussion), Blue Ranger’s Josh Marre (guitar), Hannah Epperson and Elena Moon Park (violin), Kristina Teuschler (clarinet), Willem de Koch (trombone), Rebecca El-Saleh (harp), and Spencer Zahn (up

The 2024 edition of Lollapalooza wrapped up on Sunday (8/4) with a set from blink-182. They sang a bit of Chappell Roan‘s (who played on Thursday) “Pink Pony Club” during “Damnit,” and like they did at their NYC show at Citi Field last month, they played lots of hits, their new, not-yet-released song “Can’t Go Back,” and included material from their side projects, with partial renditions of “When Your Heart Stops Beating” from Mark/Trav

David Lynch diagnosed with emphysema: “I’m homebound whether I like it or not”

David Lynch has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with severe emphysema and that he can no longer leave the house without losing his breath. The director, who also just released an album with Chrystabell last week, talked about his condition in a cover story interview in the new issue of Sight And Sound magazine.
A famously avid smoker, Lynch says it was that habit that led to his condition. “I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I li

Huge new MF DOOM action figure celebrates 20th anniversary of ‘Madvillainy’

Super7 has announced a new action figure commemorating the 20th anniversary of Madlib and the late MF DOOM‘s essential 2004 album as Madvillain, Madvillainy. The 16″ tall, posable SuperSize ReAction Figure of DOOM has him dressed in his signature fedora, trench coat, and metal mask, inspired by the video for “All Caps.” It’s available for pre-order for three days only, until Wednesday (8/7) at 11:59 PM ET.
Open Mike Eagle recently named DOOM one of his top 5 rappers

Lone Justice announce first album in 37 years: listen to “Jenny Jenkins” and cover of Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks”

Lone Justice, the ’80s-era band led by Maria McKee, have announced Viva Lone Justice, which is their first album since 1987’s Shelter. It’s out October 25 via Afar. It was made with the lineup — McKee, guitarist Ryan Hedgeco*ck, bassist Marvin Etzioni, and late drummer Don Heffington — who made their 1985 self-titled debut.
The band have shared two songs from the album: “Jenny Jenkins,” their take on the traditional that’s here made a duet between M

Spoon release ‘They Want My Soul: Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition’

Spoon‘s eighth album was a transitional one for the Austin indie rock vets. It was their first and only album for Loma Vista, after five albums and 15 very successful years on Merge, and it also was the longest gap between albums for them to date (four years). During that time, Britt Daniel had formed Divine Fits with Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and they released their excellent debut (and only) album in 2012. Mixing things up for Britt seemed to be a shot in the arm, and when Spoon w

The Smile release two new songs on surprise 12″

The Smile, the trio of Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and former Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, started off 2024 by releasing their second album, Wall of Eyes (one of our favorites of the year so far), and by March they’d debuted a new song live, “Don’t Get Me Started.” As Stereogum points out, that and another new track, “The Slip,” have now been released on a 12″. It’s currently only available in record stores, and hasn&rsq

6 Best Rap Albums of July 2024

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 6 rap albums from July 2024 that stood out to us most. We also probably still missed or haven’t spent enough time with some great July rap albums that aren’t on this list. What were some of your favorites of last month? Let us know, and read on for the list (unranked, in no particul

After kicking off on Thursday, the 2024 edition of Lollapalooza continued on Friday (8/2) in Chicago’s Grant Park. During her headlining set, SZA played an unreleased song she’s teased on social media, “Crybaby,” telling the crowd, “it’s not out, but it will be.” Watch video clips from her set, which wasn’t part of the festival livestream, below.
Friday at Lollapalooza also featured Laufey (who was joined by the Chicago Philharmonic and brought out

Tour news: Mariah Carey, Marika Hackman / Art School Girlfriend, Indigo De Souza, ‘For the Children 2024’, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check theTour Datescategory for more.
MARIKA HACKMAN / ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND
Marika Hackman will soon start her first North American tour in five years which is with Art School Girlfriend (a very good double bill). It’s in support of her great new album Big Sigh and kicks off September 5 in Toronto and includes a NYC show at Elsewhere Hall on September 9.
INDIGO DE SOUZA / ILL PEACH
Indigo De Souza has announced a few September tour d

Casiokids prep first album in 13 years (hear 4 songs)

Norwegian indie band Casiokids are back, and after releasing a new single earlier this year, are gearing up to put out their first album in 13 years. It’s titled Tid for hjem (“Time for Home”) and will be out October 13 via Jansen Records.
The album includes “Brunsniggelen” and “Tid for hjem,” which were released as a double-A-side single in April, and Casiokids have shared two more songs: the dreamy “Ein levende linjal” (“A living rule

Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn adds 5 auditoriums, recliner seats, more in major renovation

Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn has just gotten bigger and a little nicer. The theater chain wrapped up renovations and expansions at their downtown Brooklyn location — which opened in 2016 and was their first theater in NYC — which included upgrading the seats (they now recline), screens and projectors in all their auditoriums, as well as adding five more auditoriums and more restroom facilities.
“I’m thrilled to say that Downtown Brooklyn is now the state-of-the-art theater t