Brooklyn Vegan — Weezer covered blink-182 (who were absent from the festival because of drummer Travis Barker's health issues), Pussy Riot addressed the absence of Pyotr Verzilov (who is in recovery from a reported poisoning), and more from the first day of Chic... more info

Chorus.fm — Riot Fest have announced the festival’s daily schedule. Friday, September 14th Weezer Young The Giant Taking Back Sunday Dropkick Murphys Bleachers Atmosphere Flogging Molly Cypress Hill (performing Black Sunday (1993, 25th Anniversary) Matt And Ki... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Cypress Hill, Lagwagon, and Spitalfield are among the list of artists playing classic albums in full at Riot Fest 2018. Continue reading… more info

Chorus.fm — Riot Fest have announced this year’s full-album performances: Bad Religion – Suffer Cypress Hill – Black Sunday Digable Planets – Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) Fear – The Record Lagwagon – Let’s Talk About Feelings Spi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The stacked Riot Fest also includes Blondie, Interpol, Alkaline Trio, Father John Misty, Bad Religion, The Wonder Years, Cat Power, Hot Snakes, Johnny Marr, Superchunk, Dillinger Four, Piebald, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The album features Digable Planets' Ladybug Mecca, Stereolab's Lætitia Sadier, Questlove, Bilal, Raphael Saadiq, Marsha Ambrosius, and Cee-Lo Green, who's on new single 'Questions.' Continue reading… more info

AllHipHop — THE AUSTIN-AREA EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE THIS NOVEMBER more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Summer is in full swing, which means some great free shows at House Of Vans in Brooklyn. I made my first visit of this year (although Dave covered Digable Planets show in May) on June 1 to catch a headlining performance from Brooklyn’s very own, Be... more info

New York Times — The 1990s jazz-rap trio plays Coffey Park in Red Hook as part of a week of free concerts. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — All photos by Dave Scholten On May 18, House Of Vans kicked off their 2017 summer edition of shows in Brooklyn with a performance from classic Brooklyn hip-hop group Digable Planets. The night also featured an opening performance from Chicago rapper ... more info