Brooklyn Vegan — The Thermals are no more, but bassist/backing vocalist Kathy Foster is staying busy with her solo project, Roseblood, who just played their first two shows with new drummer Janet Weiss (of Sleater-Kinney), opening for Speedy Ortiz. Continue readingâ€... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Foo Fighters have announced some pretty amazing openers for their North American summer/fall tour, which starts this July... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: A Flock of Seagulls/Wang Chung, Everything is Terrible, Bodega, LVL UP, Alkaline Trio, and more just-announced tour news. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include Pussy Riot, Parquet Courts, Speedy Ortiz, Shakey Graves, Alice Glass, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — The Raleigh, NC-based festival Hopscotch has announced its 2018 lineup. Miguel, Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian, and MC5's Kick Out The Jams 50th anniversary group have top billing. Other artists playing include Thundercat, the Revolution, Liz Phair,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week's edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio features lots of great new music, including songs by Dirty Projectors, Belly, Speedy Ortiz, Bodega, Florence and the Machine, Iceage, Childish Gambino, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows, including Alice Glass with Zola Jesus, Governors Ball, Andrew W.K., Japandroids, The Menzingers, Margo Price, Blonde Redhead, of Montreal, The Decemberists, Mac DeMarco, Belle & Sebastian, ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The singer-songwriter also explains what it's like having a dog named after you. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2018 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival free show lineup also includes Rhye & Natalie Prass, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tinariwen, Antibalas, Brandi Carlile, The Jayhawks, Superchunk, Speedy Ortiz, and more. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub, Signature, and Vanity Fair recommended May's best books. Stereogum profiled Speedy Ortiz's Sadie Dupuis. Vulture shared an excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s previously unpublished book Barracoon. Bedouine played a Tiny Desk Conce... more info