Brooklyn Vegan — Kurt Vile's new "dark" album now has a title, b'lieve i'm goin down, and will be out this fall, date still TBA. He'll be on tour this fall too, playing NYC's Webster Hall on October 7. That show, and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Speedy Ortiz have been very active tourers lately. They already played NYC once this year, and have a T5 show with Courtney Barnett and Torres coming up on 7/22 (tickets),... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed poet Nikki Giovanni. NPR Music is streaming the new Vaccines album, English Graffiti. Biographile recommended biographies of blues musicians. Amelia Gray listed 10 of her favorite dark books at Publishers W... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual free Hudson River Rocks concert series on Pier 84 returns this summer with three shows. On July 9 it's Waxahatchee (who was here earlier this month) and special guests; on July 23 it's Scotland's We Were Promised... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher Waxahatchee brought her ongoing tour in support of her new album Ivy Tripp to NYC last night (4/9) for a sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The new album is her... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Girlpool at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Girlpool are currently on tour opening for Waxahatchee, which hits NYC for a sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (4/9). Girlpool have already announced that they'll return to that.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Waxahatchee at FYF 2013 (more by Wei Shi) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Waxahatchee, Girlpool, The Goodbye Party @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Waxahatchee's new album,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats' wrestling-themed Beat The Champ and Waxahatchee's Ivy Tripp are two of the year's finest albums so far. I can also recommend Say Lou Lou's Lucid Dreaming and This Is The Kit's Bashed Out. Brian Wilson's new... more info

Stereogum — There’s an established narrative, a trajectory that the critically acclaimed indie band is supposed to follow. The first album should be the raw, striking, personal howl that comes out of nowhere and builds itself a cult. The second album is where ... more info

Stereogum — Some things you might like to know about the Philly-via-D.C. duo Pinkwash. They’re affiliated with the great D.C. punk band Priests, releasing music on that band’s Sister Polygon label. They’ve recently signed with don Giovanni. They’re headi... more info