Internal Rot

Fred Pessaro's favorite albums of 2020

Longtime BrooklynVegan contributor Fred Pessaro’s 2020 faves include Griselda, Eternal Champion, Jeff Parker, Chubby & the Gang, Bib, The Spits, Geld, Jyoti, Mary Lattimore, and more…

Australian grinders Internal Rot’s sophomore LP ‘Grieving Birth’ is a killer return

It’s the Melbourne band’s (who share members with Faceless Burial, Contaminated, and more) first in six years, following their landmark 2014 debut.

Twerps signed to Merge, released EP & single, new LP & tour in 2015 (dates, streams ++ Top 10 of 2014)

Australian band Twerps signed to Merge this year and released the Underlay EP in late summer. Then last month, they released a new single, “Back to You,” which is about as perfect a slice of sunny janglepop as you could want and you can check out the video for that song below…

Maryland Deathfest announces more bands & venue info

Maryland Deathfest announced its (almost) final lineup of bands this afternoon. At this point, the festival really didn’t need to add much to sell out its allotment of tickets, but there are some heavy hitters in this round of announcements nonetheless…

The Juan McLean | Less Than Human

“On his debut LP, DFA’s secret weapon surrounds the hands-aloft “Give Me Every Little Thing” with more muscular dance music and some surprisingly melancholy tracks…