Hamilton Leithauser eulogizes Richard Swift, opening for The Decemberists
"[Richard Swift] was a wonderfully talented and gregarious character who will be missed by many, including me," says Hamilton.
Matt Vasquez
‘The Last Waltz’ turning 40: box set on the way; Phosphorescent, Nels Cline, Natalie Prass & more playing tribute at The Cap
The new box set features outtakes, rehearsals and more.
Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez releasing a solo EP, streaming new single “Everything I Do Is Out” (listen)
Delta Spirit frontman (and Middle Brother member) Matthew Logan Vasquez is going the solo route this year, and self-releasing The Austin EP on Nove...
Petty Fest pics & setlist (Andrew WK, Father John Misty, Har Mar Superstar, Nick Zinner, Albert Hammond, Cyndi Lauper, more)
Petty Fest returned to NYC last night (10/24) at Webster Hall for a night of Tom Petty covers with a huge lineup of contributors backed. Cyndi Lauper, Fred Armisen, John McEnroe and Alia Shawkat were surprise guests...
BV Presents Daniel Johnston’s ‘Space Ducks’ SXSW Launch Party w/ Daniel, Built to Spill & many more performing
Hinted at and posted in some form on SXSW's website recently, but now offically announced... BrooklynVegan had the honor of helping put together what will be a very special show happening this Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Austin as part of SXSW at the Belmont in honor of muiti-talented artist Daniel Johnston's very first comic book "Space Ducks", or more specifically to help celebrate the release of the FREE iPad app version that is coming first, new Daniel Johnston songs and tributes to him included...
Corndawg, Deer Tick, Dawes, Alison Krauss, Those Darlins & more — 2011 tour dates & Middle Brother pics too
photos by Ryan Barkan
Jonny Corndawg is releasing his album Down on the Bikini Line on August 30. He'll celebrate the release of the album that same day (8/30) at Union Pool...
Middle Brother, Dawes, Deer Tick, Matt Vasquez & Jonny Corndawg @ Bowery Ballroom (pics)
DOWNLOAD: Middle Brother - Me Me Me (MP3)
"There's a singer-songwriter intimacy in many of the songs on Middle Brother, as though band members John McCauley, Taylor Goldsmith and Matthew Vasquez were sharing secrets and anecdotes and decided to set them to music...
Deervana (aka Deer Tick playing Nirvana) played Lustre Pearl w/ Dawes (pics & video), playing Brooklyn Bowl
& Ryan Barkan
I'll always be a Nirvana fan and I'm currently a huge Deer Tick fan (obviously), but I had low expectations for this Saturday night "cover band" show at Lustre Pearl...
Deer Tick played Webster Hall w/ Matt Vasquez (pics), touring Europe in September (dates)
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Friday night (8/13) Deer Tick played a phenomenal show for a very enthusiastic audience at a very full Webster Hall. This show was their last before leaving for a month long European tour on September 9th...
Delta Spirit played Bowery & MHOW (pics), Matt Vasquez added as NYC Deer Tick opener (2010 dates)
"Matthew Vasquez' powerful voice and lyrics once again emerged as the driving forces behind the band's second soulful album, (released June 2010), and at the band's second consecutive live performance in NYC...