The Love Language

The project features veterans from the Carrboro, NC indie rock scene, also including members of Bat Fangs, The Love Language, R. Ring, and more...

Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Iron & Wine, The dB's, Hiss Golden Messenger, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Erich Bachmann (Archers of Loaf), and more North Carolina artists have contributed cover songs to a new benefit comp that aims to help much-loved, long-running Carrboro, NC rock club Cat's Cradle through COVID-19.

This is the first single Teenage Fanclub have released since founding member Gerard Love left the group.

This week's episode of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio features songs from The Rapture, The Coathangers, Wand, Bikini Kill, Interpol, Andrew Bird, Lee Fields, Khalid, Fontaines DC, Health, Foxygen, and lots more.

Plus: Brian Wilson, Lee Fields, Weedeater, Foals tour openers (Preoccupations, Omni), the Devastation On The Nation tour lineup, and more tour-related news.

Listen to new songs by Marvin Gaye, Lee Fields, Fontaines D.C., Kim Petras/SOPHIE, Khalid/Disclosure, Diplo/Octavian, and more.

Merge Records turns 30 this year and they're celebrating three decades as an independent label with the 4-day MRG30 festival this summer in North Carolina, featuring Superchunk, Fucked Up, the Mountain Goats, Wye Oak, Destroyer, and more...

Plus: Smashing Pumpkins tour starts tonight, The Love Language/Bat Fangs, Mimicking Birds, Kraus, and more tour announcements.

The lineup also includes Prince's backing band The Revolution, Thundercat, dvsn, Liz Phair, Waxahatchee, Gang Gang Dance, Body/Head, Grouper, U.S. Girls, Haliu Mergia, and more.

Lost in the Trees, whose last NYC show was at Bowery Ballroom in February, have announced some more dates including a more intimate Brooklyn show on 7/24 at Baby's All Right which is on sale now...