Trinidad James

Tributes to Riley have been pouring in from all over the metal and hardcore communities, including from Converge, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed, Full of Hell, Turnstile, and still many, many more...

Atlanta rap trio Migos have been getting a good amount of buzz lately thanks to their new mixtape, YRN (Young Rich Niggas). They've got all the hooks and general fun-ness going on in trap rap lately, but they'll throw some fast rhymes into the mix, which hints that they may have a bigger potential here than just the next "All Gold Everything...

A$AP Rocky at Public Assembly in February (more by Dylan Johnson) A$AP Rocky is currently on his arena tour with Rihanna which hits the NYC area on April 28 at Prudential Center and May 4 and 5 at Barclays Center, and after recently scheduling a smaller Highline Ballroom show during it which he quickly cancelled, Rocky has announced another huge tour to go down this summer...

Antwon's recent End of Earth LP and End of Earth Remixz mixtape, the latter of which surfaced at Gorilla v Bear, were a good indication of the MC's predeliction towards glitchy, at times ugly (in the best way) electronic hip hop...

Smif-N-Wessun at MHOW in 2012 (more) Slick Rick is playing Brooklyn Bowl on January 11 with F. Stokes. Tickets for that show are on sale now...

Hard to believe, but our BrooklynVegan "Blog Radio" show has been airing weekly on satellite radio for over 6.5 years. It started on Sirius which then merged with XM and became Siriu...

Indie hip hop label Duck Down Music is throwing a holiday party with Javotti Media at Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 18. Artists have not been announded yet but tickets for the party go on sale today at noon...

DOWNLOAD: Pretty Girls Make Graves - The Nocturnal House (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses (MP3) On January 29th Pretty Girls Make Graves sadly announced:Friends, We are sorry to announce that our upcoming tour in May will be our last...

"He was wearing the same sunglasses he had on stage at the Bowery Ballroom" Jeffrey Lewis is playing a free show at NYU TONIGHT (Feb 14)...