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Ceremony are on tour supporting Turnstile with Citizen and Ekulu now, and they hit NYC together soon, on Monday (5/23) at Brooklyn Steel. Ahead of that, Ceremony have added a last minute, intimate late-night headlining show in Queens. It happens on Sunday (5/22) at Trans-Pecos, and Poison Ruin and Mary Jane Dunphe open. Tickets are on sale now.

"We're sorry it took so long for us to make this one," Midlake frontman Eric Pulido told the crowd at the band's NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday (5/14), in reference to For the Sake of Bethel Woods, their new album that is also their first in nine years. "We won't take as long for the next one." The album was worth the wait; it's arguably Midlake's best, and it was also worth the wait for their first show here in eight years. It was a terrific night.

Get tickets to four upcoming NYC shows early on BrooklynVegan Presale starting today (5/19) at 10 AM:. Use the password BVBOWERY for tickets. Our presale runs until 10 PM, and if you miss out, tickets to all four shows go on general sale Friday, May 20 at 10 AM. See...

NYC's Necrofest returns for its 2022 edition on July 8-10 at Saint Vitus Bar, and they've announced the final lineups for all three days. Friday (7/8) has Devil Master, Gel, Hustler, The Lousy, Come Mierda, and Funeral Dancer; on Saturday (7/9), it's Sanguisugabogg, Outer Heaven, 200 Stab Wounds, Teeth, Miasmatic Necrosis, Mutilatred, Oxalate, Castle Freak, and Exsanguinated; and Sunday (7/10) features No/Más, Sissy Spacek, Chepang, Moisturizer, Sarin, Midwest Lust, White Phosphorus, Uniform vocalist Michael Berdan, Hallucination Realized, and Ixias⁠. Tickets are on sale now.

Tickets for all dates on Sunny Day Real Estate's first tour in 12 years, with support from The Appleseed Cast -- including the two NYC shows at Brooklyn Steel on September 29 & 30 -- go on presale today (5/17) at 10 AM local time. PASSWORD = DIARY. If you...

Joyce Manor are gearing up to release their new album 40 oz. to Fresno on 6/10 via Epitaph, and they've just announced a tour supporting it for this summer. It's a stacked bill all around, with Citizen, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, and PHONY (aka Neil Berthier, who's been playing acoustic guitar and backing vocals in Joyce Manor's live band). All dates are listed below.