When you rip a CD in iTunes—or when you buy an album from the iTunes Store, Amazon, or other vendor—there are a number of tags you can set, such as the album name, artist name, and genre. But there’s ...

There are a few near-universal truths in rock 'n' roll, one of them being: Where there is a band with hits, there will be a band with a lot of hits compilations. Decades ago, when hits compilations ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

Summer 2025 has been nothing if not the tipping point of the slow-burning streaming reckoning. More and more artists have pulled their music from Spotify (Hotline TNT, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ...

My mornings start the same way my nights end: lying on my bed, laptop propped up on my legs as I watch a series of different Vine compilations on YouTube. I’ve seen most of the compilations at least ...

Live Ammo, Solid Gold, Zzap! 64 – game collections were a staple of every gamers’ diet and are as nourishing today as they were when they were released on cassette in the 1980s It’s been a busy month ...