Towards the end of a nearly 3 week long tour around the United States, Helsinki’s favorite vampires The 69 Eyes brought their gothic rock and roll to NYC’s Gramercy Theater, in support of their latest record, Death of Darkness.

Nearing the end of a lengthy North American tour celebrating their latest release The Rise & The Fall, The Rural Alberta Advantage visited New York City to play at Racket, with Julianna Riolino opening the night.

Part Time Scum made their highly anticipated debut as a live band with their first ever public performance, at The Ole Swiss in the Great Kills neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.

In the middle of a nearly 2 month long tour celebrating 21 years of Murderdolls, Wednesday 13 and his band brought the horror to Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ on November 19th.

Ringing in November and kicking off the first night of a short tour, Canadian rapper Haviah Mighty and her DJ MsLeeDing stopped by the Mercury Lounge to bring the party to a captivated crowd.

In honor of their latest record Steady as well as the re-pressing of 2007’s Never Hear the End of It, Canadian power pop/indie rockers Sloan came to NYC to perform two sets at Bushwick’s Brooklyn Made. There was no opening act, just an intimate evening with the band. Beginning in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1991 and moving to Toronto later on, Sloan are best known for their storytelling, tight harmonies, and infectious hooks. As each member sings their own songs and trades their instruments throughout the night, there’s always something different for fans and new listeners to latch onto.

Just days after celebrating the release of their new album, Disposable Everything, at various record stores in the region, AJJ performed at Webster Hall on the second night of the Disposable Everything tour.

After having to postpone a run of Northeastern tour dates in 2022 due to a bad case of COVID-19 hitting the band, Canada’s The Rural Alberta Advantage returned to New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on March 23rd, 2023. A crisp night on the Lower East Side, fans were eager to gather and dance the night away.

Pennsylvanian hard rockers Crobot celebrated the release of their fifth album, Feel This, at the Mercury Lounge in New York City on June 2nd, 2022. The explosive set began with frontman Brandon Yeagley launching himself out of an Audrey II-esque plant as the band kicked off the night with the first track on the record, “Electrified”. The air in the room certainly felt electric from the first second, the raucous performance resting only for a booming voice telling a story of fantasy and heroics. Midway through the show, Yeagley stunned the crowd by yanking his mighty sword from a stone, a la King Arthur, ready to slay any unwanted beings that might cross his path. While launching Feel This, Crobot also mixed in some older favorites, to the delight of the crowd. The set was powerful and cohesive, the band was in great spirits, and the number of mic tricks? 37.

Over Thanksgiving weekend, Jeff Rosenstock came back to his former hometown of Brooklyn, NY to perform three nights of music at Warsaw, in a quiet corner of Greenpoint. He was touring in support of his latest album No Dream, playing shows that had been delayed thanks to the ongoing pandemic. Asking fans to remain masked at all venues, Jeff and co. set off to hit the stage all across the country before landing in NYC for the long weekend. Starting off on Black Friday was Ska Dream, where Rosenstock channeled his former ska bands and gave the crowd a night filled with brass tones and dancing. Nights two and three consisted of the No Dream shows that had been taking over the US and parts of Canada.

This year just kept on giving with new albums and singles at every turn. After the hellish 2020 year, we all needed some normalcy in a world of chaos. Every genre of music rolled out new singles for their fans to get back to what we all know and love. Along with new albums, new singles, and tour dates being released, we all can't help but feel spoiled with getting back to what we missed most.

Here at Death Moth Press, we wanted to give you all our opinions of Album of the Year for 2021. It was hard to narrow down to just one but in case you missed it, here’s the albums that made our year.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States early in 2020, live music as we knew and loved it abruptly came to an end. For many musicians, the show played on in the form of live streams across the internet, whether they were digital events in collaboration with production companies, songs performed over Zoom calls with ticket proceeds going to charity, or simply the artist logging into Facebook or Instagram and pressing the "go live" button. AJJ frontman Sean Bonnette chose the last option, using the band's Instagram account as a way to connect with fans and sing songs from the comfort of his home - 225 times. Bonnette hopped onto the platform to perform not only original AJJ music, but covers of his favorite artists as well, often trolling the virtual crowd with Roger Miller's famed Robin Hood track, Oo-De-Lally. Many friendships were formed through these shows, with regulars attending night after night, chatting with other fans they've come to recognize and bond with. After vaccines had been rolled out for a while and it was deemed safe to tour, the streams ended, and the band hit the road to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their fourth album, Knife Man.

British rock band IDLES came to NYC for two sold-out nights at Terminal 5. They have been on a lengthy tour around the US with Brooklynites Gustaf as support, and both bands captured the crowd with a fierce focus and energy.

On September 24th, Islands returned to New York City after a five-year hiatus. They released a new album, Islomania, back in May 2021 through the Canadian indie label Royal Mountain Records. To support this record, they've hit the road and brought former Hollerado frontman - and Royal Mountain founder - Menno Versteeg along for the ride.