Entries tagged with: BAM
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Mode Records benefit w/ Philip Glass (whose opera is @ BAM tonight) & John Zorn (who plays the Vision Fest marathon)
by Andrew Frisicano Mode Records has etched its name in the annals of music history, producing the avant-garde and modern classical music of influential composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, and Harry Partch. In its twenty-fifth year,...
Posted on November 18, 2009 1:52 PM
The Magnetic Fields - new album, 2010 tour dates (3 in NYC)
Magnetic Fields @ Loews Theater, Jersey City in Oct. 2008 (more by Chris La Putt) The Magnetic Fields are happy to announce that they will be touring early next year in support of their forthcoming album, "Realism," which will be...
Posted on November 17, 2009 12:30 PM
The Long Count @ BAM in pics & review
photos by Julieta Cervantes, words by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: The Long Count - Bull Run (feat. Kelley Deal) (MP3) The Long Count premiered last night (10/28) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music while the Yankees were losing to the Phillies...
Posted on October 29, 2009 4:18 PM
an interview w/ Bryce Dessner of The National whose show, The Long Count, opens @ BAM tonight ++ 2 MP3's
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Aaron Dessner - We Were Born (from the Long Count) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Long Count - Bull Run (feat. Kelley Deal) (MP3) Twins! (the Dessners & the Deals) The Long Count kicks off its three show...
Posted on October 28, 2009 1:33 PM
So Percussion - playing 'Imaginary City' @ BAM through Saturday (video) ++ The Long Count, Kepler & more coming
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: So Percussion New Amsterdam/BAM Next Wave Podcast (MP3) So Percussion @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple in December '08 (more by Zach Stern) The four members of So Percussion do not seem themselves as mere drummers. Instead they...
Posted on October 14, 2009 4:52 PM
BAM Next Wave (National-Breeders) tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the fall BAM Next Wave shows. Those include The Long Count (Dessner brothers + Matthew Ritchie with guest vocalists Kim and Kelley Deal, Shara Worden and Matt Berninger) (tickets), So Percussion's Imaginary City, Terra...
Posted on September 8, 2009 10:25 AM
an MP3 from the upcoming National-Breeders-Worden show @ BAM, Long Count ticket info, Next Wave video previews
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Aaron Dessner - We Were Born (from the Long Count) (MP3) The Long Count Oct 28, 30 & 31 at 8pm Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, and Matthew Ritchie In an inspired collision of creative worlds, three...
Posted on August 13, 2009 3:01 PM
Rokia Traoré tour cancelled (no BAM or Lincoln Center)
If you showed up to Metrotech at noon today, you probably noticed that Rokia Traoré wasn't there. In fact, her entire U.S. tour was cancelled this time around. Zap Mama played the free afternoon show today instead, and Meshell Ndegeocello...
Posted on August 6, 2009 3:47 PM
Janelle Monae played the Afro Punk Festival w/ Saul Williams (pics), playing Governors Island w/ Erykah Badu
photos by Tim Griffin "The other day I attended the Afro-Punk Festival at the BAM skate park. I had the pleasures of seeing Janelle Monae and Saul Williams. There were also cats skating [and biking] around and doing tricks. All...
Posted on July 9, 2009 2:48 PM
Breeders playing 2 NYC shows, Deals playing BAM, Pixies played 2 shows (setlist), Frank Black announced more dates
The Breeders @ McCarren Park Pool, July 13 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) Pixies played their first high-profile UK gig in nearly four years tonight (June 14), performing before Neil Young at the Isle Of Wight Festival. Opening their Main...
Posted on June 22, 2009 1:22 PM
BAM Next Wave Festival 2009 - members of The National, The Breeders, Shara Worden, So Percussion, DJ Spooky...
BAM has announced the schedule for the Next Wave Festival 2009, a series of fourteen new music, theater and dance pieces that'll run from September 15th to December 19th. The lineup includes a number of awesome-looking BAM commissions and...
Posted on June 16, 2009 2:28 PM
Afro-Punk - 2009 Brooklyn festival dates & lineup (Janelle Monae, Living Colour, Earl Greyhound, Saul Williams...)
Janelle Monae @ MHOW in April (more by Tim Griffin) This summer Afro-Punk, BAMcinematek and Toyota will present the 5th annual Afro-Punk Festival, taking place July 3rd - July 8th, 2009 in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. The festival is...
Posted on June 4, 2009 3:41 PM
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech kicks off (shows Thursday at noon) - now w/ Allen Toussaint on the schedule
Rokia Traoré @ LPR in February (more by Lori Baily) Allen Toussaint @ New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) The 15th-annual BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival will take place every Thursday at noon from June 4th to...
Posted on June 4, 2009 11:16 AM
2009 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival @ MetroTech - lineup includes Rokia Traoré (who played LPR - pics)
photos by Lori Baily Pitchfork: As the daughter of a diplomat, you must have traveled a lot. How does that experience inform your music? Rokia Traoré: My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen...
Posted on May 7, 2009 1:25 PM
Steve Reich wins a Pulitzer, appearing at BAM for a Q&A
by Andrew Frisicano New York-based composer Steve Reich has won the Pulitzer Prize for music with his piece Double Sextet. Reich composed the work for two identical sextets of instruments, each made up of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone and...
Posted on April 21, 2009 12:04 PM
Merce Cunningham at 90 - Sonic Youth, John Paul Jones & more @ BAM, Brooklyn - pics
photos by Stephanie Berger "It is not unusual these days to hear Merce Cunningham called the world's greatest living choreographer. I go further: I have long thought that he is the greatest living artist since the death of Samuel Beckett,...
Posted on April 19, 2009 2:07 AM
Thurston @ Santos (tonight), July 4th recording (w/ album pre-order), No Fun set info & other Sonic Youth news
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth - The Eternal (montage) (MP3) Sonic Youth @ Battery Park (4th of July) (more by Jason Bergman) Sonic Youth's new record, The Eternal, is still set for a June 9th release on Matador Records...
Posted on April 7, 2009 3:22 PM
Sonic Youth & John Paul Jones celebrating Merce Cunningham's 90th birthday w/ 4 shows @ BAM
"April 16 marks the 90th birthday of Merce Cunningham--one of the most important choreographers of our time--whose radical approaches to space, time, and technology continue to redefine the way we experience dance. Over the course of his celebrated career, he...
Posted on March 10, 2009 2:16 PM
Grizzly Bear announce 2 NYC shows @ Town Hall
Grizzly Bear w/ the Brooklyn Philharmonic (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Grizzly Bear founder Ed Droste told [The Quietus] that the collaboration was "one of the most challenging, exciting, exhausting but rewarding months of our lives." He added that it...
Posted on March 4, 2009 8:04 AM
Grizzly Bear & Final Fantasy w/ The Brooklyn Philharmonic @ BAM - pics, setlist, video
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Grizzly Bear Thursday night (2/26), Sufjan Stevens and Shara Worden joined members of The National (Clogs) and Arcade Fire (Bell Orchestre) on stage with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at BAM. Two nights later (2/28), members of...
Posted on March 2, 2009 3:19 AM
Clogs, Bell Orchestre, the Brooklyn Philharmonic (and Sufjan Stevens & Shara Worden) @ BAM (Shuffle Mode) - pics
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford "Shuffle Mode," the Brooklyn Philharmonic program on Thursday night [2/26] at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, put the orchestra on an equal footing with two indie-rock bands: Clogs, from Brooklyn, and Bell Orchestre, from Montreal....
Posted on February 28, 2009 1:31 PM
Grizzly Bear BAM tix back on sale --- VECKATIMEST
Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear return May 25th with a new album Veckatimest (pronounced veck-ah-tim-est) , the follow up to the 2006's critically adored 'Yellow House'. Featuring contributions from Beach House's Victoria Legrand and classical composer Nico Muhly, the album is named...
Posted on February 23, 2009 10:45 AM
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Chairlift @ BAM - pics & setlist
photos by Natasha Ryan Clap Your Hands Say Yeah did not seem like a band thinking about calling it quits on Friday night, the 13th, at BAM. If anything, they seemed like a band on the top of their game...
Posted on February 16, 2009 2:08 PM
The National announce tour dates, Clogs tix now 20% off
The National @ Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) ...the charity compilation that Aaron & Bryce produced for the Red Hot Organization, "Dark Was The Night", will be released this coming Tuesday, February 17th!!! (February 16th outside...
Posted on February 12, 2009 10:40 AM
Beirut played Letterman (video) & BAM w/ Kaki King (pics)
photos by Natasha Ryan Beirut thrives on the indie-rock circuit playing music that has little to do with typical rock sounds or rhythms. On Friday its nearly all-acoustic lineup included accordion, trumpet, trombone, bass fiddle and drums; Mr. Condon switched...
Posted on February 9, 2009 8:16 AM
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