Entries tagged with: Bang on a Can
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'In C Remixed' - on CD & live @ LPR this Sunday
by Andrew Frisicano GVSU New Music Ensemble... In 2007, Michigan's Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble recorded a stellar version of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, which they performed that year at the Bang on a Can Marathon...
Posted on November 5, 2009 9:20 AM
Archipelago music series to feature Shara Worden, Craig Wedren & more ++ New Amsterdam & Cantaloupe do CMJ
by Andrew Frisicano Nadia Sirota There were (more) strings at September 25th's inaugural show for the Archipelago music series, which happens at Galapagos one Friday a month through next May. Like the Undiscovered Islands fest in May, the shows will...
Posted on September 30, 2009 11:50 AM
Bon Iver, Marc Ribot & other NY Guitar Fest tickets on sale ++ full upcomng Merkin Hall schedule (New Sounds, etc)
Bon Iver @ Sasquatch Fest (more by Chris Graham) Tickets are now on sale for all of Merkin Hall's upcoming 2009/10 concerts. Those shows include the NY Guitar Festival's Silent Films/Live Guitars series (previously mentioned here), which features David Bromberg...
Posted on August 24, 2009 7:37 PM
Gutbucket - free Brooklyn show Saturday + LPR benefit pics
by Andrew Frisicano At the June 11th Bang on a Can benefit at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Gutbucket played a set of prog jazz tunes that drew on influences that included Charlie Parker, electronica, Ornette Coleman, '80s metal and more. The...
Posted on June 15, 2009 1:20 PM
Newspeak playing w/ Fiery Furnaces (and a Matt Friedberger piece), played the Bang on a Can benefit (pics) ++ 2nd Steve Reich 'Double Sextet' show added
by Andrew Frisicano Brian Snow of Newspeak... Fiery Furnaces and NYC ensemble Newspeak are playing a Wordless Music show at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Thursday, June 11th. Tickets are still on sale. That night, Newspeak's set will include the world...
Posted on June 5, 2009 3:00 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon 2009 in review w/ pics & video
by Andrew Frisicano Ryuichi Sakamoto & the Bang on a Can All-Stars "This year's marathon offered works by 28 composers on Sunday, from noon to just past midnight, at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. Like the last several,...
Posted on June 2, 2009 11:40 AM
Tortoise played the Bell House -- Bang on a Can Sunday night
by Martin Longley DOWNLOAD: Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin (MP3) Tortoise @ the Bell House in Brooklyn - May 30, 2009 (Ben Sisto) Less than a month before Beacons Of Ancestorship is released, Tortoise hit town for two highly contrasting...
Posted on May 31, 2009 8:25 PM
So Percussion (but not Dan Deacon) tonight, Steve Reich's Double Sextet, Bang on a Can benefits, street band & more
by Andrew Frisicano Steve Reich clapping Tonight (5/22) the Undiscovered Islands/New Amsterdam Records series at Galapagos continues with two sets: Sarah Kirkland Snider's Penelope performed by Signal, guitarist Steven Mackey and singer Rachel Calloway (conducted by Brad Lubman), and an...
Posted on May 22, 2009 12:01 PM
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2009 lineup - another attempt at Rhys Chatham's 200 Electric Guitars included
Lincoln Center Damrosch Park bandshell - August 2008 (miro.m) This year's Lincoln Center Out of Doors (LCOOD), three weeks of FREE music and dance on the plazas of Lincoln Center, will run from August 5 through August 23. The 39th...
Posted on May 6, 2009 3:20 PM
Look & Listen Festival this weekend (lineup), Bang on a Can Marathon announces set times (full lineup)
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Michael Gordon - Trance 2 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "June" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion performing Steve Reich's "Drumming, Part Three" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "Melody Competition" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "Fast" (MP3) DOWNLOAD:...
Posted on May 1, 2009 11:25 AM
a review of Signal's 'Trance' performance @ Le Poisson Rouge & an interview with its composer Michael Gordon
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Michael Gordon - Trance 2 (MP3) For over an hour on Wednesday, April 21st, downtown space (Le) Poisson Rouge roared with the sound of Michael Gordon's Trance . Signal's performance was its debut of the work,...
Posted on April 23, 2009 2:55 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
Michael Gordon's Trance being performed, get MP3's, win tix + Bang on a Can line-up updated (again)
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Michael Gordon - Trance 2 (MP3) Signal @ (Le) Poisson Rouge... New York composer and Bang on a Can co-founder/artistic director Michael Gordon will bring his 1994 piece Trance to NYC for the first time in...
Posted on April 20, 2009 12:52 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon - initial 2009 lineup (Bill Frisell, Tortoise, and RYUICHI SAKAMOTO included)
by Andrew Frisicano Ryuichi Sakamoto The Bang on a Can Marathon returns to World Financial Center for its fourth year to kick-off the 2009 River To River Festival on May 31st. The 12-hour marathon (noon-midnight) of mind-boggling, genre-bending music will...
Posted on April 15, 2009 1:51 PM
Longstreth drops off PCF, Matmos playing w/ So Percussion
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth - The Eternal (montage) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "June"(MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion performing Steve Reich's "Drumming, Part Three" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "Melody Competition" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion - "Fast"(MP3) DOWNLOAD: So...
Posted on March 31, 2009 10:32 AM
Tortoise - new album info, a Brooklyn show, Bang on a Can
by Andrew Frisicano Tortoise @ All Tomorrow's Parties (more by Zach Dilgard) Instrument-driven Chicago post-rockers Tortoise have announced a NYC show happening a little less than a month before the release of of their forthcoming LP, Beacons of Ancestorship, out...
Posted on March 25, 2009 11:14 AM
upcoming Bang on a Can, Signal & Steve Reich events - David Longstreth, Lee Ranaldo & Nobukazu Takemura included
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth - The Eternal (montage) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: David Byrne & Dirty Projectors - Knotty Pine (MP3) Dan Deacon fans @ the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon (more by Leia Jospe) On April 2nd, 2009,...
Posted on March 16, 2009 12:05 PM
man sleeping at Bang on a Can 2008
5:00AM, World Financial Center, NYC - June 1, 2008 This man slept through the mayhem that was Dan Deacon. He was found sleeping on the same bench at 7AM. [fakebook]...
Posted on June 2, 2008 5:13 PM
Dan Deacon's Ultimate Reality Part 3 @ Bang on a Can 2008
photos by Leia Jospe Don't confuse this post with coverage of the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon. In no way are we trying to say Dan Deacon is more important than anyone else that played during the twelve hour...
Posted on June 2, 2008 10:22 AM
Bang on a Can NYC Marathon schedule (this weekend)
This one goes out to all of Dan Deacon's biggest fans..... Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) @ Tonic This year's Bang on a Can Marathon (co-presented by the River to River Festival and arts>World Financial Center) will be taking place at...
Posted on May 30, 2008 12:38 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon 2008 - now with Dan Deacon
Marnie Stern, Alarm Will Sound, Brian Eno, the Beatles..... 2007 Bang on a Can Marathon Returning to the Winter Garden for a third year, the Bang on a Can Marathon has redefined what contemporary music is, how it is performed...
Posted on April 7, 2008 3:09 PM
Who stayed all 27 hours at the Bang on a Can marathon?
The 26-hour Bang on a Can Marathon took place this past weekend at the World Financial Center in NYC. 6am @ the 26 Hour Bang on a Can Marathon, NYC - June 3, 2007 (CRED) Bang on a Can turned...
Posted on June 5, 2007 2:02 PM
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