Colin at SXSW 2011 (more by Ryan Barkan)

Avant-saxist Colin Stetson, who was just added to ATP NJ, has some other dates scheduled this summer. Those dates include a NYC show on August 12 at 92YTribeca with Callers. You can also catch Colin performing as part of Bon Iver's 9-piece band on Bon Iver's tour with The Rosebuds which includes sold out NYC shows at United Palace and Prospect Park in August. Colin also recorded on the recently released album which recently made No. 2 on Billboard.

The 92YTribeca show is after Callers finish up a tour with another weirdo-instrumentalist Nat Baldwin. That tour doesn't hit NYC but the Dirty Projectors member plays on July 29 at Union Pool with Nomo. All dates are listed below.

Speaking of weirdo-instrumentalists, Colin Stetson also tours with Emily Wells who "will crush any preconceived notions you ever had about classical music and hip hop". They don't play any dates together in NYC but Emily will play on July 12 at Tammany Hall, August 14 and 21 at Ace Hotel, and November 12 at St. Peter's Luterhan Church (at 9:30am and 4:45pm). Emily is also currently working on a new full length "Mama" and scoring a documentary film about the beat writer Richard Brautigan (author of cult classic Trout Fishing In America).

All tour dates for all artists mentioned here, below...

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photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Frisicano

The "Our Band Could Be Your Life" tribute Sunday night at Bowery Ballroom ran more than four hours with 14 bands playing the music of 13 bands (plus a special encore act that covered Nirvana). Set changes were kept short, and bands generally played about 10-15 minutes (between one and four songs). Unannounced guests included Tim Harrington and Lee Ranaldo singing the Minutemen, Craig Finn playing the role of Minneapolis cop, and Dan Deacon's multimedia barrage and three-piece band. More highlights, lots of pictures, and a bunch of videos (UPDATE: NPR has audio of the show) are below...

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DOWNLOAD: Wye Oak - "Civilian" (MP3)

Wye Oak @ Rock Shop on 1/27 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Wye Oak have announced more dates, and as predicted, they will return to NYC to headline Bowery Ballroom in April. The NYC date is April 14th, and with their tour-mates Callers. Look for tickets to go on sale this week.

Wye Oak are currently out on the road with Cold War Kids in Europe, and will kick off their next fun of North American dates a few days after they release Civilian on Merge Records (home of Grammy superstars Arcade Fire).

Wye Oak just played NYC shows four nights in a row, one at Rock Shop, and three at Beacon Theater with the Decemberists who they continued on tour with.

All tour dates are listed below...

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Wye Oak @ Siren Fest 2010 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

One day after they open for the Decemberists for three nights in a row at Beacon Theater, Wye Oak will play a private record release show at the intimate Rock Shop in Brooklyn. You can't buy tickets to the show, but I have four pairs that four lucky winners can win. Details on winning your way into the 1/27 show are below.

Wye Oak stay on the road with the Decemberists through February 4th (then Mountain Man take over as opener for Colin Meloy and gang). Wye Oak then get back on the road in March for four nights with Lower Dens whose only other announced show at the moment is February 25th gig at Music Hall of Williamsburg which goes on sale Friday at noon.

After playing with Lower Dens, Wye Oak will go out on tour with Callers who can also be found at Union Pool in Brooklyn on January 29th with Nat Baldwin of Dirty Projectors and Teen. Callers released an album called "Life of Love" via Western Vinyl in 2010.

Wye Oak's new album, Civilian, will be released by Merge Records on March 8th. You can pre-order it now. Lower Dens, who released their full length Twin-Hand Movement back in July, released a new single called "Batman" this week. You can listen to that song, with all tour dates for all bands and contest details below...

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"To date, Luke Temple has been unconfined by genre. His full-length debut Hold a Match for a Gasoline World presented heartfelt folk tunes and expansive pop numbers filtered through a unique outsider perspective. Last year's follow-up Snowbeast was an avant statement full of interwoven light and dark imagery recorded entirely in his Brooklyn bedroom.

Developed over a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Luke's self-titled debut under his new moniker Here We Go Magic is a remarkable departure from his signature singer-songwriter material. Luke recorded the album at home using analog synths, a cassette 4-track, and his trusty SM-57 mic, coloring the sound with warmth and creating textures you want to wrap yourself in." [says Luke's PR/bio]

The rebranded Luke Temple has a bunch of shows coming up including some with Department of Eagles which includes the sold out show at Bowery Ballroom on January 19th. There's also February 15th at Southpaw, March 3rd at Le Poisson Rouge, SXSW, and a whole bunch of non-NYC/Austin dates across the country, BUT FIRST the old-original-actual Luke Temple will be playing a solo show tonight, January 16th, at Le Poisson Rouge with Jonah Smith.

Definitely check out the three tracks streaming at MySpace. All dates below...

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