Akron Family
ATP NY 2009 - Day 2 pics & review (Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, El-P, Boss Hog, Shellac, Animal Collective, Dead Meadow...)
“We’re taking a bath, but I don’t care,” Barry Hogan told . We were standing in the makeshift production office for the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, at Kutsher’s, a resort in the Catskills…
Akron/Family played Other Music in NYC - pics
“We arrived at Other Music at 6.25pm only to be greeted by a queue of NYC hipsters that extended round the corner of the block. It was doors 7pm and space was minimal in the tiny record store…
ATP NY final 2009 lineup -- Bob Mould (now official), Eugene Mirman, Menomena, Hopewell & more (but not Nick Cave)
All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) is happy to announce its return to Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, New York for the 2nd annual ATP New York festival…
Akron/Family played APW (video), playing Other Music, conducting 200 guitars & other 2009 tour dates
Akron/Family @ All Points West Sunday (more by Chris La Putt)APW Day Three: MOST AWKWARD ATTEMPT AT CROWD PARTICIPATION
“We like fun,” Akron/Family’s Miles Seaton yelled…
All Points West 2009 - Day 3 Pictures (Coldplay, mud, MGMT)
and Chris La Putt
“After a soggy Friday and sunny Saturday, the thunderstorms returned for the third and last day of All Points West, this time resulting in major delays and canceled sets for the festival held at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ…
ATP NY adds Sufjan Stevens, Boris, Shellac, Crystal Castles & more - full updated lineup
Sufjan Stevens w/ Clogs @ BAM in February (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)We are extremely excited to announce the addition of Sufjan Stevens to the ATP-curated Saturday lineup…
Akron/Family - new records & summer tour (w/ Wand, Jeffrey Lewis & Slaraffenland - who have a new album)
DOWNLOAD: Slaraffenland – Meet and Greet (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Akron/Family – River (MP3)
Akron/Family @ New Museum 3/27 (more by Leia Jospe)
Akron/Family will continue to tour behind their new disc, Set ‘Em Wild, Set Em Free, into the fall, with tour dates supported, Jeffery Lewis & The Junkyard and Slaraffenland……
Wand (James Jackson Toth) - 2009 Tour Dates (includes a NYC show w/ Michael Gira, one w/ Larkin Grimm)
DOWNLOAD: Wand – Arriving (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wand – Saturday Delivery (MP3)
James Jackson Toth @ Pianos 8/23 (more)
Earlier this year, James Jackson Toth “aka Wooden Wand aka Wand” put out two albums (both as “Wand,” which I think is what he’s mainly going by now)…
Mutek underway, Monolith & Glastonbury lineups, Rothbury, Bumbershoot, Calgary Folk & other festival updates
Mutek banner in Montreal – May 27, 2009 (bneely)
Mutek, the electronic music festival celebrating its tenth year, is currently underway in Montreal…
Baby Gramps - 2009 tour dates w/ 5 NYC shows in June
Download: Baby Gramps – Shake It ‘n’ Break It (MP3)
Download: Baby Gramps – St. James Infirmary (MP3)
Download: Baby Gramps – Teddy Bears’ Picnic (MP3)
plays his songbook of old-timey songs with the dexterity of an, erm, old-timer (he plays what he calls “stunt guitar” and what others have termed “extraordinary”)…
