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David Lang's 'collected stories' series at Carnegie Hall (with Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawnson, Sam Amidon, Kaki King, more)
Aesop Rock in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
Bang On A Can’s David Lang is the 2013-2014 season’s holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall, and for the season, he’ll be presenting his collected stories ser…
Philip Glass, Tyondai Braxton, Prefuse 73, Satomi of Deerhoof and more playing Philippines benefit
Philip Glass at Prospect Park in July (more by Adela Loconte)
Following David Byrne’s big Philippines benefit at Terminal 5 in November to help those affected by Typhoon Yolanda, another more intimate, but equally cool benefit is happening in NYC on December 19 at Le Poisson Rouge…
Steve Reich's Radiohead-inspired piece getting a NY premiere
Thom Yorke of Radiohead w/ Atoms for Peace earlier this month (more by Tim Griffin)
Contemporary composer Steve Reich has premiered multiple works in NYC in recent memory, and he’s now announced the New York premiere for his Radiohead-inspired piece “Radio Rewr…
Tyondai Braxton has new musical projects, playing live (dates)
Tyondai Braxton at ATP NYC 2012 (more by David Andrako)
Ex-Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton will present his new multimedia project, HIVE, in NYC at the Guggenheim Museum on March 21 as part of the museum’s Works & Process …
John Cage turns 100; lots of shows & other ways to celebrate
Philip Glass isn’t the only 20th-century composer with a big birthday this year. Avant-garde composer John Cage would’ve been 100, and there are numerous chances to see his work (even more than usual) because of it…
Ecstatic Music Festival kicks off on 1/16, runs through 3/28 (updated schedule w/ tUnE-yArDs, Dan Deacon, Owen Pallett)
As previously announced, the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, presented by New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall in association with New Amsterdam Records, is a showcase of imaginative collaborations between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the intersection of classical and pop music…
Dirty Projectors played an album w/ an orchestra @ Allen Room & with Solange during Fashion Week ++ more shows
(via)Dirty Projectors‘ 2005 album, “The Getty Address,” is far more a contemporary chamber opera than indie-rock. It uses woodwinds, brass, strings and orchestral percussion; its music has dissonances and complexities galore, and only fitfully settles into a steady beat…
Dirty Projectors playing 2005 album The Getty Address in full w/ orchestra @ NYC & LA shows
Back in 2005, an earlier iteration of the Dirty Projectors released their concept album , which Pitchfork’s Jason Crock called “a modern opera about post-9/11 America, the destruction of our natural wilderness, the confrontation between Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs in the early 16th century, and a protagonist named after Don Henley…
Warp Records' 20th Anniversary Fest - shows at Terminal 5 (Battles, !!!, more) & WFC (Flying Lotus) & LPR (tonight)
After many months of planning, Wordless Music is deliriously proud to announce details of Warp20 NYC, the second and only U.S. installment in a series of worldwide events taking place this year in Paris, Tokyo, London, and Sheffield…
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) @ TonicThis 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 the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City from 6pm on May 31st through 6am on June 1st…
