Bear in Heaven
Helio Parallax celebrated their debut LP at Union Pool (pics)
Helio Parallax — featuring Josh Werner (CocoRosie), Takuya Nakamura, and Marihito Ayabe (Dub Nomads) — just put out their debut album via Bill Laswell’s new label, M…
Bear in Heaven announce new LP and tour w/ 3 NYC shows (dates, new song stream)
Bear in Heaven are back with their fourth album, Time Is Over One Day Old, which will be out August 5 via Dead Oceans. You can stream the first single, “Time Between,” below…
Jarvis Cocker, Four Tet, Max Tundra, YACHT, Rustie and more contribute to 'Everything is New' charity project (streams)
The goal of the Everything is New project is to empower the children of Light of Love Children’s Home, many of whom have been rescued from bonded labour, child prostitution, homelessness and abject poverty…
What's going on Wednesday? (Christmas)
Merry Christmas! Like yesterday, not much going on of course, but for those who do need plans…
The Maccabeats @ BB King’s
Jewish a cappella group The Maccabeats, who formed during their time at Yeshiva University, have gained some popularity due to their Jewish-themed parodies of popular songs, and tonight they do their annual Christmas Day show at BB King’s…
Murder City Devils streaming Christmas single; Tweens opening their tour (updated dates & stream)
Murder City Devils are heading out on the road again in 2014, but before that, they’ve gifted us with a stream of their 1998 Christmas single via their website…
The Free Keys & surviving Yellow Dogs members pay tribute to slain brothers; NY Post still the NY Post ++++ Wikileaks docs
After yesterday’s confusing, sad news that members of Yellow Dogs were murdered by Raefe Ahkbar, former apparently disgruntled member of Yellow Dogs’ “sister band” The Free Keys, the surviving members Koory and Obash have paid tribute to their bandmates, though briefly for now and via social media…
outsider artist Lonnie Holley opened for Deerhunter, opening for Bill Callahan, released an LP (pics, dates & streams)
Since 1979, Holley has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music, born out of struggle, hardship, but perhaps more importantly, out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and sound…
Union Pool's Summer Thunder series continues through September (Brazos, Dungeonesse, DJ Dog Dick & more)
Labor Day is past but it’s still technically summer and Union Pool is running its free Summer Thunder series every Saturday through the end of the month…
Glasslands is seven years old, Bear in Heaven and Quinn Walker playing its birthday party next week
(more by Greg Cristman)
Kent Avenue club Glasslands is turning seven this summer and they’re throwing a birthday party on July 25 with live sets from Bear in Heaven and Quinn Walker and DJ sets from Lemonade and Aaron of Rewards…
Wire & Bear in Heaven played Bowery Ballroom (pics, setlist)
With a genuinely terrific new album to work from, legendary art-punks Wire brought their tour to Bowery Ballroom last night (8/17). While the sold-out show was heavy with songs from Change Becomes Us, their set had a nice number of classic cuts too, including “Map Ref 41°N 93°W,” “Boiling Boy,” “Pink Flag” and their dugga-dugga-dugga-ing 1986 single “Drill…
