Brooklyn Academy of Music

Devendra Banhart, k.d. lang, Caetano Veloso, Chris Thile & more played "A Nonesuch Celebration" @ BAM (pics)

BAM paid tribute to Bob Hurwitz — who ran innovative label Nonesuch (“The Label Without Labels”) from 1984 to 2014 — on Saturday, April 4 at a concert dubbed “A Nonesuch Celebration.”

members of Deerhunter, Television, Suicide, Luna & Fiery Furnaces perform w/ Warhol films this weekend

We posted this when it was first announced, but here’s a reminder about the three day event happening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this weekend (11/6-11/8):Part of 2014 Next Wave Festival The Andy Warhol Museum and Dean Wareham Featuring live performances by: Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) Martin Rev (Suicide) Tom Verlaine (Television) Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) The films of Andy Warhol are provocative milestones of underground cinema, flaunting convention simply by letting the gritty world be itself…

Lena Dunham, Matt Groening, Neil Gaiman & others having conversations at BAM

The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced:Bestsellers, trend-setters, celebrities, visual wizards, and story-tellers converge at BAM in three wide-ranging, one-night-only events in the winter of 2015…

2nd 'This American Life' BAM show added (Stephin Merritt included) ++ Merge25 Fest updates (Duke University shows)

The five-day RadioLoveFest is coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, featuring various live radio shows with a variety of performers including Andrew Bird, Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen, They Might Be Giants, and Jonathan Coulton…

David Lynch talked Kanye, cardboard, factories, diners, and lots more at BAM (pics)

I love smoke. I love fire. I love metal. I love glass. I love plaster. I love bricks. And I love nature going to work on those things. In the old days, in the 1800s, they started building the most beautiful factories that were like cathedrals…

The Joy Formidable playing a free show at BAM tonight (RSVP)

The Joy Formidable at Webster Hall in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) The Joy Formidable recently brought their arena-aspiring rock to NYC for two club dates back in the spring, and TONIGHT (7/10) they’ll be back for a slightly less conventional show at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu…

BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival announced: Anna Nicole Smith opera, Questlove, mems. Fugazi, Godspeed ++ more

BAM has announced the 2013 Next Wave Festival which runs from September 17 – December 22. The line-up features a diverse range of programming including opera, theater, music and dance…

Morrissey announces 2013 tour (4 NYC area dates included)

Morrissey at Radio City in October (more by Chris La Putt) Morrissey‘s fall tour brought him to NYC for a Radio City show and two at Terminal 5, but shortly after he was forced to postpone the rest of the tour due to his mother’s illness…

National-curated Crossing Brooklyn Ferry returns to BAM; Bryce, Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, other 2013 shows too

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 2012 (more by David Andrako) The inaugural Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival that went down at BAM this past May and was curated’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, was a success and they’ve decided to do it again in 2013…

Jimmy Kimmel tapings at BAM are back on (look for Howard Stern & Sharon Jones in Fort Greene) (and on TV tonight)

Sharon Jones @ Bonnaroo 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t have had worse luck with the timing of his week of tapings at BAM here in Brooklyn, but after cancelling Monday due to hurricane, things are now a go again:…
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