Bryce Dessner

Five Notable Hours of the Week (aka the new Grateful Dead tribute album)

This is a slower release week, and there’s one highly-anticipated release that’s five and a half hours long. In lieu of that, today “Five Notable Releases” becomes “Five Notable Hours.”

Yo La Tengo played two collaborative sets at Big Ears fest (videos), playing Loew’s Jersey Theatre this weekend

Big Ears Festival went down this past weekend in Knoxville, TN with a great lineup that included a handful of great acts, including a collaboration between Yo La Tengo and Lambchop, and one between YLT, The National’s Bryce Dessner, Sun Ra Arkestra’s Danny Ray Thompson, harpist Mary Lattimore, and organ player Chris Abrahams.

The National's long-awaited Grateful Dead tribute comp features 59 songs and will be out in May (tracklist)

ANOHNI, Kurt Vile, Fucked Up, The Walkmen, The War on Drugs, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten, Jenny Lewis, The National, Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, Lucinda Williams, The Flaming Lips and more contribute to this long-in-the-works project.

Eaux Claires Music Fest 2016 lineup (Bon Iver, James Blake, guest-filled Grateful Dead tribute, Erykah Badu, Melvins, more)

Earlier this week, Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival curators Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner (The National) sent out a mixtape to people who bought early bird tickets to the…

Eaux Claires Music Fest mixtape has new & unreleased music from Bon Iver, Justin Vernon & James Blake, and more (listen)

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner are holding their second annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Aug…

The National working on 7th album, played a new song live; Wye Oak opening for EL VY +++ more related news

Although The National haven’t released an album since 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me, they’ve had a very busy two years. They premiered their documentary, Mistaken for Strangers, last year at the Tribeca Film Festival and toured the US and Europe…

Big Ears Festival 2016 lineup (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Faust, Yo La Tengo, Kamasi Washington, Angel Olsen, Sunn O))), more)

The Big Ears Festival will return in 2016 from March 31 to April 2 to various venues in downtown Knoxville, TN. The lineup includes Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, The Gloaming, Yo La Tengo, Andy Stott, Wolf Eyes, Marc Ribot, Andrew Bird, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lambchop, Shabazz Palaces, Bombino, Molly Nilsson, Laurie Anderson, Sunn O))), Angel Olsen, Faust, Kamasi Washington, Circuit des Yeux, Ikue Mori and many m…

Williamsburg venue National Sawdust initial schedule (Bryce Dessner & Nico Muhly, Majical Cloudz, Punch Brothers, more)

Back in May, we posted details on the new non-profit Williamsburg venue National Sawdust, that’s set to open on the corner of Wythe Ave and North 6th Street on Octobe…

National Sawdust is a new Brooklyn venue opening in October (Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Billy Jones & more curating)

at the corner of Wythe Ave and North 6th Street in Williamsburg… The non-profit National Sawdust, formerly known as Original Music Workshop, is pleased to announce that its highly anticipated, state-of-the-art, Williamsburg, Brooklyn venue will open this fall…

Big Ears Festival adds film portion curated by Jim Jarmusch and Michael Gira, scores by Demdike Stare, Bill Frisell & more

The upcoming Big Ears Festival happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN, has been expanded once again. Like in past years, the festival will include a film portion, and a selection of that has been curated by filmmaker/musician Jim Jarmusch and Michael Gira, whose respective bands SQURL and Swans were already o…
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