Chris La Putt
David Byrne, Dev Hynes, Alexis Taylor, Sinkane and more celebrated William Onyeabor this weekend at BAM (pics)
The music of Nigerian musician William Onyeabor was celebrated over the weekend with the two-night “Atomic Bomb” concerts at BAM. Part of this year’s Red Bull Music Academy, it featured David Byrne, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, the Rapture’s Luke Jenner and Nigerian singers the Lidaju Sisters singing Onyeabor’s songs, backed by a tight band (who knew how to hang loose) led by Sinkane’s Ahmed Gallab…
Bo Ningen and Yvette played The Studio @ Webster Hall (pics)
London-via-Japan quartet Bo Ningen played their final of three NYC shows on Friday night (5/2) with an explosive set at The Studio at Webster Hall…
Patti Smith, New Order, The National, Iggy Pop, more played the Tibet House US 24th Annual Benefit (pics, videos, setlist)
The 24th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert took place at Carnegie Hall last night (3/11) with Patti Smith, New Order, Iggy Pop, The National, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Randolph, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, and many more…
Les Claypool's Duo de Twang played Brooklyn Rod & Gun (pics) and two nights at the McKittrick Hotel
Bass noodler Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang played an intimate show at the Brooklyn Rod and Gun Club last evening, packing the room for an early show that was presented by BrooklynVegan and broadcast live on Tourgigs…
watch Mutual Benefit in a BV Studio Session; Leapling opening their NYC shows (video & updated dates)
video, and Chris La Putt
Jordan Lee’s art pop collective Mutual Benefit celebrated the vinyl re-release of their 2013 debut LP, Love’s Crushing Diamond, via Other Music this week (1/7), and part of that celebration included performing one of its tracks, “Advanced Falconry,” plus two songs from their 2010 Spider Heaven EP, for the seventh installemnt of our BV Studio Sessions recorded at Butler Recording in Bushw…
Heliotropes list their "Top Musical Torture Scenarios of 2013," opening for Psychic TV ++ belated pics from Cake Shop
Brooklyn’s Heliotropes released their riff-heavy debut, A Constant Sea, over the summer and if you haven’t heard it yet you can stream it below…
Lucius @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Kingsley Flood (pics & videos)
“So happy to have seen @ilovelucius again. What an unforgettable, high-energy show. @ Bowery Ballroom” – @Caty_Gordon
“@ilovelucius killed it tonight at Bowery Ballroom…
John Grant played Rough Trade (pics) after MHOW
John Grant‘s second solo album, Pale Green Ghosts, has been appearing on a lot of best-of lists this year, and it landed in the top spot of Rough Trade Shops’ Top Albums of 2013…
Nicole Atkins sang w/ Lesley Gore & others at the Seaport tree-lighting (pics), announced a Bowery Ballroom show
The annual tree-lighting at the Seaport went down over the weekend (11/29) with Nicole Atkins and “It’s My Party” singer Lesley Gore singing, along with appearances from comedian Dave Heenan, Swingadelic and more…
Sky Ferreira played Rough Trade, which is now open for business (pics of her & the NYC store)
The first real concerts at Rough Trade’s new NYC location, in partnership with Bowery Presents, will happen this weekend with Television (both sold out), but meanwhile the venue opened tonight (11/25) with a pair of free “in-stores”…
