Craig Wedren

Plus: Band of Horses, Childish Gambino, Jessie Ware, Prophets of Rage, HALFNOISE, Twin Shadow, Craig Wedren, The Men, Richard Lloyd, Kimya Dawson and more NYC-area shows on sale.

The former Shudder to Think frontman plays a free “Sabbath Session” just a few days after the new ‘WHAS’ series (which he scored) drops on Netflix. He’s got lots of other film and TV projects in the works too.

“Music of Wet Hot American Summer’ will reunite much of the movie/series’ cast, along with Shudder to Think’s Craid Wedren who wrote the music.

All things considered, we hope you had a Happy Halloween. You already saw what John Vanderslice and Freelance Whales dressed up as, and Dum Dum Girls’ nun costumes (Crocodiles in there too)…

In this fiercely divided election year, The Citizens Band is releasing , a musical call to action for those discouraged by the increasingly vitriolic campaigns across the country…

You’ve already heard more than half of the upcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me (due out 8/14 via Concord, but up for pre-order on iTunes now), which features mostly indie rock bands offering their takes on songs from throughout Fleetwood Mac’s expansive career…

Sleigh Bells at Terminal 5 in Feb 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) Sleigh Bells and The Kills will separately headline two Converse City Carnage concerts/skateboard events happening at Hudson River Park…

As mentioned, the Ecstatic Music Festival kicks off on February 4 at Merkin Concert Hall with Jherek Bischoff, who plays with Parenthetical Girls and The Dead Science…

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…