Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann is retiring his Crooked Fingers moniker and now recording solo under his own name. His new self-titled album will be out on March 25 via Merge, and it features the new single "Mercy" which sounds like an anthemic '70s ballad, complete with a backing gospel...
Perhaps most noticeably, the new lineup--Cristina Cano on keys, Anita Lee Elliott on bass, and Amanda Spring on drums--is all women. Ford describes the choice as a "daydream," not a statement so much as the simple fulfillment of a wish to make music with other women...
Caribou at Governors Island in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
of Montreal, Deerhoof, Ducktails, The Dodos, Foxygen's Jonathan Rado, and Jacco Gardner are a few of the artists who'll be contributing to Polyvinyl's 4-Track Singles Series Vol...
Horse Feathers, out promoting Cynic's New Year which you can stream at Kill Rock Stars' Bandcamp, is on a tour that hits Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tonight (11/14) with Frank Fairfield (who has toured with Fleet Foxes and Cass McCombs) and David Dondero (who returned to Ghostmeat Records in 2011 after three albums on Conor Oberst's Team Love label)...
As we saw yesterday, the power is back to most of Manhattan and many more shows are starting to happen. Subways are continuing to get better too...
John Vanderslice and Crooked Fingers kicked off their tour together in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday (10/30), and despite Hurricane Sandy, they've been moving on as planned, having played DC last night (10/31) and they'll be in Philly tonight (11/1)...
John Vanderslice at Mercury Lounge in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
John Vanderslice and Crooked Fingers (the project of Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann) are teaming up for a co-headlining tour together this fall which hits the NYC area for shows at The Bell House on November 2 and Maxwell's on November 4...
Archers of Loaf at Webster Hall (more by Chris Gersbeck)
Archers of Loaf, still reunited, have a handful of dates scheduled in 2012 so far. The seminal 90s band has a pair of West Coast dates: LA and San Francisco (as part of Noise Pop), and two East Coast dates: Bowery Ballroom on April 26th and Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on April 29th that same week (date TBA shortly)...
Crooked Fingers at Nokia Theatre in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)
As mentioned, Crooked Fingers (Eric Bachmann of Archers of Loaf's other project) are touring in support of their upcoming album, Breaks in the Armor, this fall...