Ecstatic Music Festival

It wasn’t the marathon that opened the inaugural Ecstatic Music Fest in 2011, but this year’s opening show on Saturday (2/4) had some of that same collaborative energy, focusing on the compositions and arrangements of Jherek Bischoff, a musician known for his work primarily with The Dead Science, Parenthetical Girls and The Degenerate Art Ensemble…

DOWNLOAD: Sharon Van Etten @ The Greene Space (MP3) As you know, Sharon Van Etten played a show at WNYC’s Greene Space in Tribeca back on 1/17 (with Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis), one day before she played her entire new album in full at Mercury Lounge…

As BroadwayWorld.com writes (which may or may not be a press release):“The world premiere performances of composer Robert Sirota‘s opera, ISCARIOT, which were previously announced as being presented at Trinity Wall Street’s St…

Mirah has two NYC shows coming up this February. First, she’ll play as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival as one of the guest vocalists performing with Jherek Bischoff, which also includes David Byrne, Craig Wedren, Greg Saunier, and Zac Pennington…

This Will Destroy You at Emos last month (more by Tim Griffin) This Will Destroy You will team with Amen Dunes (who played 285 Kent last night) for a set of dates in late January and into February…

yMusic at Castle Clinton in July (more by Amanda Hatfield) Six-piece ensemble yMusic released their debut LP this past September, Beautiful Mechanical, with compositions of My Brightest Diamond (whose new album yMusic played on), Annie Clark, Son Lux, and others…

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…

DOWNLOAD: Zammuto – “Yay” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zammuto – “Groan Man, Don’t Cry” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zammuto – “Too Late To Topologize” (MP3) The Books @ Prospect Park over the summer (more by Ryan Muir) Nick Zammuto of NYC experimentalists The Books announced a new project on his blog back in June called Zammuto…

The Ecstatic Music Festival is returning to the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center from February 4 to March 28. The festival includes 11 shows over the course of the approximate two month period including performances (of Arcade Fire) with Son Lux and yMusic (who recently worked with My Brightest Diamond and St…

“Sufjan did not disappoint us. He came, he played banjo and sang We Were Here, acting in his self-effacing way just any other hired musician…