JG Thirlwell

Plus: Simple Minds, Gary Numan, Dr. Dog/(Sandy) Alex G, Joan of Arc, and more NYC-area shows on sale today.

Bowery Electric’s “Sally Can’t Dance” party hosted a tribute to Suicide and the late Alan Vega on Thursday (1/25) that featured a whole host of notable folk, including Martin Rev, Ric Ocasek, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Bob Bert, and more…

Also on the bill: Kid Congo, Bob Bert (Sonic Youth), JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Jesse Malin, Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones) and more.

Record Store Day 2017 is April 22. Also: watch a trailer for a new Today is the Day documentary.

Tredici Bacci is the project of musician and composer Simon Hanes that channels his love of ’60s/’70s soundtrack music, tipping his hat especially to Italy and the likes of Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. They’ve also been added to the Rhys Chatham/Oneida show at Market Hotel

This free all-day event, features films, live music, art, and meditation, and more. More names: Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Doveman, JG Thirlwell, Jon Spencer, Mark Kozelek, Victoria Williams, John Zorn, Kim Cattrall (?!), Steve Buscemi and still more.

As mentioned, sci-fi/horror master and composer John Carpenter will be releasing Lost Themes via Sacred Bones on February 3.  (Pre-order.) There will be a deluxe edition of the record available too, with remixes, Blanck Mass, Bill Kouligas, Silent Servant, Ohgr (Skinny Puppy), and J…

As discussed, Faith No More are officially back and will release first new album since 1997 in 2015. That’s being prefaced with the previously-mentioned “Motherfucker” single on Record Store Day Black Friday (11/28) which features that song as well as a JG Thirlwell remix of it on the flip…

The Stooges guitarist James Williamson is releasing a solo album, Re-Licked, features “lesser-known Stooges tracks properly recorded and mixed for the first time” with an impressive list of guest lead singers, including Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Mario Cuomo (The Orwells), Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Ariel Pink and oth…

Noveller opening for St Vincent in Chicago (more by James Richards IV) Drone guitar master Noveller (aka Sarah Lipstate) recently wrapped a tour opening for St…