Johann Johannsson

FACT's Top 50 Albums of 2015

FACT published their 50 Best Albums of 2015 list and as always, it’s one of the more unique lists of the year. It’s loaded with high-quality electronic music, rap, R&B, indie, pop, and more, and you’re almost guaranteed to find something on it you haven’t…

Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson performing with ACME ensemble & Roomful of Teeth at The Met's Temple of Dendur

Acclaimed Icelandic composer and Golden Globe winner (for his The Theory of Everything score), Jóhann Jóhannsson is in NYC currently where he’ll perform on Tuesday (3/17) at The Met’s Temple of Dendur…

2015 Oscar nominations announced

The 87th Annual Academy Award nominations are out and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s flashy Birdman leads the charge with nine nominations, followed by WWII drama The Imitation Game (8), Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (7) and Richard Linklater’s Boyhood (6)…

Patti Smith, Trent Reznor, Lana Del Rey, Lorde & more nominated for 2015 Golden Globe Awards

It’s awards season and this morning the 2015 The Golden Globes nominations were released and there are a few familiar names in the two music categories: Lana Del Rey: “Big Eyes” (Big Eyes) John Legend, Common: “Glory” (Selma) Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye: “Mercy Is” (Noah) Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck: “Opportunity” (Annie) Lorde: “Yellow Flicker Beat” (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)And Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, working again with David Fincher this time for Gone Girl, is among the nominees in the Best Original Score category:Alexandre Desplat: The Imitation Game Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Theory of Everything Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross: Gone Girl Antonio Sanchez: Birdman Hans Zimmer: InterstellarAmong the non-music nominees, Iñárritu’s Birdman led with seven nominations, and HBO’s True Detective and FX’s Fargo (both in the mini-series category) led in television with four and five nominations, respectively…

What's going on Tuesday? (Kendrick Lamar, Goldfrapp, ARMS, Spiritualized, Body/Head, The Stepkids & more)

Kendrick Lamar @ Firefly 2013 (more by Dana Yavin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…

Bang on a Can All-Stars performed works by Dan Deacon, Tyondai Braxton and more at Ecstatic Music Fest (pics)

Last night’s installment  (3/14) of the 2013 Ecstatic Music Festival was the the Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert which saw the Bang on a Can All-Stars performing world premieres of new commissions, and Fay Kueen Wang’s Weltinseln…

Tyondai Braxton has new musical projects, playing live (dates)

Tyondai Braxton at ATP NYC 2012 (more by David Andrako) Ex-Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton will present his new multimedia project, HIVE, in NYC at the Guggenheim Museum on March 21 as part of the museum’s Works & Process …

tonight's free & streaming Johann Johannsson show & 2 other North American dates

This is the info:Jóhann is making landfall in North America for three exciting and unique performances. The first stop is New York City. Jóhann will perform in its entirety his most recent release: the haunting soundtrack to Bill Morrison’s film The Miners’ Hymns…

What's going on Saturday?

Crystal Stilts @ Slumberland Birthday, 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * Red Baraat @ BAM * Dan Deacon at Suny Purchase * Evangelista @ The Stone * Memory Tapes at Tribeca Grand * Men, MKNG FRNDZ @ The Bell House * Wakey…

Jóhann Jóhannsson - 2010 tour dates & soundtrack release

Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson of Iceland will be making rounds this spring with a slate of North American shows. The tour kicks off on April 20th, with a gig at NYC’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on Friday, April 30th…
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