In addition to playing with the back-in-action Yeah Yeah Yeahs, drummer Brian Chase is up to a lot of other stuff this year. He's releasing albums with his Drums and Drones solo project and with saxophonist Catherine Sikora. We're premiering a song from the latter...
Plus: Simple Minds, Gary Numan, Dr. Dog/(Sandy) Alex G, Joan of Arc, and more NYC-area shows on sale today.
Jonathan Richman, UK Subs, Gucci Mane, BnB Rock, Howe Gelb / Mark Eitzel and more NYC-area show options for your Sunday.
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon's experimental duo with Bill Nace, Body/Head, celebrated their new album in Williamsburg on Saturday. MV Carbon and Silk Purse opened...
Lots of cool shows coming up at this church just off McGolrick Park in Greenpoint.
Thurston Moore's cassette single will be out on Cassette Store Day; Glacial play with 75 Dollar Bill and MV Carbon.
The celebration of "noise and experimental liberation" happens at Knockdown Center and Silent Barn in June.
Zeena Parkins (Bjork, Nels Cline, Lee Ranaldo, Phantom Orchard, etc), Ikue Mori (DNA, Phantom Orchard, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore) Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts), Mick Barr (Krallice, Orthrelm), Toby Driver (Kayo Dot), Chuck Bettis, John Zorn and many other talented people can be found playing and curating East Village club The Stone in November and December...
One of the band's playing Toby Driver's upcoming residency at The Stone is Stern, which Chuck Stern fronts and Toby also plays in. They play the 8 PM set on August 29 before Toby's other band Kayo Dot plays the 10 PM set, and they'll be supporting their new album,
Simian Mobile Disco @ SS Coachella (more by Greg Cristman)
The Soupcans @ Bowery Ballroom, 2013 (more by Dylan Johnson)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...