Sam Hillmer

Arto Lindsay playing two Trans-Pecos shows this weekend; Yvette opening Lydia Lunch's Rough Trade show on Saturday

No wave legend and experimental composer Arto Lindsay is headed to Ridgewood, Queens venue Trans-Pecos for an AdHoc-presented two-night stand this w…

Zs releasing a new album, playing shows, told us their top LPs and "most anonymous comments on BrooklynVegan" of 2014

Long-running NYC experimental band Zs debuted their newest lineup in 2012, which is founder Sam Hillmer with Patrick Higgins and Liturgy drummer Greg Fox, and now they’re set to release the first album with that lineup, Xe, on January 27 via Northern Spy…

Diamond Terrifier celebrating Terrible Records release w/ labelmate Kirin J Callinan, Amen Dunes & more (free show tonight)

Kirin J Callinan at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Nate “Igor” Smith) Kirin J Callinan, who played 285 Kent and a private show last week, and who will be back next month while on tour with Ariel Pink, has added a FREE last minute Brooklyn show at Public Assembly tonight (5/20) with Diamond Terrifier, Amen Dunes (who played our show at Knitting Factory last week – photos HERE and HERE), Uumans, and more…

watch new Diamond Terrifier video from forthcoming LP

Diamond Terrifier is the a solo sax/electronic project from Z’s Sam Hillmer, who will release a new four-track 12″, The Subtle Body Wears A Shadow, on May 28 via Terrible Records…

the Zs record is out - MP3, a new remix, show tonight w/ Excepter & other dates & Sam Hillmer news

DOWNLOAD: Zs – Acres of Skin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – Diamond Terrifier (Zebrablood remix) (MP3) Avant-garde band Zs are celebrating their new LP New Slaves (out now on Social Registry) with a show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tonight (5/11), and they’ve brought along a pretty amazing cast of characters to pad the show…

¿REAL BUSHWICK/BUSHWICK RÉAL?

VNine 11 Thesaurus @ the Maze at DBA last September (more by Tim Griffin)¿REAL BUSHWICK/BUSHWICK RÉAL? is a new performance series representing the multi-faceted communities that make up Bushwick’s vibrant arts scene, and highlighting musicians, dancers, poets, and other performers from Bushwick and surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods…

Mode Records benefit w/ Philip Glass (whose opera is @ BAM tonight) & John Zorn (who plays the Vision Fest marathon)

Mode Records has etched its name in the annals of music history, producing the avant-garde and modern classical music of influential composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, and Harry Partch…

Death by Audio maze installation running Sept 10-Oct 2 (Skeletons, Mick Barr, Calvin Johnson, Extra Life, Ty Segall)

Remember Death By Audio’s 12-hour benefit on July 25th for something called You Are Here: A Maze?Sam Hillmer & Laura Paris, who dubbed their art collaboration Trouble, had the first You Are Here festival in 2007, at 44th street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway…

12-hour art project benefit at DBA (DJ Longstreth, Aa, members of Zs, Extra Life, Dead Science, more)

On Saturday, July 25th, there’ll be a 12-hour benefit at Death By Audio for You Are Here: A Maze, a “performance festival in a sculptural maze” to happen at the venue from September 10th – October 2nd…

people dressed like HALL & OATES - 2nd NYC show added

“In the mid-90s, that’s when I went indie.” Also a popular Halloween costume, Daryl Hall & John Oates just added a 2nd NYC show at Beacon Theatre – part of their “Home For Christmas Tour 2007“…