Steven Reker

BAM announces 2016 Next Wave Festival lineup

The Magnetic Fields, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pharrell Williams, Baryshnikov, and lots more.

Zac Pennington & Jherek Bischoff bringing 'Crying Music' to NYC (watch a clip of the LA show)

Parenthetical Girls singer Zac Pennington, David Byrne/Amanda Palmer collaborator Jherek Bischoff, and choreographer Steven Reker (of People Get Ready) have a new project called Cry…

Porches & Frankie Cosmos co-headlining Bowery Ballroom with Krill & Sheer Mag +++ other related shows

Porches at Baby’s All Right in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) Related bands Porches and Frankie Cosmos did a sold-out 2-night run at Baby’s All Right together this past October, and now they’re making the move up to Bowery Ballroom on February 6…

Lou Reed tribute this weekend w/ Arto Lindsay, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Julian, Kirin J Callinan, members of TV on the Radio, more

The Lou Reed tributes keep coming. Two of them just happened, including the one at Rodeo Bar on Wednesday (11/20) and the one with Jeffrey Lewis, Dawn Landes, and others at the Jalopy Theatre last night (11/21)…

Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)

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…

Sam Mickens played Union Pool (pics), challenges Sharon Jones, opening for Thee Silver Mt. Zion & stuff

Dear citizens of America & the Earth, On this day, April 20th, 2010, I officially issue a challenge, on behalf of myself and my Ecstatic Showband, to Ms…