The Poison Tree

January’s inaugural Burgundy Stain Session began softly with just Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) on stage, but for the second show in the series (2/8 at Le Poisson Rouge), Bartlett, the host, took a different approach…

When Glen Hansard sets foot on the stages of a sold-out City Winery TONIGHT, it’ll be his third visit to an NYC stage in a month. As advertised, The Frames frontman/Swell Season sensitive-man recently hopped on stage with Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly, Dawn Landes, and as hinted, St…

Thomas Bartlett was at the center of his Doveman and Friends concert at the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, January 12nd. On top of the headlining set, Barlett ably accompanied openers The Poison Tree (Steve Salett of King of France) and Sam Amidon on piano (even sitting in for some tasteful drums during Sam’s set)…

UPDATE: Tickets are back on sale for NIN @ T5. (thx anon) Islands @ Siren Fest 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Build @ Barbes * The Poison Tree @ The Living Room * Tanya Tagaq @ Lincoln Center Damrosch Park * Chris Brokaw, Robbie Lee @ Issue Project Room * Leisurely, Phil and the Osophers @ Bruar Falls * The Breeders, Whispertown 2000 @ Bowery Ballroom * Islands, Das Racist, Radical Dads @ The Bell House * Naughty By Nature, FinaL OutlaW @ Mahoney Playground * Soft Black, A Fermata, Dizzy Spells Martian @ Cake Shop * Electric Six, Les Sans Culottes, Jemina Pearl @ Maxwell’s * Fieldwork w/ Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer @ The Stone * Big Terrific w/ Max Silvestri, Craig Baldo, Joe Mande, Sean O’Connor @ Cameo * Wild at Heart (film), Dinosaur Feathers, Briges & Powerlines @ McCarren Park Free outdoor music tonight includes Naughty By Nature and FinaL OutlaW at Mahoney Playground in Staten Island, Tanya Tagaq at Lincoln Center Damrosch Park (she appears tomorro at the National Museum Of The American Indian Pavilion), and a screening of David Lynch‘s Wild at Heart at the McCarren park Summerscreen, with music from Dinosaur Feathers (6:30pm) and Bridges & Powerlines (7:30pm)…