Tim Hecker

Red Bull Music Academy 2014 NYC lineup (D'Angelo, Panda Bear, David Byrne, William Onyeabor tribute, more)

Panda Bear at MHOW in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As discussed, the Red Bull Music Academy is taking over NYC again this May, and since we last spoke, lineups have been announced…

NXNE 2014 expands lineup (Swans, Spiritualized, Spoon, Low, Swearin', Perfect Pussy, tUnE-yArDs, Goat, Le1f & more)

NXNE returns to various Toronto venues from June 13-22, and since we last spoke the lineup has expanded. It now includes Spoon, Sleigh Bells, Spiritualized, tUnE-yArDs, A$AP Ferg, Metz, Ryan Hemsworth, Swans, Goat, Oneohtrix Point Never, Fuck Buttons, Low, Tim Hecker, Eagulls, Glasser, Kelela, Ratking, Perfect Pussy, Small Black, Le1f, The Pizza Underground, Swearin’, Dan Croll, DJ Jonathan Toubin, Astro, Juan Wauters, Mutual Benefit, Guerilla Toss, Calvin Love, Alvvays, Hunters, Saint Rich and more Those join previously announcd artists like St…

Big Ears Festival expands lineup again: Jonny Greenwood, So Percussion, Rachel Grimes & more

Jonny Greenwood w/ Radiohead @ Prudential Center 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival goes down March 28 – 30, mixing modern composers and adventurous rock acts…

Big Ears Fest expands lineup (Low, Body/Head, Earth, Lonnie Holley, Hailu Mergia, Jenny Hval & more added)

Low at The Concert Hall in 2013 (more by PSquared) As discussed, the Big Ears Festival is returning to various Knoxville, TN venues from March 28-30, and since we last spoke, more artists were added…

Some Albums That Didn't Make Pitchfork's Top 50 of 2013

Pitchfork just posted their Honorable Mention Albums of 2013, which they say is “not #51 through #70 in our albums poll, but rather, records we thought were exceptional this year and deserved to be highlighted regardless of where they wound up…

NPR Music list their 50 favorite albums of 2013

NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more…

A.V. Club lists their Top LPs of 2013

It’s been a transitional year for A.V. Club. The print version of The Onion ceased publication, and much of AVC’s senior staff jumped ship for Pitchfork’s new film site, The Dissolve…

Big Ears Festival 2014 lineup (Steve Reich, Jonny Greenwood, John Cale, Television, Julia Holter, Oneohtrix & more)

Big Ears Festival, a three-day event that joins modern classical music and adventurous rock acts in venues around Knoxville, TN, will host its first festival since 2010 on March 28-30…

SPIN's top 50 albums of 2013

It’s the first work week of December and the year-end music lists for 2013 keep piling in. We just saw album lists from Q and Mojo, and now we get a list from a US publication, S…

Tim Hecker streaming 'Virgins,' playing a Red Bull show at Co-Prosperity Sphere w/ The-Drum & Wrekmeister Harmonies

As mentioned, Tim Hecker‘s new album, called Virgins, is slated to hit stores on October 14 via Kranky Records. You’ve already heard “Black Refraction” from the LP, and can now take a listen to the album in its entirety via NPR…
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