Andy LeMaster

Patti Smith & surprise opener Michael Stipe played Webster Hall (pics, videos, setlist)

Stipe played a surprise 15-minute opening set, and Patti brought him back on stage at the end of the night for ”People Have the Power.”

Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers streaming new BOCC album NOW!

Better Oblivion Community Center have revealed themselves.

Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Flea, Talib Kweli, Joan Baez, Cat Power & more played the Pathways to Paris benefit in NYC (pics, videos)

The Carnegie Hall show saw Joan Baez covering Antony, Talib Kweli playing “Get By” with Flea while Joan Baez danced on stage, Michael Stipe covering The Velvet Underground, and the whole lineup playing Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power” together…

Young Statues releasing an LP, playing Brixton CMJ w/ Teen Death, Creepoid, Ex-Breathers & more (dates, stream)

Philly indie rockers Young Statues are set to release their new album, The Flatlands Are Your Friend, on October 21 via Run for Cover, which follows their 2011 self-titled debut and a 2013 EP…

Saddle Creek: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Old Canes & Orenda Fink ++ Rural Alberta Advantage & UUVVWWZ dates

DOWNLOAD: TRAA – Don’t Haunt This Place (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Orenda Fink – Bloodline (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Orenda Fink – No Evolution (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Old Canes – Taxi On Vermont (MP3) DOWNLOAD: UUVVWWZ – Shark Suit (MP3) Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Union Hall 10/1 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson‘s Summer of Fear, the follow-up to his 2008 self-titled debut, is set for an October 20th release on Saddle Creek…