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Last night (9/6) was the Future Feminism benefit at Webster Hall with performances and DJ Johanna Constantine. Apart from the Girls of Karen Black, there wasn’t a lot of sloganeering, despite the occasion for the show, and the artists stuck mainly to the music…

As previously discussed, Antony, Kembra Pfahler, Johanna Constantine, and Cocorosie‘s Bianca and Sierra Casady have joined forces to form ‘Future Feminism‘, “a call to arms to reorganize ourselves as a species and affirm archetypally feminine values…

Cocorosie @ Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Gretchen Robinette) Cocorosie, Antony & Kembra Pfahler @ Tokion in 2005 (more) Cocorosie have been somewhat quiet in 2014 after a very active 2013 that saw the sisters release a new album, tour Europe, play a small show at Paper Box, a big show at Webster Hall as part of another tour, and a free show at Brooklyn Bowl…

The late Lou Reed was honored with a last-minute memorial in Harlem at the legendary Apollo Theatre last night (12/17), which was organized by his wife Laurie Anderson…

As David Byrne pointed out, Lou Reed never lost his drive to search out and experience new music. Lou discovered the relatively unknown Antony Hegarty via producer Hal Wilner in 2002 while Hal and Lou were working on Lou’s 19th solo album, The Raven, for which Antony ended up contributing vocals along with names like David Bowie, Laurie Anderson and Lou himself…

Marina Abramović has earned international renown and acclaim for the boldness and startling originality of her work. But when the self-proclaimed “grandmother of performance art” decided to put her life story on stage, Abramović opted to hand the reigns to another visionary avant-gardist, director Robert Wilson…

Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…

at New York City’s IFC Center, Antony Hegarty‘s long in-process film finally began its American theatrical run, following the U.S. premiere last weekend at the DOC NYC festival…

Industrial vets Throbbing Gristle are finally getting around to completing their “reinterpretation” of Nico‘s Desertshore, an idea of member Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, who has since passed a…

The xx at Terminal 5 last week (more by Toby Tenebaum) Alt-J at Mercury Lounge in May (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Spanglish Fly @ Barbes * Ryan Raftery @ Joe’s Pub * Tony Scherr @ Living Room * Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall * Cowboy Junkies @ City Winery * Golden Animals @ Manhattan Inn * The Zombies @ Highline Ballroom * Sidi Toure @ Marcus Garvey Park * Alt-J, Illumntr @ Mercury Lounge * Raphael McGregor Quartet @ Barbes * The xx @ Snug Harbor Cutural Center * Surfing, Milk Dick, Hippy @ Cake Shop * The Gowanus All-Stars @ The Rock Shop * Jim Campilongo, Adam Levy @ Living Room * Sinkane, Rakete, DJ Ryan Rasheed @ Zebulon * Lucinda Williams, Amy Cook @ Bowery Ballroom * CCB Reggae All-Stars @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise * Yosh, Bezoar, Spirit of a Slain Eagle @ Lit Lounge * Hot Tub w/ guest host Chris Gethard @ Littlefield * Allison Weiss, Mal Blum, Mitten, XNY @ Public Assembly * Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool * The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Have Nots @ Webster Hall * Delay, Nude Beach, Hop Along, These Days @ Death By Audio * Night Beats, K Holes, Mmoss, Josh Iden (DJ set) @ Knitting Factory * The Slaughter Survivors Tour 2012 @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Tashaki Miyaki, Dirty Fences, Dirty Dishes, Sky Picnic @ Glasslands * Fang, Eat The Turnbuckle, The Dead Tricks, The Sharp Lads @ Bowery Electric * Heads of State featuring Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and Ralph @ Wingate Field * The Canon Logic, Hungry March Band, Brute Force & Daughter of Force @ Brooklyn Bowl * Old Crow Medicine Show, The Lumineers, The Milk Carton Kids @ Central Park Summerstage “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” screens on the beach in Coney Island…