Bang on a Can

Bang On A Can announce Asphalt Orchestra Pixies shows & more for 2015 & 2016

NYC-based new music collective Bang on a Can have announced their 2015-2016 agenda, and that includes the return of the all day Bang on a Can Marthan next summer (happening in Rotterdam, MA and NYC), and much more before that…

this weekend's Bang on a Can Marathon streaming live online

The 2015 Bang on a Can Marathon (part of River to River) happens on Sunday (6/21) at The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place, with cans and other instruments being banged on from noon to 10 PM…

River to River Festival announces 2015 lineup / schedule

The free River to River Festival returns in 2015 to various outdoor NYC venues from June 18-28 and includes music, dance, theater, visual art, film and more…

Missy Mazzoli & Victoire releasing a new album, touring with Glasser & Noveller, playing Carnegie Hall w/ Meredith Monk

Brooklyn composer/pianist Missy Mazzoli, who’s responsible for the 2012 opera Song from the Uproar (among other works), is releasing a new album with her ensemble Victoire, Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, and three of the Roomful of Teeth vocalists (who she’s worked with before) called Vespers for a New Dark Age on March 31 via New Amsterdam Records…

Ecstatic Music Festival 2015 schedule (Julia Holter, Xiu Xiu, Kaki King, John Zorn, Bang On A Can All-Stars & more)

NYC’s annual Ecstatic Music Festival returns to the Merkin Concert Hall this year with various shows happening from February through April, following the two free concerts at the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in Janu…

2014 River to River Festival lineup (Kaki King, Terry Riley, KiT, People Get Ready, Sergio Mendoza, Susie Ibarra & more)

River to River Festival 2013 (more by Ryan Muir) The free River to River Festival returns in 2014 to various outdoor NYC venues from June 19-29 and includes music, dance, theater, visual art, film and “unique participatory experiences…

Bang on a Can Marathon returning in 2014 w/ Jherek Bischoff, So Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, DJ /Rupture and more

Bang on a Can Marathon 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano) As part of this year’s River to River Festival, the free annual Bang on a Can Marathon will return to Brookfield Place, Winter Garden on June 22 from 2-10 PM:Bang on a Can returns with its annual super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the wo…

Asphalt Orchestra to cover the Pixies as a support act for the Pixies' Capitol Theatre & NJPAC shows

Pixies in Northampton earlier this week (more by Dana (distrotion) Yavin) You may know that Bang On A Can’s marching band Asphalt Orchestra often covers the Pixies and just celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1988 album Surfer Rosa by performing it in full at Le Poisson Rouge last Sunday (1/12), and they’re now taking the Pixies love one step further…

David Andrako's favorite Live Music Photos (that he took) and favorite songs of 2013

Dan Deacon @ Horseshoe Tavern/NXNE Toronto 6/13/2013 Longtime BV photographer David Andrako shot quite a few shows for us this year and, while 2013 isn’t over yet, he was nice enough to submit his 10 favorites…

Ecstatic Music Festival 2014 lineup & tix (Hospitality, Mirah, William Basinski, Buke & Gase, Colin Stetson, and more)

Hospitality at Glasslands in October (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The annual Ecstatic Music Festival is returning to its usual location, the Merkin Concert Hall (except for the kickoff show at The Green Space, and one show happening at Carnegie Hall) in 2014 from January 31 to March 29…
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