Bang on a Can

As mentioned, acclaimed ensemble Kronos Quartet are celebrating their ruby anniversary this year with the “Kronos at 40” mini-festival within Lincon Center Out of Doors’ 2013 slate…

Last night’s installment  (3/14) of the 2013 Ecstatic Music Festival was the the Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert which saw the Bang on a Can All-Stars performing world premieres of new commissions, and Fay Kueen Wang’s Weltinseln…

Ecstatic Music Festival 2012 (more by David Andrako) As discussed, the indie/classical Ecstatic Music Festival is returning to the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center this year and it begins Friday (1/25) with a show from My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus…

Tyondai Braxton at ATP NYC 2012 (more by David Andrako) Ex-Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton will present his new multimedia project, HIVE, in NYC at the Guggenheim Museum on March 21 as part of the museum’s Works & Process …

Julia Holter at Bowery Ballroom in August (more by Amanda Hatfield) The Ecstatic Music Festival is returning to the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center in 2013 from January 25 to March 21, where it’s happened in past years…

Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin), who also played Pitchfork fest over the weekend, and Bang on a Can composer David Lang played the second installment of the Ecstatic Summer concert series at the World Financial Center on Saturday (7/14)…

Bang on a Can 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano) The 2012 River to River Festival kicked off today (6/17) at noon with the Bang on a Can Marathon at the World Financial Center Winter Garden…

Glenn Branca Ensemble at last year’s Marathon (more by Andrew Frisicano) As previously announced, the 2012 River to River Festival will kick off with the annual 12-hour Bang on a Can Marathon on June 17 from noon to midnight at the World Financial Center Winter Garden:Some highlights include Bang on a Can All-Stars, astonishing cellist Maya Beiser, Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening Band, sound pioneer Alvin Lucier, indie guitar sensation Kaki King, jazz genius Matthew Shipp, music (Dirty Projectors), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Steve Reich, David T Little, Ruby Fulton, Michael Harrison; film, and much more…

Bang on a Can Marathon last year (more by Andrew Frisicano) Bang on a Can, who recently celebrated their 25th anniversary with a big show at Lincoln Center, bring the annual, free Marathon back to the World Financial Center Winter Garden this year from June 17,12PM – June 18, 12AM…

Squeeze @ Coachella 2012 (more by David Andrako) today in NYC * Mocca Fest * Tribeca Film Fest * Rammstein @ Nassau Coliseum * The Weeknd @ Bowery Ballroom * Anthony Jeselnik @ Caroline’s * Stuyvesant, The 65′, Wyldlife @ Maxwell’s * Midnight Magic, JD Samson @ Tribeca Grand * Bang on a Can: 25 Years @ Alice Tully Hall * Hanni El Khatib, Sundelles @ Mercury Lounge * Jeff Mills, Sleepy & Boo @ Le Poisson Rouge * Ryuichi Sakamoto, Otomo Yoshihide @ The Stone * Dysrhythmia, Kayo Dot, Vaura @ Death By Audio * Squeeze, The English Beat @ Roseland Ballroom * Conspirator, Nerve, KJ Sawka @ Irving Plaza * Kathleen Edwards, Hannah Georgas @ Webster Hall * Mattison, Chat Logs, Many Mansions @ The Gutter * Hey Champ, French Horn Rebellion @ Brooklyn Bowl * Balthrop, Alabama with The Bandana Splits @ Living Room * Yann Tiersen, Felix @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Addison Groove, Doc Daneeka, Jubilee @ Glasslands * Death Cab For Cutie, Youth Lagoon @ Beacon Theatre * Romans, Francy Trash, Le Mood @ Bowery Electric * Yarn/Wire, Tristan Perich Chalk @ Issue Project Room * Black Pyramid, Elder, Alkahest, Sanhhet @ ABC No Rio * Folklore, Overlord, The Hairs, Pale Lights @ Cake Shop * Throwing Snow, Grenier aka DJG, Mike Slott @ Littlefield * Edmund II, Appomattox, Simple Shapes, Jac @ The Rock Shop * Scott Tuma, Jason Ajemian, Ben Vida, Eli Keszler @ Shea Stadium * Revocation, Cannabis Corpse, Ramming Speed, Grudges @ Saint Vitus * The Features, Hollis Brown, Alvin and the 1015 @ Knitting Factory * Bright Moments, Nikhil P…