Ben Abraham

Le Poisson Rouge reopening in August (initial lineup w/ Daughters, High on Fire, more)

After over a year closed due to COVID, Greenwich Village mainstay Le Poisson Rouge is returning in late August for its 13th operating year.

Damien Jurado shares "Qachina," touring (dates & video)

Damien Jurado announced late last year that he’s releasing his twelfth album, Visions of Us on the Land, on March 18 via Secretly Canad…

What's going on Thursday? (CMJ, Dungen, Mercury Rev, Protomartyr, Empress Of, Fred Thomas, Front Bottoms, more)

Because of CMJ, we’re doing ‘What’s Going On’ slightly different this week. Each day there’s a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night sh…

Car Seat Headrest share "Times to Die" lyric video, add even more CMJ shows ++ other tour dates

Car Seat Headrest (aka Seattle’s Will Toledo) has shared the lyric video for the sprawling “Times To Die,” which is on his Matador Records debut, Teens of Style (out 10/30)…

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…