Calvin Johnson

What's going on Monday? (Arctic Monkeys, Pet Shop Boys, Elvis Costello/The Roots, Waxahatchee, Calvin Johnson, more)

Arctic Monkeys at Free Press Summer Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlig…

NYC Popfest Friday preview: 'The Shield Around the K," Monchrome Set, Math & Physics Club, afterparty and more

NYC Popfest 2013 is in full swing, with a host of Friday (5/31) goings-on. This afternoon at 5 PM at Williamsburg bar/videostore/screening room Videology, there is a free showing of K Records documentary The Shield Around the K with a post-screening Q&A with director Heather Rose Dominic. A…

Calvin Johnson touring, playing NYC with Chain & the Gang and more (dates)

K Records magnate Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System et al) has a few East Coast/Midwest dates this week, including a show on Wednesday (5/22) at Ran Tea House with labelmate Ian Svenonius’ Chain & the Gang, and Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa, and the NYC live debut of Erin Earthling…

Hive Dwellers (with Calvin Johnson) & K Records' the Curious Mystery on tour; playing MARKET HOTEL (tonight)

The show scheduled to take place at the Flatiron Hotel Rooftop Patio tonight (4/6) was moved due to a cell phone tower being still located there (aka fear of cancer)…

Gross Relations, ARMS, Martial Canterel, Anika, Vacant Lots, Javelin, Abe Vigoda, Don Giovanni, more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Gross Relations – You Don’t Know Me (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Anika – Yang Yang (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Anika – Terry (MP3) DOWNLOAD: ARMS – Floaters (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Martial Canterel – You Today (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Martial Canterel – Retrospective (Zip) DOWNLOAD: The Vacant Lots – Confusion (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Don Giovanni Sampler (Zip) In addition to being Black History Month, National Bird Feeding Month and National Sweet Potato Month, February also seems to consistently have a lot of band residencies…

Calvin Johnson touring, playing Montauk w/ Astronautalis & Brooklyn w/ Chain & The Gang (whose new album is out now)

DOWNLOAD: Chain & The Gang – “Why Not” (MP3) For those of you looking for a little adventure on a Thursday night, you’re in luck:K Records founder Calvin Johnson and indie rapper Astronautalis will join in baritone-voiced harmony in Montauk on February 10…

The Maze is happening (pics) - continues w/ K Records crew ++ Calvin Johnson, Arrington de Dionyso & City Center dates

You Are Here (The Maze) is underway at Death By Audio. Last Friday (9/11) featured music from A Place to Bury Strangers, The Sian Alice Group, Nine 11 Thesaurus (pictured above and below), Experimental Dental School and Reading Rainbow…

Death By Audio's The Maze - schedule (includes 1 of 4 upcoming Skeletons Big Band shows & much more)

Sam Hillmer (left) playing with Zs @ the Yard (more by Sarahana)You Are Here (The Maze) is a performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at Williamsburg’s Death By Audio from September 10 – October 2, 2009…

Death by Audio maze installation running Sept 10-Oct 2 (Skeletons, Mick Barr, Calvin Johnson, Extra Life, Ty Segall)

Remember Death By Audio’s 12-hour benefit on July 25th for something called You Are Here: A Maze?Sam Hillmer & Laura Paris, who dubbed their art collaboration Trouble, had the first You Are Here festival in 2007, at 44th street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway…

The Hive Dwellers (Calvin Johnson), Chain & The Gang (Ian Svenonius) tour + City Center dates, new albums, MP3

DOWNLOAD: City Center – Open House (MP3) :I leave tomorrow morning for Olympia to get it together for 2 months or so of touring with The Hive Dwellers and Chain & The Gang…
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