Don Fleming
guest-filled Thurston Moore "oral discography" coming
‘We Sing a New Language: The Oral Discography of Thurston Moore’ features contributions from Lydia Lunch, Richard Hell, Michael Gira, Lee Ranaldo, Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, and more.
Anohni, Yo La Tengo, Laurie Anderson, David Johansen & more paid tribute to Lou Reed @ Lincoln Center (pics + video)
‘The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed’ was an all-day event as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival.
ANOHNI, David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Emily Haines & lots more appearing at Lincoln Center's all-day Lou Reed tribute
This free all-day event, features films, live music, art, and meditation, and more. More names: Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Doveman, JG Thirlwell, Jon Spencer, Mark Kozelek, Victoria Williams, John Zorn, Kim Cattrall (?!), Steve Buscemi and still more.
J Mascis, Dez Cadena, Don Fleming, Sunburned Rob Thomas & more playing Stooges tribute in NYC this week
Stooges tribute band Ron & Scott — which features Rob Thomas (the one from Sunburned Hand of the Man, not Matchbox 20), John Moloney (also of SHOFTM) and Noel Ford — are playing a NYC show on Thursday, in honor of the band’s departed members Scott and Ron Asheton. They’ll be joined by a very special guest, who’s performed with the Asheton brothers before, Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis. Other guests include…
Kurt Vile & J Mascis played "Pretty Pimpin" on 'Colbert' +++ pics of Dinosaur Jr @ Bowery Ballroom night 5
Kurt Vile has been in NYC to guest at more than one of the seven Dinosaur Jr shows, including the finale last night (12/9). Before last night’s show, Kurt, his band the Violators, and Dino Jr frontman J Mascis headed to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Pretty Pimpin,” the excellent (and very popular) lead track off KV’s album b’lieve i’m go……
Dinosaur Jr @ Bowery night 5: Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, Don Fleming, Todd Barry,Thalia Zedek & more (setlist / video)
Dinosaur Jr‘s 30th anniversary shows at Bowery Ballroom have thus far begun and ended basically the same: Henry Rollins introduces the band from the balcony and they play their 1985 debut album, Dinosaur, in full; things end with a guest-filled, jammed-out encore of Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer…
Jad Fair releasing four collaborative LPs in 2014, including one w/ Danielson & they're touring together (dates, LP stream)
Prolific cult artist Jad Fair released a collaborative album with Danielson, titled Solid Gold Heart, and you can stream the whole thing below…
Yo La Tengo ended Hanukkah 2012 run at Maxwell's (check out what they played & who else played each night)
Yo La Tengo with Norman Blake (photo by Liz Clayton, via)We opened night eight with “Ohm” (recorded by John McEntire on YLT’s forthcoming Fade record)…
Dinosaur Jr. and many guests celebrated 'You're Living All Over Me' at Terminal 5 (pics, videos, setlist)
Throughout the 90s and the first half of the 2000s, Dinosaur Jr. was one of the last rock groups you would have expected to get the old band back together, go on tour, and record new music–not to mention new music that’s every bit as good as anything the original lineup made in the 80s…
Mike Watt played Stooges songs w/ J Mascis & many guests @ LPR (to celebrate his book) -- pics, video, setlist
In the live interview that took place before Hellride East (aka J.Mascis and Murph of Dinosaur Jr, and the guest of honor for the evening Mike Watt) hit the stage, Watt told rock critic Byron Coley about his intense love for John Coltrane (“I thought he was a punk”) and how The Stooges changed his life…
