Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger

…more than once he brought up British death metal band Carcass. He seemed mostly charmed by their insane-sounding song titles (“Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites” was a favorite), but based on Beck’s show at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday night, he also digs Carcass because, when given the chance, he likes to shred…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Delicate Steve, Dustin Wong, Deradoorian @ Baby’s All Right Pasta lovers rejoice, as there is some gourmet noodling going on tonight with mostly-instrumental group Delicate Steve, the exquisite loop pedal work of Dustin Wong and Dirty Projectors/Avey Tare associate Deradoorian…

Jeff Tweedy w/ Wilco in 2013 (more by PSquared) Upstate, NY jam band festival Mountain Jam is returning this year from June 5 – 8 at Hunter Mountain, and though they’ve got the usual jammy suspects (Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, etc), as always, there’s other stuff too like Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, Damien Marley, Jonathan Wilson, Valerie June, Blitzen Trapper, Antibalas, Treetop Flyers, Lucius, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger and more…