John Truscinski

Tour news: Fitz & The Tantrums, Rayland Baxter, Bela Fleck, Bill Nace, more

Plus: Patti Smith, Jeff Rosenstock/Laura Stevenson, The Starting Line, Kid Congo Powers, Otoboke Beaver, and more tour and festival news.

Sonic Youth, Body/Head & more releasing LPs for Three Lobed Recordings 20th anniversary

Independent label Three Lobed Recordings is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special series of six albums from Sonic Youth, Body/Head, the Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Six Organs of Admittance, and more.

Big Ears 2020 initial lineup: Efterklang, MUM, Tindersticks, Damo Suzuki, more

Big Ears happens March 26-29 in Knoxville and the initial lineup also includes Thundercat, Devendra Banhart, Terry Riley, Kim Gordon, and more

What's going on Friday?

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Ty Segall, David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway debut, Mudhoney, Robert Glasper, Visigoth/Crypt Sermon, Whitney, and more.

Kim Gordon art exhibition coming to the Warhol Museum in May

It’s Kim’s first solo exhibition in North America and includes a commissioned score for Andy Warhol’s ’Kiss’ featuring Bill Nace, Steve Gunn and John Truscinski which is also getting a vinyl release.

Body/Head (Kim Gordon/Bill Nace) announce new LP & tour, share a track

After revealing the release date earlier this year, Body/Head — the improvisational duo of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace — have officially announced their new album, The Switch, due on July 13 via Matador. Like with their 2013 debut, Gordon and Nace worked with engineer Justin Pizzoferrato but this is less of a rock record and more of a subtle, unsettling experience.

Five Notable Releases of the Week (6/3/16)

An experimental return from the legendary Paul Simon, psychedelic doom from Cough, another winner from the ever-busy Spencer Krug, and more.