National Sawdust
Laura Mvula played National Sawdust after Afropunk (pics, review)
The day after Afropunk’s main festival concluded, Afropunk, along with Jill Newman Productions, presented one of the acts from Saturday, Laura Mvula, in a more intimate setting…
Corinne Bailey Rae played National Sawdust (pics + updated tour dates)
Having finally released the new LP The Heart Speaks in Whispers after a six-year album gap, Corinne Bailey Rae brought her tour to NYC on Tuesday (8/2) for a sold-out show at National Sawdust…
Meredith Monk played National Sawdust with Theo Bleckmann & Katie Geissinger (pics)
Avant-garde composer/vocalist Meredith Monk played a relatively intimate show on May 19 at National Sawdust in Williamsburg with help from New Music vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Katie Geissinger. All three of them sang, and Meredith and Theo played keyboards…
Daughter played National Sawdust with Wilsen (pics)
English trio Daughter are currently on tour in support of their great second album Not To Disappear. They stopped by NYC’s National Sawdust on April 4 with Wilsen opening. We didn’t get the exact setlist from that show, but they’ve been playing almost the same one throughout their tour, mixed pretty equally with songs from the new LP and from their debut album…
Corinne Bailey Rae releasing first new LP in six years (listen to two songs), playing U.S. shows this spring
New album The Heart Speaks In Whispers features KING and Esperanza Spalding; tour dates include NYC shows at Mercury Lounge and National Sawdust.
Matmos share new video from washing machine sounds LP, playing shows (dates)
Matmos are just about to release Ultimate Care II, their new album that’s made entirely from washing machine sounds. They’ve just released a new video for “Ultimate Care II: Excerpt Three…
Majical Cloudz played National Sawdust w/ She-Devils (pics)
Montreal’s Majical Cloudz played a release show for their new album, Are You Alone?, at new Williamsburg venue National Sawdust on Wednesday night (10/21) which was decorated with a massive pile of flowers around the main monitor…
Connan Mockasin announces National Sawdust show for December; Yuka Honda & Nels Cline playing next week
We haven’t seen Connan Mockasin here in NYC for about a year when he was last in town to help Baby’s All Right celebrate their first anniversary (and to help the crowd get naked)…
The Terry Riley Festival is underway at National Sawdust (check out pics from Sunday's show w/ Matmos & more)
“Well you know, it’s hard to accept labels in terms of creative work, in any case,” he says. “In any period of life, I haven’t felt nailed down to anything…
Philip Glass, Cibo Matto, Nico Muhly, James Murphy, Chris Thile & more played National Sawdust's opening night (pics)
Years in the planning, new not-for-profit, artist-led venue National Sawdust finally opened its doors on Thursday night with two disparate “discover the space” inaugural shows…
