Northern Spy
Odetta Hartman releasing '222' with remix collection (listen), playing NYC shows & SXSW
Brooklyn’s Odetta Hartman released the 222 cassette last fall via Northern Spy. It’s a hard-to-pidgeonhole mix of ethereal folk, rootsy rock, and glitchy electronics, all anchored by her powerful voice…
Craw reissuing all their '90s albums, playing reunion shows
Cleveland post-rock/post-hardcore band Craw put out three albums in the ’90s (all recorded with Steve Albini) and then their final album, 2002’s Bodies for Strontium, which came out on Hydra H…
inflatable Seaport venue Sugarcube hosting free shows and more (Sun Ra Arkestra, Marc Ribot, Stephen Brodsky, more)
Sugarcube, an inflatable performance space located at Fulton and Front Streets at South Street Seaport, will be hosting a series of free concerts and other events this month into early Febru…
Shilpa Ray releasing an LP on Northern Spy (video), playing Cake Shop tonight
Shilpa Ray‘s last release was the It’s All Self Fellatio EP, which came out in 2013 via Nick Cave’s Bad Seed Ltd. label, and she’s since announced that she’ll follow it with an LP called Last Year’s Savage in 2015 via Northern Spy…
PC Worship releasing a new album (full LP stream), touring, including NYC shows w/ Parquet Courts, Naomi Punk & more
NYC’s PC Worship have been making noise around their hometown for years now, and their new album Social Rust is their most cleaned-up (and possibly best) album to d…
Trans Pecos opening in old Silent Barn space courtesy of Todd P; first shows at new NYC venue announced
Pop. 1280 at Public Assembly in 2012 (more by Erez Avissar)The Trans-Pecos, as originally defined in 1887 by the Texas geologist Robert T. Hill, is the portion of Texas that lies west of the Pecos River…
Thurston Moore playing collaborative set w/ Loren Connors at CMJ (watch a video of their set from Spy Music Fest)
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and avant-garde guitar great Loren Connors, who initially teamed up for a collaborative set over the summer during Spy Music Festival, will again do so for the Northern Spy and LQQK CMJ showcase which happens on October 17 at Public Assembly with Hubble, PC Worship, Diamond Terrifier, The Dreebs, and Devin, Gary & Ross…
Loren Connors playing shows (one w/ Lee Ranaldo's Text of Light); Spectre Folk playing w/ Scott & Charlene's Wedding
Loren Connors at Le Poisson Rouge in September (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Speaking of Loren Connors, who opens for Jozef Van Wissem tonight, he’s releasing a collaborative single with singer Suzanne Langille called I Wish I Didn’t Dream on Northern Spy Records…
Bardo Pond plays Death By Audio tonight with Eleven Twenty Nine & Steve Gunn
Bardo Pond at Music Hall of Williamsburg 2009 (more by Lori Baily)
Bardo Pond will play Death By Audio TONIGHT (11/19), as part of a Northern Spy event with Eleven Twenty Nine and Steve Gunn…
Hipster Puppy events, limited cassettes, Zs, Spy Music Fest
Hold on tight, the following post may make the internet completely collapse upon itself. Christopher Weingarten, notorious blogger/tweeter (as 1000TimesYes) and ex-drummer of Parts & Labor, welcomed his latest book Hipster Puppies over the summer…