Red Bull Music Academy

Red Bull Music Academy 2016 lineup: ANOHNI, Dizzee Rascal, Diamanda Galas, Kamasi Washington / Pharoah Sanders & more

The Red Bull Music Academy will be back in New York City for a fourth year, running April 22 – May 22. As always it’s a wide mix of concerts and events, and this year’s highlights include…

RBMA & Reggie Gray throwing a party at National Sawdust with Zebra Katz, Nire, Octo Octa & Jimi Nxir

New Williamsburg venue National Sawdust is now open (take a look at some pictures), and this coming Tuesday (10/13) the Red Bull Music Academy will throw an ev…

Dev Hynes, Sam Amidon, Thao Nguyen, Richard Reed Parry, Cults & more paid tribute to Arthur Russell at BAM (pics)

Mr. Russell’s eerie, solitary side was assigned to Lonnie Holley, singing in a bluesy, abstracted tone (and sometimes whistling) over clusters sustained on an electric keyboard; to Sam Amidon, who played terse banjo parts and sang with quizzical innocence; and to Richard Reed Parry, playing bass and singing just above a whisper…

Storm Rave 2015 in pics (Frankie Bones, Lennie Dee, Heather Heart, Adam X, Rob G, more)

“Storm Rave was about bringing the future of music to people, why would I want to, in 2015, play music from 1992 when half the people at the party weren’t even born yet…

FKA twigs performed her steamy "Congregata" at Brooklyn Hangar (pics, video), does it again tonight and Tuesday

“Hot” is perhaps the optimal word to describe FKA twigs‘ Sunday night NYC show, her first of three performances of the spectacle that is her “Congregata…

Tri Angle Records party pics: Evian Christ, Haxan Cloak, Lotic & more including special guest BJORK (listen to her DJ set)

/ Red Bull Content Pool Boutique electronic label Tri Angle Records celebrated its fifth anniversary with a party on Wall Street during the ongoing 2015 Red Bull Music Academy NYC reside…

Pharmakon, Genesis P-Orridge, Prurient, Marshstepper, Merzbow & more played 'Nothing Changes' at Output (pics)

photos by Maria Jose Govea / Red Bull; words by Bill Pearis Pharmakon / Prurient / Genesis P-Orridge / Marshstepper

PC Music presented "Pop Cube" at BRIC House w/ Hannah Diamond, QT, GFOTY, Sophie, and more (pics)

Friday’s show was billed as the premiere of Pop Cube, “a multimedia reality network,” whatever that is. It started with a stunt. With the audience lined up along the sidewalk, a white stretch S…

A$AP Rocky raps along to 1972 Rod Stewart/Python Lee Jackson song on new album track with Miguel (listen)

A$AP Rocky debuted a new song during his Red Bull Music Academy live interview in NYC tonight. The track is called entitled “Everyday”. It heavily samples/covers 1972 Python Lee Jackson song “In a Broken Dream”, which most famously features vocals…

FKA twigs sold out her NYC 'Congregata' shows, adds third show (updated dates)

Over the course of two nights, the singer / dancer / producer / choreographer / director will perform two very special concerts at the Brooklyn Hangar…
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