Red Bull Music Academy

PC Music played SXSW, announce NYC show lineup & more tix, launch Pop Cube website

PC Music and SOPHIE are taking over BRIC House in Brooklyn on May 8 for a Red Bull Music Academy showcase featuring the just-announced lineup of QT, Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, SOPHIE, A…

Dev Hynes, Sam Amidon, Cults, Richard Reed Parry, Kurtis Matronik, Thao Nguyen & more playing Arthur Russell tributes

Like last year, the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy will host a two-night tribute concert at BAM. Last year was William Onyeabor, and this year they’ll be paying tribute to the late, great Arthur Russell whose music spanned folk, classical, dance and areas in between…

PC Music taking over BRIC House in Brooklyn for showcase; throwing one at SXSW too

What is PC Music? A label, a scene, a subgenre, a red herring? It may be all of these things at once. The shadowy operation and its bewildering brand of hyper-pop have been everywhere in the past few months, from UK broadcasters like Rinse FM to the XL Records roster to Boiler Room broadcasts, and its influence seems to be growing on a daily basis…

Nothing Changes taking over Output for one night w/ Prurient, Merzbow, Genesis P-Orridge & Aaron Dilloway, and more

Nothing Changes is the weekly late-night party that happens at small Lower East Side bar Home Sweet Home that tends to feature relatively obscure goth/noise/punk/etc artists, and sometimes hosts bigger bands while they tour through NYC like Iceage and Merchand…

FKA Twigs playing Sunset Park warehouse Brooklyn Hangar with 10 dancers, designer costumes & visuals (dates & tickets)

RMBA’s 2015 NYC lineup announcement today included a show that will actually be Red Bull Music Academy’s biggest-ever production. Taking place in a Sunset Park warehouse called Brooklyn Hangar…

Tri Angle Records throwing 5th anniversary party on Wall St.

The 2015 Red Bull Music Academy lineup was just announced, and as is to be expected, there’s a ton of very cool events happening this year…

Red Bull Music Academy NY returns - 2015 lineup & schedule (return of the Storm Rave, GHE20G0TH1K, a Kid Millions commission & much more)

The Red Bull Music Academy will once again take over NYC this year from May 1-30 with several very cool events and various venues. This year includes a night of all African electronic artists at Villain, a GHE20G0TH1K’s biggest ever party which will happen at BK Bazaar with a big lineup including New Orleans Bounce ‘sissy rapper’ Sissy Nobby‘s first-ever NYC appearance, the premiere of a new Kid Millions (of Oneida) piece with 20 musicians, a conversation with A$AP Rocky, a PC Music showcase with all their artists and SOPHIE at BRIC House, a conversation with George Clinton, the biggest-ever Nothing Changes party at Output with Merzbow and many others, a Tri Angle Records 5th anniversary party on Wall Street with most of the label’s roster, the return of Frankie Bones’ Storm Rave party, the debut of FKA twigs’ new live show with dancers and more, an Arthur Russell tribute with Dev Hynes, Cults, Phosphorescent (UPDATE: Phosphoresent was initially listed as part of this but is no longer on the lineup), Sam Amidon, Little Scr…

Mumdance releasing stuff, touring, playing Lit City Trax RBMA, Warm Up & more; DJ Marfox too (dates, streams)

Drawing upon the UK electronic music of his youth, Mumdance (along with collaborators Logos and Mao) was inspired by grime, hardcore, and shoegaze but never beholden to it…

VIDEO: D'Angelo's full Red Bull Music Academy interview w/ Questlove appearance included (watch)

“Nelson George & D’angelo having the REALEST convo ever. I’ve known dude for 20 years and never knew he was THIS funny.” – Questlove D’Angelo & Questlove at RBMA (photo by Drew Gurian/Red Bull Content Pool)The most awkward moment of the night came when George asked if the oft-used term “neo-soul” was a valid phrase or “PR bullshit,” unaware that the man who coined the term, a friend of D’Angelo and Questlove, was in the audience…

download audio of Panda Bear's full set at Warsaw (many new songs included)

Panda Bear at Warsaw on Sunday (more by PSquared) Over the weekend, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear brought his tour to NYC for a Red Bull Music Academy show at Warsaw (check out pictures), where he played music from his upcoming album, tentatively titled Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper…
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