Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham readies new LP, touring; three Glenn Branca symphonies being performed for Red Bull Music Academy

Experimental musician, no-wave fixture and guitar innovator Rhys Chatham is releasing a new album, Pythagorean Dream, on which he plays trumpet, electric guitar, and alto, bass and C flutes. You can check out an excerpt of the final track off the LP below. The album is out June 3 via Foom Music. Rhys will be […]

White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)

As mentioned, White Fence‘s new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…

tickets on sale: Leonard Cohen, Muse, Miguel, ATP UK, more

Tickets for the Leonard Cohen show at Radio City go on AEG/Venue/Radio presales today at 9 AM (password: “LEONARD”). VIP packages for the Muse shows at Mohegan Sun and Nassau Coliseum go on presale today at 10 AM…

Magik Markers, Dustin Wong, Eugene Chadbourne, Matthew Shipp and more playing NYC's Spy Music Festival

The second-annual Spy Music Festival happens June 29th through July 15th, featuring “46 sets of music at 7 venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn…

Oneida played Ecstatic Music Fest w/ Rhys Chatham (pics), playing NYC Taper anniversary show

Composer/guitarist Rhys Chatham collaborated with Brooklyn band Oneida for a set of new compositions they played together at Merkin Concert Hall in NYC on Saturday night (3/17)…

Neon Marshmallow fest coming to Brooklyn (3 days @ Public Assembly w/ Tim Hecker, Grouper, many more)

Grouper at Terminal 5 in 2009 (more by Natasha Ryan) Mini festival Neon Marshmallow is making its way to NYC, after two successful outings in Chicago…

The Kitchen celebrating 40 w/ 'Pioneers of the Downtown Sound', hosting annual block party

Talking Heads at The Kitchen in 1976 (photo by Kathy Landman)On the occasion of The Kitchen‘s 40th Anniversary, legendary experimental musician and composer Rhys Chatham curates a shared program of music from his time as a performer and music curator at The Kitchen during the 1970s…

The Love Language played the Rock Shop (pics), playing Hopscotch Fest (updated lineup)

photos & videos The Love Language played The Rock Shop on Saturday (8/20) with Nightdogs and IYEZ. Pictures and videos from that show are in this post…

the final Table of the Elements Festival is this week @ IPR, Alloy Orchestra plays Prospect Park this summer

An image from Robert Longo’s Pictures for Music (1979), which will be played alongside Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Trio… Since 1993 the record label Table of the Elements has staked its claim on a massive enterprise, intending nothing less than to rewrite the history of American music in the second half of the 20th century, and beyond…

Hopscotch Fest returns to Raleigh (2011 lineup announced), Sharon Van Etten officially added to Northside Fest

The second annual Hopscotch Festival will go down in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, across 12 different venues with over 135 bands, from September 8th through 10th…
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