This week in the basement: Destroyer reissues, Sloan, A Place to Bury Strangers, psych supergroup MIEN, Mouse on Mars' guest-filled new LP, and Collapsing Scenery cover Randy Newman with James Chance.
Plus: KRS-One, Author & Punisher, Suzanne Ciani, Drexciya, Shabazz Palaces, Psychic TV, Torres, Smerz, and more, plus this year's eight-hour sleep concert, robots, and more.
Additions include Mouse on Mars, Sam Amidon, Spank Rock, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Lisa Hannigan, and more.
Polica also recently collaborated with electronic musician Lane 8 on his new single "No Captain" and you can hear that now.
In addition to the Tallest Man on Earth & yMusic shows at Pioneer Works (night 1 tickets, night 2 sold out), there's other cool stuff happening at the Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse this fall...
Bon Iver's Mexican concert vacation, "Days Have No Numbers," has been cancelled less than a month after being announced.
It goes down in January 2018 and also includes Francis and the Lights, Hiss Golden Messenger, Melt-Banana, Spank Rock, Phil Cook, and more.
One of the collaborative highlights of the third edition of Eaux Claires was 'Bon Iver Presents: John Prine and the American Songbook,' which featured artists like Justin Vernon, Jenny Lewis, Jeff Tweedy, Mountain Man, Spank Rock, and Anais Mitchell covering Prine's songs.
The third edition of Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner's Eaux Claires festival was heavy on collaborations between performers, including Vernon and Dessner themselves. Paul Simon was joined by a classical ensemble, and many artists covered John Prine. Chance the Rapper, Danny Brown, Feist, Perfume Genius, Sylvan Esso, and Francis and the Lights were among others who played the festival.
Ahead of their Governors Ball set on Sunday afternoon, Australia's cut-and-paste wizards The Avalanches played a GovBall After Dark show at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday night (6/3)...