The Tallest Man On Earth

someone put up an Other Music tribute billboard in Brooklyn

Plus: more performers added to Other Music Forever farewell party.

Five Notable Hours of the Week (aka the new Grateful Dead tribute album)

This is a slower release week, and there’s one highly-anticipated release that’s five and a half hours long. In lieu of that, today “Five Notable Releases” becomes “Five Notable Hours.”

The National's long-awaited Grateful Dead tribute comp features 59 songs and will be out in May (tracklist)

ANOHNI, Kurt Vile, Fucked Up, The Walkmen, The War on Drugs, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten, Jenny Lewis, The National, Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, Lucinda Williams, The Flaming Lips and more contribute to this long-in-the-works project.

The Tallest Man On Earth & Lady Lamb @ Thalia Hall (pics)

n The Tallest Man On Earth has been on his first-ever full-band tour in support of his fourth album and biggest-sounding one yet, Dark Bird ………

Lollapalooza 2015 day 2 pics: Metallica, Tame Impala, Brand New, DFA 1979, Sam Smith, Delta Spirit, Mick Jenkins & more

The only thing missing from Tame Impala’s trippy light and video presentation is the cover of darkness. Somehow, this band’s time-bending, shape-shifting music makes more sense at night, rather than under the blazing early evening Sun…

The Tallest Man on Earth played two full-band NYC shows with Hiss Golden Messenger (pics & setlist from MHOW)

Matsson kept the arrangements varied, switching from a five-piece to a quartet to a duo with a few solo songs thrown in the mix. At various times, these numbers included fiddle, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, piano, pedal steel, and lots of guitars, with Matsson swapping out axes for just about every song, ensuring that each was beautifully tuned…

The Tallest Man on Earth expands tour, adds 2nd NYC date with Hiss Golden Messenger (who's also playing Woodstock)

The Tallest Man on Earth has expanded his full-band tour, including additional dates to his run with Hiss Golden Messenger. That run was already set to hit NYC on June 3 at Beacon Theatre (which is sold out but you can win tickets), and it now also includes a smaller NYC show on June 2 at Music Hall of Williamsb…

Andrew Bird covers New Pornographers on new compilation (watch the video), playing NYC before European tour dates

Andrew Bird is one of the contributors to a new compilation titled Good People Rock which benefits Montreal-based charity organization Yellow Bird Project…
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