William Elliot Whitmore

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Father John Misty, Built to Spill, Skinny Puppy, Gel, Rick Ross, Bono, Lucinda Williams, and more.

Iowa folk and blues artist William Elliott Whitmore has detailed his new album, the followup to 2011’s Field Songs. Making a departure from his bare acoustic style, the new record, Radium Death, has him going electric and adding a little distortion in there too…

Cate Le Bon and Talkdemonic are playing Schubas on February 14th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (12/16), at noon CST. Tennis are playing Lincoln Hall on February 26th…

Handsome Furs @ Lincoln Hall – TKN 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) today in Chicago * Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival (Day 1) * Handsome Furs, Parlovr @ Bottom Lounge * Locksley, The Ivorys @ Panchos (Early Show) * James Murphy (DJ Set), Shit Robot @ the Mid * William Elliot Whitmore, Cloudbirds @ Lincoln Hall * Morning Teleportation, Colour Music @ Subterranean * Richard Bucker, Cameron McGill @ Schubas (Late Show) * Glorious Vapors, Tim Kinsella, Chocolate Horse @ Hideout * The Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Schubas (Early Show) * Pictureplane, Teengirl Fantasy, Gatekeeper @ Empty Bottle * Z-Trip, De La Soul, Nosaj Thing, Daddy Kev @ Congress Theater * Sleepovers, Mouthbreathers, Outer Minds @ Panchos (Late Show) Stream Arcade Fire‘s deluxe reissue of The Suburbs via the Daily Beast…

Roots/outlaw troubadour William Elliott Whitmore is on the road, taking his black-as-night acoustic & banjo compositions to the East Coast…

Starting Tuesday, June 23rd, Hudson Square will be another one of the spots in NYC with a free weekly music series — it joins free programs at Stuy Town Oval, Madison Square Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, Hudson River Rocks, Seaport Music, East River Park, NYC CityParks Concerts, Central Park Summerstage, BAM R&B Fest at Metrotech, Celebrate Brooklyn and several free movie series, to name a few…