Wreckless Eric

“It’s all about the virus! The coughing is genuine by the way.” – Wreckless Eric.

“I think I’m going to be ok. I’m more concerned about people who haven’t got anybody, people who are going through this alone,’ says Eric. “I’ve got albums to make. I decided a long time ago – and I’m down on record as saying this (literally as of last year’s Transience album) that I want to leave behind an indelible stain.”

Plus: Phish New Year’s run afterparties, Kindness, Caravela, Clutch, Street Sects, Mashrou’ Leila, Steve Earle, and more tour news.

Plus: Wreckless Eric, Harold Budd, Geto Boys cancel their farewell tour, Alexisonfire, and more news.

Summer Thunder moves to Sundays this year but otherwise remains the same free good time in Union Pool’s outdoor courtyard. More shows: Yo La Tengo’s cover band alter ego Condo Fucks, Sam Evian, Wreckless Eric, Ela Minus, and more.

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Elton John, Travis Scott, Jlin, Miya Folick, Active Bird Community, Wreckless Eric, and more.

”As a pop musician it looks like I can only count to four so 10 might be pushing it.” Wreckless Eric, of “Whole Wide World” fame, tells us about his top stuff of 2018.

“I imagined I was J, strummed some ‘American Girl’ chords and wrote this song.” — Amy Rigby on her new single, ”Tom Petty Karaoke.”

The 2018 edition of the WFMU Record Fair will be back at the Brooklyn Expo Center on April 27-29 with table after table of vintage vinyl, performances from Wreckless Eric, Hurry, and more.