American Contemporary Music Ensemble
William Basinski touring this fall; 'Disintegration Loops' anniversary show in NYC on 9/11
Ambient composer William Basinski‘s tour also includes stops at Boise’s Treefort Music Festival, Miami’s III Points and Hudson, NY’s Basilica Soundscape, plus headline shows.
Max Richter observed 'The Leftovers' Sudden Departure Day at Town Hall (pics)
Some fans of ’The Leftovers’ dressed all in white as members of the show’s “Guilty Remnants” group, and there were other nods to the series in addition to Max playing the score.
Big Ears expands lineup: Wilco members, Jeremy Gara, Matana Roberts, more
Knoxville, TN’s unique Big Ears Festival returns March 23-26, and today the fest is revealing new additions to the lineup. Wilco were already announced, but also frontman Jeff Tweedy will do an improv set with Chikamorachi (aka Chris Corsano and Darin Gray)…
Johann Johannsson's 'Orphee' tour resonates inside Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph (pics/review)
The Oscar-nominated composer brought his latest LP to Brooklyn.
Big Ears Festival lineup: Wilco, Blonde Redhead, Magnetic Fields, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, more
Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival will be back in 2017 with a cool and varied lineup. Expanding to 4 days this time around, it goes down on March 23-26…
Ramones/Blondie producer Craig Leon reissuing solo material on RVNG, playing Moogfest & NYC (stream a track)
Leon moved to Manhattan in the early 1970s where he accepted an A&R position at Sire Records in New York under Gottehrer and his partner Seymour Stein…
Gabriel Kahane playing Carnegie Hall tonight with Shara Worden and Brooklyn Rider and other dates
Composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane is playing Carnegie Hall tonight (10/25) with help from with Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and string quartet Brooklyn Rider…
American Contemporary Music Ensemble performed Steve Reich's "WTC 9/11" at Le Poisson Rouge (pics, stream)
Entirely fitting for the somber anniversary on which this concert falls, the performance concludes with Reich’s anxious, questioning WTC 9/11, a piece that echoes the architecture of Different Trains in his use of “speech melody…
Steve Reich's 'WTC 9/11' being performed on 9/11 and will be streamed live
Modern composer Steve Reich, who celebrated his 75th birthday earlier this year, will be in attendance when his “WTC 9/11” piece gets its “all live” premiere at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday (9/11)…
A Winged Victory for the Sullen playing US shows in July
A Winged Victory for the Sullen (aka Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran), who we profiled last year when they released their great self titled debut LP, are returning to North America this summer for a few shows…
