Bang on a Can

New York-based composer Steve Reich has won the Pulitzer Prize for music with his piece . Reich composed the work for two identical sextets of instruments, each made up of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone and piano…

DOWNLOAD: Michael Gordon – Trance 2 (MP3) New York composer and Bang on a Can co-founder/artistic director Michael Gordon will bring his 1994 piece Trance to NYC for the first time in more than ten years on Wednesday, April 22nd at (Le) Poisson Rouge…

The Bang on a Can Marathon returns to World Financial Center for its fourth year to kick-off the 2009 River To River Festival on May 31st. The 12-hour marathon (noon-midnight) of mind-boggling, genre-bending music will include Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tortoise, Bill Frisell, Bang on a Can All-Stars and more…

DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth – The Eternal (montage) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “June”(MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion performing Steve Reich’s “Drumming, Part Three” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “Melody Competition” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “Fast”(MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “Go” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “March” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Percussion – “Work Slow Life”(MP3) New work is OFF THE PROGRAM for the Bang on a Can All-Stars People’s Commissioning Fund (PCF) concert on April 2nd at Merkin Hall…

Tortoise @ All Tomorrow’s Parties (more by Zach Dilgard) Instrument-driven Chicago post-rockers Tortoise have announced a NYC show happening a little less than a month before the release of of their forthcoming LP, Beacons of Ancestorship, out June 23rd on Thrill Jockey…

DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth – The Eternal (montage) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: David Byrne & Dirty Projectors – Knotty Pine (MP3) Dan Deacon fans @ the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon (more by Leia Jospe)On April 2nd, 2009, New York’s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars return to New York’s Merkin Hall for their annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert…

5:00AM, World Financial Center, NYC – June 1, 2008This man slept through the mayhem that was Dan Deacon. He was found sleeping on the same bench at 7AM…

Don’t confuse this post with coverage of the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon. In no way are we trying to say Dan Deacon is more important than anyone else that played during the twelve hour concert…

This one goes out to all of Dan Deacon‘s biggest fans….. Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) @ TonicThis year’s Bang on a Can Marathon (co-presented by the River to River Festival and arts>World Financial Center) will be taking place at the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City from 6pm on May 31st through 6am on June 1st…

Marnie Stern, Alarm Will Sound, Brian Eno, the Beatles….. 2007 Bang on a Can MarathonReturning to the Winter Garden for a third year, the Bang on a Can Marathon has redefined what contemporary music is, how it is performed and where it is presented…