Ben Lanz
Sufjan Stevens, Kid Millions & more played first 'DISRUPT' @ National Sawdust (pics)
National Sawdust debuted its collaborative, improvisational DISRUPT seres on Saturday (2/18), and this first edition featured Sufjan Stevens, Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars), Kid Millions (Oneida, Man Forever) and Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National, LNZNDRF)…
Sufjan Stevens and Kid Millions playing collaborative show with members of Mouse on Mars and Beirut in Brooklyn
“This quartet, along with special guests will explore the spaciality of electro-acoustics interacting with environment through a collaging of instruments, textures and compositional disruptions. “
Bob Weir played 3 NYC-area shows and 'Colbert,' joined by Aaron Dessner & more (pics from the Cap)
The NYC-area shows had three members of The National (including Aaron Dessner, who had to sit out the other tour dates), Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, Dawn Landes’ band The Bandanda Splits, Sam Cohen, and more.
LNZNDRF played two Mercury Lounge shows (pics of the early show)
LNZNDRF, the new band featuring the Devendorf brothers from The National and Ben Lanz, played two Mercury Lounge shows on Saturday night. Here are pictures of the early show.
The National side project LNZNDRF announce debut album & live shows; EL VY covered Bowie on 'Colbert' (watch)
Back in October, The National’s Matt Berninger collaborated with former Menomena frontman Brent Knopf as EL VY, releasing a fantastic debut album, Return To The M……
The National/Beirut collaborator Ben Lanz releasing an album as Hoferlanz, celebrating in NYC this week
Hoferlanz is the project of multi-instrumentalist Ben Lanz, who’s played in The National, Beirut, Sufjan Stevens’ band, Gabriel & the Hounds an…
Gabriel and the Hounds, A>G>E & friends played Mercury Lounge (pics)
A>G>E opened the early show at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night (Valentine’s Day). A>G>E is the project of Josh Wise (formerly of French Kicks), and drumming for him was Nick Stumpf (French Kicks drummer, Caveman producer)…
The National played 6 nights @ Beacon Theater (pics, setlist)
The guest-filled six-night run of National shows came to an end on Saturday night (12/17), complete with an opening set by Bristol, England-based group This is the Kit who the National discovered on their recent tour of Europe…
