Calder Quartet

Dan Deacon performing new piece 'An Opal Toad With Obsidian Eyes: Movement 1' at Fields Festival (listen to an excerpt)

The forever-eccentric Dan Deacon is playing his hometown-area fest Fields Festival this summer, and his set will have him performing the new and unreleased piece An Opal Toad With Obsidian Eyes: Movement 1 in its entirety. The piece was written by Dan, and performed by him along with the Calder Quartet and the NOW Ensemble, […]

Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors) premiering new music w/ the Calder Quartet at The Met in November

Dirty Projectors in Brooklyn in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) Dirty Projector Dave Longstreth is no stranger to playing music in museums, and he’ll do just that on November 1 at The Met, when he premieres new work in addition to new arrangements of Dirty Projectors songs with the Calder Quar……

Dan Deacon played Merkin w/ NOW Ensemble & Calder Quartet (pics, setlist, streams), playing Carnegie Hall (Monday)

When not inciting mass hysteria in children, Dan Deacon keeps it fancy, and that was the vibe last night at Merkin Concert Hall, his first of two fancy NYC shows this week…

Andrew WK played LPR w/ the Calder Quartet (pics), releasing song w/ The Evaporators (watch the new video)

Andrew WK performed with the Calder Quartet Sunday night at Le Poisson Rouge (1/8). The show featured some of his own compositions reworked specially for the evening, in addition to classical compositions by Bach, Cage, Riley, and Glass…

Andrew W.K. celebrating the holidays, playing a show w/ the Calder String Quartet

Andrew WK at Santos Party House last month (more by Jonathan McPhail) Andrew W.K. is doing a bunch of things this week to celebrate the holidays…

Andrew W.K. playing 285 Kent, hosting a private pre-party before Turbonegro at Santos too (win tix!)

Andrew W.K., in his snowboarding and general party outfit (more by Chris Doss) Manhattan club co-owner Andrew W.K. is going to enter the realm of Brooklyn DIY for a special show on 11/13…

MATA Festival kicks off at LPR (runs through Thursday)

The 12th annual MATA Festival 2010, which focuses on new works by young composers, kicks off tonight (Monday, April 19th) with a free show at LPR’s Gallery Bar…

Big Ears Fest Day 1 - Sam Amidon, jj, The xx, The ex, Terry Riley, Andrew WK, Nosaj Thing, more (pics, video, review)

Sam Amidon, accompanied, ushered in the first show of the 2010 Big Ears Festival at the Knoxville Museum of Art on Friday (3/26) with “Wild Bill Jones,” his own version of the Appalachian folk song, punctuated with a piercing scream half-way through…

Big Ears Fest - March 26-28 in Knoxville, TN (Terry Riley in residence, Bryce Dessner curator, xx, jj, VW, WK & more)

Joanna Newsom is one of the announced acts for this year’s Big Ears Fest in Knoxville, TN, March 26th-28th. Others on the initial lineup include Vampire Weekend, St…

Andrew WK played a John Hughes show @ LPR (MP3), releasing a piano album (art), touring w/ a quartet (dates)

DOWNLOAD: Radio Happy Hour 8/8/09 Featuring Andrew W.K. (MP3) Andrew W.K. adds another page to his rapidly growing repertoire with an album of “spontaneous solo piano improvisations,” 55 Cadillac, due out on September 8th…
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