Sufjan Stevens releasing collaborative album ‘Aporia’ with Lowell Brams
Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather (and Asthmatic Kitty co-founder) Lowell Brams have announced a new ”new age” collaborative album.
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Stranger Cat covered “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (listen)
Stranger Cat (aka Cat Martino) also plays NYC tonight (12/11).
Stranger Cat reveal new video & non-album track, touring w/ Sebadoh after ‘In the Wilderness’ release show
Stranger Cat is Cat Martino's electronic pop project with Sven Britt, and they recently released their debut album In The Wilderness on Joy...
Shilpa Ray played free “The Hum” series at Manhattan Inn (pics), playing LP release show w/ James Chance in May
"The Hum" is a free series happening every Monday in April at Manhattan Inn in Greenpoint, which is a "platform for unique first time collaborations between musicians working in various genres such as R&B, indie, beat-boxing, classical, punk and more with live projected video art." ...
Stranger Cat is Cat Martino, made a new song with Sufjan, played Glasslands, playing more shows too (pics & stream)
Cat Martino, in addition to playing in Sharon Van Etten's band, was a member of Sufjan Stevens' Age of Adz-era touring band and released her own album that same year, which also featured Sufjan (whose Christmas music she has also contributed to)...
The Polyphonic Spree touring — dates include 2 NYC shows & the recently-updated Bonnaroo lineup
The Polyphonic Spree at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
Progressive pop cult The Polyphonic Spree have a bunch of festival dates scheduled for this spring/summer and they'll also be touring around those fests, playing a number of club dates throughout the US...
Brooklyn’s Brain Cave Festival 2013 lineup & tix (Peelander-Z, Lemonade, Cat Martino, Eula, The Suzan & more)
Peelander-Z at Knitting Factory in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn's Brain Cave Festival is returning this year from April 11 to 14 ...
Speck Mountain releasing ‘Badwater,’ touring (dates, streams)
Chicago's Speck Mountain will release their third album, Badwater, via the Carrottop label on January 22. Says our sister site BV Chicago:The group's primary songwriters Marie-Claire Balabanian and Karl Briedrick may not be from Chicago, but they've been based here for quite some time now...
Molly Nilsson & Cat Martino rescheduled their Brooklyn show
Molly Nilsson has been over in North America from Berlin for her tour which kicked off in NYC at Littlefield on September 6 and was supposed to conclude with a Glasslands show on Sunday (10/28) with Cat Martino, but that show was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy...
Molly Nilsson kicking off North American tour in NYC (dates)
Over the summer, we mentioned that Berlin-via-Stockholm lo-fi pop songwriter Molly Nilsson, who contributed to John Maus' excellent 2011 LP, We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves, is coming to NYC for a show at Glasslands on October 28...