Charlie Looker

Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)

It wasn’t the marathon that opened the inaugural Ecstatic Music Fest in 2011, but this year’s opening show on Saturday (2/4) had some of that same collaborative energy, focusing on the compositions and arrangements of Jherek Bischoff, a musician known for his work primarily with The Dead Science, Parenthetical Girls and The Degenerate Art Ensemble…

Zs releasing 'New Slaves II' (MP3s), celebrating @ Knitting Factory tonight w/ friends (dates)

DOWNLOAD: Zs – Acres of Skin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – Diamond Terrifier (Zebrablood remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – AcresRMX (Gabe Andruzzi Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – Gentleman Amateur (Leg Lifters “Professional” Remix) (MP3) Unlike basically every other cultural outlet, the writers of Tiny Mix Tapes voted to give their Album of Year honors to an artist that isn’t Kanye West…

What's going on Sunday?

Tombs @ the Studio in 2009 (more by Jason Jamal Nakleh) today in NYC * H2O on a boat * Robert Black @ The Stone * Ute Lemper @ Joe’s Pub (early & late) * Leon Russell @ Mexicali Live (NJ) * Dr…

So Cow & Golden Triangle playing the Seaport Friday too ++ DBA shows, Spider House pics & other related stuff

GT DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees – I Was Denied (MP3) DOWNLOAD: So Cow – Start Over (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Golden Triangle – Neon Noose (MP3) As we just pointed out, Friday (7/16) at the Seaport Music Festival it’s Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, and So Cow…

the Zs record is out - MP3, a new remix, show tonight w/ Excepter & other dates & Sam Hillmer news

DOWNLOAD: Zs – Acres of Skin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – Diamond Terrifier (Zebrablood remix) (MP3) Avant-garde band Zs are celebrating their new LP New Slaves (out now on Social Registry) with a show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tonight (5/11), and they’ve brought along a pretty amazing cast of characters to pad the show…

Sam Mickens played Union Pool (pics), challenges Sharon Jones, opening for Thee Silver Mt. Zion & stuff

Dear citizens of America & the Earth, On this day, April 20th, 2010, I officially issue a challenge, on behalf of myself and my Ecstatic Showband, to Ms…

Toby Driver curated Feb @ The Stone - interview & schedule

Toby Driver is an “other”. Not like Benjamin Linus or one of the Dharma Initiative, but in that his artistic endeavors Kayo Dot and Maudlin of The Well exist in the in-between, and outside…

Extra Life - new album (MP3, art), upcoming shows (tonight)

DOWNLOAD: Extra Life – (Pay Up) The Ladder(MP3) DOWNLOAD: Extra Life – Black Hoodie (MP3) Extra Life @ Glasslands (more by Lori Baily) Extra Life‘s new album Made Flesh is due out March 30…

The Stone's December lineup (is really great) - Danielson, DM Stith, Skeletons, Dave Deporis, David Garland & more

DM Stith plays The Stone on X-Mas… pictured @ 92YTribeca in October (more by Vincent Cornelli) The Stone has a great lineup of innovative pop-based acts scheduled for this December…

Extra Life & Zs played Glasslands (pics), Wildbirds & Peacedrums add NYC show w/ Sam Mickens & more (dates)

Zs clapping On September 3rd, Glasslands hosted an eclectic lineup of Larkin Grimm, Extra Life, Zs and Liturgy. If you missed it, there are plenty of opportunities to see every band on the bill again…
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