Christopher Willits

We knew John was an Inter Arma fan from when he wore their shirt on Colbert earlier this year, and sure enough, their album Sulphur English, which he wrote the liner notes to, made his list.

Chvrches are currently on tour in North America and will hit NYC for a show at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday. The next day, Chrvrches will play a free show at Pioneer Works (7/12 in Brooklyn as part of an all-day event called Converge, billed as a ”celebration and exploration of technology and creativity.”

'Tis the season for festival news, as more lineups continue to come in seemingly every day. Today it's Hundred Waters' annual FORM Arcosanti, the third edition of which goes down in the Arizona desert from May 13 - 15, featuring Tortoise, Thundercat, Four Tet, Perfume Genius, Bill Callahan, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Dan Deacon, Dawn Richard, Autre Ne Veut, Skrillex, fest curators Hundred Waters, and many more...

The 2016 Treefort Music Fest goes on March 23-27 in Boise, Idaho in venues all over the city. (It's kinda like Boise's SXSW.) This year's lineup includes Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Thee Oh Sees, Youth Lagoon, Aesop Rock, Chelsea Wolfe, White Denim, Oddisee, Hinds, French Horn Rebellion, Quilt, Alex G, Wax Idols, Built To Spill, La Luz, All Dogs, Porches, Oddisee (who plays a BV show in NYC on Tuesday)...

Tycho at Sasquatch 2014 (more by Chris & Rae Graham) Tycho released their new album Awake this year, and after having already gone on a tour that hit NYC's Webster Hall, they'll now be making the move up to Terminal 5 on October 1 as part of their upcoming tour with their Ghostly labelmate/guitar manipulator Christopher Willits...

San Francisco experimental musician Christopher Willits, best known for bringing together the worlds of electronic music and forward-thinking, manipulative guitar playing, will be in NYC for an A/V performance at Cameo Gallery TONIGHT (8/8)...

Daedelus at a BV SXSW day party (more by Tim Griffin)We are curious, just like you. Because of this, we decided to bring those that inspire, move, and challenge us together to write, make, perform, and teach...