BIG | BRAVE prep collab album with The Body; guitarist Mathieu Ball lists his top 10 LPs of 2020
The two bands wrapped up work on their collaboration last month.
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NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
NPR's Top 50 Albums includes some of the ones we've been seeing on many of these end-of-year lists, but NPR always has its own flavor.
Taylor Swift’s National & Bon Iver-featuring album ‘folklore’ is here – a first-impressions review
It's not really the drastic pivot to indie that it looks like on the surface, but it does find Taylor continuing to progress her sound and take artistic risks eight albums and 14 years into her career.
Taylor Swift releasing new album tonight ft. The National & Bon Iver members
The National's Aaron Dessner co-wrote or produced 11 of the 16 songs, Justin Vernon co-wrote and sings on one, and the album also features Doveman, Jack Antonoff, and members of Bonny Light Horseman, yMusic, and more...
stream NOUS’ (Chris Bono, Thor Harris, Greg Fox, Shahzad Ismaily, etc) new LP
Composer and Ghost Against Ghost member Christopher Bono is also the founder and leader of NOUS, whose lineup also currently includes Thor Harris (Swans, Shearwater), Greg Fox (Liturgy, Ex Eye, Uniform), Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3), and Grey McMurray (itsnotyouitsme, Beth Orton)...
Big Ears festival: full 2019 lineup (Avey Tare, Mountain Man, Punch Brothers, more)
The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN's Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more.
members of Shearwater, Xiu Xiu & more played Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy (pics from ‘Low’ night, video)
David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy -- 1977’s ’Low’ and ’Heroes’ and 1979’s ’Lodger’ -- was performed live at NYC's Brookfield Place across three consecutive nights by an ensemble led by Shearwater/Loma's Jonathan Meiburg that also included Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart, and many more...
Big Ears 2019 adds Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, Richard Thompson, Yves Tumor, more
Big Ears also includes Sons of Kemet, Bill Frisell, Jlin, Vijay Iyer, Meredith Monk, Stephen O'Malley, the music of Harold Budd, and more.
Justin Vernon played with Dead & Co; PEOPLE Festival lineup revealed
Justin Vernon and The Dessners' PEOPLE Festival will include Leslie Feist, Kurt Wagner, Shara Nova, Fionn Regan, members of Arcade Fire, and much more.
Aaron Roche preps new solo album (listen to “Wooden Knife”), playing Union Pool
Aaron Roche has played with everyone from Sufjan Stevens and ANOHNI to R. Stevie Moore, Lower Dens, and Flock of Dimes, and you may remember him from neo-classical ensemble Bright Wave. He's set to release new solo album, HaHa HuHu, on September 8 via FigureEight which which was co-produced and mixed by Shahzad Ismaily...