Darcy Janes Argues Secret Society

As previously announced, the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, presented by New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall in association with New Amsterdam Records, is a showcase of imaginative collaborations between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the intersection of classical and pop music…

And the nominees for “Album of the Year” are:* The Suburbs * Recovery* Need You Now* The Fame Monster* Teenage DreamCrazy. Also funny: Mumford & Sons are up for Best New Artist against Justin Bieber (and Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Esperanza Spalding) Robyn is up for Best Dance Recording against Lady Gaga (and Goldfrapp, La Roux, and Rihanna)…

Esctatic Peace psych-country duo MV & EE (Matt Valentine and Erika Elder) are on a weeklong trip with the wild-riffing Flower-Corsano Duo…

New York Guitar Festival, with shows between January 8th and February 4th, has already been mentioned here in a few different contexts. The “Silent Film/Live Guitars” portion is certainly a big highlight, with one-off performances, David Bromberg and Marc Ribot, Alex de Grassi and James Blackshaw, and the fest closers Chicha Libre and Gyan Riley…

two of these three guys will be there (one w/ Jenny Scheinman, also on the cover) NYC’s Winter Jazz Fest will be happening Friday, January 8th and Saturday, January 9th at a handful of Village venues…

There were (more) strings at September 25th’s inaugural show for the Archipelago music series, which happens at Galapagos one Friday a month through next May…

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society live @ LE POISSON ROUGE – 15 JULY 2009 1) MP3: ZenoSolo: Ryan Keberle, trombone 2) MP3: Flux in a Box Solos: Ben Kono, alto sax; Mike Holober, piano 3) MP3: Hard Up on the Down Low Solo: Ingrid Jensen, trumpet & electronics 4) MP3: Jacobin Club Solos: Sam Sadigursky, tenor sax & Mike Fahie, trombone 5) MP3: Ferromagnetic Solo: Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet 6) MP3: Obsidian Flow Solo: Erica vonKleist, alto sax ENCORE 7) MP3: The Perils of Empire DOWNLOAD ALL (ZIP ARCHIVE)The New Languages Fest, which runs for six nights over two weekends at the former Shank (now “McCarren Hall”), begins with Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, House of Mirrors and The Respect Sextet. Grab a full, recent live set from Da…

Hercules & Love Affair @ MHOW in August (more by Sara Skolnick) Hercules & Love Affair‘s Andy Butler was one of the many DJs at the Electric Zoo Festival that happened over Labor Day weekend…

Woods @ 979 Broadway Backyard (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Dayna Kurtz @ Sycamore * Sara Siskind @ Joe’s Pub * Aimee Mann @ City Winery * Bonnie Baxter @ Silent Barn * Kaki King @ Music on the Oval * NY Philharmonic in Prospect Park * Toby from Youth Group @ Living Room * Jucifer, Mount Vicious, J…

New Amsterdam Records is putting on Undiscovered Islands, a month-long exhibition of work by label artists and friends at Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space (16 Main St in DUMBO)…