Dark Was the Night

4AD and The Red Hot Organization are delighted to announce that $1,000,000 has been so far donated to charity from the proceeds of the DARK WAS THE NIGHT album...

interview, top photo TV on the Radio guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer David Andrew Sitek has announced his new project Maximum Balloon...

DOWNLOAD: Aaron Dessner - We Were Born (from the Long Count) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Long Count - Bull Run (feat. Kelley Deal) (MP3) The Long Count kicks off its three show engagement at BAM's Gilman Opera House tonight (10/28)...

DOWNLOAD: Riceboy Sleeps - Boy 1904 (MP3) (via) "Known primarily for his haunting falsetto and other-worldly presence as the singer in Sigur Rós, Jon Thor Birgisson has - together with his partner Alex Somers - been exhibiting artwork and staging exhibitions under the name Riceboy Sleeps for two or three years now, including the release of a limited edition picture book...

DOWNLOAD: Doveman - Hurricane (new MP3) Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) @ Dark Was the Night (more by Natasha Ryan) The follow-up to Doveman's 2007 record, With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead, is on the way...

Grizzly Bear @ MHOW (more by Tim Griffin) Two major additions to the growing list of free Pool Party shows happening at the Williamsburg Waterfront this summer...

"Besides their dedication to their art, most successful -- but one senses that fame wasn't their primary engine for choosing a career in music...

Kahane is twenty-seven, and his listeners seem roughly the same age. He is well on his way to developing an original creative personality; his music absorbs everything from nineteen-twenties neoclassicism to blue-grass and modern indie pop, with potent melodies bridging the disparate styles...

Dark Was the Night live finally happened Sunday, May 3rd at Radio City. Right before showtime, there were still tickets available, but the auditorium seemed fairly full as the Dirty Projectors set began...

Dark Was the Night (finale) (photo by Natasha Ryan) Last night's Dark Was the Night show was amazing. My only disappointment was that David Byrne didn't come back to sing with Sharon Jones during the finale/encore (he sang with almost everyone else...