Dawn of Midi

Bang on a Can Marathon returning in 2014 w/ Jherek Bischoff, So Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, DJ /Rupture and more

Bang on a Can Marathon 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano) As part of this year’s River to River Festival, the free annual Bang on a Can Marathon will return to Brookfield Place, Winter Garden on June 22 from 2-10 PM:Bang on a Can returns with its annual super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the wo…

Dawn of Midi touring, playing the Hideout w/ Circuit des Yeux (dates, song streams)

NYC trio Dawn of Midi craft krautrock-y dance music using acoustic instruments like piano, drums, and acoustic bass. Their most recent effort, 2013’s Dysnomia, is packed with hypnotic grooves and inventive rhythmic passages that unfold as each tune progresses…

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2014 lineup (Lil B, Flatbush Zombies, Kelela, Speedy Ortiz, Modern Baseball & more)

Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) SUNY Purchase‘s annual Culture Shock festival returns this year from April 25-26. The day 1 lineup includes Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies, R&B boundary pusher Kelela (who plays NYC this week), footwork wizard Traxman, indie rapper Milo, comedian Neil Hamburger, jazz trio Dawn of Midi, pop shoegazers Field Mouse, the funky Pluto Moons, and the punky Palbe…

Big Ears Festival expands lineup again: Jonny Greenwood, So Percussion, Rachel Grimes & more

Jonny Greenwood w/ Radiohead @ Prudential Center 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival goes down March 28 – 30, mixing modern composers and adventurous rock acts…

Bright Wave & Dawn of Midi helped kick off the 2014 Ecstatic Music Festival's opening weekend (pics)

The Ecstatic Music Festival kicked off its 2014 season over the weekend with Hospitality & Face the Music on Friday (1/31) at the Greene Space, and then on Saturday (2/1), Dawn of Midi and Bright Wave performed at Merkin Hall. Pi…

Big Ears Fest expands lineup (Low, Body/Head, Earth, Lonnie Holley, Hailu Mergia, Jenny Hval & more added)

Low at The Concert Hall in 2013 (more by PSquared) As discussed, the Big Ears Festival is returning to various Knoxville, TN venues from March 28-30, and since we last spoke, more artists were added…

NPR Music list their 50 favorite albums of 2013

NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more…

Big Ears Festival 2014 lineup (Steve Reich, Jonny Greenwood, John Cale, Television, Julia Holter, Oneohtrix & more)

Big Ears Festival, a three-day event that joins modern classical music and adventurous rock acts in venues around Knoxville, TN, will host its first festival since 2010 on March 28-30…

TV Ghost list their Top 10 LPs of 2013; tour with Holograms starts this week

TV Ghost @ Cake Shop in May (more by Chris La Putt) TV Ghost morphed from discordant post-punk noise to something much more textured on their new album Disconnect (stream it via Spotify)…

NYC Thanksgiving Weekend events (Lauryn Hill, Television, Dean Wareham, Phosphorescent, Ab-Soul, Joey Badass, more)

and Andrew Sacher Lauryn Hill at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) A day of being grateful for what they’ve got, overeating and subsequent afternoon naps, Thanksgiving is the start of a long weekend for many folks, but one that usually doesn’t have the most options for things to do — or bands to see…
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