Kid Congo Powers

Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.

Where Does a Body End? is a new documentary about Swans made by director Marco Porsia who spent five years ”in the band's tight inner circle,” filming ”rehearsals, songwriting sessions, the grind of life on the road, petty arguments and transcendent performances.”

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Tanya Tucker, Richard Thompson, Steve Gunn/William Tyler, Jerry Seinfeld, Slow Crush/Grivo, and more.

Plus: more tributes to Gill from Blur's Graham Coxon, Greg Dulli, The Futureheads, REM's MIke Mills, Colin Meloy, Noveller's Sarah Lipstate, Geoff Rickly and more.

The 2019 edition of the Sled Island music festival happens June 19-23 in downtown Calgary, AB. This year's guest curator is Julien Baker, who hand-picked Japanese Breakfast, JPEGMAFIA, Hop Along, Bully, Torres, Worries, Death Bells and Squirrel Flower to play the festival...

Yo La Tengo's 2018 Hanukkah celebration at Bowery Ballroom hit the midway point on Wednesday night (12/5), with electronic duo Matmos opening the show, and joining Ira, Georgia and James for most of their set...

Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown will return for a final season on CNN, including an episode that explores NYC's East Village and Lower East Side, with appearances from members of Blondie, Cro-Mag Harley Flanagan, Jim Jarmusch, Kid Congo Powers and more.

The lineup has been announced for the 2018 edition of Jonathan Toubin and Panache Booking's annual Village of Love Valentine's Day benefit at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Playing this year will be The Lemon Twigs, Bush Tetras, Kid Congo Powers, Bob Bert and "secret surprise (!!!),"…

Bowery Electric's "Sally Can't Dance" party hosted a tribute to Suicide and the late Alan Vega on Thursday (1/25) that featured a whole host of notable folk, including Martin Rev, Ric Ocasek, Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Bob Bert, and more...

After a fun Saturday with Ted Leo and more, the four-day Seaport Music Festival's 15th anniversary celebration wrapped up on Sunday (9/10) with a killer all-day show out on Pier 16 hosted and curated by Jonathan Toubin and featuring some genuine legends, plus Surfbort, whose set may have been t…