Kimbra

Despite the title, “Eclectic for the Holidays” is not “holiday” music, and features St. Vincent, Lonnie Holley, Panda Bear, Mitski, Topaz Jones, Cat Power, Bixiga 70, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Beatles, Carmen Consoli, Agnes Obel, Laura Mvula, Sturgill Simpson, Kimbra, My Brightest Diamond, Hobo Johnson, and more.

DAWN is also touring with Kimbra later this fall.

Plus: Yowler, Holly Miranda, Timmy’s Organism, Beijing band Gong Gong Gong, Flasher, Public Practice, and more tour news.

Montauk restaurant/hotel/vacation spot The Surf Lodge’s 2018 concert series also includes Kimbra, White Denim, AlunaGeorge, Lupe Fiasco, and more.

Kimbra played a Brooklyn show on the week of the release of her first album since 2014, Primal Heart. She also wrote an “Open Letter to her Younger Self.”

The new single is a heartbreaking, tender piano ballad, and it’ll appear on Kimbra’s upcoming album Primal Heart.

Kimbra is gearing up to release her first album since 2014, Primal Heart, on April 20, and she’s currently playing many of its songs on tour.

Run the Jewels, Gary Clark Jr, Portugal. The Man, Chuck D, Big K.R.I.T., Chronixx, Miley Cyrus, Kimbra, Jill Scott, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, Common, Remy Ma, 6LACK, DRAM, Action Bronson, Freeway, Rapsody, Roxanne Shante, and Jimmy Jam were among the guests at The Roots’ pre-Grammys Jam Sessions at Gramercy Theatre.

Benjamin Lazar Davis is a busy guy. He plays in Cuddle Magic and Okkervil River, has a collaborative album with Joan As Police Woman, and now he’s releasing his first solo album…

After Saturday’s messy close with Nine Inch Nails, Houston festival Day for Night finally caught a break with some incredible weather, good positive crowds, and next level performances in between art installation visits…