Not only is the year wrapping up but the decade is too, and you can expect to see lots of Best of the 2010s lists popping up. Early out of the gate is fellow music blog Gorilla Vs Bear...
Tonight's NYC-area shows include Weyes Blood, Mitski/Lucy Dacus, Morrissey/Interpol, AVAIL, The Raconteurs, Guerilla Toss, The Budos Band, Matmos, Back To School Jam 2019, and more.
Listen to new songs by La Dispute, AA Bondy, Tim Hecker, Gillian Welch & Bill Rawlings, Mini Mansions, Laurel Halo, Czarface x Ghostface, Kehlani, Maps, and more.
Listen to new songs by Arctic Monkeys, Chance the Rapper, Annie Lennox, Kamaal Williams, AFI, Say Anything, Young M.A, The Decemberists, Sleaford Mods, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Guided by Voices, and more.
Even if you don't know cellist Oliver Coates by name, you probably have heard music he's played on, including Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, Jonny Greenwood's The Master and Phantom Thread scores, and Mica Levi's Under the Skin score. He also put out his own very good solo album this year...
The stacked Miami festival also includes Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Herbie Hancock, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah (playing 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and still much more.
Luckily there aren't too many conflicts, but there are a just a few (like The Weeknd vs Yaeji), and you have to show up bright and early to catch Downtown Boys.