Modern Sky Festival

The Coney Island Music Festival happens August 4.

Beijing trio Re-TROS' new album Before the Applause was released this month and the'll play both the Los Angeles and NYC edition of Modern Sky Festival.

The first two New York editions of China's Modern Sky Festival happened in Central Park, but when it returns this year it will move to Governors Island...

This was the second annual New York edition of the Modern Sky festival: a matter-of-fact event, essentially a promotional venture to bring Chinese youth culture to American audiences -- although there weren't very many non-Chinese speakers in attendance, and some of these bands aren't exactly young...

As mentioned, the 2015 Modern Sky Festival, which mixes Chinese bands with groups from around the world, happens October 4 at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield in NYC with Gang of Four, Mark Sultan, Lower and more...

Last year, China's Modern Sky Festival held its first-ever US edition in NYC's Central Park. This year, they're returning to Central Park on October 4, and also doing one in Seattle on October 11 at Mural Am...

Saturday's line-up was certainly the harsher of the two, with Sunday reserved for a snappy new Aimee Mann and Ted Leo project called The Both and the mellow indie pop of Stars...

Stars are a week away (10/14) from releasing their new album No One Is Lost via ATO, and they've made the album available to stream on NPR ahead of its release...

The Modern Sky Festival has existed for seven years in China and it began its first-ever US edition yesterday (10/4) in NYC at Central Park's Rumsey Playfi...

The reunited Blood Brothers will finally make their way to NYC this weekend for two appearances here. First they'll be at day 1 of Central Park's Modern Sky Festival which happens Saturday (10/4) and Sunday (10/5) and also features Liars, Cat Power, Stars, The Both, a big William Onyeabor tribute and m...