North Americans
Jess Williamson tells us about her favorite albums of 2023
Jess released her great fifth album, ‘Time Ain’t Accidental,’ this year, and her 2023 favorites include Kara Jackson, Jenny Lewis, and André 3000.
The Tubs' Owen Williams tells us about his Top 10 albums of 2023
Owen Williams, who used to be in Joanna Gruesome, tells us about his 2023 faves, including Wednesday, Hotline TNT and Lankum
Hotline TNT's Will Anderson tells us about his favorite music of 2023
Hotline TNT’s 2023 faves include Yo La Tengo, PinkPanthress, Fugitive, and more.
What's Going on Friday?
Friday’s NYC-area shows include Botch, Blonde Redhead, Ty Segall, Tim Hecker, Koyo, and more.
What's Going on Thursday?
Thursday’s NYC-area shows include Codeine, RZA, Sampha, Horsegirl, Gilla Band, Stove God Cook$, and more.
Laraaji, Angel Bat Dawid & more playing 'Plantasia' events in NYC & Chicago
In tribute to Mort Garson‘s 1976 cult classic LP ‘Mother Earth’s Plantasia,‘ special shows are happening in NYC and Chicago in September, also featuring Alex Zhang Hungtai, Natural Information Society, and more.
Matt Kivel (Princeton) readies new LP; R Stevie Moore, Fred Thomas, Alasdair Roberts, more cover him for a comp (stream)
One half of brotherly pop duo Princeton, Matt Kivel also makes music on his own, having released two underheard/underrated solo albums — Double Exposure in 2013 (on Olde English Spelling Bee) and Days of Being Wild in 2014 (on Woodsist)…
What's going on Thursday? (Perfume Genius, Modest Mouse, Taking Back Sunday, JD Samson, Megafortress & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Perfume Genius, Jenny Hval @ Stage 48
Perfume Genius made a big leap forward on last year’s excellent Too Bright, which moved beyond sparse piano torch songs and into wildly different sonic territory…
What's going on Tuesday? (Thee Oh Sees, Chance the Rapper, Gary Numan, Yvette, Diane Coffee, Robert Glasper & more)
Holly Miranda at BV-SXSW 2010 (more by Tim Griffin)
Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…
electronic music at CMJ: The Range, Ejecta, Lee Bannon, Just Blaze, Kelela, Com Truise, Blue Sky Black Death & more
We recently discussed some of the hip hop at CMJ, and now here’s a breakdown of some of the electronic music.
On Thursday (10/17), Cascine and Driftless Recordings are doing a showcase at Cameo which includes Italians Do It Better co-founder Mike Simonetti, Finnish duo Shine 2009 (stream their new album below), Ejecta (aka the new collaboration of Ford & Lopatin’s Joel Ford and Neon Indian’s Leanne Macomber — stream some tracks below), Heavenly Beat, Rush Midnight (aka former Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning), North Americans, and DJ sets from Korallreven and Bruce Smear…
