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...
Thom Yorke has just announced a North American solo tour. He'll be joined by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich and Tarik Barri, and all dates featuring an opening performance by Oliver Coates. Dates include two Brooklyn shows...
Devendra Banhart, Asia Argento, Moor Mother and Sons of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings are guest curators for this unique festival that takes place in November in picturesque Netherlands city of Utrecht.
Thanks to her Oscar-nominated score for Jackie, Mica Levi is as well-known as a composer as she is as a pop musician. Those distinct sides are coming together as two of Levi's more classical-minded competitions are being released on the ultimate pop format -- a 45RPM single.
Nigel Godrich also released a video of Radiohead recording "Ful Stop" for 'A Moon Shaped Pool,' Jonny Greenwood is also scoring another Paul Thomas Anderson film, and more.
Knoxville, TN's unique Big Ears Festival returns March 23-26, and today the fest is revealing new additions to the lineup. Wilco were already announced, but also frontman Jeff Tweedy will do an improv set with Chikamorachi (aka Chris Corsano and Darin Gray)...
"How do we find hope when things seem so bleak? For me hope lies in the future. It lies in the potential of a future world that doesn't exist yet; a world can be created only if we can imagine it. It's time to build visions that are radically different from anything we've known before."