The Books

Listen to new songs by Snoop Dogg (Nipsey Hussle tribute), The Killers, Miley, Orville Peck/Shania Twain, Christine & the Queens/Caroline Polachek, The Front Bottoms, Holy Fawn, EarthGang, Chika, and more...

Listen to new songs by Mick Jenkins, Chyna + Oklou, Homeboy Sandman + Edan, Nick Zammuto, Beirut, Pom Poko, and more.

Also: Dirty Projectors, CHON, Punch Brothers, Dick Dale, Ryan Hemsworth and more new tour announcements.

Paul de Jong (aka one half of The Books) is currently rolling out new videos from last year's IF, and we've got the premiere of the latest, "Age of the Sea." The video's in Paul's usual found footage style...

Nick Zammuto has been very busy as Zammuto since The Books went on hiatus, and now the other half of the band, Paul de Jong, is focusing on a solo care...

Zammuto (the project of Nick Zammuto of the Books) is on tour now and just passed through NYC last night (9/27) to open for Gotye at Williamsburg Park, two days after Gotye's Radio City show...

DOWNLOAD: Zammuto - "Too Late To Topologize" (MP3) Nick Zammuto w/ Jason Treuting and John Schaefer (more by David Andrako) Zammuto (aka Nick Zammuto of The Books), who recently played Estatic Music Fest, will release his self titled LP on April 3 via Temporary Residence...

Ecstatic Music Festival continues on, and welcomed a performance from Nick Zammuto (formerly of The Books) & Jason Treuting (So Percussion, Janus Trio) with appearances from janus, Eric Beach, Daisy Press & Grey McMurray at Merkin Concert Hall on 2/23 ...

DOWNLOAD: Zammuto - "Yay" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zammuto - "Groan Man, Don't Cry" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zammuto - "Too Late To Topologize" (MP3) The Books @ Prospect Park over the summer (more by Ryan Muir) Nick Zammuto of NYC experimentalists The Books announced a new project on his blog back in June called Zammuto...

One of the best concerts of summer 2011 was probably the one in Prospect Park (maybe you saw Beirut that night instead). One of the highlights of that show was when Jose Gonzalez, whose band Junip opened, joined the headliners on stage to perform "Cello Song" which is a collaboration the two artists released as part of the "Dark Was the Night" compilation...