Torres adds more shows, including Greene Space this week
Torres' sophomore album Sprinter comes out May 5 via Partisan, and she's continuing to play shows in her current hometown of NYC ahead of its rele...
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People Get Ready release “Rainbow” from new LP (stream it), appearing on WNYC ‘Soundcheck’ next week
People Get Ready are getting ready to release their new album, Physiques, via Brassland June 24. You may have already heard the album's title track, and now we've got the premiere of the album's second single "Rainbow...
Andrew Bird touring w/ new band feat. Tift Merritt, playing Summerstage & BAM’s RadioLove Fest (dates & lineup)
Andrew Bird at RIverside Church in 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Singer/songwriter/violin looper Andrew Bird is going on a tour this summer with his new band The Hands of Glory, "an old timey acoustic configuration featuring Tift Merritt, Alan Hampton, Bowl of Fire alumnus Kevin O'Donnell, and Eric Heywood on pedal steel...
watch The Walkmen’s Walter Martin preview his new album, rearrange Karen O duet on WNYC Soundcheck (videos)
The Walkmen's Walter Martin is releasing his children's album, We're All Young Together, on May 13 via Family Jukebox, and as previously mentioned, he has upcoming appearances in NYC including Friday (3/28) at Housing Works with Wesley Stace and Sam Lipyste, and May 16 at Joe's Pub (ticke...
Thundercat was funky (but cool) at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Stephen Bruner, more famously known by his superbassist alter-ego Thundercat (or as a onetime member of Suicidal Tendencies), keeps down to earth even when his music's whizzing past the stratosphere...
The Luyas, Debo Band, MNDR and Dave Hill played the WNYC ‘Soundcheck’ CMJ showcase (pics, stream)
WNYC's "Soundcheck" had a CMJ showcase last week (10/19) at the Greene Space with a typically diverse line-up: Montreal's The Luyas, Boston-based "Ethiopian groove band" Debo Band, and New York's MNDR -- not to mention the comedy styling of funnyman and BV-contributor Dave Hill...
Flying Lotus & Death Grips playing NPR/WNYC CMJ showcase (which will also stream from Le Poisson Rouge)
FlyLo (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Just a few days after we pointed out that Flying Lotus will be all over NYC in just a few days, and right after we announce that Death Grips is finally touring again and visiting NYC in November, NPR hits us with this surprise:For the first time, NPR Music and WNYC's Soundcheck come together during the CMJ Music Marathon to present a showcase of singular artists...
My Brightest Diamond playing MoMA tonight (& other dates)
My Brightest Diamond at BAM in May (more by David Andrako)
My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) will be performing solo in NYC TONIGHT (8/23) at MoMA in the Sculpture Garden as part of MoMA Nig...
Olof Arnalds made a new album w/ Skuli Sverrisson, performing live on the internet and at Rockwood tonight
Olof Arnalds recently finished up a new album, which is her first original album recorded entirely in English. The album was produced. Olof will be premiering material from the new album today (5/14) between 2-3 PM on WNYC's Soundcheck...
Mike Watt played Stooges songs w/ J Mascis & many guests @ LPR (to celebrate his book) — pics, video, setlist
In the live interview that took place before Hellride East (aka J.Mascis and Murph of Dinosaur Jr, and the guest of honor for the evening Mike Watt) hit the stage, Watt told rock critic Byron Coley about his intense love for John Coltrane ("I thought he was a punk") and how The Stooges changed his life...