Zazen Boys

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ Monster Island in July (more by Ryan Muir) today in NYC * Zachary Cale @ Barbes * MiniBoone @ Trash Bar * Sparky Deathcap @ The Rock Shop * Buffy Sainte-Marie @ Joe’s Pub * Curtis Hasselbring @ The Stone * Richard Garet @ Issue Project Room * Eyal Maoz, Adam Matta @ The Stone * Ben Folds, Nick Hornby @ Barnes & Noble * Rain Ma…

“2 hours until puffy amiyumi plays. Am so excite. waited 10 YEARS for this. Just like #gorillaz. Good weekend 4 that.” – Jenny “At echostream and puffy amiyumi show…

Zazen Boys @ Cake Shop in March 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Japanese post-punks Zazen Boys, who last visited NYC in March ’09, will be in New York soon for a pair of shows…

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here’s some of that lost material…

Antony @ Apollo Theater in 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Atlantic Antic * Lucinda Williams @ Irving Plaza * NY Burlesque Fest @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Dinosaur Jr @ Northern Lights in Clifton Park * Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Bowery Ballroom * Woe, Aluk Todolo, Malkuth, Castevet @ Union Pool * The Legendary Shack Shakers, The Defibulators @ The Bell House * Chain and the Gang, Silk Flowers, Julianna Barwick, Screens @ Mercury Lounge * Maps and Atlases, Princeton, Laura Stevenson & The Cans @ Knitting Factory * Life of the World to Come (film) w/ Rian Johnson, John Darnielle @ Housing Works * Gavin Friday & Friends w/ U2 members, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Antony & many, many more @ Carnegie Hall Today is The Ninth Annual New York City International Pickle Day…

DOWNLOAD: Paper – Out of It Into It (MP3) Zazen Boys @ Mercury Lounge on 10/5/08 (by Jeff Winterberg)”Zazen Boys were formed in 2003 by Mukai Shutoku, former leader of Japanese rock band Number Girl…