The Grateful Dead‘s Phil Lesh had planned to celebrate his 80th birthday last year with a three night stand at Port Chester’s Capitol Theater in March of 2020. The pandemic caused those to be postponed a couple times, and they’re… Read More
New Orleans festival BUKU Music + Arts Project was forced to cancel its 2020 edition due to COVID. The fest is usually held in March, and while the next full edition is set for March of 2022, organizers decided to… Read More
Toadies will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Rubberneck (that’s the one with hit “Possum Kingdom”), on tour this fall. The album is actually coming up on its 27th anniversary (August 23, 1994), but the band say “who’s… Read More
For what is ostensibly club music, Loraine James’ productions can feel fiercely guarded. Many dancers and DJs favor smoothly paved superhighways to bliss; James’ zig-zagging tracks are filled with potholes, speed bumps, and the occasional vertiginous bridge to nowhere. The… Read More
This week on Robert Fripp and Toyah‘s “Sunday Lunch” series, they take on ZZ Top’s Eliminator classic “Sharp Dressed Man.” Robert Fripp is always a sharp-dressed man but he is come undone, and gets to flex his comic chops, by… Read More
Armand Hammer, the duo of ELUCID and billy woods, followed their 2020 album Shrines, one of our favorite albums of 2020, with this year’s excellent collaboration with The Alchemist, Haram. They’ve now announced a fall tour beginning in September and… Read More
Rise Against‘s ninth album, Nowhere Generation, is out today (order it on limited edition picture disc), and they’re touring in support of it this summer. They’ve just announced openers for the tour, and it’s Descendents and The Menzingers which should… Read More
UK electronic/experimental musician and producer Loraine James‘ new album, Reflection, is out today (6/4) via Hyperdub. It features vocals from Eden Samara, Baths, Le3 bLACK, Xzavier Stone, Nova, and Iceboy Violet, and you can stream it below. In the album’s… Read More
Asbury Park’s Sea.Hear.Now festival happens September 18 & 19 and features most of the lineup that was originally planned for the 2020 edition. They’ve just announced daily lineups, which have Pearl Jam, The Avett Brothers, Lord Huron, Patti Smith and Her… Read More
Brooklyn Made Presents announced a new Bushwick venue on Thursday, Brooklyn Made, which is set to open in September. Ahead of its opening, they’re giving Brooklyn an advance taste of their booking with an outdoor concert series at Caroll Gardens… Read More