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Manchester Rock Band elbow Makes Joyful, Emotive, Orchestral Songs

Publication Date: 2017-11-08

The rock band elbow (small "e") hails from greater Manchester and makes subtle, sensitive, anthemic, joyful music, sometimes augmented with the str...

Gig Alert: Habib Koite at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-11-07

Gig Alert: Habib Koite at Le Poisson RougeTic...

Gig Alert: Young Fathers - "Lord" (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-11-06

Gig Alert: Young Fathers - "Lord" (Weekly Music Roundup)

Weekly Music Roundup: Jupiter and Young Fathers

Publication Date: 2017-11-06

Week of Nov. 6: This week, life-affirming soul and death-haunted folk, plus Brian Eno’s latest collaboration. ...

Gig Alert: Shigeto at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-11-05

Gig Alert: Shigeto at Music Hall of Williamsb...

Combo Chimbita Marries Psychedelic Funk and Afro-Caribbean-Latinx Trance

Publication Date: 2017-11-05

Combo Chimbita, a quartet of first-generation New Yorkers from Colombia, have tapped into the gritty rawness of New York punk as well as the Afro-fut...

Gig Alert: DJ Spooky - Rebirth of a Nation at Skirball Center, Sat. Nov. 4

Publication Date: 2017-11-02

Gig Alert: DJ Spooky - Rebirth of a Nation, Sat. Nov. 4

Gig Alert: Mister Heavenly at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-11-01

Gig Alert: Mister Heavenly at Le Poisson RougeTi...

Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge - Fifty Years of Music, Culture & Politics

Publication Date: 2017-11-01

Rolling Stone magazine set out to cover music, and the wider youth culture of the day some 50 years ago. It was where young people went to read about...

Gig Alert: Jessica Lang Dance/Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at White Light Festival

Publication Date: 2017-10-31

Gig Alert: Jessica Lang Dance/Pergolesi’s Stabat ...

Gig Alert: Morrissey - "I Wish You Lonely" (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-10-30

Gig Alert: Morrissey - "I Wish You Lonely" (Weekly Roundup) The British singer Morrissey came to prominence in the 80s with the band The ...

Weekly Music Roundup: The Go! Team, Rhye, & Morrissey

Publication Date: 2017-10-30

Week of Oct. 30: This week, A Cuban/Jamaican collaboration, The Go! Team, Rhye, and a weird wish from Morrissey.

Gig Alert: The Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass at Roulette, 10/31

Publication Date: 2017-10-29

Gig Alert: The Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass ...

Roots-Reggae Band SOJA Asks Big Questions, Embraces Human Family

Publication Date: 2017-10-29

Hailing from Washington, D.C., the roots-reggae band SOJA believes that music should speak for people and uplift them. With that idea in mind, their ...

Gig Alert: Iarla ó Lionáird & Contemporaneous at National Sawdust, Sat. 10/28

Publication Date: 2017-10-26

Gig Alert: Gary Lucas - 'The Golem' at Alamo Drafthouse

Publication Date: 2017-10-25

Gig Alert: Gary Lucas - 'The Golem' at Alamo Drafthouse

Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene (The Alehouse Boys) Tear It Up In-Studio

Publication Date: 2017-10-25

The Norwegian band called Barokksolistene is out to give classical music a bad name. They’re trying to drag classical music – and especially Baroque ...

Gig Alert: Japanese Breakfast – The Body Is A Blade (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-10-23

Gig Alert: Japanese Breakfast – The Body Is A Blade (

Weekly Music Roundup: Big K.R.I.T. & Japanese Breakfast

Publication Date: 2017-10-23

Week of Oct. 23: This week, Big K.R.I.T., Japanese Breakfast, and Pretty Lights. Plus, a surprise new Superchunk song!

Gig Alert: M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at Bowery Electric

Publication Date: 2017-10-22

Gig Alert: M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at Bowery E...

Brooklyn Rider Continues to Choose Its Own New Music Adventures

Publication Date: 2017-10-22

The inventive and ever-evolving string quartet Brooklyn Rider proffers an omnivorous steady diet of new works, global collaborations, and interpretat...

Gig Alert: Miles Mosley at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-10-19

Gig Alert: Miles Mosley at Le Poisson R...

Gig Alert: Regina Carter at BRIC JazzFest, Oct. 19-21

Publication Date: 2017-10-18

Gig Alert: Regina Carter at BRIC JazzFest Marathon Fr...

A Shot of Juke Music: The Band Vintage Trouble Will Not Be Contained

Publication Date: 2017-10-18

Los Angeles-based band Vintage Trouble is a powerfully fun time of old-school soul, southern rhythm & blues, sizzling dance moves, and catchy, cr...

Gig Alert: Elizabeth and the Catapult at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-10-17

Gig Alert: Elizabeth and the Catapult at Le Poisson R...

Gig Alert: Sharon Jones' Final Recording (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-10-16

Gig Alert: Sharon Jones' Final Recording (Weekly Roundup) Brooklyn’s favorite soul and funk singer, the late Sharon Jones, became a global p...

Weekly Music Roundup: Sharon Jones' Final Record & Fela Kuti Box Set #4

Publication Date: 2017-10-16

Week of Oct. 16: This week, a final recording from Sharon Jones, and Erykah Badu curates Fela Kuti. Sharon Jon...

Gig Alert: Kelly Moran at Roulette

Publication Date: 2017-10-15

Gig Alert: Kelly Moran at Roulette...

Trumpeter Keyon Harrold's Vibrant Tunes Offer Strength & Courage

Publication Date: 2017-10-15

This session Trumpeter, singer, and composer Keyon Harrold has played with Beyoncé, Common, Erykah Badu, Rihanna, Eminem, D’Angelo and the Vanguard, ...

Gig Alert: New Sounds Live Presents Colin Stetson's "Sorrow" at Brookfield Place

Publication Date: 2017-10-12

Gig Alert: New Sounds Live Presents Colin Stetson's "Sorrow" at Brookf...

Gig Alert: Tribute to Pauline Oliveros, New Sounds Live at Brookfield Place

Publication Date: 2017-10-11

Gig Alert: Tribute to Pauline Oliveros, New Sounds Live at Brookf...

Drive-By Truckers Storm and Twang To Get Folks Thinking

Publication Date: 2017-10-11

The Athens, Ga.-based group Drive-By Truckers has been writing about the Southern experience and its history for more than 20 years. Fronted by found...

Gig Alert: Ben Neill's "Manitoga" at Brookfield Place

Publication Date: 2017-10-11

Gig Alert: New Sounds Live - Ben Neill's "Manitoga" at Brookfie...

Gig Alert: Brian Owens & Soul of Cash (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-10-09

Gig Alert: Brian Owens/Soul of Cash – Walk The Line (Weekly Music Roundup) You know the song. "I Walk The Line" was a signature hit for th...

Weekly Music Roundup: Soul of Cash and Albanian Saze

Publication Date: 2017-10-09

This week, the soul of Johnny Cash, and dispatches from Mar-A-Lago and Albania. Soul Of Cash Brings Johnny Cash And So...

Gig Alert: Tricky at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-10-08

Gig Alert: Tricky at Music Hall of WilliamsburgTic...

Guitarist & Composer Kaki King, Plus String Quartet, In-Studio

Publication Date: 2017-10-08

Kaki King brings a string quartet with her into the studio to perform some of her elegant arrangements in this chamber plus rock-folk-jazz setting. W...

Gig Alert: Drive-By Truckers at the Capitol Theatre

Publication Date: 2017-10-05

Gig Alert: Drive-By Truckers at the Ca...

Gig Alert: Pletai at National Sawdust

Publication Date: 2017-10-04

Gig Alert: Pletai at National SawdustTickets: $25. Show...

Manchester Orchestra Holds You Above All the Misery

Publication Date: 2017-10-04

Atlanta-based band, Manchester Orchestra, delivers gripping cinematic indie rock, and they recently impressed us in 2016 with their original film sco...

Gig Alert: Matthew Aucoin's "Crossing" at BAM

Publication Date: 2017-10-03

Gig Alert: Matthew Aucoin's "Crossing" at BAM,

Gig Alert: Kurt and Courtney - Continental Breakfast (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-10-02

Gig Alert: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - "Continental Breakfast" (Weekly Roundup) Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile are singers, of a sort...

Weekly Music Roundup: Benefit Songs, Continental Breakfast, & RIP Tom Petty

Publication Date: 2017-10-02

This week, musical support for relief efforts in Texas and Puerto Rico; The Mountain Goats climb to the summit of podcasting. And RIP Tom Petty.

Gig Alert: The Momenta Quartet at Americas Society

Publication Date: 2017-10-01

Songwriter Dan Wilson "Re-covers" His Songs Written With/For Others

Publication Date: 2017-10-01

You probably know songwriter, producer and arranger Dan Wilson. He’s the songwriter who wrote massive hits with folks like Adele (“Someone Like You”)...

Gig Alert: GoGo Penguin at Le Poisson Rouge, Sat. 9/30

Publication Date: 2017-09-28

Gig Alert: GoGo Penguin at Le Poisson Rouge, Sat. 9/30

Gig Alert: Philip Glass Piano Concerto Premiere at Miller Theater

Publication Date: 2017-09-27

Gig Alert: Philip Glass & Bach at Miller Theater, ft. A Far Cry &a...

Producer Ian Brennan on Amplfiying the Voices of Persecuted People, Most Recently, in Tanzania

Publication Date: 2017-09-27

Producer and author Ian Brennan has worked with world music, folk music, traditional music, and has a feel for the DIY and lo-fi punk aesthetic. He p...

Gig Alert: Dan Wilson at City Winery, Thurs. 9/28

Publication Date: 2017-09-26

Gig Alert: Dan Wilson at City Winery, Thurs. 9/28Ticke...

Gig Alert: Clint Mansell's Score for the Film "Loving Vincent" (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-09-25

Gig Alert: Clint Mansell - "The Yellow House" (Weekly Roundup) Clint Mansell has become a sought after composer of film music – you may ha...

Weekly Music Roundup: Balkan Brass Rap & "Loving Vincent"

Publication Date: 2017-09-25

This week, a film score premiere, a Balkan brass band collaborates with an underground rapper, and a report from Chicago’s South Side. ...

Gig Alert: Saint Etienne at Bowery Ballroom on 9.25 / MHOW on 9.26

Publication Date: 2017-09-24

Gig Alert: Saint Etienne at Bowery Ballroom /...

Mischievous Electronic Pop from Argentine Singer & Producer Juana Molina

Publication Date: 2017-09-24

The Argentine singer/songwriter and brilliant producer of experimental off-kilter folk-tronica, Juana Molina, has a former life as a well-known comic...

Lithuanian Violinist & Composer Abraham Brody Embraces and Updates Tradition

Publication Date: 2017-09-22

This session has ended. Follow us @soundcheck & @newsounds on Twitter or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes, and we'll let you know when th...

Gig Alert: David Krakauer's Abraham Inc. at Symphony Space, on Sunday Sept. 24

Publication Date: 2017-09-21

Gig Alert: David Krakauer's...

Gig Alert: Michel van der Aa's 3D opera, "Blank Out" at Park Avenue Armory

Publication Date: 2017-09-20

Gig Alert: Michel van der Aa's 3D opera, "Blank Out" a...

The Infectious Groove of NYC's Antibalas, Purveyors of Funky Afrobeat, Live, In-Studio

Publication Date: 2017-09-20

Brooklyn’s own Afropop-funk-dance big band Antibalas, is probably your favorite band’s favorite band. The 12-piece plus ensemble ranges freely throug...

Gig Alert: Shilpa Ray at Pianos 9/19 & 9/20

Publication Date: 2017-09-19

Gig Alert: Shilpa Ray...

Gig Alert: Upper Wilds (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-09-18

Gig Alert: Upper Wilds - Roy Sullivan (Weekly Roundup) The band Upper Wilds is a new project from Dan Friel (

Weekly Music Roundup: Dan Friel's Upper Wilds, Bjork & Baaba Maal

Publication Date: 2017-09-18

Week of Sept. 18: This week, Baaba Maal and Destroyer set a new bar for weirdness in music videos. Björk leaps over it.

Gig Alert: Juana Molina at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-09-17

Gig Alert: Juana Molina at Le Poisson RougeTicket...

Public Service Broadcasting Samples the Past, Makes Music of the Future

Publication Date: 2017-09-17

The English outfit called Public Service Broadcasting builds its records around archival and documentary sounds, then layering in live drums, guita...

Gig Alert: Zola Jesus at Basilica SoundScape

Publication Date: 2017-09-14

Gig Alert: Zola Jesus at Basilica SoundScape, Fri. 9/15 & S...

The Captivating Analog Synth Artistry of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Publication Date: 2017-09-13

Gig Alert: [CANCELED] Mahmoud Ahmed, 9/15, at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-09-13

Gig Alert: Mahmoud Ahmed, Fr...

Gig Alert: Public Service Broadcasting at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-09-12

Gig Alert: Public Service ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Moses Sumney and Mexican Institute of Sound

Publication Date: 2017-09-11

Week of Sept. 11, 2017: This week, a host of collaborations, and an ode to a T-shirt. The National Release New...

Shilpa Ray Hand-Stamps The Nightlife And She's Stronger For It

Publication Date: 2017-09-10

The wonderfully twisted, self-possessed, wry, leather jacket-armored dark humored queen of the downtown night, Shilpa Ray, continues to survive wor...

Gig Alert: 9/11 Memorial Concert at Bargemusic

Publication Date: 2017-09-10

Gig Alert: 9/11 Memorial Concert at BargemusicTickets: Free. Concerts at ...

Gig Alert: TV on the Radio at The Meadows Festival, Sept. 15-17

Publication Date: 2017-09-07

Gig Alert: TV On The Radio at The Meadows Festival, Citi Field, Sept 15-17Ente...

Gig Alert: Gorillaz at The Meadows Festival, Sept. 15-17

Publication Date: 2017-09-06

Gig Alert: Gorillaz at The Meadows Festival, Citi Field, Sept 15-17Enter to wi...

Cigarettes After Sex Ignite the Slow Burn

Publication Date: 2017-09-06

Here's the Facebook Live session:

Gig Alert: Talib Kweli at The Blue Note

Publication Date: 2017-09-05

Gig Alert: Talib Kweli & Band at the Blue Note...

Weekly Music Roundup: Ibeyi & Matthew Dear

Publication Date: 2017-09-04

Week of Sept. 5: This week, music from A Clockwork Orange, a musical benefit for SPLC, Matthew Dear with Tegan and Sara, and "Pri...

Lee Ranaldo & Steve Gunn, from the New York Guitar Festival, in the Greene Space

Publication Date: 2017-09-03

Hear music from one of the two Sonic Youth guitarists, Lee Ranaldo, along with the fingerstyle folk rocker Steve Gunn, recorded at the 2017 New Yor...

Gig Alert: Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra and Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall

Publication Date: 2017-09-03

Gig Alert: Sibelius Aca...

Gig Alert: Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet at Village Vanguard

Publication Date: 2017-08-31

Gig Alert: Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet at Village Vanguard tonight thru Sunday, 9/3Tickets: $30. Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM Th...

Gig Alert: Karsh Kale at Nublu

Publication Date: 2017-08-30

Electro-Cumbia Bomba Estéreo Mix Traditional Sounds With Psychedelic Dance Music

Publication Date: 2017-08-30

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Gig Alert: Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire at National Sawdust

Publication Date: 2017-08-29

Gig Alert: Mary Halvo...

Weekly Music Roundup: Holiday Destination and "Surprise Yourself"

Publication Date: 2017-08-28

Week of Aug. 28: This week, a Mary Epworth video premiere, Shilpa Ray's Heart Full of Dirt, Nadine Shah's 'Holiday Destination', a...

Feel the Force of OMD's Electro Dance-Pop Revival

Publication Date: 2017-08-27

Gig Alert: Sound of Ceres at Alphaville

Publication Date: 2017-08-27

Gig Alert: Sound of Ceres at AlphavilleTickets: $8, 21+, Sh...

Gig Alert: Dafnis Prieto Big Band at The Jazz Standard

Publication Date: 2017-08-24

Margaret Glaspy and Julian Lage Mix Jazz, Cowboy Chords, & Indie Folk

Publication Date: 2017-08-23

Recorded at the New York Guitar Festival in the Greene Space from May 2017, hear solo music from guitarist/songwriter Margaret Glaspy, whose range ...

Gig Alert: Madame Gandhi at The Sculpture Garden at MoMA

Publication Date: 2017-08-23

Gig Alert: Madame Gandhi at The Sculpture Garden at MoMATickets: Fr...

Gig Alert: Zeal & Ardor at Saint Vitus

Publication Date: 2017-08-23

Gig Alert: Zeal & Ardor at Saint Vit...

Weekly Music Roundup: Kaki King, Keyon Harrold, & the May Queen

Publication Date: 2017-08-21

Week of August 21: This week, Glen Campbell’s Surprise Talent, Keyon Harrold’s Ferguson-themed Video, and a Kaki King Premiere.

Gig Alert: The Great Organ - Midday Mondays at St. John the Divine

Publication Date: 2017-08-20

Gig Alert: The Great Organ - Midday...

Gypsy Punks Gogol Bordello Turn Rage Into Joy

Publication Date: 2017-08-20

New York’s own gypsy punks Gogol Bordello have roots in Eastern European folk and Brecht-ian cabaret, along with punk and dub. With a band that usu...

Gig Alert: Mark Lanegan Band at The Gramercy Theatre

Publication Date: 2017-08-17

Gig Alert: Mark Lanegan ...

Vetted: The Harmonium-Wielding Chicago Soul Singer Zeshan B

Publication Date: 2017-08-16

Chicago-based soul singer Zeshan B takes on deep cuts from 1960s and 70s soul gems, as well as groovy, bluesy gospel-infused originals, sometimes i...

Gig Alert: Ex Eye at Saint Vitus, Friday, 8/18

Publication Date: 2017-08-16

Gig Alert: Ex-Eye at Saint Vitus, Friday, 8/18Tickets...

Gig Alert: Bomba Estéreo at Irving Plaza

Publication Date: 2017-08-15

Gig Alert: Bomba Esté...

Weekly Music Roundup: Father John Misty & Daughter

Publication Date: 2017-08-14

Week of August 14: This week, Prince gets an official color (guess which one), and a video game gets a moody soundtrack. ...

Low Cut Connie Pounds Out Some Bluesy-Garage Rockenroll

Publication Date: 2017-08-14

Low Cut Connie is a garage rock band that actually recorded its first album in a garage. Led by Adam Weiner and Shondra (Weiner’s upright piano, wh...

Gig Alert: GABI at Union Pool, Tuesday, 8/15

Publication Date: 2017-08-13

Gig Alert: GABI at Union Pool, Tuesday, 8/15Ticke...

Gig Alert: The Jayhawks at Americana Fest at Lincoln Center, Saturday, 8/12

Publication Date: 2017-08-10

Gig Alert: Jason Moran & The Wordless Music Orchestra play live score to "Selma" at Celebrate Brooklyn

Publication Date: 2017-08-09

Sam Amidon Experiments with Folk Music

Publication Date: 2017-08-09

Gig Alert: The Selecter at Knitting Factory

Publication Date: 2017-08-09

Gig Alert: The Select...

Outlaw Master Steve Earle Rolls Into Town & Serves Up Badass & Heart

Publication Date: 2017-08-08

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Weekly Music Roundup: Neil Young's Brand New 41-Year-Old Album

Publication Date: 2017-08-07

Week of August 7: This week, a new/old song from Neil Young, and an old soul named Cozmo. Neil Young's Brand N...

Gig Alert: Herbie Hancock at the Beacon Theatre

Publication Date: 2017-08-06

Gig Alert: Mostly Mozart Festival Presents Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Publication Date: 2017-08-03

Gig Aler...

Gig Alert: Olivia Chaney at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-08-02

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Offa Rex, Folk-Rock For the Ages

Publication Date: 2017-08-02

Offa Rex is a collaboration between the English singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/arranger Olivia Chaney, and the band The Decemberists. Oliv...

Gig Alert: Fleet Foxes at Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell

Publication Date: 2017-08-01

Gig Alert: Fleet Foxes at Celebrate Brookly...

Weekly Music Roundup: Mercury Prize Shortlist & Jen Cloher

Publication Date: 2017-07-31

Week of July 31: This week, the Mercury Prize shortlist, and Mick Jagger’s political new song. 2017 M...

Gig Alert: L.A. Salami at Rockwood Music Hall

Publication Date: 2017-07-30

Gig Alert: L.A. Salami at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

Mondo Cozmo Sparkles With Sunny Pop

Publication Date: 2017-07-30

Here is the Facebook Live session:

Gig Alert: Marcy Playground at B.B. Kings

Publication Date: 2017-07-27

Gig Alert: Mar...

Gig Alert: Tigue at Union Pool

Publication Date: 2017-07-26

Gig Alert: Tigue at Union Pool, an LPR Presents show

Bluesman Jake La Botz Taps Into Vintage American Roots

Publication Date: 2017-07-26

Delta blues-inflected singer, guitar player, and songwriter Jake La Botz plays American traditional music that would be at home in juke joints, blu...

Gig Alert: Rickie Lee Jones performs Pirates at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center

Publication Date: 2017-07-25

Gig Alert: Rickie Lee Jones perform...

Weekly Music Roundup: Farewell to Basement Bhangra & "Unpeeled"

Publication Date: 2017-07-24

Week of July 24: A wild week of Grime, Bhangra, Afrobeat, and a String Quartet. London’s Dizzee Rascal Has Som...

Gig Alert: Luke Temple at Threes Brewing

Publication Date: 2017-07-23

Gig Alert: Luke Temple at Threes Brewing

Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra Build Crystal Structures of Chamber-Dance Music

Publication Date: 2017-07-23

London-based dance music artist, classically trained pianist/composer, and Chicago native Kate Simko along with the London Electronic Orchestra, co...

Gig Alert: Mashrou' Leila at Celebrate Brooklyn, Sat. 7/22

Publication Date: 2017-07-20

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Gig Alert: Morton Subotnick at Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center

Publication Date: 2017-07-19

Gig Alert: Morton Subotnick at Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, L...

Songwriter Ani Difranco's Sharp & Urgent Poetic Observations

Publication Date: 2017-07-19

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Gig Alert: OK GO at Lowdown Hudson Music Festival

Publication Date: 2017-07-18

Gig Alert: OK GO, with Flint Eastwood at Lowdown Hudson Music Festival

Weekly Music Roundup: Alvvays & The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

Publication Date: 2017-07-17

Week of July 17: This week, one musical controversy burns while another is put out. And some new releases.

Thurston Moore's Latest Jangly Shimmering Guitar Bursts

Publication Date: 2017-07-16

Gig Alert: Yo La Tengo at Central Park Summerstage

Publication Date: 2017-07-16

Gig Alert: Yo La Tengo at Central Park SummerstageTickets: FREE. Doors at 6PM, Show at 7PM. Rumsey Playfield Yo La Tengo is more than ju...

Gig Alert: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at Central Park Summerstage, Sunday, July 16

Publication Date: 2017-07-13

Gig Alert: Blick Bassy at David Rubenstein Atrium

Publication Date: 2017-07-12

Gig Alert: Blick Bassy at David Rubenstein Atrium...

Guitarist Blick Bassy Shares His Cameroonian Raw Materials

Publication Date: 2017-07-12

The Cameroonian guitarist, Blick Bassy, now resides in rural France and wields a convi...

Gig Alert: Monty Alexander’s Junkanoo Swing at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Publication Date: 2017-07-11

Gig Alert: Monty Alexander’s Junkanoo ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Dollshot & Shabazz Palaces

Publication Date: 2017-07-10

Week of July 10: This week, Ke$sha Becomes Kesha; and Webster Hall Is About To Become History Introducing Kesha...

Gig Alert: Rakim at Brooklyn Historical Society (Talk), part of Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

Publication Date: 2017-07-09

Gig Alert: Rakim at Brooklyn Historica...

Alison Moyet's Latest Electro-Pop Adventure, "Other"

Publication Date: 2017-07-09

Back in the early 1980s, Alison Moyet first topped the charts as half of the English band...

Gig Alert: Tengger Cavalry at Saint Vitus

Publication Date: 2017-07-06

Gig Alert: Tengger Cavalry at Saint Vitus...

Gig Alert: Richard Barone at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-07-05

Gig Alert: Richa...

Showtime Goma: Dream-Pop by Jen Goma of A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Publication Date: 2017-07-05

Jen Goma, of A Sunny Day In Glasgow unleashes hopeful exuberance in her solo project, Showtime Goma, on a record of alternately dancey & dreamy...

Gig Alert: Sinkane at Metro Tech Commons, noon, Thursday, July 6

Publication Date: 2017-07-04

Gig Alert: Sinkane at Metro Tech Commons, Thursday, July 6. Tickets: Fr...

Weekly Music Roundup: Denitia & The National

Publication Date: 2017-07-03

Week of July 3: This week, new music from The National, and a pair of long-delayed returns. The National Releas...

Minimalist Droney Dream Pop by Saltland

Publication Date: 2017-07-02

Hear music from the Montreal-based one-woman band, Saltland, aka cellist Rebecca Foon, from her latest, “A Common Truth. ” She layers multiple loop...

Gig Alert: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at The Blue Note

Publication Date: 2017-07-02

Gig Alert: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at The Blue Note

Gig Alert: Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks at Summerstage Sat. 7/1

Publication Date: 2017-06-29

Gig Alert: Vince Giordano &...

Mountain Goats Go Into Their Black Hearts On "Goths"

Publication Date: 2017-06-28

The Mountain Goats are led, as always, by singer, songwriter, and now - bestsellin...

Gig Alert: Cassandra Wilson at The Blue Note

Publication Date: 2017-06-28

Gig Alert: Cassandra Wilson at The Blue Note, Thurs. 6...

Gig Alert: Elizabeth & The Catapult at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-06-27

Gig Alert: Elizabeth & The Catapult at Le Po...

Gig Alert: Crash Ensemble (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-06-26

Gig Alert: Crash Ensemble – "Past Tundra" (Weekly Roundup) The Dublin-based new music group called The Crash Ensemble has been hugely impo...

Weekly Music Roundup: Ethio-American Soul & "Past Tundra"

Publication Date: 2017-06-26

Week of June 26: This week, Alan Gilbert Goes To Hamburg; Iggy Pop Goes To Mali; And Radiohead Goes Back In Time.

Gig Alert: Aimee Mann at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-06-26

Gig Alert: Aimee Mann at Music Hall of Will...

Pink Martini's Exotic Musical Journey Continues

Publication Date: 2017-06-25

Portland, Oregon-based Pink Martini whisks listeners away on globetrotting musical journeys, singing in Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, French & ...

Gig Alert: Pharoah Sanders at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park

Publication Date: 2017-06-22

Adrian Crowley Offers Up Immersive Haunting Songs

Publication Date: 2017-06-21

Galway-raised troubadour Adrian Crowley pens dark and beautiful, immersive and overwhelming songs, which are just the thing for a quiet evening of ...

Gig Alert: Julia Holter's Tragedy Opera at National Sawdust, 6/22 & 6/23

Publication Date: 2017-06-21

Gig Aler...

Gig Alert: Ala.ni at Central Park Summerstage

Publication Date: 2017-06-20

g Alert: Ala.ni at Central Park Summerstage (Rumsey ...

Weekly Music Roundup: "In the Deepest" & Coal Miners

Publication Date: 2017-06-19

Week of June 19: This week, creepy dancers, coal miners, and the end of the world. The End Of The World, Or N...

Gig Alert: Dams of the West at Baby's All Right

Publication Date: 2017-06-18

Gig Alert: Dams of the West at Baby's All Right...

Guitarist/Singer Benjamin Booker's Potent Cocktail of Punk & Soul

Publication Date: 2017-06-18

Full of buzzing energy and ready to burst, guitarist Benjamin Booker is a punk &a...

Gig Alert: Final New York Phil With Alan Gilbert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Publication Date: 2017-06-15

Gig Alert: New York Phil in Prospect Park ...

Randy Weston Web Extra

Publication Date: 2017-06-15

Pianist Randy Weston has been exploring the African roots of American music – especially jazz – since the 1950s. Last night, NEA Jazz Master Randy ...

Landlady Picks & Chooses From Pop, Jazz, Pazz, Jop, Psych, & Prog

Publication Date: 2017-06-14

Gig Alert: James Vincent McMorrow at Brooklyn Steel

Publication Date: 2017-06-14

Gig Alert: James Vincent McMorrow at Bro...

Gig Alert: The Klezmatics at Central Park Summerstage

Publication Date: 2017-06-13

Weekly Music Roundup: Sad Iggy Pop & Yukon Film Ghosts

Publication Date: 2017-06-12

Week of June 12: This week, Iggy Pop is sad; also, music from Twin Peaks and the Yukon Gold Rush. Oneohtrix Poi...

New Orleans-based Roots Rockers The Revivalists Keep Going

Publication Date: 2017-06-11

This session has ended. Follow us @soundcheck on Twitter or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes, and we'll let you know when the audio is ready ...

Gig Alert: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at The Beacon Theatre, June 13 & 14

Publication Date: 2017-06-11

Gig Alert: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at The Beacon T...

Gig Alert: Maracatu NY at DROM (Barbes Benefit)

Publication Date: 2017-06-08

Gig Alert: Mar...

Wilsen Brings Dreamy Folk-Pop Out of the Moonlight

Publication Date: 2017-06-07

The English-born, Brooklyn-based singer and guitarist Tamsin Wilson writes songs that tell stories, but not in the boy-meets-girl, boy-kills-girl, ...

Gig Alert: Lee Ranaldo at The Greene Space

Publication Date: 2017-06-07

Gig Alert: ...

Gig Alert: Aldous Harding at Park Church Co-op on June 8 (Northside Festival)

Publication Date: 2017-06-07

Gig Alert: Aldous Harding at Park Church Co-op on June 8Tickets: $12-15, All-Ages, 7PM The folk singer Aldous Harding, from New Zealand...

Weekly Music Roundup: Tributes & "City Of No Reply"

Publication Date: 2017-06-05

Week of June 5: This week, moving tributes to the late Chris Cornell and the victims of the Manchester bombing; plus Arcade Fire’s...

Gig Alert: Benjamin Booker at Rough Trade

Publication Date: 2017-06-04

Gig Alert: Benjamin Booker at Rough Trade

Alan Gilbert, The Exit Interview

Publication Date: 2017-06-04

Alan Gilbert, when he took over the New York Philharmonic, in 2009, became the first NY-born Music Director of the ensemble. Gilbert wraps up his t...

Gig Alert: Mavis Staples at Central Park Summerstage, Sat. June 3

Publication Date: 2017-06-01

Gig Alert: Mavis Staples at Central Park Summerst...

Gig Alert: Trixie Whitley at The Greene Space

Publication Date: 2017-05-31

Gig Alert: ...

Solo Piano Works by George Winston

Publication Date: 2017-05-31

George Winston is one of the best-selling pianists of any style, ever. His albums in the 1980s, like December and Winter Into Spring

Gig Alert: Odean Pope Saxophone Choir at Judson Memorial Church, Thurs., 6/1

Publication Date: 2017-05-30

Gig Alert: Odean Pope Saxophone Choir at Judson Memorial Church, Thurs., 6/1T...

Weekly Music Roundup: Swet Shop Boys & NRVS LVRS

Publication Date: 2017-05-29

Week of May 29: This week, songs for bird watchers, Brad Pitt watchers, and Van Morrison fans

Gig Alert: Dover Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge, Tuesday, May 30

Publication Date: 2017-05-28

Gig Alert: Dover Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge, T...

Dover Quartet Celebrates the Music of Twin Peaks

Publication Date: 2017-05-28

The Dover Quartet is a gifted young string quartet who were just awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant in March 2017, and have quickly become sough...

Gig Alert: PUBLIQuartet at the Metropolitan Museum - Thelonious Monk 100

Publication Date: 2017-05-25

Gig Alert: PUBLIQuartet at the Me...

Gig Alert: Rahim AlHaj trio at David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center

Publication Date: 2017-05-24

Gig Alert: Rahim AlHaj trio at David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincol...

Jazz Pianist And Innovator Randy Weston Renews a Connection With His African Past

Publication Date: 2017-05-24

American pianist, composer, and “Legend of Jazz,” Randy Weston, has once again stretched across history to forge connections to an African past, as...

Gig Alert: Lorde at Governors Ball Music Festival

Publication Date: 2017-05-23

Gig Alert: Lorde at Governors Ball Music Festival The ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Ghostpoet & Bokanté

Publication Date: 2017-05-22

Week of May 22: This week, a new song from The National, and musical responses to immigration and mind control.

Gig Alert: High Plains at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-05-21

Gig Alert: High Plains at Le Poisson RougeTickets:...

The Secret Sisters Soar Once Again

Publication Date: 2017-05-21

Promising act with big-name supporters gets signed to record label. Record(s) didn't do as well as hoped. Promising act dropped from record label. ...

Gig Alert: Elza Soares at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-05-18

Gig Alert: Elza Soares at Town HallTickets: $45, Show at 8PM.

Gig Alert: Sharon Isbin in the Jerome L. Greene Space, part of the NY Guitar Festival

Publication Date: 2017-05-17

Gig Alert: ...

The Stretch Music of Trumpter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Publication Date: 2017-05-17

New Orleans trumpeter, composer, producer, and instrument des...

Gig Alert: Jambinai at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-05-16

Gig Alert: Jambinai at Le Poisson RougeTickets: $20, Show a...

Weekly Music Roundup: Lana Del Ray & Sampa the Great

Publication Date: 2017-05-15

Week of May 15: This Week, A Fun Festival’s Sad Song, Ben Folds’ New Orchestral Job, and A Eurovision Champion ...

Gig Alert: Shane Parish at the Stone

Publication Date: 2017-05-14

Gig Alert: Shane Parish at the StoneTickets: $20, Show at 8:30PM. All-Ages

The Soul of 'Sacred Steel' Virtuoso Robert Randolph and The Family Band

Publication Date: 2017-05-14

Hear the pedal steel fireworks in the gospel-rooted soul-funk of Robert Randolph & the Family Band live in the studio. As a performer, Randolph...

Gig Alert: The Crossing Choir Performs John Luther Adams' Canticles of the Holy Wind at St. Michael's Church

Publication Date: 2017-05-11

Gig Alert: John Luther Adams – Canticles of ...

Gig Alert: North Mississippi Allstars at Bowery Ballroom

Publication Date: 2017-05-10

Gig Alert: North Mississippi Allstars at Bowery Ballroom

Southern Blues & Rock of Reverend Sekou & The Sealbreakers

Publication Date: 2017-05-10

The Reverend Osagyefo Sekou draws from a deep well of American music on his new album, called In Times Like These. Blues and gospel ...

Gig Alert: The Bad Plus at The Jazz Standard

Publication Date: 2017-05-09

Gig Alert: The Bad Plus at The Jazz Standard, 5/9-5/14Tickets: $3...

Weekly Music Roundup: Havana Maestros & LCD Soundsystem's Return

Publication Date: 2017-05-08

Week of May 8: This week, LCD Soundsystem Is Back, Plus Old English, Old Cuban, and New African Sounds. LCD Sou...

Gig Alert: Slowdive at Brooklyn Steel, 5/8 & 5/9

Publication Date: 2017-05-07

Feel like doing a little time traveling? The UK band Slowdive will take you back to 1992. That’s when their brand of dream pop was at its most popu...

The Steady Reinvention of Mexican Alt-Rockers Café Tacvba

Publication Date: 2017-05-07

Watch the session via Facebook Live:

Gig Alert: The Kentucky Derby is Decadent And Depraved at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-05-04

Gig Alert: The Kentucky Derby is Decadent And Depraved at Town HallTickets: $50-$75, Show at 8PM. Tomorrow is the first Saturday in May,...

Gig Alert: Angelique Kidjo & Friends at Carnegie Hall, Friday, 5/5

Publication Date: 2017-05-03

Gig Alert: Angelique Kidjo & ...

Angelique Kidjo Re-imagines "Remain In Light"

Publication Date: 2017-05-03

Three-time Grammy-winning Beninese diva, Angélique Kidjo, gives a preview of her reinterpretation of Talking Heads' classic 1980 album,

Gig Alert: Frank London – A Night In the Old Marketplace at The Museum of Jewish Heritage

Publication Date: 2017-05-02

Gig Alert: Frank London – A Night In the Old Marketplace at The Museum of Jewish Heritage

Weekly Music Roundup: Penguin Cafe Premiere & HAIM

Publication Date: 2017-05-01

This week’s roundup is brought to you by the letter P: a poppy, postclassical premiere, and a pile of political pieces. PREMIE...

Tunisian Singer/Producer Emel Mathlouthi Carries On the Human Struggle

Publication Date: 2017-04-30

Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi came to prominence through her protest songs. On Emel's latest release 'Ensen,' (Human) she pairs electronica &...

Gig Alert: Mono at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-04-30

Gig Alert: Mono at Music Hall of Williamsburg...

Gig Alert: The Nile Project at Joe's Pub, on Sat. 4/29

Publication Date: 2017-04-27

Gig Alert: The...

Gig Alert: The Jazz Epistles at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-04-26

Gig Alert: The Jazz Epistles ft. Abdullah I...

Remembering Jonathan Demme: Director and Music Fan

Publication Date: 2017-04-26

The film world is rightly mourning the loss of Jonathan Demme earlier today. But the music world will miss him, too. Most filmmakers are keenly att...

Gig Alert: Mark Mothersbaugh Exhibit/ Performance at NYU's Skirball Center, Thursday, May 4

Publication Date: 2017-04-25

Gig Alert: Mark Mothersbaugh at NYU's Skirball Center, Thursday, May 4

Weekly Music Roundup: Tony Allen & Nadine Shah

Publication Date: 2017-04-24

This week, remembering Prince and rediscovering Little Steven. Little Steven Will Release First Solo Album in Almost Tw...

The Brilliant Power Pop of The New Pornographers

Publication Date: 2017-04-24

Here's the Facebook Live of the session:

Gig Alert: Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Highline Ballroom, Tues. 4/25

Publication Date: 2017-04-23

Gig Alert: Preservation Hall Jazz Band at th...

Sheryl Crow, Might As Well Be Herself

Publication Date: 2017-04-23

You can watch via Facebook Live:

Gig Alert: Noche Flamenca at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-04-20

Swedish Quartet Dungen Scores 1926 Silent Film With Psych-Rock

Publication Date: 2017-04-19

The Swedish psych-prog rock band Dungen has been making records since 2001, but they...

Gig Alert: La Belle et la Bete by the Philip Glass Ensemble at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-04-19

Gig Alert: La Belle et la Bete by the Philip Glass Ensemble at Tow...

Gig Alert: One Ring Zero at Littlefield

Publication Date: 2017-04-18

Gig Alert: One Ring Zero at Little...

Weekly Music Roundup: FEEL. & Relaxer

Publication Date: 2017-04-17

Week of April 17: This week, Kendrick Lamar returns; so do videos in black and white. Damn, ...

Aimee Mann Plays To Strengths of Slow, Catchy, Dark, Smart & Thoughtful Songwriting on "Mental Illness"

Publication Date: 2017-04-17

Songwriter Aimee Mann left her successful major label band Til Tuesday back in the early 1990's and never looked back. Her stunning recording resum...

Gig Alert: Bearthoven at Le Poisson Rouge, Tues., April 18

Publication Date: 2017-04-16

Gig Alert: Bearthoven at Le Poisson Rouge, Tues., April 1...

Gig Alert: Tinariwen at Brooklyn Bowl, 4/15 & 4/16

Publication Date: 2017-04-13

Gig Alert: Tinariwen at Brooklyn Bowl, Sat. 4/15, Sun. 4/16Tickets: $25-$30. Show at 8PM. Saturday's show is sold-out, but a limited nu...

L.A. Salami Fingerpicks Some Troubador Blues

Publication Date: 2017-04-12

L.A. Salami is the stage name of Lookman Adekunle Salami, and he’s a Londoner whose music blends folk, blues, indie rock and hip hop with lyrics th...

Gig Alert: Vijay Iyer & Friends at The Jerome L. Greene Space

Publication Date: 2017-04-12

Gig Alert: ...

Gig Alert: Opus Concert Series presents: Black Angels at House of Yes

Publication Date: 2017-04-11

Gig Alert: Beth Ditto (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-04-11

Gig Alert: Beth Ditto- "Fire" (Weekly Roundup) For much of the 2000s, Beth Ditto was known for two things – leading the indie rock band T...

Weekly Music Roundup: Strength of a Woman & "Fire"

Publication Date: 2017-04-10

Week of April 10: This week, Mary J Blige returns; two musical responses to the November election; and Beth Ditto’s fiery solo deb...

Guitarist Matthew Stevens Explores & Stretches Jazz Idioms

Publication Date: 2017-04-09

Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Matthew Stevens is a skilled sound manipulator, spinning delicate webs between jazz, rock, g...

Gig Alert: Missio at the Gramercy Theatre

Publication Date: 2017-04-07

Gig Alert: Missio at the Gramercy TheatreTickets: $15,...

Gig Alert: Wordless Music Orchestra plays "Barry Lyndon" at Kings Theatre, 4/8

Publication Date: 2017-04-06

Gig Alert: Wordless Music Orchestra plays "Barry Lyndon" at Kings Theatre,

Polar Protest Music From Inuk Singer & Activist Tanya Tagaq

Publication Date: 2017-04-05

Inuk singer and songwriter Tanya Tagaq, from the Nunavut region of northern Canada, unleashes a modern take on the Arctic tradition of...

Gig Alert: Vieux Farka Touré at BRIC Arts | Media House

Publication Date: 2017-04-05

Gig Alert: Vieux Farka Touré at

Gig Alert: Charly Bliss at Mercury Lounge

Publication Date: 2017-04-05

Gig Alert: Charly Bliss at Mercury LoungeTickets: $15, 21+, Show at 9:30PM Singer Eva Henderson of the band

Gig Alert: Jonathan Coulton (Weekly Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-04-03

Gig Alert: Jonathan Coulton- "All This Time" (Weekly Roundup) You may know Jonathan Coulton as the one-man band for the NPR quiz show

Weekly Music Roundup: Cosmic Cannibal & Gothic Heartache

Publication Date: 2017-04-03

This week, a Nobel Prize-winner’s “Stardust,” a tale of artificial intelligence, and a cosmic cannibal. Bob Dylan’s Triplica...

Gig Alert: Eroica Trio at Symphony Space

Publication Date: 2017-04-02

Gig Alert: Eroica Trio at Symphony SpaceTickets: $30, 7:30PM...

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips: Music, Art & Ideas

Publication Date: 2017-04-02

You may have seen Wayne Coyne, the frontman of the Flaming Lips, walking over his audience in a large plastic bubble, or leading an orchestra of ca...

Gig Alert: The Microscopic Septet at Smalls, Sunday 4/2

Publication Date: 2017-03-30

Gig Alert: The Microscopic Septet at Smalls, Sunday 4...

Electronic Pop & Chamber Music Composer/Producer Anna Meredith Is Full of Surprises

Publication Date: 2017-03-29

British singer, producer, and composer Anna Meredith is a musical chameleo...

Gig Alert: Becca Stevens at BRIC Arts | Media House

Publication Date: 2017-03-29

Gig Alert: Becca ...

Gig Alert: Ruby Amanfu at the Kaplan Penthouse of Lincoln Center

Publication Date: 2017-03-28

Gig Alert: Ruby Amanfu at the Kaplan Penthouse of Lincoln Center

Weekly Music Roundup: Black Rose & Whiteout Conditions

Publication Date: 2017-03-27

Week of March 27: This week, new songs from Blondie, The New Pornographers, and Gorillaz. The New Pornographers...

Gig Alert: Jazz Passengers at Roulette, 3/28

Publication Date: 2017-03-27

Gig Alert: Jazz Pass...

Rodney Crowell Makes It Personal

Publication Date: 2017-03-26

Mulitple Grammy winning singer, songwriter and producer Rodney Crowell was one of the founders of the style that’s come to be known as alternative ...

Gig Alert: American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie's Zankel Hall

Publication Date: 2017-03-23

Gig Alert: American Composers O...

Tony Fletcher Chronicles the Sensual Soul of Wilson Pickett

Publication Date: 2017-03-22

For a guy who had such an enormous impact on American popular music, you might say that Wilson Pickett has been hiding in plain sight. One of the c...

Gig Alert: Yo La Tengo at Town Hall (Improvisations Series)

Publication Date: 2017-03-22

Gig Alert: Yo La Tengo at Town Hall, Part of IMPROVISATIONS series.Tic...

Gig Alert: Glasser at Le Poisson Rouge

Publication Date: 2017-03-21

Gig Alert: Glasser at Le Poisson RougeT...

Gig Alert: Mastodon (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-03-20

Mastodon’s New Video The Atlanta metal band Mastodon has a new album, out on March 31, called Emperor of Sand, and...

Weekly Music Roundup: Going Backwards & Mastodon

Publication Date: 2017-03-20

Week of March 20: This week, Depeche Mode has (another) moment; also, celebrating 100 years of jazz, and of Vera Lynn. ...

Assertive New Indie Pop From Tennis

Publication Date: 2017-03-19

The husband-and-wife team of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley released their first album, Cape Dory back in 2011, documenting their time living on a ...

Gig Alert: Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera, 3/21

Publication Date: 2017-03-19

Gig Alert: Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera...

Gig Alert: Susanna Baca at Pioneer Works

Publication Date: 2017-03-16

Gig Alert: Susanna Baca at Pioneer WorksTickets: $35, Show at ...

Red Baraat, A Bhangra Dance Brass Band Street Party

Publication Date: 2017-03-15

The group Red Baraat has ...

Gig Alert: Tibet House Benefit Celebrating Philip Glass @80 at Carnegie Hall

Publication Date: 2017-03-15

Gig Alert: Suzanne Vega at Cafe Carlyle

Publication Date: 2017-03-15

Gig Alert: Suzanne...

Gig Alert: Red Baraat at Le Poisson Rouge, Thurs 3/16

Publication Date: 2017-03-13

The New York-based group called Red Baraat starts with the infectious sounds of bhangra – the party music of the Punjab region in India and Pakista...

Weekly Music Roundup: Brooklyn Bhangra & Silver Eye

Publication Date: 2017-03-13

Week of March 13: This week, Brooklyn bhangra, a Hong Kong protest song, and a film composer’s new sound. PREMI...

Gig Alert: Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Unremembered" at LPR 3/19

Publication Date: 2017-03-12

Gig Alert: Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Un...

Mark Morris, Choreographing AND Conducting Japanese Street Dances & Baroque Tragedy

Publication Date: 2017-03-12

The opera Dido And Aeneas is a late 17th century masterpiece by Henry Purcell. Back in 1989, the American choreographer Mark Mo...

Gig Alert: Khusugtun at The Rubin Museum

Publication Date: 2017-03-09

Gig Alert: Khusugtun at The Rubin Museum

British Songwriter, Laura Marling, As Ever, Herself

Publication Date: 2017-03-09

The British singer/songwriter Laura Marling returns with a refined sixth record Semper Femina, whose Latin title implies a more gender-spe...

Gig Alert: The Flaming Lips at Terminal 5

Publication Date: 2017-03-08

Gig Alert: The Flaming Lips at Terminal 5Tic...

Gig Alert: Tanya Tagaq at Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, 3/9

Publication Date: 2017-03-07

Gig Alert: Tanya Tagaq at Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Appel Room...

Weekly Music Roundup: Spiritual Jazz & Gargoyle

Publication Date: 2017-03-06

Week of March 6: This week, finding the lost music of Alice Coltrane, rediscovering Lorde, and checking in with Matisyahu.

Gig Alert: Kronos Quartet in The Jerome L. Greene Space

Publication Date: 2017-03-06

Gig Alert: Kronos Qu...

Communist Daughter, Folk-Rock That Doesn't "Hold Back"

Publication Date: 2017-03-05

Minneapolis-based Communist Daughter uses finger-picked guitar, organ, pounding drums and massing voices, much like the current crop of campfire ro...

Gig Alert: Slothrust at Rough Trade

Publication Date: 2017-03-02

Gig Alert: Slothrust at Rough Trade

Gig Alert: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal at French Institute Alliance Francaise, 3/2 at 8PM

Publication Date: 2017-03-01

Gig Alert: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal at French I...

Grandaddy Launches a Comeback

Publication Date: 2017-03-01

Born in Modesto, CA in 1992, Grandaddy consists of Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Tim Dryden, Jim Fairchild and Kevin Garcia. But, in 2006...

Gig Alert: Kodo at BAM

Publication Date: 2017-03-01

Gig Alert: Kodo at BAMTickets: $32-60. S...

Weekly Music Roundup: Remain in Light & "Careful, Madame"

Publication Date: 2017-02-27

Week of Feb. 27: This week, Visions of Paradise, Fred Armisen Saves The Day (Sort Of), and A World Premiere From a “Downtown” Stalwart. ...

Gig Alert: Os Mutantes at Webster Hall

Publication Date: 2017-02-26

Vampire Weekend Drummer Chris Tomson's "Youngish American"

Publication Date: 2017-02-24

Drummer Chris Tomson, has joined his three Vampire Weekend bandmates in releasing an album of his own solo material, under the name Dams Of The Wes...

Gig Alert: The Necks (30th Anniversary) at Issue Project Room

Publication Date: 2017-02-23

Gig Alert: The Necks (30th Anniversary)...

Guitarist Margaret Glaspy Delivers Crunch & Thunder

Publication Date: 2017-02-22

Guitarist and singer Margaret Glaspy released her album Emotions and Math last year, and promptly found herself on a whole bunch of year-e...

Gig Alert: Laurie Anderson & Christian McBride at Town Hall

Publication Date: 2017-02-22

Gig Alert: Laurie Anderson & Christian McBride at To...

Gig Alert: London O’Connor at Rough Trade

Publication Date: 2017-02-22

Gig Alert: London O’Connor at Rough Trade...

Gig Alert: Kishi Bashi (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-02-20

Weekly Music Roundup: Kishi Bashi The songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi is a classically trained violinist, and over the year...

Gig Alert: Lisa Hannigan at Bowery Ballroom

Publication Date: 2017-02-19

Irish singer/songwriter and guitarist Lisa Hannigan got her start as a member of Damien Rice’s band back in the early oughts when he was a hot tick...

Weekly Music Roundup: Big Beautiful Day, Cubafonia, & "Carol"

Publication Date: 2017-02-19

Week of Feb 20: This week, Cuban music – both funky and serene, a lament for the Internet-addicted, and a raucous yelp of empowerm...

Gig Alert: Aaron Neville at B.B. King Blues Club

Publication Date: 2017-02-16

Gig Alert: Aaron Neville at B.B. KingsTickets: $75. Doors at 6PM

Bing and Ruth Stretch Limits of "Classical" Music

Publication Date: 2017-02-15

The band called Bing & Ruth makes evocative, almost cinematic soundscapes, built around the sounds of acoustic instruments and tape delay...

Gig Alert: Roy Ayers at BRIC Arts

Publication Date: 2017-02-15

Gig Alert: Roy Ayers at BRIC Arts...

Gig Alert: Tim Darcy at Baby's All Right

Publication Date: 2017-02-14

Gig Alert: Tim Darcy (of Ought) at Baby's All Right

Weekly Roundup: Saharan Rock & Call Me Pretty

Publication Date: 2017-02-13

This week, desert blues, Lebanese indie pop, a poet turns lyricist, and two Soundcheck alumni collaborate. Alexander F....

Gig Alert: Bing & Ruth at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space

Publication Date: 2017-02-12

Gi...

The Intimate & Grand Pop of Shy Girls

Publication Date: 2017-02-10

Shy Girls is a one-man band out of Portland Oregon, who is now based in Los Angeles. That one man is Dan Vidmar, who has a remarkable voice and a k...

Gig Alert: Drive-By Truckers at the Westbury Theatre

Publication Date: 2017-02-09

Gig Alert: Drive-By Truckers at the Westbury ...

The Knights & Andy Akiho Play Steel Pan & Cake Pans In The Studio

Publication Date: 2017-02-09

The Brooklyn-based orchestral collective known as The Knights began as an informal gathering of friends to play late night chamber music. Founded b...

Gig Alert: Quicksilver at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall

Publication Date: 2017-02-09

Quicksilver at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall

Minneapolis Rapper P.O.S. Delivers His Comeback Record

Publication Date: 2017-02-08

The rapper and producer P.O.S. – aka Stefon Alexander - has been a central figure on the thriving music scene in the Twin Cities in Minnesota for w...

Gig Alert: P.O.S at Mercury Lounge

Publication Date: 2017-02-07

Gig Alert: P.O.S at Mercury Lounge

Weekly Roundup: Far Out Lute & Ibibio Sound Machine

Publication Date: 2017-02-06

Week of Feb. 6: This week, sounds from West Africa, Crete, and other distant shores, plus the Great American Songbook via Bob Dyla...

Gig Alert: Remembering Pauline Oliveros at Park Avenue Armory

Publication Date: 2017-02-06

Gig Alert: Remembering Pauline Oliveros a...

Nikki Lane, Champion of Outlaw Country

Publication Date: 2017-02-05

Nashville singer and guitarist Nikki Lane conjures classic country grit and twan...

Gig Alert: Marcus Roberts Trio at Columbia University's Miller Theater, Sat. 2/4

Publication Date: 2017-02-02

Gig Alert: Marcus Roberts Trio at Columbia University's Mille...

Gig Alert: Kirill Gerstein Plays Tchaikovsky at David Geffen Hall

Publication Date: 2017-02-01

Gig Alert: Kirill ...

Singer Ala.Ni Captivates, Sets a Mood

Publication Date: 2017-02-01

The singer Ala.Ni has a cosmopolitan background: born in Britain to parents from Granada and now based in Paris. So it perhaps shouldn't be a surpr...

Composer/Vocalist Meredith Monk Pleads for Awareness

Publication Date: 2017-02-01

Composer, vocalist, director/choreographer, and auteur Meredith Monk has always been interested in the voice as an instrument, rather than as a del...

Gig Alert: Sons of an Illustrious Father at Trans-Pecos

Publication Date: 2017-01-31

Gig Alert: Sons of an Illustrious Father at

Weekly Music Roundup: Young Fathers & Queen Mab

Publication Date: 2017-01-30

Week of Jan. 30: This week, the British are coming, again. Plus Syd shows off her “Body.” You Don’t Have To Be ...

Gig Alert: Mondo Cozmo at Baby's All Right

Publication Date: 2017-01-29

Gig Alert: Mondo Cozmo at Baby's All...

"The Past Still Present Tense" for American Football

Publication Date: 2017-01-27

In the late 90s, in Illinois, a band called American Football released its debut EP, simply called American Football. People liked it, and...

Gig Alert: Gary Lucas at Roulette

Publication Date: 2017-01-26

Gig Alert: Gary Lucas at RouletteTickets: $15-25, Door...

A Visit With the Bluesy Country of Tift Merritt

Publication Date: 2017-01-25

Raleigh, NC-based singer-songwriter Tift Merritt seems to be constantly on the move. It’s not just the life of a touring musician, it’s that her mu...

Gig Alert: Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-01-25

Gig Alert: San Fermin at Merkin Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-24

Gig Alert: San Fermin at...

Weekly Music Roundup: L.A. Salami & "Hallelujah Money"

Publication Date: 2017-01-23

Week of Jan. 23: This week, musical responses to the Inauguration; a first look at the Brooklyn Folk Festival 2017; and a video pr...

Gig Alert: Kristian Bezuidenhout & Juilliard415 at Alice Tully Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-22

Delicately Funky Soul-Pop of Gabriel Garzón-Montano

Publication Date: 2017-01-20

Brooklyn-born multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Garzón-Montano has most likely worn ...

Gig Alert: RighteousGIRLS at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-01-19

Gig Alert: Keaton Henson at National Sawdust

Publication Date: 2017-01-18

Keaton Henson at National Sawdust

Helado Negro Refracts Music Through a Latinx Lense

Publication Date: 2017-01-18

Since 2009, the Ecuadorian-American singer and songwriter Roberto Lange has been making records under the name Helado Negro (that’s “black ice crea...

Gig Alert: Beirut at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2017-01-18

Beirut at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Jan. 18

Weekly Roundup: Cherry Glazerr & Distant Shore

Publication Date: 2017-01-16

Week of Jan. 16: This week, youth will be served, but the old-timers still have something to say as well.

Sad13 Makes The Songs She Wants To Hear

Publication Date: 2017-01-15

SAD13 is the work of singer and guitarist Sadie Dupuis, who also fronts the band Speedy Ortiz. That band features noisy, punky guitars and the lite...

Gig Alert: Roy Hargrove at the Blue Note

Publication Date: 2017-01-15

Gig Alert: Roy Hargrove at the Blue NoteTicket...

Gig Alert: Golden Fest 2017 at The Grand Prospect Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-12

Gig Alert: Golden Festival 2017 at The Grand Prospect Hall,...

Gig Alert: PWR BTTM at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-01-12

Isa, Operatically-Trained, R & B Diva-in-the-Making

Publication Date: 2017-01-11

Born Isa Lopez, she combines her Afro-Latin heritage with a love of contemporary R&B, dance music, and – surprisingly, perhaps – opera. The Bro...

Gig Alert: Juilliard ChamberFest at Paul Recital Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-11

Gig Alert: Juilliard ChamberFest 2017, at Paul Rec...

Gig Alert: The Shins (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-01-09

The Shins – "Name For You"Part of the ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Lazarus & Two-Toothed Troll

Publication Date: 2017-01-09

Week of Jan. 9: This week, the new year kicks into gear with new songs from The Shins, Dirty Projectors, and the late David Bowie.

Gig Alert: Bang on a Can All-Stars PCF Concert at Merkin Concert Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-08

Gig Alert: Ba...

Q Brothers Refashion Shakespeare's Othello As Hip-Hop

Publication Date: 2017-01-08

The Q Brothers deliver the Shakespearean story of Othello, remixed into a one-act of friendship, jealousy, betrayal, murder, & suicide - swappi...

Gig Alert: Alsarah & The Nubatones, part of globalFEST, Sunday at Webster Hall

Publication Date: 2017-01-05

Alsarah & The Nubatones at globa...

Angelica Garcia Rocks With Country-Blues Roots

Publication Date: 2017-01-04

Los Angeles-born, Virginia-based singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia harnesses some country-blues twang, playing songs from her debut full-length, "...

Gig Alert: Regina Carter at the Jazz Standard

Publication Date: 2017-01-04

Regina Carter at the Jazz Sta...

Gig Alert: Lettuce at Brooklyn Bowl

Publication Date: 2017-01-03

Gig Alert: Lettuce at Brooklyn Bowl

Gig Alert: Scott H. Biram (Weekly Music Roundup)

Publication Date: 2017-01-02

Scott H. Biram – "Long Old Time"Part of the W...

Weekly Music Roundup: Eternal Blues & Winter Bird

Publication Date: 2017-01-02

This week, some final 2016 music from Norway and Egypt, and a New Year's wish for those with lowered expectations. A “Happy” New...

Gig Alert: JP Jofre and Miho Hazama at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2017-01-01

A Masterclass in Soul With Lee Fields & The Expressions

Publication Date: 2017-01-01

The music world has rediscovered the sounds of classic soul music in that past decade. The proof is in the success of people like the late Amy Wine...

Gig Alert: Kamasi Washington at Brooklyn Bowl

Publication Date: 2016-12-29

Gig Alert: Kamasi Washington at Brooklyn Bowl

Gig Alert: Daby Toure at Subrosa

Publication Date: 2016-12-28

Gig Alert: Daby Toure at Subrosa

Ben Westhoff Chronicles Birth of West Coast Rap in 'Original Gangstas'

Publication Date: 2016-12-28

The story of how Gangsta Rap came outta Compton, and took over America in the late 1980’s and early 1990s was the subject of the 2015 film “Straigh...

Gig Alert: Kurt Vile & The Violators at Terminal 5

Publication Date: 2016-12-27

Gig Alert: Kurt Vile & The Violators at Te...

Gig Alert: Zion80 at Brooklyn Bowl

Publication Date: 2016-12-27

Gig Alert: Zion80 & No BS Brass Band at Brooklyn BowlTickets...

Gig Alert: Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" at The Metropolitan Opera

Publication Date: 2016-12-25

Gig Alert: Mozart: "The Magic Flute" at ...

Gig Alert: Matisyahu at City Winery

Publication Date: 2016-12-22

Gig Alert: Matisyahu at City...

Gig Alert: Idgy Dean at House of Yes

Publication Date: 2016-12-21

Gig Alert: Idgy Dean at House of Yes

Gig Alert: Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) at the Apollo Theater

Publication Date: 2016-12-20

Gig Alert: Yasiin Bey (f.k.a. Mos Def) at the Apollo Theater

Weekly Music Roundup: Uplift Funk & Dance While You Shoot

Publication Date: 2016-12-19

Week of Dec. 19th: This week, two reasons for dancing, two Italian surprises, and an indie rock return. Sinkane...

Gig Alert: Huh at Shea Stadium

Publication Date: 2016-12-18

Matisyahu Continues to Explore His Sound

Publication Date: 2016-12-18

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Gig Alert: Alessandra Belloni and I Giulliari di Piazza at Theater for the New City

Publication Date: 2016-12-15

Gig Alert: Alessandra Belloni and I Giulliari di Piazza at T...

July Talk's Tale of Opposites

Publication Date: 2016-12-15

This session has ended. Follow us @soundcheck on Twitter or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes, and we'll let you know when the audio is ...

Procol Harum's Gary Brooker Surveys The Scene

Publication Date: 2016-12-14

The so-called Summer Of Love was almost 50 years ago next year, and it was then that the rock world saw a creative explosion – the Beatles, the Sto...

Gig Alert: Gary Brooker of Procul Harum/ Winter Solstice at Cathedral of St John the Divine

Publication Date: 2016-12-14

Gig Alert: Gary Brooker (Procul Harum), Paul Winter & Winter Solstice at C...

Gig Alert: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra

Publication Date: 2016-12-13

Gig Alert: Wynton Marsalis / Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra at JALC Rose TheatreBig Band Holidays

Weekly Music Roundup: Georgia, In Winter & Freedom Highway

Publication Date: 2016-12-12

Week of Dec. 12: This week, haunting sounds from the Republic of Georgia, a haunted song from Rhiannon Giddens, and a magnificent ...

Golden Suits Let the Joy In

Publication Date: 2016-12-11

The Brooklyn band Golden Suits is led by singer and guitarist Fred Nicolaus. You may know him from his earlier band Department of Eagles, or perhap...

Gig Alert: Stano at the Barrow Street Theater

Publication Date: 2016-12-11

Gig Alert: Stano at the Barrow ...

Gig Alert: Gideon Alorwoyie & Mantra Percussion Ensemble, TMRW, 12/10, at National Sawdust

Publication Date: 2016-12-08

Gig Alert: Gideon Al...

Zach Clark's Little Sister - a Dark Turn

Publication Date: 2016-12-07

The film Little Sister follows a young woman named Colleen, who is both a literal sister to her wounded Iraq vet brother and a very different kind ...

Gig Alert: Gary Clark Jr. at Carnegie Hall

Publication Date: 2016-12-07

Gi...

Gig Alert: Marcel, Rami, and Bachar Khalife at The Town Hall

Publication Date: 2016-12-07

Gig Alert: Marcel, Rami, and Bachar Khalife at Th...

Weekly Music Roundup: A Tribe Called Red & Othello Remixed

Publication Date: 2016-12-05

Week of Dec. 5: This week, songs that celebrate women’s voices, North America’s First Nations, and an al...

Gig Alert: Cam'ron at Highline Ballroom

Publication Date: 2016-12-04

Gig Alert: Cam'ron at The Highline BallroomTickets: $25-$...

Float On: Dream Pop by Pavo Pavo

Publication Date: 2016-12-04

Pavo is the Latin word for peacock. Pavo Pavo is a Brooklyn band that has just released an impressive debut album, called Young Narrator In the...

Gig Alert: Chick Corea 75th Birthday Celebration

Publication Date: 2016-12-01

Gig Alert: Chick Corea 75th Birthday Celebration, Musi...

Gig Alert: Missy Mazzoli & GABI at Roulette

Publication Date: 2016-11-30

Kevin Devine's Magical Indie Power-Pop

Publication Date: 2016-11-30

The prolific and poetic Brooklyn-based songwriter Kevin Devine (without the Goddamn Band) offers up his latest storytelling indie rock in the studi...

Gig Alert: So Percussion at BAM

Publication Date: 2016-11-30

Gig Alert: SO Percussion at BAMTick...

Weekly Music Roundup: Before the Dawn & Mystery Girl

Publication Date: 2016-11-28

Week of Nov. 28: This week, a dream of sheep, exploding color, and a noir-ish "mystery girl." Kate Bush Relea...

Will Album Covers Ever Be This Good Again?

Publication Date: 2016-11-28

From 1967 to 1982, you could not be a rock fan without coming across the work of Hipgnosis. This design team, founded by Aubrey “Po” Powell and the...

Gig Alert: Rhett Miller at City Winery

Publication Date: 2016-11-27

Gig Alert: Theo Bleckmann’s Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush at Roulette, 11/26

Publication Date: 2016-11-24

Gig Alert: The...

Gig Alert: Jacqui Naylor at the Blue Note

Publication Date: 2016-11-23

Gig Alert: Jacqui Naylor at the Blue NoteTicke...

Gig Alert: Eco-Music Big Band at Joe's Pub

Publication Date: 2016-11-22

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Live @ the Greene Space

Publication Date: 2016-11-21

RIP Miss Sharon Jones

Publication Date: 2016-11-21

RIP Sharon Jones (May 4, 1956- November 18, 2016) If you ever saw Sharon Jones and her band The Dap-Kings, you know that sh...

Weekly Music Roundup: Spiritual Vampire & a Trump Requiem

Publication Date: 2016-11-21

Week of Nov. 21: This week, a Trump Requiem, a plea to understand enemies, and a remembrance of Miss Sharon Jones.

Gig Alert: The Bad Plus at Rough Trade Records

Publication Date: 2016-11-20

Gig Alert: The Bad Plus at Rough Trade RecordsT...

Gig Alert: Robyn Hitchcock at City Winery

Publication Date: 2016-11-18

Gig Alert: Robyn Hitchcock at Cit...

Mount Moriah Gets the Country Out

Publication Date: 2016-11-17

North Carolina-based band Mount Moriah is at the crossroads of classic country, Southern indie rock, American folk ballads, and indie-punk & ps...

Gig Alert: Ani DiFranco at NY Society for Ethical Culture, 11/18 & 11/19

Publication Date: 2016-11-16

Ani DiFranco 11/18 & 11/19 at @ Society for Ethical...

Composers Dustin O Halloran & Hauschka Connect to Score "Lion"

Publication Date: 2016-11-16

Dustin O’Halloran is probably best known for his theme music for the hit TV show “Transparent” but he is also half of the post rock band call...

Gig Alert: Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet at National Sawdust

Publication Date: 2016-11-15

Gig Alert: Le ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Post-Election Soundtrack

Publication Date: 2016-11-14

Week of November 14: This week, new songs written before the election acquire different levels of meaning after it.

Gig Alert: Renée Fleming at Alice Tully Hall

Publication Date: 2016-11-14

Gig Alert: Renée Fleming @ Alice Tully Hall, 8PM, $80

Gig Alert: Derek Gripper at Carnegie's Zankel Hall on 11/12

Publication Date: 2016-11-10

Gig Alert:

Violinist Joshua Bell: For the Love of Brahms

Publication Date: 2016-11-10

Violinist and Music Director of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell, has worked with such a wide variety of musicians from singer/song...

Gig Alert: The Julie Ruin at Irving Plaza

Publication Date: 2016-11-09

Gig Alert: The ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Stevie Wonder Rarity & Seismic Waves

Publication Date: 2016-11-07

Week of November 7: This week, new songs from Stevie Wonder, and Matisyahu; and two surprising new videos. A Stevie Wonder Rarit...

Derek Gripper Plays Kora Music on Guitar

Publication Date: 2016-11-07

South African guitar virtuoso Derek Gripper plays music originally meant for the 21 stringed lute-harp, the kora, on his 6-string Segovia-styled gu...

GIG ALERT: The Kite String Tangle at Babys All Right

Publication Date: 2016-11-07

GIG ALERT: The K...

Aldous Harding: Delicate, Gothic Folk

Publication Date: 2016-11-06

Hailing from New Zealand’s Southern port town of Lyttelton, Aldous Harding digs deep into classic folk music with her acoustic-based brooding songs...

Gig Alert: Róisín Murphy at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Publication Date: 2016-11-03

GIG ALERT: Róisín Murph...

Gig Alert: Toots & the Maytals at Brooklyn Bowl

Publication Date: 2016-11-02

GIG ALERT: Toots & the Maytals at Brooklyn BowlTickets: ...

From Darkness to Light: Jóhann Jóhannsson & ACME

Publication Date: 2016-11-02

The Oscar-nominated Berlin-based Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson visits the studio with the new music group ACME. Jóhannsson has just released...

Gig Alert: Helado Negro at Bowery Ballroom

Publication Date: 2016-11-01

GIG ALERT: Helado Negro at Bowery BallroomTickets $15, Doors:...

Weekly Music Roundup: Polar Punk & Arab Spring

Publication Date: 2016-10-31

Week of October 31: This week, polar punk, the voice of the Arab Spring, and a Halloween gift. The Polar Punk...

Gig Alert: Anderson & Roe at Advent Lutheran Church

Publication Date: 2016-10-30

Gig Alert: Anderson & Roe @ Advent Lutheran Church7...

Watsky, To Infinity and Beyond

Publication Date: 2016-10-30

George Watsky first gained prominence via Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam, where he demonstrated his ability to combine thoughtful ideas a...

Gig Alert: Sad13 at Alphaville

Publication Date: 2016-10-27

GIG ALERT: Sad-13 at Alphaville...

Gig Alert: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill at Irish Arts Center

Publication Date: 2016-10-26

GIG ALERT: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill...

Band of Skulls, In Studio

Publication Date: 2016-10-26

The British trio Band of Skulls released its fourth album, By Default, this spring, full of riff-laden rock that grows out of the same blu...

Gig Alert: Joan As Police Woman at Good Room

Publication Date: 2016-10-25

GIG ALERT: Joan As Police Woman at Good Room, $14Multi-...

Weekly Music Roundup: Bossa'd Punk, Cinematic Pop

Publication Date: 2016-10-24

Week of October 24: This week, Saharan blues, a Cinematic single, and two premieres – both covers.

Gig Alert: Balkan Beat Box at Brooklyn Bowl

Publication Date: 2016-10-24

GIG ALERT: Balkan Beat Box @ Brooklyn Bowl, D...

Steve Aoki: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Publication Date: 2016-10-23

Steve Aoki has followed an unusual career path on his way to becoming one of the most successful dance music producers on the planet. Beginning in...

Gig Alert: Music from Shakespeare's Time

Publication Date: 2016-10-21

GIG: Music from Sh...

Gig Alert: Caveman

Publication Date: 2016-10-19

GIG: Caveman at Music Hall of Williamsburg The first time the Brooklyn quartet

Roosevelt's Feverish Dance Pop

Publication Date: 2016-10-19

As recording and performing technology has gotten cheaper, there's been a wholesale revisiting of the synthy sounds of the mid-80s. At its worst, t...

Gig Alert: La Femme

Publication Date: 2016-10-18

GIG: La Femme at Warsaw French band La Femme draws on a head-spinning array of sounds, from 60...

Weekly Music Roundup: Blue Moon, Dark City

Publication Date: 2016-10-17

Week of October 17: This week, a strange new version of an old standard, the return of Mexico’s rock royalty, and the new look

Gig Alert: Bacharach Reimagined

Publication Date: 2016-10-16

GIG:

Jimmy Eat World, Sure and Certain

Publication Date: 2016-10-16

“The Middle,” was a massive hit for Arizona power-pop band Jimmy Eat World in 2001. Usu...

Gig Alert: Project Americana ft. Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, & Co.

Publication Date: 2016-10-13

EVENT: Project Americana at Symphony Space Bela Fleck is th...

Gig Alert: DJ Shadow

Publication Date: 2016-10-12

ARTIST: DJ ShadowGIG:

Regina Spektor Returns to Life

Publication Date: 2016-10-12

Songwriter Regina Spektor was born in the then-Soviet Union and moved to the States on the cusp of her teenage years. Her beautiful if oblique and ...

Gig Alert: New Sounds Live

Publication Date: 2016-10-11

EVENT: New Sounds Live 2016, beginning Wednesday night at Brookfiel...

Weekly Music Roundup: Go!

Publication Date: 2016-10-10

Week of October 10: This week, Alicia Keys gets personal, Regina Spektor gets mermaid-y, and a London duo turns the moon landing i...

Gig Alert: Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash with Elmira Darvarova

Publication Date: 2016-10-09

EVENT:

Hiss Golden Messenger, In the Studio

Publication Date: 2016-10-09

M.C. Taylor spent years trawling the countryside of North Carolina as a folklorist, identifying and recording regional musical genetic strands in t...

Gig Alert: Sunflower Bean

Publication Date: 2016-10-05

ARTIST: Sunflower BeanGIG:

Reuben Hollebon's Terminal Nostalgia

Publication Date: 2016-10-05

Since medieval times, British folk music has been filled with dark ballads and unsettling tales. The British singer and songwriter Reuben Hollebon ...

Gig Alert: David Krakauer

Publication Date: 2016-10-04

ARTIST: David KrakauerGIG: All week at The St...

Weekly Music Roundup: Heavy (and Light) Entertainment

Publication Date: 2016-10-03

Week of October 3: A Golden Suits premiere, a long-dead actor stars in a new music video, and the next step in artificial intellig...

Gig Alert: 44 Charlton, A Monthly Variety Show

Publication Date: 2016-10-02

Downtown is still weird and wonderful and we’ve got the variety show to prove it! 44 Charlton is the plac...

Peter, Bjorn, & John Reach Their Breakin' Point

Publication Date: 2016-10-02

It's been a whole decade since the Swedish trio known as Peter Bjorn and John burst on the scene with the indelibly catchy "

Gig Alert: Marx Brothers at Film Forum

Publication Date: 2016-09-28

EVENT: Marx Brothers screenings at Film F...

River Whyless Gathers Many Musical Tributaries

Publication Date: 2016-09-28

When we promoted River Whyless' headline show at Rough Trade a few weeks ago, listener Jim commented on the

Gig Alert: 4AD Showcase

Publication Date: 2016-09-27

EVENT: 4AD Showcase, featuring The Lemon Twigs, Methyl Ethel, and more Jeff Lynne, the slightly ...

Weekly Music Roundup: Darker & Dirtier

Publication Date: 2016-09-26

Week of September 26: Leonard Cohen goes (even) darker, Dirty Projectors return, and hunting for the new Weeknd song. ...

Gig Alert: Doug Hream Blunt

Publication Date: 2016-09-25

ARTIST: Doug Hream BluntGIGS: Monday @ Commend / Tuesday @ Ac...

Nada Surf Swells Its Sound

Publication Date: 2016-09-25

Plenty of bands stick around well (well) past their expiration date, touting each new release as a "reinvention" or a "reintroduction.\...

Gig Alert: Meng Su

Publication Date: 2016-09-22

ARTIST: Meng SuGIG: Frida...

Gig Alert: Dhol Foundation

Publication Date: 2016-09-21

ARTIST: The Dhol FoundationGIG: Thursday at Drom ...

Dar Williams, As Cool As She's Always Been

Publication Date: 2016-09-21

For two decades, Dar Williams has been writing some of the most trenchant and emotionally open songs in the folk-pop vein, and has achieved her con...

Gig Alert: A Tribe Called Red

Publication Date: 2016-09-20

ARTIST: A Tribe Called RedGIG: Wednesday night at Vill...

Weekly Music Roundup: Postcards From Home, Here, and the Hereafter

Publication Date: 2016-09-19

Week of September 19: This week, the premiere of a new Yann Tiersen piece; an upset (again) at the UK’s Mercury Prize; and a fun n...

Bear's Den: Americana from Britannia

Publication Date: 2016-09-18

If you have a three-legged stool, and you remove one of the legs, it’s pretty much a given that the stool will collapse. In the case of British roc...

Gig Alert: Arvo Pärt Choral Music

Publication Date: 2016-09-15

EVENT: Vox Clamantis sings Arvo Pärt, Sunday at St. Francis Xavier Church ...

Gig Alert: Etienne Charles

Publication Date: 2016-09-14

ARTIST: Etienne CharlesGIG: Tonight through...

Cymbals Eat Guitars Has a 'Pretty Year'

Publication Date: 2016-09-14

If, as Lou Reed said, cymbals "eat" the sound of guitars on a recording, the band Cymbals Eat Guitars seems hell-bent on bashing through feelings...

Weekly Music Roundup: I Will Not Stop Singing (or Playing)

Publication Date: 2016-09-12

Week of September 12: This week, Peter Gabriel’s tribute to Edward Snowden, a musical postcard from an African prison, and a new b...

Gig Alert: Echo & The Bunnymen

Publication Date: 2016-09-11

ARTIST: Echo & The BunnymenGIG: Monday night at Webster Hall The absurdly named British ba...

Parsonsfield: On Borders, Real and Imagined

Publication Date: 2016-09-11

The five-piece group Parsonsfield is based in western Massachusetts. Its music draws on both the strin...

Gig Alert: LEGS

Publication Date: 2016-09-08

ARTIST: LEGSGIG: Saturday at Mercury Lounge The ...

Hockey Dad: Late Summer Jams from Down Under

Publication Date: 2016-09-07

The band Hockey Dad hails from one of the better place names: Windang, Australia. And they’ve released... a “dang winner” of an album this year. (S...

Weekly Music Roundup: Beautiful People

Publication Date: 2016-09-05

Week of September 5: This week, tragedy sparks a new Nick Cave song; Angel Olsen wows the critics; and Thom Yorke beams into...

Gig Alert: Highasakite

Publication Date: 2016-09-04

ARTIST: HighasakiteGIG: Tuesday night at Rough Trade The debut record from Norwegian band Hig...

Music as Paint Colors: Making 'Swiss Army Man' Sing

Publication Date: 2016-09-04

The Manchester Orchestra is neither an orchestra nor from Manchester. They're an indie rock outfit from Atlanta, with a decade of composing and per...

Gig Alert: Big Bliss

Publication Date: 2016-09-01

ARTIST: Big BlissGIG:

El Perro del Mar: A Swedish Salty Dog Looks East

Publication Date: 2016-08-31

El Perro Del Mar, "the dog of the sea," is the unexpected—and unexpectedly Spanish—name for the work of the Swedish singer and songwrite...

Gig Alert: Brooklyn Blowhards

Publication Date: 2016-08-30

ARTIST: Brooklyn BlowhardsGIG: Wednesday at Barbes The iconoclastic musician ...

Weekly Music Roundup: From Scene to Shining Scene

Publication Date: 2016-08-29

Week of August 29: Good hip hop and bad grammar from London; De La Soul’s (crowded) return; the mother of all box sets; and a stun...

Gig Alert: The Claypool Lennon Delirium

Publication Date: 2016-08-28

ARTIST: Claypool Lennon DeliriumGIG: Tu...

Jamie Lidell and The Royal Pharaohs Dig Up Some Soul

Publication Date: 2016-08-28

The British singer Jamie Lidell captivates huge audiences just by sampling and looping his own voice, then deploying smooth soul over the top of th...

Jherek Bischoff Plumbs New Depths

Publication Date: 2016-08-24

For LA-based multi-instrumentalist Jherek Bischoff, a collaborative spirit has practically become his calling card: he effortles...

Gig Alert: Nels Cline

Publication Date: 2016-08-23

ARTIST: Nels ClineGIG: Residency at The Stone

Weekly Music Roundup: Peter, Bjorn, Bon, and Frank

Publication Date: 2016-08-22

Week of August 22: This week, Frank Ocean’s flood of music, Bon Iver’s two-fisted return, and a human domino game from Sweden....

Gig Alert: Pavo Pavo

Publication Date: 2016-08-21

ARTIST: Pavo Pavo GIG: Monday at Manhatt...

Passenger's Wandering Heart

Publication Date: 2016-08-21

It's no small thing to command the attention of billions of people with nothing but the sound of your voice and an acoustic guitar. Ask Mike Rosenb...

Gig Alert: River Whyless

Publication Date: 2016-08-18

ARTIST: River WhylessGIG:

Gig Alert: Mehmet Polat Trio

Publication Date: 2016-08-17

ARTIST: Mehmet Polat TrioGIG: Thursday ...

Etienne Charles: Afro-Caribbean Jazz in Service to a Big Idea

Publication Date: 2016-08-17

Trumpeter Etienne Charles leads a big band and writes about big ideas. He’s made a name for himself by combining Afro-Caribbean musical traditions ...

Gig Alert: Saul Williams

Publication Date: 2016-08-16

ARTIST: Saul WilliamsGIG: Wednesday night at Marcus G...

The UK Post-Punk Trio Shopping Refuses to Choose

Publication Date: 2016-08-15

Ever heard of the “paradox of choice”? It’s the idea that when we’re given a million different options to choose from, we become paralyzed and can’...

Savoir Adore: What Remains When Everything Changes

Publication Date: 2016-08-11

Since the last time we heard from Brooklyn duo Savoir Adore, everything ha...

Femi Kuti: Social Conscience with a Beat

Publication Date: 2016-08-08

Nigerian musician Femi Kuti famously hasn’t listened to another artist’s music in over a decade. It’s tempting to think that’s because he’s the son...

Sara Watkins Plays a Guitar Named 'Pat'

Publication Date: 2016-08-04

At age 10 — when most kids are still practicing their air guitar in front of a mirror — Sara Watkins was already touring with her brother Sean and ...

The Irresistible Lera Lynn

Publication Date: 2016-08-01

Fans of the HBO show "True Detective" will be familiar with singer-songwriter Lera Lynn: she played a recurring role in the second season as a do...

Miss Sharon Jones Gets Her Close-Up

Publication Date: 2016-07-28

The new documentary film Miss Sharon Jones! opens with the titular, ebullient soul singer getting her head shaved. It's a sobering way to set the s...

Joseph Arthur Reanimates the Family Piano

Publication Date: 2016-07-25

It could be the plot of an old Victorian novel: a piano that has belonged to the same family for generations is slowly lost to the sands of time, o...

The Many Layers of Bayonne

Publication Date: 2016-07-21

Bayonne is the performance name of composer Roger Sellers. If the stack of computers he makes his music behind tempts you to call him a DJ, you're ...

Ile: From Salty Hip Hop to Smooth Classics

Publication Date: 2016-07-18

Ileana Cabra Joglar performs these days as Ile. But for the better part of a decade, she was known as PG-13 -- the sweet complement to her salty br...

Time is Very Much on Their Side: Why the Stones are Forever

Publication Date: 2016-07-05

Rich Cohen's new biography of the Biggest Band in the World is called The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, and it got its title from Ke...

Moby, Before 'Porcelain' Broke

Publication Date: 2016-06-23

"Porcelain" is the name of one of Moby's most recognizable songs. It's also the name of the musi...

Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble: 'Strangers' No More

Publication Date: 2016-06-19

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has long been one of the country's most celebrated interpreters of classical music, and for the last two decades his Silk Road Ensem...

Keeping 'Cool' With Sam Cohen

Publication Date: 2016-06-15

Sam Cohen was the guiding force behind the psych-pop bands Yellowbirds and Apollo Sunshine. He self-released a solo album called Cool It in 2015, whi...

Martin Creed Understands

Publication Date: 2016-06-12

Martin Creed is an artist. And a musician. And the two don't really have a distinction, in his mind. His work is serious, his work is whimsical, and,...

Young Magic's Healing and Horizonless Pop

Publication Date: 2016-06-08

Young Magic's new album Still Life opens and closes with a track called "Valhalla," a reference to the mythic citadel of the souls of dead Norse wa...

Herb Alpert: 'I'm Playing Better Than Ever'

Publication Date: 2016-06-05

In the 1960s, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass sold more albums than anyone except The Beatles and Elvis. For most musicians, that would be enough. But Al...

Steve Gunn Paints Outside the Lines

Publication Date: 2016-06-01

At the beginning of the video for Steve Gunn's latest single "Ancient Jules," we see the singer/guitarist straddle a motorcycle and race off on a c...

Into It. Over It. Has Standards.

Publication Date: 2016-05-29

There’s something about the band name “Into It. Over It.” that seems perfect for the digital age, when we rush to crown the Next Big Thing one week a...

Marissa Nadler Introduces 'Strangers'

Publication Date: 2016-05-25

Whether it's interpreting Edgar Allan Poe or channeling Leonard Cohen, musing on the death of Virginia Woolf or imagining cities being dragged into t...

White Denim Gets Loose-Limbed on 'Stiff'

Publication Date: 2016-05-22

When Austin's White Denim was last in the Soundcheck studio, one of our listeners commented, simply, "This is music. Wow." At the time, the band wa...

Natalia Lafourcade Finds Power at the Root of Things

Publication Date: 2016-05-18

Natalia Lafourcade had writer's block. Her 2009 album Hu Hu Hu had been a critical and commercial triumph, nominated for Grammy awards and hailed as ...

Julianna Barwick's Stormy 'Will'

Publication Date: 2016-05-15

When Julianna Barwick last visited the studio, she was teasing songs from the forthcoming release of 2013's protean, beautifully hazy Nepenthe, to wh...

Kawehi: From Viral Video Star to...Star

Publication Date: 2016-05-11

The looping one-woman band visits the Soundcheck studio.

'Amen and Goodbye' and Hello Again: Yeasayer Returns

Publication Date: 2016-05-08

Since its debut All Hour Cymbals in 2007, Yeasayer has used album releases to reintroduce and reinvent itself. From the baroque electro-pop of 2010's...

Leyla McCalla: Swamp Music With Social Conscience

Publication Date: 2016-05-04

For the last decade, the string band known as The Carolina Chocolate Drops has been unique for a number of reasons, most notably as an all-black ense...

Sarah Neufeld's Swooping, Minimalist Pop

Publication Date: 2016-05-02

Violinist Sarah Neufeld is best known for invigorating Arcade Fire's cinematic rock with her kinetic, slashing strings. But she's also an accomplis...

Glenn Jones: Gorgeous, Fleeting, Primitive

Publication Date: 2016-04-28

Glenn Jones belongs to the lineage of so-called "American primitive" style guitar players, the chief apostle of which was the late, great John Fa...

Wide-Angle Wonder from Cloud Cult

Publication Date: 2016-04-25

It's always been possible to describe the music of Minnesota band Cloud Cult as "cinematic." That's because their songs are frequently meditation...

HÆLOS Lights Up the Darkness

Publication Date: 2016-04-21

In the early 1990s, groups like Portishead and Massive Attack created dark, brooding atmospheres that reflected the hangover side of party music. E...

The Very Spirited Strumbellas

Publication Date: 2016-04-18

Toronto band The Strumbellas are the latest group to mine the folk-inflected, sing-the-chorus-with-us style that’s been popularized by Mumford &...

The Range Journeys to YouTube's Suggestive Horizons

Publication Date: 2016-04-14

The Range is a Brooklyn-based producer (real name James Hinton) whose album

Metric: What Happens in Vegas...

Publication Date: 2016-04-11

While writing the music for what would become Metric's latest record, 2015's Pagans in Vegas, front-woman Emily Haines traveled to Nicaragua and Sp...

Sixteen Tons Puts a Swinging Spin on Folk Music

Publication Date: 2016-04-07

Sixteen Tons is the new band from clarinetist Andy Biskin. In his first visit to the Soundcheck studio, Biskin implemented a jazz band to explore t...

'Heavy Meadow' From Sons of an Illustrious Father

Publication Date: 2016-04-04

Sons of an Illustrious Father is Lilah Larson, Josh Aubin, and Ezra Miller (who you might recognize from his motion picture roles in Trainwreck, Th...

Don Cheadle Brings Miles Davis Back to Life

Publication Date: 2016-03-31

Throughout the course of his career, Don Cheadle has played a genius, a con man, a moral crusader, and a superhero. In a way, his latest role is a ...

The Reverend Shawn Amos

Publication Date: 2016-03-28

Shawn Amos released his first full length album in a decade, The Reverend Shawn Amos Loves You, in October. Like its immediate predecessor, the 201...

Ethan Hawke Channels Chet Baker in Born to Be Blue

Publication Date: 2016-03-24

Ethan Hawke visits the studio to talk about his portrayal of the talented, addicted, and tormented jazz icon, Chet Baker, in the new film “Born to ...

Panoramic Sounds from Great American Canyon Band

Publication Date: 2016-03-21

As a band name, "Great American Canyon Band" sounds like one of those dozen-member, vaguely twangy groups that traveled the country by truck or t...

Igudesman & Joo: Sonatas and Slapstick

Publication Date: 2016-03-17

40 million Youtube viewers can’t be wrong, can they? Well, they can; but in this case, they’re not. Classical music’s foremost comedy team, Igudesm...

Quilt Visits a Prismatic 'Plaza'

Publication Date: 2016-03-14

When Quilt last visited our studio in 2014, we remarked on the psychedelic influences in...

Hey Marseilles Flies a New Flag

Publication Date: 2016-03-10

The new, self-titled album by the Seattle band Hey Marseilles is a kind of statement of intent: after two records of folk- and chamber-music-inflec...

Jaimeo Brown's Work Songs

Publication Date: 2016-03-07

The jazz drummer Jaimeo Brown formed his trio Transcendence back in 2013 –

TEEN Brings the Love

Publication Date: 2016-03-03

TEEN is the performing moniker of "Teeny" Lieberson, her two sisters Katherine and Lizzie on drums and keys, and Boshra Al-Saadi holding down the...

John Luther Adams Transforms The Music Of The Streets

Publication Date: 2016-03-01

Place has always been an important, even formative part of John Luther Adams’ music. One of his earliest works, “Night Peace,” uses soft choral sin...

Ezra Furman Connects, Loud and Clear

Publication Date: 2016-02-29

In a standout moment from Chicago-born songwriter Ezra Furman's excellent 2015 album Perpetual Motion People, the singer wails "I have got a lousy...

Rainy Day Music from M. Ward

Publication Date: 2016-02-25

M. Ward returns next week with his latest solo record, called More Rain, but "solo" in eponym only: he's equally famous for his collaborations wi...

Trixie Whitley's Hypnotic Return

Publication Date: 2016-02-22

Our Check Ahead album stream for Trixie Whitley's 2013 debut Fourth Corner nearly broke the internet; we heard from a huge number of Soundcheck lis...

Johnny Gallagher's Most Personal Role Yet

Publication Date: 2016-02-18

Johnny Gallagher has just released his debut record of roots-inspired rock'n'roll, and he's performing songs here and there. But it's hardly his fi...

Sonya Kitchell Returns With a 'Hurricane'

Publication Date: 2016-02-15

Like another celebrated American songstress, Sonya Kitchell was born in 1989. Like Taylor Swift, Kitchell got her start young — very young — gainin...

Carrie Rodriguez's Chicana Americana

Publication Date: 2016-02-11

From the 1940s to the 1960s, Eva Garza’s voice could be heard singing Mexican rancheras throughout Latin America. Though her story and music is lar...

Monsieur Periné's Music Box

Publication Date: 2016-02-08

Say you discover a music box, maybe in your grandmother's attic. No inscription. No "Made In..." stamp. You turn the crank — what do you hear? Fo...

Robyn Hitchcock Channels the Man Upstairs

Publication Date: 2016-02-04

Robyn Hitchcock’s career has included several notable bands: his late 70s group The Soft Boys, then in the 80s The Egyptians, followed by The Soft ...

Walter Martin: Arts, Leisure, and Rhythm

Publication Date: 2016-02-01

When Walter Martin last joined us, he was playing songs from his acclaime...

The Mighty Swirl of The Besnard Lakes

Publication Date: 2016-01-28

The Montreal-based band The Besnard Lakes just dropped its fifth album of confounding space rock. Like the previous four, the record's title — A Co...

No, Today's Music Doesn't Suck

Publication Date: 2016-01-25

It's a trope that's been around as long as the phonograph: Old folks griping about how today's music sucks. Wall Street Journal music writer Jim Fu...

Ron Pope and The Nighthawks: Nashville, Ragtime, and Everything in Between

Publication Date: 2016-01-21

Ron Pope and the Nighthawks' self-titled debut dropped on January 8, but it's hardly the world's first taste of Pope's songwriting chops. The magaz...

Wet Dives Back Into the Fray With New Album

Publication Date: 2016-01-18

The Brooklyn trio called Wet first turned heads in 2013 with an EP packed with 90s-style synth-pop goodness. New Yorker magazine critic Sasha Frere...

Quiet Hollers: Roots Music with Indie Swagger

Publication Date: 2015-11-19

In Appalachia, a "holler" is a colloquialism for a valley or "hollow." So not only is the band name Quiet Hollers a fun oxymoron, it's also a s...

Duncan Sheik's Latest Sleight of Hand

Publication Date: 2015-11-16

Duncan Sheik's career has followed two parallel tracks: ever since his Grammy-winning, Gold record debut in 1996, with the single “Barely Breathing...

Raury: On the Highway to Stardom, Looking for a Few Friends

Publication Date: 2015-11-12

The young rapper and singer Raury is the real deal. His songs draw from a deep well of American music, including gospel and blues, but they're comp...

Benjamin Clementine: From Paris Metro to World Stage

Publication Date: 2015-11-09

There was a time, not so long ago, when a British musician using Churchill's words to make a pop song might've made Paul McCartney cringe. This is ...

Cosmo Sheldrake: What's In A Name?

Publication Date: 2015-11-05

Cosmo Sheldrake. The name alone conjures images of Pink Floyd-ian psychedelics, celestial bodies...medieval clowns. Turns out, Cosmo is his father'...

Elvis Costello's Music May Be 'Unfaithful,' But It's Always Surprising

Publication Date: 2015-11-02

Burt Bacharach. The Pogues. Chet Baker. The Roots. Alison Krauss. The Brodsky String Quartet. Paul McCartney. It's a far-flung litany of mu...

The Mynabirds Know What Lovers Know

Publication Date: 2015-10-29

In the wake of her first record as The Mynabirds, 2010's What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, Laura Burhenn toured in support of—and even...

Steven A. Clark: A 'Lonely Roller' No Longer

Publication Date: 2015-10-28

Steven A. Clark grew up in the shadow of Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina. There was little about his time there that suggested the sweep...

Lucero: Musical Ghosts and Memphis Soul

Publication Date: 2015-10-26

Musical ghosts haunt the new album by the Memphis band Lucero. The late Warren Zevon is evoked in one song, and the spirit of the late Alex Chilton...

Farao: Implacable Outlier Pop

Publication Date: 2015-10-22

The Norwegian-born, London-based singer Kari Jahnsen records under the name Farao. Her new, debut album is called Till It's All Forgotten, and has ...

CocoRosie: A Savory, if Slanted, Sonic Stew

Publication Date: 2015-10-21

CocoRosie is the duo of Bianca and Sierra Casady – American sisters who reconnected in Paris after years apart and then started making a strange, b...

Craig Finn's Faith in the Future of Rock'n'Roll

Publication Date: 2015-10-19

The Hold Steady has always made loud, sweeping rock and roll. Lead sing...

Pure Bathing Culture's Dream Pop Sharpens Focus

Publication Date: 2015-10-15

For fans of Pure Bathing Culture's debut album, Moon Tides, their newest single might be a bit of a shock. The group has often been compared to the...

Micachu and the Shapes: Unconventional, Swaggering Pop

Publication Date: 2015-10-14

Micachu is the stage name of English musician Mica Levi--the mastermind behind experimental pop group Micachu and the Shapes. Levi allows the avant...

Chrissie Hynde Gets 'Reckless' in The Greene Space

Publication Date: 2015-10-12

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Chrissie Hynde is one of the most admired and imitated figures in rock. From her childhood in 1960s Ohio, t...

Small Black: Nostalgic, Epic Synth-Pop

Publication Date: 2015-10-08

On the cover of Small Black's new record, Best Blues, is a photo of a woman walking against a stark, sandy landscape--her face is faded and waterma...

Dan Friel Rattles Sonic Conventions, Again

Publication Date: 2015-10-05

Dan Friel resurrects a lost musical tradition – the pop instrumental. A former member of the punk band Parts And Labor, Friel travels with a self-c...

Marrow: Setting the Standard with Revitalized Rock

Publication Date: 2015-10-01

Marrow is the soft, flexible tissue living in the cavities of bones. It's where blood cells are created and has long been seen as a symbol for stre...

Silversun Pickups: Anthems to a Better Nature

Publication Date: 2015-09-28

The LA band Silversun Pickups has just released its new album, Better Nature. It’s their first album since 2012’s Neck of the Woods – although they...

Baio: A Vampire Goes Dancing

Publication Date: 2015-09-24

Chris Baio's day job is playing bass for one of the biggest names in contemporary pop music, Vampire Weekend. But today he releases his first solo ...

Seinabo Sey: At Home Anywhere, Ruling Airwaves Everywhere

Publication Date: 2015-09-22

When the Kygo remix of Seinabo Sey's 2014 single "Younger" broke in 2014, Sey was quickly celebrated as an heir apparent to pop stardom. And it m...

Albert Hammond, Jr.: A Moment of Poignant Clarity

Publication Date: 2015-09-17

Carl Sagan wrote in his book, Pale Blue Dot, "Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triump...

Publicist UK: Urgent Underground Rock

Publication Date: 2015-09-14

"Warm and melodic" aren't exactly words the members of Publicist UK are used to hearing. Each of them has worked in some heavy, aggressive bands ...

Gracie and Rachel: Intimate Orchestral Pop

Publication Date: 2015-09-10

Dark and light constantly fuse, diverge, and unite in Brooklyn violin-piano duo, Gracie and Rachel. Their newest single "Tiptoe" (which we

Alice Cooper & Joe Perry: Hollywood Vampires

Publication Date: 2015-09-08

Rock and roll has long been considered a boys' club. But for a while in the early 1970s, there really was a rock and roll boys' club on the Sunset ...

Lou Barlow: Bracing For Change

Publication Date: 2015-08-31

Lou Barlow describes his upcoming album Brace The Wave as an "acoustic electric record, recorded with electricity on analog digital and digitally ...

Forró In The Dark: A Charismatic Update on a Brazilian Classic

Publication Date: 2015-08-27

You don’t have to be familiar with the wild late night NuBlu scene in the East Village to know Forró In The Dark's music is mean to be played under...

The Damned: Still Around and as Furious as Ever

Publication Date: 2015-08-13

The Damned released the first punk rock single in the UK, the first punk rock LP, and were the first English punk band to make it to the States, where...

Sharkmuffin: Jagged, Riotous Power Pop

Publication Date: 2015-08-06

In film, they call it the "meet cute" - the moment when two strangers lock eyes and ignite a cinematic classic. In music there isn't necessarily a n...

Documentary 'We Like It Like That' Remembers The Peak Of Boogaloo

Publication Date: 2015-08-05

Boogaloo was the reigning Latin music of 1960's New York City. The distinctive genre combined the sounds of the previous decade's popular Cuban mambo ...

Emily King: Soulfully Honing Her Craft

Publication Date: 2015-07-31

Emily King’s debut, East Side Story, was nominated for a Grammy back in 2008 in the “Contemporary R&B” category. But King’s latest album, The Swit...

Ethan Lipton And His Orchestra: Comedy Fit For Lounging

Publication Date: 2015-07-22

Constructing a play and songwriting have a lot in common, and for Ethan Lipton it's the basis of his creative being - that, and his gut-busting humor....

Sam Lee: A Trailblazer For The Traditional

Publication Date: 2015-07-16

Sam Lee is much more than a musician - he's a storyteller. In "Blackbird," from his latest album The Fa...

Paul Weller: Four Decades And Three Perfect Songs

Publication Date: 2015-07-15

Punk rock to new wave, British folk to deep funk, New York garage style to heavy soul; for over four decades Paul Weller has done it all. He's fron...

The Many Lives of Amy Winehouse

Publication Date: 2015-07-13

When it comes to celebrity, there is always a person behind the tabloid headlines and late night TV jokes. And, in retrospect at least, th...

Eszter Balint: Sophisticated Rock With European Roots

Publication Date: 2015-07-09

You might know Eszter Balint as the charming Hungarian girlfriend of Louis C.K.'s alternate character in the F/X series Louie. In arguably one of the ...

Titus Andronicus: Explosive, Operatic Punk

Publication Date: 2015-07-08

Named after an especially violent Shakespeare tragedy, Titus Andronicus has been playing an increasingly expansive type of punk since forming in New J...

Girlpool: Warm, Candid Musings On A Big World

Publication Date: 2015-07-07

Girlpool's uncompromisingly honest punk is comforting; like an intimate embrace haunted by self-realization. The drumless duo, Cleo Tucker and Harmony...

Violent Femmes: Resurrection In The Desert

Publication Date: 2015-07-01

For fans of the band Violent Femmes, this year has turned out to be a pretty happy one. The trio sold millions of records during the heyday of alterna...

Weekly Music Roundup: Up, Up, and Into Shadow

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Rogue Wave Rides a New High

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The veteran California indie band plays new music on Soundcheck.

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Weekly Music Roundup: Rabbit Holes and Rhythmic Hopelessness

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Weekly Music Roundup: Girls Run the World

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John Doe Goes West, Again

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Weekly Music Roundup: A Song for Orlando?

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Week of June 13: In the wake of the Orlando shooting, an eerily relevant song; plus a world premiere and a new look for True Detec...

Caveman Goes to 'War,' Melodies in Tow

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Benjamin Clementine Builds a Nest in New York

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Fantastic Negrito, Reignited

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Fierce soul and trenchant storytelling from the re-born Oakland bluesman.

Weekly Music Roundup: A One Man British Invasion

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Aoife O'Donovan Conjures 'Magic' Again

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New Madrid Ties Your Brain in Knots

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Gig Alert: 'Labyrinth' Tribute

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