Gig Alert: Tree of Codes
EVENT: Tree of Codes at Park Ave ArmoryIn one of the fall’s strangest, boldest collaborations, music, dance, and design collide this week at the Park Avenue Armory. British master choreographer Wayne...
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ARTIST: BrigitteGIG: Tonight at the Standard Hotel, and tomorrow at Le Poisson RougeIn the 1960s and early 70s, Brigitte Bardot was one of the most, ahem, desirable names in film. Her name has become a...
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ARTIST: Lawrence EnglishGIG: Monday at the Issue Project Room in TribecaAustralian ambient artist Lawrence English has said that birdwatching was an early education in sound. Not so much the chirping,...
View ArticleGig Alert: John Coltrane Raga Tribute
ARTIST: Brooklyn Raga MassiveGIG: Wednesday night at Pioneer WorksIn 1968, jazz sax icon John Coltrane released a 30 minute recording that contained just this one track: a howling—some say...
View ArticleGig Alert: Mr. Airplane Man
ARTIST: Mr. Airplane ManGIG: Wednesday night at The Bell HouseMargaret Garrett and Tara McManus were just two friends in Boston when they locked themselves in a basement for a year and saturated their...
View ArticleGig Alert: Steve Wynn
ARTIST: Steve WynnGIG: Thursday at Bowery ElectricThe Chicago Tribune has said that Steve Wynn holds “a Ph.D in timeless rock songcraft.” It’s true Wynn has used those doctoral credentials on an...
View ArticleGig Alert: Osso String Quartet
ARTIST: Osso String QuartetGIG: Monday night at Fat CatOsso String Quartet can do your standard classical stuff, but they really turn heads in their many collaborations, from Jay-Z and Kanye to The...
View ArticleGig Alert: Noah Preminger
ARTIST: Noah PremingerGIG: Wednesday night at 55 BarEarly in his career, Mississippi blues singer Bukka White was convicted in a shooting incident and ended up in the Parchman Farm prison, which was...
View ArticleGig Alert: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Documentary at BK Public Library
EVENT: Screening of Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Godmother of Rock n Roll, Wednesday at Brooklyn Public LibraryWhile she’s become obscure today, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of the secret heroes of rock and...
View ArticleGig Alert: New Sounds Live - Dither
ARTIST: Dither & FriendsGIG: Thursday night at Brookfield Place Winter GardenThe electric guitar quartet Dither anchors an evening of music that encompasses minimalism, experimentalism, and rock...
View ArticleGig Alert: Maya Beiser
ARTIST: Maya BeiserGIG: Friday and Saturday night at BAMAny musician can do an album of plain old cover songs. But recently Maya Beiser decided to “uncover” her favorite rock classics by breaking them...
View ArticleGig Alert: George Braith
ARTIST: George BraithGIG: Monday night at Fat CatNow we don’t want to generalize, but it would be fair to say that old-school New Yorkers can be full of a bit of hot air. Well New York jazz legend...
View ArticleGig Alert: Badi Assad
ARTIST: Badi AssadGIG: Wednesday night at The IridiumWhen Badi Assad visited Soundcheck early last year, she played songs that were inspired by the birth of her new daughter. Fast forward a couple...
View ArticleGig Alert: Alarm Will Sound
ARTIST: Alarm Will SoundGIG: Thursday at Merkin Concert HallThe piece called “Bounce” by the composer Texu Kim was inspired by the bouncing of basketballs. When you work in radio you get to see what...
View ArticleGig Alert: John Doe & The Sadies
ARTIST: John Doe & The SadiesGIG: Saturday evening at Hill CountryPunk music and authentic country have always shared a disdain for authority, a biting sense of humor, and a fondness for the...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Dears
ARTIST: The DearsGIG: Wednesday night at Rough TradeMontreal, Canada, has been a musical hotbed for the last decade, most notably exporting Arcade Fire to the adoring indie masses. Like that band,...
View ArticleGig Alert: Jimmy Heath
ARTIST: Jimmy Heath QuartetGIG: Thursday through Sunday at Village VanguardEven at 89 years old, sax player Jimmy Heath is nicknamed “Little Bird,” a nod to his artistic debt to the jazz legend...
View ArticleGig Alert: Portland Cello Project
ARTIST: Portland Cello ProjectGIG: Friday at LittlefieldLet's talk about PCP. No, this isn't a public service announcement about drug safety. PCP is the initials of the genre-scrambling indie-classical...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Daedalus Quartet
ARTIST: The Daedalus QuartetPERFORMANCE: "A Legacy of Czech Music," Monday evening at 92YThe energetic young string ensemble known as The Daedalus Quartet has been racking up critical praise over the...
View ArticleGig Alert: Donnie Fritts
ARTIST: Donnie FrittsGIG: Wednesday night at Joe's PubDonnie Fritts has spent a lot of time writing songs that have made other people stars: Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson. He's a...
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