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Check out photos of Serengeti & Polyphonic from their September 15th performance
Check out photos of Wildbirds & Peacedrums from their September 15th performance
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Check out photos of Deerhoof from their sold out September 15th performance
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The Glenn Branca Ensemble played LPR on 9/11
Avant-garde composer and guitarist, Glenn Branca and his ensemble played to a packed house at LPR on September 11th. Brooklyn Vegan was there… to document the stellar (and very loud) performance.
Listen: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society’s 7/15 LPR show
On July 15th, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society brought their big-band jazz and contemporary classical sounds to the LPR stage. You can listen to the entire show at the Free Music Archive….
Deerhoof LPR show on Brooklyn Vegan
Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, and Serengeti & Polyphonic played to a sold-out crowd at LPR on September 15th. Head over to Brooklyn Vegan… for photos and a recap of the show.
Listen: Woods live tracks
ON SALE NOWOn Wednesday, October 14th, Brooklyn-based band, Woods will open for No Age at LPR. Tickets are available HERE.
Pitchfork recently posted some lives tracks from a bootleg 12” called Play Live in the Woods. You can check them out HERE….
Karl Blau covers WHY?
WHY? played a sold-out show at LPR on Saturday, September 26th. Head over to Pitchfork… to check out Karl Blau’s cover of their song, “This Blackest Purse”.
Listen: The Very Best on Pitchfork
More a compete re-appropriation then a remix, the Brooklyn duo Javelin take the easy electro-funk of The Very Best‘s “Julia,” a track from their Warm Heart of Africa LP, and turn it completely on its head. You can check it out here.
…The Very Best are performing as part of the Green Owl
Just announced: Green Owl CMJ Showcase w/ The Very Best, Violens, Grandchildren and Ninjasonik on Oct 21
Plus The Side Room Hosted by Nat Geo Music.
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…Esau Mwamwaya was born in Mzuzu in Malawi, East Africa. He grew up in the capital, Lilongwe, where he played drums in various bands such as Masaka Band. He was a good friend of the legendary Evison Matafale and they played together for
Just announced: Kristian Järvi’s Absolute Ensemble w/ Simone Dinnerstein on February 19th
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Estonian-born Conductor Kristjan Järvi moved to New York as a child. He studied piano with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music where he also founded the award-winning Absolute Ensemble…. After graduate conducting studies at the University of Michigan, Järvi was Assistant-Conductor to Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Just announced: Glass Farm Ensemble w/ music of Kurtág, Piazzolla, Paula Matthusen, John Morton and Jacob TV on October 25th
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The focus of the Glass Farm Ensemble… is on presenting imaginative programs of new works by cutting edge American composers and music from Europe’s thriving new music scene. The programming creates a space where all manner of new music can rub up against important early twentieth century chamber music, improvisation, wild experimentalism,
Just announced: Cantaloupe/New Amsterdam Rcrds CMJ Showcase w/ David Lang, Julia Wolfe, the NOW Ensemble, and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
October 21stON SALE NOW
NOW Ensemble… is a dynamic new music group dedicated to commissioning and presenting works by emerging composers. With its unique instrumentation of flute, clarinet, electric guitar, double bass, and piano, NOW Ensemble brings a new sound to chamber music, and a new artistic vitality for the next generation of musicians,
Just announced: Sonia Wieder-Atherton w/ the Niguna Ensemble: "Chants d’Est: Songs from Slavic Lands" on November 23rd
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As an interpreter of a very broad repertoire reflecting her imaginative world, a designer of projects, and a musician sought after by many contemporary composers, Sonia Wieder-Atherton… occupies a special place on today’s musical scene.
Songs from Slavic Lands: Journey Down a Long-lost Path is the latest production by Sonia Wieder-Atherton: a
Just announced: Ran Jia w/ music of Schubert and Tan Dun on October 27th
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At twenty, pianist Ran Jia… is already regarded as a striking musician with unusual natural abilities. Tan Dun hailed her a “piano poet with dramatic skill in music making”.
Recent highlights include a return, sold-out concert at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and a performance of two Mozart concerti with the Shanghai
Just announced: Alarm Will Sound w/ music of Caleb Burhans on February 23rd
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Alarm Will Sound… is a 20-member band committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music. They have established a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic skill. ASCAP recognized their contributions to new music with a 2006 Concert Music Award for “the virtuosity, passion and commitment with which they perform and
Just announced: Taka Kigawa on January 28th
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Critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa… has earned outstanding international recognition as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber music artist since winning First Prize in the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano Competition in Tokyo, and the Diploma Prize at the 1990 Concurs Internacional Maria Canals De Barcelona in Spain, with such accolades from
Listen to the Shattered Records Tour Sampler
Dig it. Sampler with Jay Reatard, Box Elders, Hunx & His punks, NoBunny and Useless Eaters. This line-up will be playing LPR on Oct. 1. Get your tickets here….
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Tagged Box Elders, jay reatard useles eaters, Nobunny and Useless Eaters
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Listen to new Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
RCRD LBL’s MP3 of the day today is a the first preview from the new Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson disc titled The Nominally Endowed One. The track is titled “The Sound” and can be downloaded here….
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson will be playing at LPR on Oct. 23rd with Cymbals Eat Guitars, Holly Miranda
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Just announced: Future in REverse (FIRE) w/ Huang Ruo, music director on November 3rd
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Recently awarded both the First Prize and the Audience Award from the prestigious Luxembourg International Composition Prize 2008, Huang Ruo… is Hailed by the New Yorker as “one of the most intriguing of the new crop of Asian-American composers.” Huang Ruo’s music has been premiered and performed by, among others, the New
Just announced: self-titled & Pop Mart Media present: Oscillations on October 23rd
with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Holly Miranda, and Glasser
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Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson…, based on name alone, may sound like a president on first offing, but give his eponymous, debut album a spin and you’ll soon realize a more relevant career has presented itself for this 25-year-old Brooklyn
Just announced: Robert Palmer Tribute to Benefit Jajouka Bachir Attar, Anthony DeCurtis, and Augusta Palmer w/ Lenny Kaye, Dave Soldier, John Kruth
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A night of music to celebrate the legacy of NY Times music critic Robert Palmer, with proceeds to benefit his favorite band, The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Palmer’s admirers range from Bono to LaMonte Young and his work is being celebrated in Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer a
