Kyle Gilkeson

Alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green talk Apex

Alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green collaborated on the new album Apex, slated to be released September 28, 2010…

Conan

Still legally prohibited from being funny on TV, Conan O'Brien is set to release two records via Third Man. The…

Kronos Quartet to play encore of JG Thirlwell’s Eremikophobia in NYC

Featured in the upcoming ALARM 38: Invisible, Australian experimental composer JG Thirlwell recently commissioned his second piece for the prolific…

Fifth annual Umbrella Music Festival set for November 3-7

The acclaimed Umbrella Music Festival returns November 3-7 for its fifth annual celebration of jazz and improvised music from Chicago…

Pelican announces 10-year-anniversary box set, exclusive shows, and a new beer

Chicago’s Pelican, known for hard-hitting instrumental rock, announced two shows in celebration of its 10-year-anniversary box-set release, out October 19…

Copyright Enforcers

The New York Times has an interesting piece on the much-maligned Music-Copyright Enforcers at BMI.

Menomena Dirty Cartoons

Menomena took to a lush, private alley in France to record a minimal version of "Dirty Cartoons" for HibOO d'Live.…

Arcade Fire Daily Show

Arcade fire performed songs from its new album The Suburbs on the Daily Show last night. Check out videos of…

Hood Internet

The Hood Internet and Kid Static will release a 7" (Artwork by Delicious Design League) on Saturday September 11 @…

Powerglove’s five favorite video-game covers

Named after the Nintendo robot-hand gaming accessory, Powerglove plays power-metal covers of classic video-game songs. The band released its debut…

Asthmatic Kitty and Jonathan Dueck release color-saturated music shorts

IN TRANSIT Presents: 16mm is a series of 20 short, ultra-saturated, hand-painted films created by Canadian visual artist Jonathan Dueck…

Unsane kicks off Scattered, Smothered & Covered US Tour, plays entire album live

Influential alt-metal group Unsane has announced super-special summer US tour dates. The trio will perform its classic 1995 album Scattered,…