Minami Furukawa

Native Musicians in Popular Culture at Smithsonian

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s current exhibition, Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture, displays…

Sunn O))) to curate 2011 Roadburn Festival

Since 1999, The Netherlands' annual Roadburn Festival has showcased adventurous alt-metal, psychedelic, doom, noise, and experimental music from around the…

El-P’s “Time Won’t Tell” Video

El-P's music video for "Time Won't Tell," from his just-released instrumental album Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3, depicts director Shan Nicholson's childhood memory of…

Cuneiform Records announces fall jazz releases from The Microscopic Septet and Jason Robinson

Jazz, electronic, and all-around avant-garde label Cuneiform Records has announced two upcoming releases for its fall jazz offerings.  Both to…

Russian Circles, P.O.S, William Elliot Whitmore to play first Middlewest Fest

Middle-of-nowhere festivals can be real gems, and the first annual Middlewest Fest is doing what it can to get on the map. The two-day,…

Norway’s Shining announces more European dates

Style-shifting Norwegian band Shining continues on its acoustic-jazz-turned-jazz-fusion-turned-progressive-metal agenda, announcing 15 new dates for its fall European tour. Shining will…

Afro-pop “Chairman” King Sunny Ade to release first studio album in 10 years

Dubbed “The Chairman” in Nigeria, King Sunny Ade holds a distinct place in the dance-tastic Afro-pop scene. After a ten-year absence, the…

Seattle’s Decibel Festival announces massive lineup

[UPDATE (8/18/10): Flying Lotus has been added] Seattle’s Decibel Festival is back for its eighth year, this time boasting talent…

Ewerdt Hilgemann’s imploded volumes

German artist Ewerdt Hilgemann has been recognized in the States for some time now, his work reflective of America’s current…

Masters of Reality to release Pine/Cross Dover on September 14

Masters of Reality has been creating art and music for nearly 20 years, with plenty of musical accomplishments collected along…

Thrill Jockey MP3s from Fennesz/Daniell/Buck, Coil Sea, and Imbogodom

Thrill Jockey has a storm of exciting new material, all coming out on August 24. Christian Fennesz, David Daniell, and…

The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo launch lengthy Midwest tour

Chicago natives Andreas Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic are guitar-wielding wizards, prodigious at the steel-string ten-finger technique as well as nylon-string…