If 2007 didn’t include a visit to experimental performance space The Stone in New York’s East Village, then perhaps it’s about time for a visit. Artistic director John Zorn (shown left) is hosting a special year-end benefit and improvisation performance.
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Winners Announced for 7th Independent Music Awards
Acting as more than a contest or competition, the Independent Music Awards help selected artists promote, market, and distribute their music. That help will be given in 2008 to the winners of their seventh annual selection, who were recently announced.
The Valerie Project: s/t
In 1945, Czech writer Vitezslav Nezval penned the book Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, a gothic, surreal coming-of-age tale about a young girl who experiences a series of dreams and hallucinations upon menstruating for the first time.
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower Posts Posthumous Song
The recently disbanded The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower have shed some light on the release of their “mini LP” Saviours & Suckers. The San Diego-based spazzy punkers are aiming for a 2008 release, with Alternative Press editor-in-chief Jason Pettigrew releasing it.
Despite increasingly miserable mainstream hits (how can the radio get any worse?), 2007 was an excellent, indulgent, fulfilling year of music. Here is a look at our favorite ten albums of the year.Help Slavic Soul Party Fill Tour Dates
Would you like to help a roving pack of musicians play in a town near you? Brassy Balkan band Slavic Soul Party is enlisting the help of its fans to fill tour dates on its upcoming west coast tour.
Russian Circles Announce Album’s Release Date, Tour with Dälek
On the heels of two free face-melting shows this past weekend in Chicago and Austin, melodic metal trio Russian Circles have more news to deliver.
Envy: Abyssal
Since 1992, Envy has been seen as Japan’s premiere “hardcore” group. The designation, however, undermines the band’s prowess and vision.
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Announces 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Canadian post-rock group Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band is scheduled to release their fifth full-length LP, entitled 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons, on March 25.
Mike Patton Scores A Perfect Place, Lends Voice to I Am Legend
Though iconic vocalist Mike Patton seems omnipresent in the music world with his impressive history of bands and collaborations, he is most recently expanding his creative horizons to short film scoring.
Weekly Burlesque: Burlesque on the Subway? Not Exactly.
One of the interesting side effects of burlesque getting better and better known is that there are more and more people who know the word “burlesque” but don’t know what it means.
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav singer Tim Harrington hates sneaks. He not only hates them — he considers this hatred a “defining factor in [his] life.”