A former black metal guitarist who switched to dark synthwave, James Kent aka Perturbator got his genre-free attitude toward music from his parents, one of them being rock critic Nick Kent. He was given a Pantera album at the age of three, and a guitar at the age of 11. After learning Tool and Slayer […]
One of music’s most innovative and eclectic ensembles Magma will tour North America beginning in March 2016. Swirling riffs in odd time signatures, theatrical choir arrangements, heavy and distorted pulsing bass guitar, bombastic and minimalistic (sometimes both at the same time), dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, jazzy or classical, but always with the highly […]
In live performances from the Hollywood Bowl to New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, from Paris to Hong Kong, and in recordings for ECM, InFiné, Arabesque, and Bedroom Community — Bruce Brubaker is the new musician, a visionary virtuoso, an artistic provocateur. Named “Young Musician of the Year” by Musical America, Bruce Brubaker performs Mozart with […]
Glockabelle is Annabelle Cazes. She plays two Casio VL-Tones, a lyre-shaped glockenspiel with eight thimbles and sings in both French and English. She’ll be performing several New York shows in the coming weeks, including a very special set at Le Poisson Rouge in the West Village. Here are the details: Glockabelle at LPR, w/Robert Poss, Kid […]
The wickedly fun, raucous, and unclassifiable electro-pop-rock-surf band from Biarritz, La Femme are back with new US tour dates, including a stop this Thursday at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. La Femme were featured artists at the France Rocks SXSW 2014 Party in Austin and are also included in this month’s Halloween playlist. US Tour […]
The celebrated singer and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello returns with a fresh album, Comet, Come to Me, in stores June 2nd. The release will be accompanied by a tour, featuring stops at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge on June 3rd for her album release party and a special, limited-ticket NPR All Songs Considered Listening Party event in Los Angeles […]
