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I just posted my NYC concert listings for this week over at Live Music Blog. A few highlights include bands/artists I’ve covered on this site before: Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, and Small Black. Dig in: LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Aug 30-Sept 5

Slave Ambient, by the War on Drugs, was another recent emusic download that took only a couple listens to win me over. The overall sound of the album is fresh but familiar. The instrumentals are a mix of propulsive rhythms, interesting background synths, and multiple guitars that are layered, sweep-filtered, and perfectly jangle-y. But even [...]

I just posted my NYC concert recs for the week over at Live Music Blog, including more Deerhunter shows and an old fav in the live, electronic improv space: Brothers Past. Check it: LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Aug 22 – 28

I just posted my NYC concert recs for the week over at Live Music Blog. Lots of cool, intimate shows going on this week and plenty of bands I’ve flagged in my Song of the Day posts (including Yellow Ostrich and Deerhunter). Check it: Live Music in NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – August 16-22

I caught up with my buddy Burke recently and he made a point to say how much he liked my live improv mixes, even though I don’t think he really considers himself a big live music/improv guy. In honor of summer, I recently put together two different all-improv, all-instrumental mixes around a “summer bliss” theme. [...]

I came across El Ten Eleven on the eMu site yesterday and really dug their sound. Check it out: These guys put together a nice mellow style of instrumental music using drums, double-neck bass/guitar, a loop pedal and lots of effects. In that way, their music is actually somewhat similar to some of the mellow, [...]

I thought I’d do a short post in honor of Jerry Garcia’s b-day anniversary today, with a short but sweet clip of the Grateful Dead’s cover of Smokey Robinson’s “Second That Emotion.” This track was on the first full live recording I ever heard by the band, which was on a crappy old cassette tape [...]