Gig Alert: Leslie Sisson
Leslie Sisson"Waiting"Playing on Monday at The Cameo GalleryGet: Tickets at the door ($7) | DirectionsLeslie Sisson’s been around the indie block a few times. The Texan multi-instrumentalist has played...
View ArticleGig Alert: Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
Alfredo Rodriguez TrioQbafricaPlaying on Tuesday at The Jazz StandardGet: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsTwenty-six-year-old Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez got his start as a kid playing in...
View ArticleGig Alert: Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche"John, Let Me Go"Playing on Wednesday at The Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($25) | DirectionsSinger-songwriter Sondre Lerche had his first major-label release before his 16th birthday. He...
View ArticleGig Alert: Karlie Bruce
Karlie Bruce"Paperback Lover"Playing on Thursday at La Sala Get: Tickets ($12) | DirectionsAustralian singer and songwriter Karlie Bruce has spent years honing her eclectic sound. She sings backup in...
View ArticleGig Alert: Omar Souleyman
Omar Souleyman"Weli Weli"Playing on Friday at The WellGet: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsFor nearly 20 years, Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has been making a sound best described as Arab New Wave. His work...
View ArticleGig Alert: Noveller
Noveller"Before The After"Playing on Monday at Le Poisson RougeGet: Tickets ($8) | DirectionsBrooklyn based guitarist and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate has been a part of some of NY’s biggest experimental...
View ArticleGig Alert: Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas"Is Your Love Big Enough?"Playing on Tuesday at Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsLianne La Havas may be a newcomer, but she sounds like an old soul. The 22-year-old British...
View ArticleGig Alert: Azure Ray
Azure Ray“Scattered Like Leaves”Playing on Wednesday at City WineryGet: Tickets ($12-18) | DirectionsSongwriters Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink have been making dreamy, haunted pop music under the name...
View ArticleGig Alert: Rain Machine
Rain Machine“Give Blood”Playing on Thursday at Knitting FactoryGet: Tickets ($10) | DirectionsThe Brooklyn band TV on the Radio has made some memorable indie records in the last decade. A big part of...
View ArticleDownload: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band"Tomorrow"Show has been cancelled.Since the late 1970s, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has made a name for itself -- by merging traditional New Orleans marching band music with funk...
View ArticleGig Alert: Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood"Come Back Little Star"Playing on Monday at The Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsGuitarist and songwriter Patterson Hood is best known for leading the Southern rock band...
View ArticleGig Alert: Terese Genecco
Terese Genecco"It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)"Playing on Tuesday at The IridiumGet: Tickets ($25) | DirectionsSinger and bandleader Terese Genecco& her 8-piece "little big band" are one...
View ArticleGig Alert: Austra
Austra"Lose It"Playing on Wednesday at Music Hall of WilliamsburgGet: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsKatie Stelmanis trained for a career in opera from a young age. But then, the Canadian singer discovered...
View ArticleGig Alert: Sean Rowe
Sean Rowe"Joe's Cult"Playing on Thursday at Brooklyn BowlGet: Tickets ($7) | DirectionsMusician Sean Rowe has an eye for detail - and he isn’t afraid to get down in the dirt. That’s because he’s also a...
View ArticleGig Alert: Rupa & the April Fishes
Rupa and the April Fishes"Build"Playing on Saturday at LittlefieldGet: Tickets ($12-15) | DirectionsThe group Rupa and the April Fishes is a San Franciso band led by singer and songwriter Rupa Marya....
View ArticleGig Alert: Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Giberto"Sun Is Shining"Playing on Monday at City Winery Tickets ($55-65) | DirectionsBrazilian singer Bebel Gilberto was born into Bossa Nova. The daughter of the iconic singer and guitarist João...
View ArticleGig Alert: Matthew Silberman
Matthew Silberman"The Battle At Dawn"Playing on Tuesday at ShapeShifter LabGet: Tickets ($10) | DirectionsThe New York-based saxophonist and composer Matthew Silberman first fell in love with jazz...
View ArticleGig Alert: Bell X1
Bell X1"Bad Skin Day"Playing on Wednesday at The Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($25) | DirectionsThe Irish rock band Bell X1 is named after the first supersonic aircraft in history. The band itself has...
View ArticleGig Alert: Corin Tucker Band
Corin Tucker Band"Groundhog Day"Playing on Thursday at Mercury LoungeGet: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsNearly two decades after co-founding the powerhouse punk trio Sleater-Kinney, Corin Tucker is active...
View ArticleGig Alert: Bettye Lavette
Bettye Lavette"Crazy"Playing on Friday at The Highline BallroomGet: Tickets ($30) | DirectionsR&B singer Bettye LaVette marks fifty years in music this year with the release of a new album called...
View ArticleGig Alert: Moira Smiley & VOCO
Moira Smiley & VOCO"Bring Me Little Water, Silvy"Playing on Monday at The Jalopy TheatreGet: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsMoira Smiley and VOCO is a vocal group that combines the energy of vaudeville...
View ArticleGig Alert: Django Django
Django Django"Life's a Beach"Playing on Tuesday at The Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsEarlier this month, the young English psychedelic band Django Django was nominated for Britain’s...
View ArticleGig Alert: Tennis
Tennis"Origins"Playing on Wednesday at The Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsThe new album from the Denver Colorado-based band Tennis is called Young and Old. Not a bad title for a band...
View ArticleGig Alert: Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes"I Ain't The Same"Playing on Thursday at Terminal 5Get: Tickets | DirectionsThe Alabama Shakes have had a big year. The garage soul band, who do in fact hail from Alabama, released their...
View ArticleDownload: Animal Collective's 'Honeycomb'
NOTE: Animal Collective has cancelled tonight's show at Williamsburg Park due to illness. Visit the band's Facebook page for more info.Animal Collective"Honeycomb"Playing on Friday at Williamsburg...
View ArticleGig Alert: Tyler Bryant
Tyler Bryant"Say a Prayer"Playing on Monday at the Studio at Webster HallGet: Tickets ($10) | DirectionsHe’s only 21, but guitarist Tyler Bryant is a seasoned veteran. He first picked up the guitar at...
View ArticleGig Alert: Rafiq Bhatia
Rafiq Bhatia"Sunshower"Playing on Tuesday at PianosGet: Tickets ($10) | DirectionsIt hasn’t taken long for composer and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia to establish a reputation as a cutting edge figure on the...
View ArticleGig Alert: Alana Amram & The Rough Gems
Alana Amram"Wooden Houses"Playing on Wednesday at Union PoolGet: Tickets ($8) | DirectionsSinger, songwriter and guitarist Alana Amram was born into music. The New York native is the daughter of the...
View ArticleGig Alert: Pujol
Pujol"DIY2K"Playing on Thursday at Mercury LoungeGet: Tickets ($12) | Directions Pujol is a Nashville band that makes a hooky, howly, and smart brand of garage rock. On their recent full length, called...
View ArticleGig Alert: Edmar Castaneda
Edmar Castaneda"Double Portion"Playing on Friday at Jazz StandardGet: Tickets: 7:30 p.m. , 9:30 p.m. , 11:30 p.m. ($30) | DirectionsHarpist Edmar Castaneda is a New Yorker…by way of Bogota, Columbia....
View ArticleGig Alert: John King
John King"Astral Epitaphs"Playing on Friday at RouletteGet Tickets ($15) | DirectionsComposer and electric guitarist John King has received commissions for ballets and operas, but his work is far from...
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Beat The Heat With Soundcheck's Summer Music Reading List
All this week on Soundcheck, we're showcasing some of our favorite interviews with writers as part of our series Writers Club. We've heard from novelists and authors inspired by music, musicians...
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Summer Of '93: Missed It Then, Love It Now
All this week on Soundcheck, we've been looking back to the summer of 1993 and delving into the music and culture that helped define that time. For many of us here on staff -- whether we were in grade...
View ArticleJeremy Denk And Vijay Iyer On Receiving MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grants'
Last night, 24 people across a wide variety of disciplines learned they had become the latest class of grant winners from the MacArthur Foundation. Among the "geniuses" -- as the recipients are...
View ArticlePlay Grammys Bingo With Soundcheck!
Will you be tuning in to the Grammys Sunday night? Whether you're watching to see your favorite artists perform or to mercilessly criticize today's pop stars, we want you to join Soundcheck as we play...
View ArticleKnee-Jerk Reaction: The Hold Steady's New Song Shows Its 'Teeth'
The Hold Steady, born in the Twin Cities but long based in Brooklyn, have a new album coming out on March 25, Teeth Dreams, one that they've taken their time with. Recorded over two years in Brooklyn...
View ArticleKnee-Jerk Reaction: Soundcheck On Beck's 'Morning Phase'
For an artist as prolific and shapeshifting as Beck, five-plus years is a long time to wait between records. But in the time between 2008’s Modern Guilt and now, Beck has said that he was suffering...
View ArticleKnee-Jerk Reaction: Get Happy! Pharrell's Back With 'G I R L'
At some point during Pharrell Williams' infectiously fun Oscars performance, as he coaxed actresses Lupita Nyong'o, Amy Adams and Meryl Streep to dance and shimmy in their seats with him, it was clear:...
View ArticleKnee-Jerk Reaction: tUnE-yArds Returns With A Buoyant New Song
After the incredible success of tUnE-yArDs’ 2011 masterpiece, w h o k i l l -- a critical darling that earned the No. 1 spot on the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop poll -- it was hard to imagine...
View ArticleSoundcheck's 10 Favorite Musical Moments From Letterman's 'Late Show'
Back in early March, Baltimore synth pop band Future Islands played its new single, "Seasons (Waiting On You)" on the Late Show with David Letterman. For most bands, a Letterman spot is a routine part...
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Knee-Jerk Reaction: Michael Jackson And Justin Timberlake's Throwback Duet
A year and a half after Michael Jackson's death in June 2009, Sony and Epic Records released the first posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks from the pop star, called Michael. It was a...
View ArticleSoundcheck's Summer Essentials: 14 Ways To Have The Best Three Months Ever
Despite the rumors that the weather is going to be ridiculously awful this summer (who started those rumors anyway?), we here at Soundcheck are pretty sure that it's going to be the best summer ever....
View ArticleSummer '94: Where Were You, And What Were You Listening To?
All this month, Soundcheck is going to be looking and listening back 20 years, to the summer of 1994. It was a time that saw the release of movies like The Lion King, Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump; the...
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U2 Surprises With Free 'Songs' On iTunes
Did Bono just pull a Beyoncé? Kinda. In an event held yesterday in Cupertino, California, Apple unveiled the latest iPhone models and the eagerly anticipated Apple Watch. Yet, the biggest surprise of...
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Azealia Banks Dropped Her Long-Overdue Album, 'Broke With Expensive Taste'
Azealia Banks' new album, 'Broke With Expensive Taste,' is now finally out.In late 2011, Azealia Banks exploded out of the gates with her electrifying single "212," in which she asserted herself as one...
View ArticleSoundtracking 'Serial': The Musicians Behind the Podcast
Thursday morning, millions of people made a frantic dash to the iTunes store, and, for once, it wasn’t for Beyoncé. It was for the final episode of the unlikely hit podcast, Serial. The...
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Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Find The Musicality In Noise With 'Gone Girl'
Even from the very beginning, more than 25 years ago, Trent Reznor has proven to be a thoughtful composer and meticulous sonic manipulator. As the leader of Nine Inch Nails, Reznor has constructed...
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Mica Levi Gets 'Under The Skin' With Her Unsettling Score
There isn't a more gorgeously unsettling score this year than Mica Levi’s hair-raising soundtrack to Jonathan Glazer’s 2014 film, Under The Skin. Based on the Michel Faber novel of the same name, the...
View ArticleBjork Releases Her 'Complete Heartbreak' Album, 'Vulnicura'
It's a good time to be a Bjork fan if you're in New York City this spring. There's her career-spanning retrospective opening at MoMA on March 7 -- which will showcase the imaginative Icelandic...
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The Soundcheck Stream: Women On The Edge
Listen to Soundcheck's Women On The Edge playlist stream for hours and hours of our favorite and most influential women in music:We don't really need an excuse to showcase women in music, but if we...
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