Not that Dirty Projectors' set of four shows at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall Of Williamsburg this week needed any help selling out -- that was handily accomplished simply by releasing one of this…   Read Story »

In early 2009 one-woman DIY BTW tUnE-YaRdS, aka Merrill Garbus, self-released her debut BiRd-BrAiNs. It showed up after that on vinyl via Marriage Records and it's out again today in Deluxe re-issue…   Read Story »

A few days after doing Siren (or perhaps better introduced as "the same day she was snubbed for a Mercury Prize nomination"), Mika Levy and her Shapes stopped into the Echo in Los Angeles with a set…   Read Story »

Before Amrit headed out to see Beirut at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg the other night, we knew to be on the watch for Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-YaRdS, which is why he showed up early with a…   Read Story »

Irony at the outset last night. In the middle of her outstanding opening set (more on that later), Tune Yards' Merrill Garbus said, "I play a tenor ukulele. Zach plays a concert ukulele. I guarantee…   Read Story »