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 year's best (and most misunderstood) albums... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS/TUNE-YARDS @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 11/18/09»
Posted on November 19, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Glass Ghost | Midnight Juggernauts | tUnE-YaRdS
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 form via 4AD. It's been remastered at Abbey... CONTINUE READING DRUNKENMONKEY REMIXES TUNE-YARDS»
Posted on November 17, 2009 in , , (9 comments)
Tags: Drunkenmonkey | Karn | Thee Oh Sees | tUnE-YaRdS
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 of the clattering... CONTINUE READING MICACHU & THE SHAPES/TUNE-YARDS @ THE ECHO, LOS ANGELES 7/21/09»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Micachu And The Shapes | Rachel Goodrich | tUnE-YaRdS
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 notebook. On record,... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: TUNE-YARDS»
Posted on February 6, 2009 in , (23 comments)
Tags: Papercuts | tUnE-YaRdS | Woods
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 Zach's will sound better because... CONTINUE READING TUNE-YARDS/INLETS/BEIRUT @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 2/4/09»
Posted on February 5, 2009 in , (10 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Inlets | tUnE-YaRdS
