For what it’s worth, this is my contribution to the abundant stream of best-of lists that pop up around this time of the year. Favorite Albums of 2009: 1.) Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 2.) Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 3.) Girls – Girls 4.) Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor 5.) Cold Cave – [...]
(Liquid Liquid) I wrote a piece for Tiny Mix Tapes on the world premier of composer Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars at the Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park Bandshell. The legendary and wonderful Liquid Liquid also played. After the jump, a video of Liquid Liquid and a few more photos.
This weekend two of my best buddies from Virginia, Lindsay and Cliff, who together are the delightful indie acoustic pop duo Birdlips, played a couple shows in New York as part of their first ever national tour. Sunday I caught them at Union Hall in Park Slope opening for The Donkeys. In addition to being [...]