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Marco Benevento Ticket Giveaway: Brooklyn Bowl On December 19
Local pianist and producer Marco Benevento took a bold step forward this year with his album Swift, adding his own voice to his richly-textured compositions.Marco is playing Brooklyn Bowl on December...
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Angel Olsen Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On December 9
Angel Olsen's debut album, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, has topped a lot of end-of-year polls and was recently re-released with five bonus tracks.Olsen and her band will be in the New York area...
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Hamilton Leithauser Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On December 11
Hamiton Leithauser has forged his own path since The Walkmen announced an indefinite hiatus back in 2013. He released his solo debut, Black Hours, earlier this summer and has spent the better part of...
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Savoir Adore Announce A Major Lineup Change
Brooklyn's own Savoir Adore, a longtime favorite of WFUV and The Alternate Side—and one of the bands in our very first CMJ showcase in 2012—has announced the departure of founding member Deidre...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 7
1. Sleater-Kinney“Bury Our Friends”2. Thurston Moore“Speak to the Wild”3. Ariel Pink“Put Your Number in My Phone”4. Perfume Genius“Queen”5. Belle & Sebastian“The Party Line”6. TV on the...
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The Vaselines' Eugene Kelly: Five Essential Albums
Glasgow's The Vaselines, the enigmatic Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, have drifted in and out of their partnership since 1987, influencing an eclectic and reverent crew of musicians along the way,...
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Cymbals Eat Guitars: TAS In Session
The Staten Island quartet Cymbals Eat Guitars first made waves in 2009 with its critically acclaimed, self-released debut, Why There Are Mountains. That auspicious first record reached back to a '90s...
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Great Seats Just Released For Holiday Cheer For FUV On December 8
Great seats have just been released for Holiday Cheer for FUV with Conor Oberst and Friends at the Beacon Theatre this Monday, December 8. This year's benefit concert for the station will be led by...
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Mates Of State Ticket Giveaway: Mercury Lounge On December 19
Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel of Mates of State are looking ahead to their next album, the followup to 2011's Mountaintops, and will be touring the West Coast in January debuting those new songs.Before...
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow Ticket Giveaway: Rough Trade On December 27
Although A Sunny Day in Glasgow's band members are not from Britain, but hail from Philly, Brooklyn and Sydney, Australia, the band is strongly indebted to their Scottish dream pop forebears Cocteau...
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Television Ticket Giveaway: Irving Plaza On December 28
Well, this is a no-brainer. Want to see one of New York's most totemic bands? A life force of this city's rock 'n' roll history? The iconic quartet Television, whose 1977 debut Marquee Moon persuaded...
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The Hold Steady Ticket Giveaway: Music Hall Of Williamsburg On December 30
Looking for a rousing way to end 2014? The Hold Steady is holding court at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 30 and 31 to celebrate bass player Galen Polivka's birthday, accompanied by...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 14
1. Thurston Moore“Speak to the Wild”2. Sleater-Kinney“Bury Our Friends”3. TV on the Radio“Careful You”4. Ariel Pink“Put Your Number in My Phone”5. Perfume Genius“Queen”6. Belle and Sebastian“The Party...
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Recap: Holiday Cheer For FUV 2014
The warmth and exuberance that filled the Beacon Theatre for our sold-out 2014 benefit concert, Holiday Cheer for FUV, was an oasis of peace in unsettled times. The stormy winds of change were blowing...
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Teleman: TAS In Session
The London trio Teleman consists of brothers Thomas and Jonny Sanders and Pete Cattermoul. Although the guys released their debut album, Breakfast, earlier this year, they have all played together...
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Israel Nash Ticket Giveaway: Mercury Lounge On January 22
Israel Nash (aka Israel Nash Gripka) lived in New York City for a while before relocating to Dripping Springs, Texas. That dramatic shift in locale spurred on Nash's third album, Rain Plains, a...
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Erasure Ticket Giveaway: Terminal 5 On December 30
Hoping to see out the year dancing? Erasure's Andy Bell and Vince Clarke are in New York this month with two shows at Terminal 5, on December 30 and New Year's Eve.The duo have a new album out, their...
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Television Ticket Giveaway: The Stone Pony On December 30
The iconic quartet Television, whose 1977 debut Marquee Moon persuaded an entire generation of musicians to go out and form a band, is playing The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey on December...
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Deer Tick Ticket Giveaway: Brooklyn Bowl On December 30
Raucous rockers Deer Tick will mark their tenth anniversary as a band with a six-night residency at Brooklyn Bowl that begins on December 26 and continues through New Year's Eve.Every night, Deer Tick...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 21
1. Thurston Moore“Speak to the Wild”2. Sleater-Kinney“Bury Our Friends”3. Belle & Sebastian“The Party Line”4. TV on the Radio“Careful You”5. Ariel Pink“Put Your Number in My Phone”6. Alt-J“The...
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