Tag Archives: Bang on a Can

February Live Music Reviews

By hugh | Published: February 28, 2010

I saw a number of friends’ bands over the last couple of weeks and thought I’d give them all reviews and plugs. Spanglish Fly, Feb 19, Rose, Brooklyn — I’ve known the leader of Spanglish Fly, trumpeter Jonathan Goldman, for about eight years as he played on the corporate softball team I coached. He led [...]

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Las Palmas

By hugh | Published: June 1, 2009

I had a great time downtown at the Bang on a Can Marathon on Sunday with a caveat. Like some people, my problem with some new music is that it becomes a big bore and letdown if it takes itself too seriously. I’m not talking about the abandonment of popular music structure which some people [...]

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Bang on Cans, Pots, and Pans

By hugh | Published: May 30, 2009

Here’s where I encourage all new music enthusiasts to come down to the World Financial Center tomorrow, May 31st, for the Bang on a Can marathon. Among the opening acts will be Dither shown below playing at the New Music Bakesale and Andy Akiho who I saw perform at the beginning of the month at [...]

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Eyes Closed, Head Tilted Just So

By hugh | Published: November 10, 2008

Free image for a neo-Krautrock  or goth band. I caught the Bang on a Can Allstars with Terry Riley at Le Poisson Rouge the other night. The ways of Mr. Riley are mysterious and hippieful. That stuff usually makes me cringe but when it’s mixed up with blues for maharaja played by the Allstars, it [...]

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Music Is a Fuzzy Cathedral

By admin | Published: April 18, 2008

Riverside Church – fuzzy mode I lost my camera a couple days ago but I’ll post some rejects. Eighth Blackbird performed at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall last night. Playing a piece written for them called “Double Sextet” — hence written for 12 musicians — 8bb actually play against a recording of themselves playing the other [...]

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It’s a long way to the top

By admin | Published: April 7, 2008

The view from almost everywhere in Madhattan I’m trying out taking pairs (or more) of pictures with the camera in the same spot but a changed angle. The top one is all about the negative space. Holy cow, it is so nice to be off of myspace. I can link to whatever the hell I [...]

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