Kurt Vile , Local Natives and more have been added to the line up of ATP curated by The National. Currently on down time, The National were recently coaxed out of the rehearsal room by All Tomorrow's Parties. Handed the keys to Minehead, the Brooklyn band have invited along some friends, contemporaries and heroes. The latest batch of line up additions include American songwriter Kurt Vile. Joined by The Violators, Vile's brand of hazy, laid back acoustic musings will resonate around the chalets later this year. Elsewhere, Local Natives have been confirmed while Perfume Genius has also been added ...

Bloc announced a new addition to this year’s lineup today, Amon Tobin. Mr Tobin will return to Bloc with his ISAM project, which features a stunning 25′ x 14′ x 8′ multi-dimensional/shape-shifting 3D art installation that surrounds him whilst playing. Amon has established a reputation for musical ingenuity, whether working with Kronos Quartet, Noisia or on his own. His audio-visual live show pushes the boundaries of...

Creado en 1989 y con ganadores tan importantes como Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder o The Kronos Quartet y Patti Smith, que se lo llevaron el año pasado, el Polar Music Prize es ya un clásico de la música, y uno de los premios que más caché han ganado, debido a que tiene un cierto aire de exclusividad, con premiados que suelen distar bastante de los de otros galardones. Este año Estados Unidos vuelve a repetir por partida doble, ya que Paul Simon y el chelista Yo-Yo Ma se...

Let’s get a few things out of the way before this review begins. First, Bersarin Quartett is not a quartet. It’s one person who goes by Thomas. He’s from Germany. Second, while some of his music uses synth strings that recalls the Kronos Quartet on Requiem for a Dream, his music hardly ever sounds like [...]

by John Crowell • April 2012 We are entering the season of music festivals, so it’s easy to feel fatigued at the glut of multi-day showcases packed to the max with wall-to-wall “so-hot-right-now” blog bands (often, crammed in between industry conferences and huge Doritos advertisements ). Sometimes the more interesting approach is to execute the whole idea of a festival from a constrained, specific perspective. This is the approach the organizers of Cincinnati, Ohio’s MusicNOW festival take by focusing on unexpected artist interactions and settings to present refined displays of art. Since its inception in 2006, the yearly event has ...

Efterklang are to collaborate with the Northern Sinfonia on a series of upcoming shows. Efterklang have always had grand, lush leanings. The artful Danes have a history of mixing experimental whims with rock songcraft, so when news came through that the band were preparing to work with the Northern Sinfonia nary an eyebrow was raised. Sitting at the forefront of classical music, the Northern Sinfonia will join Efterklang to interpret the band's music in new, striking ways. The project - titled The Piramida Concerts - will focus on Efterklang's forthcoming album 'Piramida'. To pull the project together the Danish band ...

Efterklang are planning an exciting and innovative series of events in collaboration with Northern Sinfonia, orchestra of The Sage Gateshead, entitled The Piramida Concerts. Another epic scale project from this ever resourceful and imaginative band, the concerts, and Piramida the album, due for release later this year, originated from and were informed by, a special expedition undertaken by the band in 2011, about which they have yet to share any details or information. Performing music from their forthcoming album ‘Piramida’, Efterklang have engaged classical arrangers Missy Mazzoli (Kronos Quartet, Victoire), Karsten Fundal (Under Byen, Oh Land) and Daníel Bjarnason (Sigur ...

“Fragile,” a four-hour dance retrospective by the duo Eiko and Koma, deals with elemental themes like nakedness, hunger and death — and includes a live score from the Kronos Quartet.

Together for more than a decade, Efterklang have constantly pushed the boundaries of pop experimentalism over the course of three critically acclaimed albums. This desire to experiment has informed their approach to performing live, garnering the band plaudits for playing in diverse settings – whether alongside the Danish National Chamber Orchestra or Britten Sinfonia (‘Performing Parades’ tour), or in the company of family members on a remote Danish island (Vincent Moon’s ‘An Island’ documentary). It comes as no surprise then, that Efterklang would look to present new material in a unique setting and on a grand scale. On May 26th ...

The Kronos Quartet remained unorthodox on Tuesday evening at Zankel Hall, playing pieces inspired by Schubert, German art-rock and Pee-wee Herman.

Joan Jeanrenaud reunites with the Kronos Quartet at Zankel Hall for a CD and a performance of Vladimir Martynov’s “Schubert-Quintet [Unfinished].”

It’s never too early to start thinking about next winter! Wait, no, that’s an awful thing to think about. Unless you’re a The National superfan, or a zealous devotee of All Tomorrow’s Parties in Somerset, England, that is! The good people at ATP recently announced that the Cincinnati rockers would be curating the festival’s annual winter shindig, and the first few bands have already been announced. So, friends, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about how to get a job at the old frozen banana stand this summer. Unless, of course, there’s somewhere ...

Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recently Each week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about the shows you've attended recently or bands you're hoping to see soon. Here's what some of our readers were looking forward to last week: HeartofFire Saw Christina Perri last night in Glasgow. Very polished performance, but it was so...lovely that it's hard to hate. She can ...

ATP are set to return to Japan later this year with a new instalment of I'll Be Your Mirror . Launched last year, I'll Be Your Mirror saw All Tomorrow's Parties head out to Japan. The success of that venture has sparked a repeat performance, with Jim O'Rourke set to help convene proceedings. Expanding to take place over two days, I'll Be Your Mirror runs between April 14th and 15th. Hitting Studio Coast in Tokyo, the event will boast the usual array of live music, cinema and more. Ticket and line up details will be confirmed ...

Filed under: News Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Having wrapped up 2011 with a week-long string of New York City dates, the National will curate and perform at this year's All Tomorrow's Parties set for Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, England from December 7-9. The first batch of artists confirmed includes the Antlers , Sharon Van Etten , Kronos Quartet, Boris, Tim Hecker and Owen Pallett . Wye Oak , My Brightest Diamond , Lower Dens, Megafun, Suuns , Dark Dark Dark and Buke and Gase rounds out the initial list. The band -- who will make its lone British 2012 performance at ATP -- made the announcement ...