It looks like 2012 is shaping up to be another strong year for live music in the city.  Here are some of the latest shows announced: Justin Townes Earle Vitalic , Wrongbar, Mar 31 Tombs , Hard Luck Bar, Apr 1 Nero , Sound Academy, Apr 6 Mastodon , Sony Centre, Apr 7 Lost In The Trees , The Drake, Apr 7 Of Monsters And Men , Mod Club, Apr 12 Trampled By Turtles , Lee's Palace, Apr 15 Red Hot Chili Peppers w. Sleigh Bells, Air Canada Centre, Apr 28 Yann Tiersen , The Phoenix, May 2 Bryan Adams , Air Canada Centre, May 3 Spiritualized , The ...

On April 17, French composer Yann Tiersen will release his seventh studio album, Skyline, in the United States as a followup to the melancholic Dust Lane. The following week, Tiersen will embark on a month-long US tour, which starts in Philadelphia and ends back again on the East Coast in Washington, DC. Official tour dates [...]

French composer/musician Yann Tiersen is returning with a new album.  Tiersen, probably best known for scoring the soundtrack for the film Amélie , will release Skyline  on April 17th. He's got a video out for the track "Monuments" already.  Have a gander: Yann Tiersen plays The Phoenix in Toronto on May 2nd.

*Feist* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/feist) will headline this year's Green Man Festival (http://www.greenman.net) in the UK. Other acts announced to play include *The Walkmen* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thewalkmen), *The Felice Brothers* (http://www.thefelicebrothers.com), *Yann Tiersen*...

Feist is amongst the first names to be confirmed for this year's instalment of The Green Man. Founded as a tiny, alt folk focussed festival The Green Man has grown to become one of Britain's most distinctive summer events. Turning ten years old with nary a wrinkle in sight, organisers are now focussed on 2012's instalment. Preparing a host of surprises for fans, The Green Man has unveil the first names on the line up for this summer's bash. Canadian singer Feist is set to headline, following a brief burst of UK shows at the tail ...

Green Man have announced the first headliner for their 10th anniversary event. Feist will close the festival on Sunday August 19th, with the following acts joining her over the course of the weekend: The Walkmen The Felice Brothers Yann Tiersen Jonathan Richman Junior Boys Damien Jurado The Time & Space Machine (Live) Cass McCombs Scritti Polliti Slow Club Ghost Poet Pete Paphides - Vinyl Revival Peaking Lights Dark Dark Dark, Cashier No. 9 Wave Pictures">The Wave Pictures Islet Rocketnumbernine Alt-J Teeth of the Sea The Perch Creek Family Jug Band Richard Warren Goodnight Lenin Sweet Baboo Alaska The festival takes place ...

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This ‘remix’ by Trunkz, a Calgary-native Producer/DJ, is worth some discussion. Does the 140bpm tempo and 4/4 timing make it dubstep? What about the absence of any sub-bass? Do the climbing synths, sparkling arpeggio and melodic piano piece, replayed deftly by Trunkz, exclude it from a realm owned almost exclusively in 2011 by squelching robots, [...] Related posts: Tommie Sunshine and Gianni Marino Remix Cee Lo Green – Bright Lights, Bigger City Emma Lee Remix Competition Winner Anounced – No Big Deal New Spins on Old Classics

All Tomorrow’s Parties : Curated by Jeff Mangum: Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) – The Magnetic Fields – Joanna Newsom – Boredoms – Sebadoh – Low – Versus – Scratch Acid – Yann Tiersen – The Fall – Thurston Moore – Mike Watt & George Hurley perform the songs of the Minutemen – Young Marble Giants – Robyn Hitchcock performing I Often Dream Of Trains – The Magic Band – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Mount Eerie – American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) performing Gavin Bryars’ Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet – Roscoe Mitchell (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – Matana Roberts – Group Doueh – The Raincoats performing The Raincoats – The Olivia Tremor Control – The Apples In Stereo – Half Japanese ...

The rescheduled Jeff Mangum ATP festival (which takes place in March) has a bunch of new additions for you to sink your teeth into. They'll join the likes of Joanna Newsom, Boredoms, Low, Yann Tiersen, Jeff Mangum (obviously) and loads more. Mount Eerie, Roscoe Mitchell (Art Ensemble of Chicago), Matana Roberts, American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) performing Gavin Bryars' Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Rafael Toral and Yamantaka - Sonic Titan. Mangum will also curate the Reds venue at Butlins on the Saturday of the event, which will feature Earth, Demdike Stare and Blanck Mass. ATP takes place at ...

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Yann Tiersen @ Highline Ballroom in Feb (more by Andrew St. Clair) Yann Tiersen released his most recent LP, Skyline, this past October via Mute overseas. You can stream two of the album's singles, "I'm Gonna Live Anyhow" and "Monuments"...

Photo: Tawny Rockerazzi Mar 30 MORD FUSTANG Best Buy TheaterNew York, NY10:00 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale ends:Fri, 12/30/1110:00 AM Apr 20 Lucero Webster HallNew York, NY06:30 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 01/11/1212:00 PM Apr 28 Yann Tiersen Music Hall of WilliamsburgBrooklyn, NY08:00 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 01/04/1212:00 PM

December of course sees the inevitable 'best of' lists, and given the wealth of coverage we've provided his year it seems like the sensible thing to do is to extend this collating experience to photography. We have a plethora of talented photographers that have contributed to The 405 over recent times and thus this compilation has proven to be an enormously tricky task; even the new monthly round-ups have always been a head-cracking experience. A good excuse to dig out those editorial knives from the communal cupboard and sharpen away voraciously. In 2012 we intend to expand the photography ...

10. Real Estate – Days 9. The Dears – Degeneration Street 8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Hysterical 7. Yann Tiersen – Skyline 6. Emmy the Great – Virtue 5. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 4. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead 3. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes  2. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins [...]