Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Earth at Levitation 2015 (more by PSquared) Drone metallers Earth recently announced a tour, and since we last spoke they've expanded it and added more details. Holy Sons will be supporting on most dates, including the previously-mentioned NYC... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Steve Albini did an interview with Quartz in which he stated that online music streaming solved many of the frustrations he discussed in his classic 1993 essay “The Problem With Music.” Since then, Albini has commented on developments ... more info

Stereogum — Lately, Steve Albini — the veteran producer, Shellac frontman, and longtime underground-rock gadfly — has been saying things about how streaming services are the inevitable next development in the way we listen to music, even going so far as to c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Sugarcube, an inflatable performance space located at Fulton and Front Streets at South Street Seaport, will be hosting a series of free concerts and other events this month into early February. Tonight (1/16) from 7-1... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 11th annual NYC Winter Jazz Fest will happen January 8 - 10 at ten different NYC venues. This year's line-up includes Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians, So Percussion, Robert Glasper Trio, Kneebody + Daedelus, Strange and Beautiful:... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cibo Matto @ Summerstage in July (more by Adele Loconte) John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Wesley Stace, Cibo Matto, Satomi of Deerhoof and more will be participating in concerts happening in NYC this weekend to benefit and raise awareness for artists... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Phosphorescent at Outside Lands 2014 (more by Samantha Saturday) Earlier this year, we mentioned that Francesco Ferorelli's Brooklyn-based folk rock band Heaven's Jail released an album produced by and featuring Phosphorescent main man Matthew Houck.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A selection of jazz and jazz-adjacent shows happening this weekend. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Titling an album "Live at the Village Vanguard" surely isn't something taken lightly by jazz artists. The storied Greenwich Village jazz club has hosted a wealth of almost mythic live recordings from the likes of Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Albert Ayl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — When many of us think of the song "Respect," we think of Aretha Franklin. Many people are shocked to learn that Aretha never made a penny from all the radio broadcasts of her performance of R-E-S-P-E-C-T (this is because she... more info