There are few things in this world that make you feel more like a corporate lackey than sipping a free cocktail spiked with piss-colored (and…
Uplifting News: Glenn Branca Will Premiere The Third Ascension
Just as we began to worry, rather dramatically, that New York had lost the last of its great geniuses, Glenn Branca, the uber influential modernist…
Minimalist Master La Monte Young Drones On About His New ‘Dream House’
La Monte Young, the minimalist master whose trailblazing work with droning has influenced everyone from the Velvet Underground to Sonic Youth to Brian Eno, who…
Would You Get One of These Memorial CBGB Tattoos?
Okay, so Glenn Branca thinks CBGB was “just a shithole where bands got up on stage and played,” but others think the place was pretty…
Watch Glenn Branca Hold Forth On Bowie, Byrne, CBGB, Sonic Youth + His Own Bad Self
As excited as we were to celebrate Glenn Branca’s 65th birthday at the B+B Newsroom last week, we didn’t expect our discussion with the trailblazing…
We’re Celebrating Glenn Branca’s 65th Birthday, and You’re Invited
There was a lot of fuss about Philip Glass’s and John Zorn’s recent birthdays, and we’re not going to let the birthday of another legendary…
Nightclubbing: DNA at Mudd Club, 1979
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong are sifting through their voluminous archive of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at NYU’s Fales…