Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium hosted more than 2,000 performances during its tenure from 2009 to 2017, when the inexorable tide of gentrification closed its doors. A warehouse/living space/music venue that exemplified old-school DIY, Shea hosted all manner of bands in their earliest of stages, including Speedy Ortiz, DIIV, Parquet Courts, Maggie …
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When Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker hears her band’s music in the background at a cafe, she winces. “I just feel like, ‘Man, I remember recording that song and how radical it felt, how raw it felt, like we were ripping something open,’ ” she says. “And now, here in this coffee …
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Big Thief have released their new song “Certainty.” The group recorded it during a power outage while they were at Sam Evian’s Flying Cloud Studios in upstate New York. According to a statement, they rigged equipment to a cigarette lighter to lay the track. It features harmonies from Hannah Cohen. …
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