Mike Rubin
@rubinbooty.bsky.social
Journalist & writer on music/film/TV/art/books/sports (recent vintage: NYT Arts & Leisure, Blank Forms; ye olde late 20th century: Village Voice, SPIN). Detroit expat, Brooklyn zookeeper.
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North Carolina-raised/Los Angeles-based Mary Lattimore performs her composition “Wawa by the Ocean” to conclude her mesmerizing set at @lincolncenter.bluesky.social’s David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DRGkRwBDUA...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
North Carolina-raised/Los Angeles-based Mary Lattimore performs her composition “Wawa by the Ocean” to conclude her mesmerizing set at @lincolncenter.bluesky.social’s David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DRGkRwBDUA...
Kraków’s Sinfonietta Cracovia performs MIca Levi’s 2025 composition “Kochajamy Sie” durung their program of Levi’s works, part of @unsoundfestival.bsky.social’s NYC edition at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Alice Tully Hall. More 📸 at www.instagram.com/p/DQnzEF-jWn...
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Kraków’s Sinfonietta Cracovia performs MIca Levi’s 2025 composition “Kochajamy Sie” durung their program of Levi’s works, part of @unsoundfestival.bsky.social’s NYC edition at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Alice Tully Hall. More 📸 at www.instagram.com/p/DQnzEF-jWn...
At the Fridman Gallery premiere of Mariusz Szypura’s project CHOPIN RESIDUE, a live performance by 🎸/🎹 Szypura, 🥁 John Stanier, 🎸 Lee Ranaldo, & 🎷 Zoh Amba. More 📹 clips & exhibtion info at www.instagram.com/p/DQmUXyDDRa...
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At the Fridman Gallery premiere of Mariusz Szypura’s project CHOPIN RESIDUE, a live performance by 🎸/🎹 Szypura, 🥁 John Stanier, 🎸 Lee Ranaldo, & 🎷 Zoh Amba. More 📹 clips & exhibtion info at www.instagram.com/p/DQmUXyDDRa...
As part of his upcoming project in tribute to John Coltrane, Isaiah Collier & ensemble—🎹 Liya Grigoryan, 🎷 Ben Solomon & Collier, bassist Conway Campbell, & 🥁 Tim Regis—perform “A Love Supreme” at the Blue Note, Greenwich Village. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DQO7VFFDaQ...
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As part of his upcoming project in tribute to John Coltrane, Isaiah Collier & ensemble—🎹 Liya Grigoryan, 🎷 Ben Solomon & Collier, bassist Conway Campbell, & 🥁 Tim Regis—perform “A Love Supreme” at the Blue Note, Greenwich Village. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DQO7VFFDaQ...
All-Star percussion trio Onilu—vibraphonist Joe Chambers (of M’Boom), 🥁 Kevin Diehl, & 🥁 Daniel Villarreal—perform songs from their Eremite Records debut ONILU, one of the year’s best jazz records, at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DPbhip8DVX...
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
All-Star percussion trio Onilu—vibraphonist Joe Chambers (of M’Boom), 🥁 Kevin Diehl, & 🥁 Daniel Villarreal—perform songs from their Eremite Records debut ONILU, one of the year’s best jazz records, at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DPbhip8DVX...
Detroit techno producer John “Bileebob” Williams de-miserablizes the Mozz during his 🔥 live PA set during the Monday is the New Monday party at MotorCity Wine, Corktown. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DPMXRRIjVM...
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Detroit techno producer John “Bileebob” Williams de-miserablizes the Mozz during his 🔥 live PA set during the Monday is the New Monday party at MotorCity Wine, Corktown. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DPMXRRIjVM...
Fieldwork—the trio of 🎹 @vijayiyer.bluesky.social, alto 🎷 Steve Lehman, & 🥁 Dr. Tyshawn Sorey—perform at the record release show for their new Pi Recordings album THEREUPON at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DO_WL5xjZf...
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fieldwork—the trio of 🎹 @vijayiyer.bluesky.social, alto 🎷 Steve Lehman, & 🥁 Dr. Tyshawn Sorey—perform at the record release show for their new Pi Recordings album THEREUPON at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DO_WL5xjZf...
Opening suite from the dazzling collaboration between jazz 🎹 @jasonmoran.bsky.social & Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills on the first night of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Hart Plaza. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DN-5hI-jck...
August 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Opening suite from the dazzling collaboration between jazz 🎹 @jasonmoran.bsky.social & Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills on the first night of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Hart Plaza. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DN-5hI-jck...
RIP actor Terence Stamp, whose brooding looks & air of quiet menace helped him carve out one of the wildest career arcs of any of his peers from the Swinging London era. Image: portrait 📸 by David Bailey, 1965. More images & posters at www.instagram.com/p/DNeA5ZzxMb...
August 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
RIP actor Terence Stamp, whose brooding looks & air of quiet menace helped him carve out one of the wildest career arcs of any of his peers from the Swinging London era. Image: portrait 📸 by David Bailey, 1965. More images & posters at www.instagram.com/p/DNeA5ZzxMb...
Electrifying set by South Africa’s BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness), part of @activecultures.bsky.social’s globalFEST at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Summer for the City, Damrosch Park. Most 🤯 concert of 2025! Much more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DM8XLfZxjC...
August 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Electrifying set by South Africa’s BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness), part of @activecultures.bsky.social’s globalFEST at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Summer for the City, Damrosch Park. Most 🤯 concert of 2025! Much more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DM8XLfZxjC...
RIP filmmaker Jonathan Kaplan, director of one of the very best movies about American teenagers, 1979’s OVER THE EDGE starring Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, & Tom Fergus. Kaplan may be better known for directing . . . More at www.instagram.com/p/DM6tC61Nqn...
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
RIP filmmaker Jonathan Kaplan, director of one of the very best movies about American teenagers, 1979’s OVER THE EDGE starring Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, & Tom Fergus. Kaplan may be better known for directing . . . More at www.instagram.com/p/DM6tC61Nqn...
Los Angeles-based modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu & 🎻Marta Sofia Honer perform material from their new @intlanthem.bsky.social album DIFFERENT ROOMS at the Underground at Jaffe Drive as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Series. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMiIZ-2MTP...
July 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Los Angeles-based modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu & 🎻Marta Sofia Honer perform material from their new @intlanthem.bsky.social album DIFFERENT ROOMS at the Underground at Jaffe Drive as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Series. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMiIZ-2MTP...
The trio of Luke Stewart on bass & mbira, 🥁 Tomas Fujiwara, & 🎷 Isaiah Collier start quietly, but joined by 🎷 Isaiah Barr they gradually reach full EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale at Heavy Florals curated by Ariella Villefranche at Sisters; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMVfvklsyW...
July 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The trio of Luke Stewart on bass & mbira, 🥁 Tomas Fujiwara, & 🎷 Isaiah Collier start quietly, but joined by 🎷 Isaiah Barr they gradually reach full EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale at Heavy Florals curated by Ariella Villefranche at Sisters; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMVfvklsyW...
Remembering Stooges 🎸 Ron Asheton, born 77 years ago in Washington, D.C. Check it out: for the encore of their benefit concert for @briccelebratebk.bsky.social, Dinosaur Jr. were joined by Detroit 🎤 John Brannon for a cover of the Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” ; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMO91p9N-a...
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Remembering Stooges 🎸 Ron Asheton, born 77 years ago in Washington, D.C. Check it out: for the encore of their benefit concert for @briccelebratebk.bsky.social, Dinosaur Jr. were joined by Detroit 🎤 John Brannon for a cover of the Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” ; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMO91p9N-a...
As part of Lincoln Center’s Run AMOC festival, a mesmerizing 70 minute rendition of Simeon Ten Holt’s 1976 composition CANTO OSTINATO was performed by Sandbox Percussion with 🎹 Matthew Aucoin & 🎹 Conor Hanick at the David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DLaGFBlsNm...
June 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As part of Lincoln Center’s Run AMOC festival, a mesmerizing 70 minute rendition of Simeon Ten Holt’s 1976 composition CANTO OSTINATO was performed by Sandbox Percussion with 🎹 Matthew Aucoin & 🎹 Conor Hanick at the David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DLaGFBlsNm...
Baltimore-raised/Sheffield-based DJ/producer @mauricefulton.bsky.social weaves together Aril Brikha’s “Groove La Chord” & Talking Heads’ “Pull Up the Roots” during his 🔥 all-night tag-team set with Brooklyn’s @musclecarsnyc.bsky.social at Good Room. More 📹 at: www.instagram.com/p/DLNOp1NMPf...
June 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Baltimore-raised/Sheffield-based DJ/producer @mauricefulton.bsky.social weaves together Aril Brikha’s “Groove La Chord” & Talking Heads’ “Pull Up the Roots” during his 🔥 all-night tag-team set with Brooklyn’s @musclecarsnyc.bsky.social at Good Room. More 📹 at: www.instagram.com/p/DLNOp1NMPf...
Blissful Saturday afternoon in @fortgreenepark witnessing a “battle” between Balinese gamelan ensembles Gamelan Dharma Swara (wearing white, at rear left) & Gamelan Yowana Satk (in lavender, right foreground), part of the annual Make Music NY festival. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DLOHyJIMxe...
June 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Blissful Saturday afternoon in @fortgreenepark witnessing a “battle” between Balinese gamelan ensembles Gamelan Dharma Swara (wearing white, at rear left) & Gamelan Yowana Satk (in lavender, right foreground), part of the annual Make Music NY festival. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DLOHyJIMxe...
Underground Resistance’s Mike Banks, Carl Craig, & Moodymann perform live versions of UR’s “The Final Frontier,” the Martian’s “Stardancer,” & the Aztec Mystic’s “The Jaguar” at the climax of their Movement Detroit set in Hart Plaza. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DKZn0weNnY...
June 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Underground Resistance’s Mike Banks, Carl Craig, & Moodymann perform live versions of UR’s “The Final Frontier,” the Martian’s “Stardancer,” & the Aztec Mystic’s “The Jaguar” at the climax of their Movement Detroit set in Hart Plaza. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DKZn0weNnY...
Belgian-born/London-based harpist/🎹 Nala Sinephro performs music from her excellent @warprecords.bsky.social album ENDLESSNESS live with 🥁 Natcyet Wakili, 🎹 Wonky Logic, & 🎷 James Mollison as part of the C2C Festival at Knockdown Center, Maspeth. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJunITWSqT...
May 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Belgian-born/London-based harpist/🎹 Nala Sinephro performs music from her excellent @warprecords.bsky.social album ENDLESSNESS live with 🥁 Natcyet Wakili, 🎹 Wonky Logic, & 🎷 James Mollison as part of the C2C Festival at Knockdown Center, Maspeth. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJunITWSqT...
Chicago 🎹/🎻/🎸/🎤 Macie Stewart performs music from the new @intlanthem.bsky.social album WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE with 🎻 gabby fluke-mogul & cellist Tomeka Reid at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJmZNZNN__...
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chicago 🎹/🎻/🎸/🎤 Macie Stewart performs music from the new @intlanthem.bsky.social album WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE with 🎻 gabby fluke-mogul & cellist Tomeka Reid at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJmZNZNN__...
The Bang On a Can All-Stars with guest 🎸 Gyan Riley perform “A Rainbow in Curved Air” at the 90th birthday tribute to Terry Riley, part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 finale at Pioneer Works, Red Hook. More 📹 clips + musician info at www.instagram.com/p/DJicqzxNGH...
May 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Bang On a Can All-Stars with guest 🎸 Gyan Riley perform “A Rainbow in Curved Air” at the 90th birthday tribute to Terry Riley, part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 finale at Pioneer Works, Red Hook. More 📹 clips + musician info at www.instagram.com/p/DJicqzxNGH...
Chicago 🎺/🎹/🪇 Ben LaMar Gay performs with tuba player Matthew Davis, 🥁 Tommaso Moretti, & 🎸 Edinho Gerber at Public Records as part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 in advance of his new @intlanthem.bsky.social album YOWZERS. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJhAmuFt8s...
May 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Chicago 🎺/🎹/🪇 Ben LaMar Gay performs with tuba player Matthew Davis, 🥁 Tommaso Moretti, & 🎸 Edinho Gerber at Public Records as part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 in advance of his new @intlanthem.bsky.social album YOWZERS. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJhAmuFt8s...
Highsmith (🎹 Craig Taborn & 💻 Ikue Mori) perform with cellist Tomeka Reid at the BRIC Ballroom as part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025, Fort Greene. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJW1CxINKZ...
May 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Highsmith (🎹 Craig Taborn & 💻 Ikue Mori) perform with cellist Tomeka Reid at the BRIC Ballroom as part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025, Fort Greene. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJW1CxINKZ...
Montreal-based ambient composer/🎹/💻 Tim Hecker performs live accompanied by 🎺 player & Japanese shō player Fumiya Otonashi on the opening night of Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 at Public Records, Gowanus. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJKGjuIuV9...
May 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Montreal-based ambient composer/🎹/💻 Tim Hecker performs live accompanied by 🎺 player & Japanese shō player Fumiya Otonashi on the opening night of Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival 2025 at Public Records, Gowanus. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJKGjuIuV9...
Brooklyn’s own Tomin Perea-Chamblee—the young 🎷/multi-instrumentalist who released my two favorite jazz albums of 2024, FLORES PARA VERENE/CANTOS PARA CARAMINA and A WILLED AND CONSCIOUS BALANCE—with his parents, following his duo performance with 🎹 Teiana Davis www.instagram.com/p/DIRWZJaOzH...
April 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Brooklyn’s own Tomin Perea-Chamblee—the young 🎷/multi-instrumentalist who released my two favorite jazz albums of 2024, FLORES PARA VERENE/CANTOS PARA CARAMINA and A WILLED AND CONSCIOUS BALANCE—with his parents, following his duo performance with 🎹 Teiana Davis www.instagram.com/p/DIRWZJaOzH...