MJ Lenderman: Last News

MJ Lenderman performed a surprise set at the opening of New York City’s new Night Club 101 on New Year’s Eve. Check out the footage below.The venue, named after its address at 101 Avenue A, is located on the site of New York’s iconic Pyramid Club, which closed permanently in 2021 after shutting its doors during the COVID pandemic.Opened in 1981, Pyramid Club held early performances from Madonna, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Nirvana.

MJ Lenderman has announced a 2025 UK and European tour, set to kick off later this summer. Check out the details below.He will kick off the dates on August 3 with a slot at OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland.

MJ Lenderman and Animal Collective are among the artists who have contributed to a new benefit album for victims of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.In September, Hurricane Helene hit the Southeastern states of the US, laying waste to areas of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and many more. The hurricane resulted in an estimate of 221 deaths and $78.7 billion in damages.Now, a new compilation album ‘We Love It Here’ has been released to raise funds for Lamplight AVL – a nonprofit that supports those in Asheville’s arts community impacted by the disaster.

MJ Lenderman has revealed that he will no longer tour with Wednesday.The ‘She’s Leaving You’ singer joined Wednesday in 2020 alongside Karly Hartzman, who originally formed the band as a solo project in 2017. Since then, they’ve released three albums – the latest being 2023’s ‘Rat Saw God‘ – and toured extensively.Now though, Lenderman has shared that his days on the road with the band have come to an end.

MJ Lenderman joined Yo La Tengo on stage in New York on Sunday (December 29) to cover Bob Dylan – check out footage below.The collaboration took place at the latest night of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at the Bowery Ballroom in the city, which sees the band play every night until January 1.Lenderman and his band The Wind were the opening act on the night and he later popped up again during Yo La Tengo’s set to play a version of ‘Something There Is About You’, a track from Dylan’s 1974 album ‘Planet Waves’.Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley was also on drums for the performance, and you can watch footage captured from the show below.@stevenhyden.bsky.social something there is about you featuring MJ, yo la tengo, Steve shelley— (@tinymontgomery.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T06:05:59.962Z‘You Are Here’ ‘Ohm’ ‘The Ballad Of Red Buckets’ ‘Tonight’s Episode’ ‘Let’s Do It Wrong’ ‘Something There Is About You’ ‘Don’t Have To Be So Sad’ ‘Nowhere Near’ ‘Deeper Into Movies’ ‘Drug Test’ ‘Out The Window’ ‘Sudden Organ’ ‘Sugarcube’ ‘Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss’ It is not the first noteworthy event to have taken place during Yo La Tengo’s current residency – on Saturday, the post-punk band The Soft Boys reunited to open the show and later joined Yo La Tengo for an encore that included songs by The Beatles and The Velvet Underground. Other guests to have joined them so far in the residency include Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Wilco’s Pat Sansone and comedian Fred Armisen.

MJ Lenderman treated his fans to a cover of Counting Crow‘s ‘A Long December’ at his show last week.The musician took over The Orange Peel in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina last Friday (December 20), as one of his rescheduled shows due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene back in October.The show was in support of his latest album ‘Manning Fireworks‘ and saw him and his band – The Wind, which features Lenderman’s Wednesday bandmate Xandy Chelmis – play a string of tracks from that LP including ‘Joker Lips’, ‘Rudolph’, ‘Wristwatch’ and more.To close out the gig, Lenderman treated the crowd to a rendition of Counting Crows‘ 1996 track ‘A Long December’, a fitting song considering the natural disaster North Carolina had recently faced.As per Stereogum, his cover followed his other Wednesday bandmate, vocalist Karly Hartzman performing her own rendition of ‘A Long December’. The moment took place during a gig at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina on December 17, where she was joined by Wednesday bassist Ethan Baechtold.Unlike Lenderman’s version, which felt true to the original song, Hartzman took a stripped-back approach and performed an acoustic version of the track, making the song much more emotional than it already is.The track was first released on December 2 1996 as the second single from Counting Crows’ second album ‘Recovering the Satellites’.

Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman have released a cover of Lucinda Williams‘ ‘Abandoned’ – listen to it below.The singer-songwriters teamed up to perform the song by the country veteran, who will co-headline a show with Waxahatchee – real name Katie Crutchfield – in March 2025.Crutchfield recorded the song as part of ‘Apple Music Nashville Sessions’, a three-track EP issued exclusively on Apple Music on Wednesday (December 4).The EP also features a rendition of ‘Right Back To It’, her Lenderman collaboration featured on this year’s ‘Tigers Blood’, which also saw the ‘Manning Fireworks’ musician play in her backing band through its twelve tracks. Listen to the ‘Apple Music Nashville Sessions’ EP on the streaming platform here.Crutchfield has also announced a one-day concert at Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch on March 14, 2025 – it will see a personally-curated line-up of acts that include co-headliner Williams, Futurebirds, Bill Callahan, Kam Franklin, and Brennan Wedl, with more acts to be announced down the line.

ØYA Festival has revealed the first few names on their 2025 line-up, including Chappell Roan, Khruangbin, Wet Leg and MJ Lenderman. Find out further details below.The 26th edition of the event is due to take place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 5 and 9.

MJ Lenderman has announced details of a UK headline tour, set to kick off next year. Find ticket details below.The new run of tour dates come as the US singer-songwriter recently dropped his latest album ‘Manning Fireworks’ to critical acclaim.It followed on from the three studio records that the indie guitarist has already released as a solo act, following his time with the band Wednesday: ‘MJ Lenderman’ (2019), ‘Ghost of Your Guitar Solo’ (2021) and ‘Boat Songs’ (2022).

It’s telling that Wednesday’s version of Drive-By Truckers’ “Women Without Whiskey” is the most faithful on their covers compilation Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’Em Up. Like many of Mike Cooley’s best songs, “Women Without Whiskey” meditates on misery and lands on absurdity.