Wharton Tiers Ensemble play XPO929 Tuesday October 16

Also appearing: Aquadora, Neg-Fi

XPO929 is located at 929 Broadway in Brooklyn

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Marathon Man

Here’s a clip of Wharton Tiers performing the closing movement of “Ascension: The Sequel” with the Glenn Branca Ensemble during last Sunday’s Bang On A Can Marathon in New York City:

Wharton Tiers music featured in No Wave documentary

Directed by French newcomer Céline Danhier, Blank City is an oral history of the “No Wave Cinema” and “Cinema of Transgression” movements, featuring acclaimed directors Jim Jarmusch and John Waters, actor-writer-director Steve Buscemi, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Hip Hop legend Fab 5 Freddy, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and photographer Richard Kern, among many others.

The soundtrack includes Patti Smith, Television, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Contortions, The Bush Tetras, Sonic Youth — and Wharton Tiers. True! Featured in the new documentary are two Wharton Tiers songs: “Move It Time” by Glorious Strangers and “No Love” by A Band.

NO-CORE reviews Wharton Tiers Ensemble at Silent Barn

“A totally classic NYC-flavored experience, part Branca/Live Skull/Sonic Youth, part Television/New York Dolls.” Read more at NO-CORE (Photo © NO-CORE)

New York Times review of Glenn Branca's Symphony # 15

“[Branca’s] symphony No. 15 for 12 musicians, performed for the first time on Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge and subtitled “Running Through the World Like an Open Razor,” ran about two-thirds along familiar lines and one-third off the wall. It signaled a difference from the start; as it moved along, it grew weirdly wide, showing a completely different side of his musical imagination, if only to make you prefer the one you already knew.” Read more at the New York Times

World premiere of Glenn Branca's "Symphony No. 15 (Music For Strange Orchestra)"

Wharton Tiers is among the musicians performing at the world premiere of “Symphony No. 15 (Music For Strange Orchestra)” by Glenn Branca at Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, on November 20-21, 2010.

Musicians for Symphony No. 15: Reg Bloor, Glenn Branca, Evelyne Buhler, Libby Fab, Eric Hubel (of the Wharton Tiers Ensemble), Justin Kantor, Greg McMullen, Ben Miller, Sarah Mullins, John Myers, Wharton Tiers, Ryan Walsh and Evans Wohlforth.

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Glenn Branca official site

Wharton Tiers Ensemble at Passout Record Shop, Williamsburg

On April 16, 2010, the Wharton Tiers Ensemble performed at a party commemorating the closing of Passout Record Shop and the birthday of Passout proprietor and Ensemble member Perry “PeeWee” Masco. Thanks to Mark Richards for capturing this video of WTE performing “Border Patrol.”

Wharton Tiers Ensemble with J. Mascis, "Hi Lo" (Smith College 1997)

The Wharton Tiers Ensemble performs “Hi Lo” with guest guitarist J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1997.

Photos and video of last night's Knitting Factory show

The Ensemble performed last night at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, sharing the bill with RICE, the Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter Group and headliners An Albatross.

Thanks to Mark Richards for sharing these photos and video of the event. Higher resolution versions of these photos can be seen on his Flickr photostream.

Wharton Tiers at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wharton, who played drums for Glenn Branca’s seminal No Wave band, Theoretical Girls, was among the many artists featured in The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 21–August 2, 2009.

Educated in the self-reflexive and critical principles of Minimal and Conceptual art, this tightly knit group of artists brought those lessons to bear on a return to recognizable imagery, exploring how images shape our perceptions of ourselves and the world. Featured were 160 works in all media by thirty artists.

View images from the exhibition
Listen to a preview of the exhibition’s online audio guide