Solange, Bjork, Robyn, Rosalia, FKA twigs, Brian Eno, Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Werner Herzog, Spike Lee, Grace Wales Bonner, Four Tet, Theaster Gates, Megan Thee Stallion, George Clinton, Pharaoh Sanders, Gil Scott-Heron, Iggy Pop, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, A$AP Rocky, Holly Herndon, Moodymann, Sophie, Daft Punk.
Recent Projects
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Barclays Center
Produced/presented over 30 shows at America’s oldest performing arts institution, in four venues across their campus. Including Music @ BAM curated by Hanif Abdurraqib (Dev Hynes, Moses Sumney, Mavis Staples), Eldorado Ballroom curated by Solange for Saint Heron (The Clark Sisters, Archie Shepp, Linda Sharrock, Kelela), two shows with Andre 3000, more.
Created Counterpoint, an annual free event series taking place at Barclays Center Plaza, presented by Clara Wu Tsai’s Social Justice Fund. 2023’s premiere event featured three ensembles totaling 40 musicians performing three Steve Reich “Counterpoint” compositions. 2024’s event was a collaboration with the Brooklyn Raga Massive, with five different ensembles fusing Indian classical music tradition and modern innovation.
Red Bull + Red Bull Music Academy
Creative lead for Red Bull’s music initiatives and the Red Bull Music Academy Festivals in North America. Created, curated, and programmed city-wide live event series in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Montreal. Responsible for over 300 original, conceptual events, commissions, and collaborations. Staged shows for churches and opera houses, city streets and parks, theaters and dance floors, raw spaces and soundstages, and many institutions and performing arts centers. True collaboration with 100+ artists. Over 30 New York Times show reviews and features below.
VICE Records
Ash Fure - Playing CTM Festival in Berlin on January 27. New album ANIMAL out on Smalltown Supersound March 28.
COLORSxSTUDIO - Produced first foray into large-scale events in the US for global artist platform, with Moses Sumney and Mustafa.
Wu-Tang Clan - Produced series of public listening sessions for fabled Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album, for PleasrDAO.
Grace Wales Bonner - Produced music event with artists from across the African diaspora during Paris Fashion Week, as part of the UK designer’s Togetherness series.
Tinnitus Music Series - The NYC premiere of protest and performance art group Pussy Riot Siberia.
Space Perspective - Artist partnerships for innovative space travel company.
Co-Founder, General Manager, and Head of A&R for VICE’s record label, first an imprint of Atlantic Records, then a fully independent label. Signed and led campaigns for The Streets, Bloc Party, Justice, Death From Above 1979, Chromeo, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Boredoms. Released Daft Punk’s feature film Electroma.
Giorgio Moroder, Justice, James Murphy, Eddie Palmieri, Flying Lotus, Teyana Taylor, Gucci Mane, St. Vincent, Dev Hynes, Mavis Staples, Moses Sumney, Moor Mother, Kamasi Washington, Chaka Khan, Darren Aronofsky, The Streets, Bloc Party, Tierra Whack, Slayer, Best Coast, Arca, Miley Cyrus.
Scion/Toyota
Developed and executed music strategy for Toyota car brand. Worked with hundreds of artists on recorded music projects, videos, content series, documentary films, and touring initiatives. Programmed monthly concerts and dance parties. Created the critically-acclaimed Scion Rock Fest, with over 100 bands in different cities.
Adult Swim
Blackened Music Series/ Tinnitus Music Series
Artist Management
TVT Records
For 10 years curated music projects with Adult Swim television. Commissioned original music from over 300 artists for the Adult Swim Singles series. Created eight genre-specific compilations with over 100 artists. Consultant on festivals and other programming.
Long running series presenting extreme music seriously. The Blackened Music Series featured Neurosis, Sunn O))), Mastodon, Immortal, Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Merzbow, and more. The Tinnitus Music Series, co-presented with Brandon Stousy, featured Autechre, Holly Herndon, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Oneohtrix Point Never, and more
Managed California rock band Best Coast, garage/punk auteur Jay Reatard, and black metal/Scandinavian folk artist Myrkur. Currently managing sonic installation artist Ash Fure.
A&R, Marketing, Digital, International, and Publicity for large independent record label. Made over 30 records, including original albums, reissues, DJ mixes, and compilations. Signed Guided By Voices and Brian Jonestown Massacre, worked closely with Gil Scott-Heron, Juan Atkins, Warp Records, Wax Trax! Records. Liaised label deals with Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube.
Politics + Music
Organized talent for Ruth Bader Ginsburg tribute (Miley Cyrus, Hayley Williams, Phoebe Bridgers, Teyana Taylor, Michael Stipe, Kathleen Hanna). Organized talent for Stacey Abrams Fair Fight fundraiser (Ludacris, Jermaine Dupri, Monica). Organized talent for event celebrating Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court (Chaka Khan, Yolanda Adams).
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Cathedral of St. John The Divine, Town Hall, Angel Orensantz, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn Masonic Temple, Knockdown Center, Crown Hill Theatre, Great Hall at Cooper Union, El Museo de Barrio, Garfield Park Conservancy, Wintrust Arena, Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago History Museum, Los Angeles Theater, Paramount Studios Lot, Hollywood Palladium.
ADAM SHORE’S EVENTS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
2008
Review: Easing Taut Prog-Metal Into a Majestic Crunch
2009
Review: Two Bands, a Million Decibels
Review: Repetitive Guitar Strums Rooted in Metal but Not Confined by It
2010
Feature: Metal Variety: Death, Doom, Black and Cars
Gallery: Marketing and Metal: Images from the Scion Rock Fest Columbus
Review: Back Together, and It Seems Like 1993
Review: Take a Little Metal, Add a Bit of Elegance
Review: Loud and Middle-Aged, But It’s Not a Reunion
2011
Review: Different Trips From Georgia to New York
Review: Fresh Off Hiatus, Pleasing Fans and Testing Stamina
Review: Music With Texture, Shaking the Auditorium
Review: The Truths That Only Repetition Reveals
Feature: Backing Indie Bands to Sell Cars
2012
Feature: Metalheads of All Alloys, Swirling Into the Night
Gallery: Scion Rock Fest: Scenes from the music festival in Tampa, Fla. (slideshow)
2013
Feature: Live Music and a Canned Patron
Podcast: Popcast: Red Bull, Highly Caffeinated Tastemaker
Review: A House of Drone, Ecstatic and Raw, With a Potent Aura of Largess
Review: For Six Hours at a Festival, the Sound of Extremes Colliding
Review: D.J. Crews Strut Through Four Rounds of Battle
Review: Revisiting a Breakthrough With Roots in the Disco Floor
Review: Relay Race As Artists Improvise 2 at a Time
Review: Across the Miles and Years, a Gathering of Hip-Hop Beats
2014
Review: A Producer and His Pulsating, Rhythmic Ways
Review: Vying for Bragging Rights, Prancing Pros and Amateurs
Review: Music That Must Speak for Itself, Now That Its Composer Is Staying Quiet
Review: ‘Electronic Africa’ Pushes Dance Rhythms to a Breakneck Speed
Preview: Red Bull Music Academy to Return to New York
Review: Artificial, With a Human Touch
Review: Moogfest: Avant-Pop and Analog Geekery
2015
Review: ‘Red Hot + Arthur Russell’ Pays Funky, Introspective Tribute to a Composer and Musician
Review: An Apt Basement Celebration of Tri Angle Records
Review: Movement Drives the Music at FKA twigs’s ‘Congregata’
Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House
Review: The GHE20G0TH1K Party Says It Is Flicking On the Lights
Review: Finding Balance in Braying, Shattering, Crackling Electronics
Review: Holly Herndon, With Laptops, at the Wick
Feature: FKA twigs Lives Large, in ‘Congregata’ and Beyond
Preview: The Red Bull Music Academy Festival Arrives
Preview: Red Bull Music Academy New York Program to Include FKA Twigs
Preview: ‘Electronic Africa’ at Red Bull Music Academy Festival
Review: Stephen O’Malley, Stretching a Guitar Chord to Its Limits
2016
Review: Diamanda Galás Has Dark Moments and Gallows Humor
Review: Kamasi Washington’s Spiritual Circle, Looking Inward
Review: Musicians on Speed Dates
Review: Anohni’s Declaration Against War
Review: Eddie Palmieri Reprises a Tantalizing ‘Harlem River Drive’
Review: Glenn Branca’s Symphonies Resound With the Power of the Here and Now
Review: Skepta and Dizzee Rascal Illustrate Grime’s Push and Pull
Feature: Anohni: Embracing a New Name, and Sound
Feature: Diamanda Galás, Still Wild and Primal, Returns to the New York Stage
Preview: Eclectic Lineup Adds to Credibility of Red Bull Music Event
Review: The Best Classical Music of 2016
Preview: Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for May 6-12
Preview: Jazz Listings for May 6-12
Preview: Pop & Rock Listings for May 13-19
2017
Review: A 100-Car Army of Sound in Los Angeles
Review: The Red Bull Music Academy Festival Still Prizes Energy and Inclusion
Preview: Solange and Werner Herzog Among Artists at Red Bull Music Academy Festival
Preview: Red Bull Music Academy Festival: Gqom and Patrick Adams
Preview: Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week
Podcast: Festivals That Inspire Awe, and Festivals That Lead to Criminal Investigations
2018
Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer
Feature: Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over
2019
Feature: Critic’s Notebook: The World (of Pop Music) Comes to New York
Preview: The Week in Arts: ‘Pepperland,’ Moor Mother and ‘Shetland’
2022
Feature: Republicans Target Progressive Advocacy Group Amid Opposition to Jackson
2023
Review: Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM
2024
Feature: An Innovative Vocalist Lost Her Speech, but She’s Still Performing
Preview: What to Do in New York City in November
OTHER NOTABLE PRESS
How Red Bull Became One Of The Most Respected Brands In Music
Interviews, Mentions, Acknowledgments
BOOKS
Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk by Dan Sicko (Billboard Books, 1999)
Guided By Voices: A Brief History by James Greer (Black Cat, 2005)
Bob Mould: See A Little Light by Bob Mould with Michael Azerrad (Little, Brown and Company, 2011)
Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices by Matthew Cutter (Da Capo, 2018)
Keep Music Evil: The Brian Jonestown Massacre Story by Jesse Valencia (Jawbone, 2019)
Bedroom Beats & B-Sides by Laurent Fintoni (Velocity Press, 2020)
Zeppelin Over Dayton: Guided By Voices Album By Album by Jeff Gomez Jawbone, 2020)
First Floor: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture Vol.1 by Shawn Reynaldo (Velocity Press, 2023)
In The Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with the The Brian Jonestown Massacre by Joel Gion (Rare Bird, 2024)
FILM
DIG!, directed by Ondi Timoner (2004)
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard, directed by Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz (2012)
Life After Death From Above 1979, directed by Eva Michon (2014)
Assembly Required: Teyana Taylor, directed by Justin Reid (2020)
DIG!XX, directed Ondi Timoner (2024)