Sept 1: Fool’s Gold Day Off @ 50 Kent Avenue, 3pm ($20)
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August 29, 2014
Fool’s Gold Day Off @ 50 Kent Avenue 3pm ($20) Looking for something to do this Labor Day? Fool’s Gold Day Off returns to NYC with
Fool’s Gold Day Off @ 50 Kent Avenue 3pm ($20) Looking for something to do this Labor Day? Fool’s Gold Day Off returns to NYC with
Rich Girls dig reverb and cocktails (as they proudly declare on Facebook), but as a band that has previously identified themselves as “drug-fi“ this shouldn’t
Tucked away in the back room of Rough Trade, the band Bear In Heaven glowed under yellow, purple and green lights. The crowd of mustaches
So, this was different. We frequent all of the usual NYC haunts for music, from dive bar to stadium, but rarely do we get the
Joanna Gruesome, Big Ups @ South Street Seaport 7pm (FREE!!) Joanna Gruesome, they of the great band name. Big Ups, they of the self styled
BORDELLO @ Bizarre Bushwick 10pm ($5 suggested donation for performers) Remember our issues #2 release party? Remember the insane fire display? Well, take all that
Kim Sielbeck’s lush and vibrant illustrations have found their way onto album covers and been recognized by acclaimed arts outlets like American Illustration and the
AFROPUNK — our beloved, diverse, (not to mention free) counterculture festival — returned to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park for its 10th annual incarnation this past weekend, touting
When we were rounding out the final lineup for our spring showcase at Brooklyn Night Bazaar last March, the guys in Anamanaguchi highly recommended Maxo.
The Drums have been off the radar since 2011’s excellent Portamento, a honest and oftentimes painfully relatable album about the crumbling of a romantic relationship. Three years
Arcade Fire @ Barclays Center 8pm ($30) Look, I know you know who Arcade Fire are. How can you not. Their latest album has some
FPopular Canadian culture is kind of sad, and kind of hilarious, but mostly sad. Yeah, sad is the adjective I’m going to go with here.
I have a fantasy. When I see kids on skateboards or sucking on cigarettes in Washington Square Park, I retreat to my manufactured suburban paradise.
I’ve never tried Banoffee cake, but I’m pretty sure that digging your teeth into the creamy banana-and-toffee-flavored fluff must provoke a somewhat similar sensation as
Dan Snaith, the mastermind behind Caribou, will be releasing a new album this October titled Our Love, coming to you via his long term label
After winning our hearts with their debut album Summer’s Gone in 2012, the American production duo is now finally giving us more. The promising new
Basement, Pity Sex, Superheaven, Ovlov @ Webster Hall 8pm ($13) I’m pretty sure Basement and Pity Sex should combine to create the supergroup known as
After releasing their mind-blowing debut full-length, Psychic, late last year, Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington’s collaborative project DARKSIDE is already calling it quits. The duo took to
Post-punk outfit Big Ups released a video for “Justice,” a track from their debut album, Eighteen Hours of Static. The video is a colorful and
Since 2008, Drew Lustman has been inventing and reinventing himself and his sound, resulting in the release of three successful albums (Love Is Liability and
Every season boasts its own set of unique characteristics. Autumn’s warm-hued beauty is bountiful and festive. Winter brings snowfall and holidays and nostalgia. Spring offers
Vince Staples may lay his claim to the Long Beach, Calif. rap thrown left unoccupied after Snoop Dog turned into Snoop Lion and became
Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, Sean Nicholas Savage @ Central Park Summerstage 7pm (FREE!!) This is a free show. It’s Blood Orange. What else needs to
Twin Peaks @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($12) There’s a lot of expectation when your band shares the same name as David Lynch’s acclaimed television
Versatile is the only way to describe Porter Robinson’s debut album Worlds. The size. The sound. Everything from the orchestral quasi-concerto “Fellow Feeling” to the
Here’s something a little different for your usual summer festival circuit. Out in the Streets — a Brooklyn-based music and arts festival in its second
I made a late-night stop at Baby’s All Right, a bar that is quickly becoming the hottest music venue in Brooklyn, to catch a trio
We have the pleasure of premiering the newest single from The Britanys, a young trio straight from Brooklyn touting a brand of lo-fi rock that
St. Vincent, San Fermin @ Prospect Park Bandshell 7:30pm (FREE!!) Mourn the culmination of BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn concert series and welcome the dog days of
The Presidents Of The United States Of America @ Irving Plaza 7pm ($25) Millions of peaches, peaches for me. Millions of peaches, peaches for, well,
Deers, a garage pop duo hailing from Madrid, released a video for “Trippy Gum,” which is exactly one half off of their debut two track
Have you and your significant other recently put hideous orange traffic cones on your heads and gleefully giggled at how dumb/adorable you two looked? No? Well, no wonder