May 16, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Watch: Le1f “Sup”
If it wasn’t clear enough from the video for his last single, “Boom,” it’s worth explicitly noting how little ...
May 16, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 16: Kara Walker’s ‘A Subtlety’ @ Domino Sugar Factory 7pm (FREE!)
Kara Walker’s A Subtlety @ Domino Sugar Factory 7pm (FREE!)
An Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined ...
May 15, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Interview: Amen Dunes is Punk in ‘Love’
Amen Dunes has a knack for music that forces trancelike introspection or solipsism, though the psychedelic tag attached to the sound ...
May 15, 2014 at 10:30 am
Listen: Sharon Van Etten “Your Love Is Killing Me”
Sharon Van Etten has grown in virtually every aspect as an artist with each successive album. Are We There, her upcoming album on ...
May 15, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Dead Stars “Someone Else”
Dead Stars practically take you on a walking tour of Brooklyn in their newest video for “Someone Else,” a single off of ...
May 15, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 15: Beneath the 7 Train @ The Living Gallery 7pm (FREE!)
Beneath the 7 Train @ The Living Gallery 7pm (FREE!)
Ever wondered what someone drumming beneath the 7 train would sound like? Find ...
May 14, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Watch: First Aid Kit “My Silver Lining”
Back in 2008, Swedish sister act, First Aid Kit, caused a mild ruckus after covering Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” ...
May 14, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Fucked Up “Sun Glass”
Fucked Up’s new album, Glass Boys, is quickly approaching release. Each successive song we’ve heard from the album has ...
May 14, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 14: The Faint, Suuns @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($25)
The Faint, Suuns @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($25)
The Faint are back, bitches. Come dance with them and Suuns ...
May 13, 2014 at 2:15 pm
‘Güeros’ Review: Lost Boys Eat Their Vegetables Too
April is gone, which also means so long, Tribeca Film Festival! Concluding last month, one of the fest’s standout films was ...
May 13, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Review: Amen Dunes ‘Love’
It’s hard to describe the feeling of a late night or early morning, especially during the summer months. On the East Coast, ...
May 13, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 13: ‘Palo Alto’ @ Film Society Lincoln Center 9:55pm ($13)
Palo Alto @ Film Society Lincoln Center 9:55pm ($13)
Palo Alto is adapted from short stories by James Franco, directed by Gia Coppola, ...
May 12, 2014 at 11:00 am
Throwback Review: Weezer ‘Blue Album’
It was middle school, and I was fat and in and out of phases minute to minute. Vaguely punk, vaguely gothic, vaguely skater, vaguely ...
May 12, 2014 at 8:00 am
Watch: Sharon Van Etten “Every Time the Sun Comes Up”
Sharon Van Etten knows that it’s hard to be yourself these days. When everyone relishes irony, what happens to authenticity? As ...
May 12, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 12: Hang at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Hang at Brooklyn Bridge Park
The weather’s supposed to be in the upper 70s today which means GO OUTSIDE. Get a blanket and a ...
May 9, 2014 at 2:12 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: HIGH WAISTED
High Waisted is a wildly fun quartet of locals, bringing sunny, lo-fi surf rock to the not-so-beachy streets of NYC. Reverb-layered ...
May 9, 2014 at 8:30 am
May 10: ODESZA, Beat Culture @ Knitting Factory 11pm ($14)
ODESZA, Beat Culture @ Knitting Factory 11pm ($14)
The Seattle production duo headlines a sold out show tonight. More info ...
May 9, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 9: Mogwai, Majeure @ Terminal 5 7pm ($27.50)
Mogwai, Majeure @ Terminal 5 7pm ($27.50)
Mogwai just put out the critically lauded (with good reason) Rave Tapes this year. See ...
May 8, 2014 at 3:58 pm
6 Things We’ve Learned From Jim Jarmusch Films
Jim Jarmusch could probably make a feature film about the canning industry and subsequently create a stylish and entertaining piece of ...
May 8, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Listen: Guided by Voices ‘Table at Fool’s Tooth’
You’re going to want to turn up the volume on this one. Once you do, bask in the qualities that mark a vintage GBV song – scuzzy, ...
May 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm
If You Liked Under the Skin, Here Are Three Other Creepy, Slow-Burn Movies
Under the Skin is receiving worthwhile accolades for being quite unlike anything that’s come before it. LA Weekly has proclaimed ...
May 8, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Sia “Chandelier”
I’ve been convinced ever since the time of its release that Sia’s “Chandelier” would be one of the hits of ...
May 8, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 8: Young Magic’s ‘Breathing Statues’ Release Party @ Sleep No More 10:30pm (FREE!!)
Young Magic’s Breathing Statues Release Party @ Sleep No More 10:30pm (FREE!!)
We’ve been so excited for Young ...
May 7, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Five Vacation Books to Read When You Can’t Afford One
Ah yes, vacation. That lovely thing people do, to get away from it all and get as close to the idea of heaven on earth, as they can. ...
May 7, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Listen: BANKS “Goddess”
Every time Banks drops another track she reveals a little more about herself. The latest offering, “Goddess” (produced by Lil ...
May 7, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 7: Wye Oak, Braids @ Webster Hall 7:30pm ($22)
Wye Oak, Braids @ Webster Hall 7:30pm ($22)
We’ve been pretty excited for Wye Oak’s Shriek for a while now. Shriek has ...
May 6, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Watch: Garbage “Girls Talk” Feat. Brody Dalle
Garbage was just one of many artists getting in on Record Store Day’s vinyl love fest, which sadly comes but one day a year. The ...
May 6, 2014 at 2:52 pm
Listen: The Antlers “Hotel”
The Antlers‘ lush, grandiose, all-encompassing soundscapes seem, at this point, almost meticulously constructed to encourage ...
May 6, 2014 at 12:00 pm
10 Things We Learned About Body Image, Feminism, and Being an Asshole from Amy Schumer and Gabourey Sidibe
We wish we had been invited to the Gloria Awards and Gala. Not only was the bash basically a giant birthday celebration for Gloria ...
May 6, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Ought “Habit”
Constellation is one of my favorite record labels in the world. It’s home to such luminaries as Godspeed You! Black Emporer and ...
May 6, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 6: Slint @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($30)
Slint @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($30)
The post-rock, post-hardcore heroes are back and sound damn good. Trust me, I saw them ...
May 5, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 5: ‘Taxi Driver’ On Netflix
Taxi Driver On Netflix
Make your Monday a little better by watching the Scorsese directed classic tonight on ...
May 2, 2014 at 11:30 am
Listen: Hooray For Earth “Keys”
Brooklyn’s Hooray for Earth have built quite a nice niche for themselves since their debut album in 2008. They play a similar ...
May 2, 2014 at 8:30 am
May 3: Against Me!, Tony Molina, Big Eyes @ Webster Hall 6pm ($25)
Against Me!, Tony Molina, Big Eyes @ Webster Hall 6pm ($25)
Against Me! is one of our faves as you can tell by this review. Tony ...
May 2, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 2: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ @ Film Society Lincoln Center 7pm ($13)
Only Lovers Left Alive @ Film Society Lincoln Center 7pm ($13)
Is anybody else kind of surprised that this is Jim Jarmusch’s ...
May 1, 2014 at 4:01 pm
The Truth is Either Terrible or Boring: An interview With Artist Brandon Sines
Whether he’s quoting sage wisdom from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie or taking an Inception-worthy selfie, Brandon ...
May 1, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Throwback Album Review: Hasil Adkins ‘Chicken Walk/ She’s Mine’
Hasil Adkins (Pronounced ‘Hassle’ sort of like those dudes who try and sell their hip hop album to you on Broadway) is a now ...
May 1, 2014 at 12:49 pm
Listen: Baths “Ocean Death”
Will Wiesenfeld has come a long way from the starchy pop of Cerulean, his debut album as Baths, released on Anticon in 2010. The ...
May 1, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Fucked Up “Led By Hand”
We’ve got a red alert Reese’s Cup scenario here.Not only did we get a new song from punk elites Fucked Up this week, but ...
May 1, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 1: Richard Renaldi’s ‘Touching Strangers’ @ Aperture 6pm (FREE!)
Richard Renaldi’s Touching Strangers @ Aperture 6pm (FREE!)
What happens when a photographer places strangers in a photo ...
April 30, 2014 at 3:37 pm
Watch: David Lynch “The Big Dream (Moby Reversion Feat. Mindy Jones)”
Surrealist film guru David Lynch has teamed up with Moby for a reversion of his song “The Big Dream,” the opening track ...
April 30, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Watch: Habibi “I Got the Moves”
The one time (two times? three times?) I got detention in high school I had to come in on Saturday morning and spend the whole day ...
April 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Listen: Big K.R.I.T. “Mt. Olympus”
Mississippi emcee Justin Scott, a.k.a. Big K.R.I.T., has had a productive year so far. Earlier in the year he gave us a whole week of ...
April 30, 2014 at 10:00 am
A Few Of Our Favorite Things: TEEN
TEEN, the Brooklyn by way of Nova Scotia trio of sisters, and Boshra AlSaadi, captured our attention with the psychedelic harmonies ...
April 30, 2014 at 8:00 am
Apr 30: Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat @ Webster Hall 7:30pm ($18)
Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat @ Webster Hall 7:30pm ($18)
Everyone’s favorite new synthy gloomgazers (with ...
April 29, 2014 at 10:02 pm
April 29th – May 8th: Orson Welles’ ‘Othello’ @ Film Forum
This is not your Dad’s Othello, or wait, it came out in 1952, so it is your Dads, Othello. Actually, it’s probably your ...
April 29, 2014 at 2:14 pm
Harmony Korine shared his favorite films and we reviewed them
Recently, writer/director, Harmony Korine of KIDS and Spring Breakers fame, released a list of his favorite films and we decided to ...
April 29, 2014 at 1:06 pm
10 Years Later and It’s Still “New Slang” to Us: ‘Garden State’ 10-Year Anniversary
It’s been a decade since the release of Zach Braff’s directorial debut Garden State (2004). By now, Andrew “Large” ...
April 29, 2014 at 8:00 am
Apr 29: Cosmonauts, Butter The Children, OxenFree, Cave Needles, Water @ Pianos 6:30pm ($8)
Cosmonauts, Butter The Children, OxenFree, Cave Needles, Water @ Pianos 6:30pm ($8)
This stacked bill is going to rule. Purchase ...
April 28, 2014 at 8:00 am
Apr 28: ‘The Eric Andre Show’ on Adult Swim
The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim
Nothing cures the Monday blues like the absurd comedic stylings of Eric Andre, Hannibal Buress, ...