March 18, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 18: NPR’s Ask Me Another with Hannibal Buress @ The Bell House
NPR’s Ask Me Another with Hannibal Buress @ The Bell House
Has your crush on Hannibal Buress been magnified by his character ...
March 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 17: ‘Freaks and Geeks’ on Netflix
‘Freaks and Geeks’ on Netflix
If you somehow missed watching the spectacular one and only season of Freaks and Geeks when ...
March 14, 2014 at 8:30 am
Mar 14: Beautiful Beast @ Brooklyn Fireproof 5pm (FREE!)
Beautiful Beast @ Brooklyn Fireproof 5pm
From the shores of Lucy Vincent Beach to Pembroke Hospital and everywhere in-between, ...
March 13, 2014 at 2:12 pm
Mixtape: It Kinda Got Real Last Night
The problem with the superhuman courage we get from alcohol is that it’s gone in the morning, along with our pride and dignity. Few ...
March 13, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Turning Up on ‘Moonshine’: An Interview with Artist Mike Hinson
Delaware’s Mike Hinson, now based in Brooklyn, has a knack for storytelling of the bizarre kind. Or, in the case of his ...
March 11, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 11: Cat Power @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6pm ($40)
Cat Power @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6pm ($40)
Cat Power’s lovely soulful voice is going to really shine during this solo ...
March 10, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Band Crush: Neighbors @ Baby’s All Right (2/26)
Review: Neighbors at Baby’s All Right (2/26)
Neighbors’ latest album, Failure, is out March 25. In advance of its release, the ...
March 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Japanther “Do It (Don’t Try It)”
Our hometown punk duo have just released a bare bones video for “Do It (Don’t Try It),” the flyby first single off ...
March 10, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 10: ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ on Netflix
Cutie and the Boxer on Netflix
The Oscar-nominated documentary focuses on the symbiotic relationships of the artists Ushio and ...
March 7, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Mar 8: The Un(fair) Art Show @ 500 W. 52nd St 2pm (FREE!)
The Un(fair) Art Show @ 500 W. 52nd St 2pm (FREE!)
The Armory Show’s $20 (student price) ticket is still pretty steep. This ...
March 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm
9 Reasons You Should Binge Watch ‘Broad City’
In the first few seconds of Broad City‘s pilot episode you get a masturbation joke and a Skype sex scene. This wouldn’t ...
March 7, 2014 at 10:30 am
Listen: The Fresh & Onlys “Bells of Paonia”
Take a sonic break from Brooklyn and hear this SF-based group’s new single, off their upcoming album, House of Spirits, out ...
March 7, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 7: Screaming Females, Tuff Tits, Special Guest @ Silent Barn 8pm ($10)
Screaming Females, Tuff Tits, Special Guest @ Silent Barn 8pm ($10)
Another day, another show with a secret guest! Wonder who this ...
March 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Listen: Son Lux feat. Lorde “Easy (Switch Screens)”
Son Lux has officially teamed up with everyone’s favorite pop starlet, Lorde, on a track for his new EP Alternate Worlds, which ...
March 6, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 6: Swearin’, Cassie Ramone @ Cake Shop 8pm ($10)
Swearin’, Cassie Ramone @ Cake Shop 8pm ($10)
With a lineup like this, who’s the secret band? Advance tickets here. ...
March 5, 2014 at 11:00 am
Watch: Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX “Fancy”
What do you get when you put two of the most baddass women in pop and hip hop together for a song? A nostalgic — both sonically ...
March 5, 2014 at 8:08 am
Mar 5: Coke Weed, Beverly, Truthers @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Coke Weed, Beverly, Truthers @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
You already know we’re big fans of Beverly. Tickets ...
March 4, 2014 at 8:51 pm
Review: Lushes ‘What Am I Doing’
Lushes is the compelling and moody brainchild of James Ardery and Joel Myers, and like their homophonic moniker (see: ...
March 4, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 4: ‘Fugazi: Instrument’ @ Nitehawk Cinema 9:30pm ($11)
Fugazi: Instrument @ Nitehawk Cinema 9:30pm ($11)
The classic Fugazi documentary is screening at Nitehawk for one night only! Tickets ...
March 3, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 3: ‘Happy Go Lucky’ on Netflix
‘Happy Go Lucky’ on Netflix
I promise tomorrow night you can go out, but first you gotta watch Mike Leigh’s Happy ...
March 2, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 2: ‘Home Movies’ on YouTube
‘Home Movies’ on YouTube
No, not those kind of home movies. For the uninitiated, Home Movies is one of the best TV shows ...
March 1, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 1: ‘As I Lay Dying’ on Netflix
‘As I Lay Dying’ on Netflix
“Ambitious” and James Franco are synonymous at this point. Does his adaptation of ...
February 28, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Listen: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart “Simple and Sure”
Known as top-tier puppet masters of the ’90s indie-pop retro-vival, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart seemed to be slowly ...
February 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Listen: Slow Club “Tears of Joy”
Indie pop duo Slow Club dip into a smooth and subtle R&B jam for their latest single, “Tears of Joy.” Strategic ...
February 28, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 28: Ski Lodge, Starlight Girls, The Belle Game @ Glasslands 8pm ($10)
Ski Lodge, Starlight Girls, The Belle Game @ Glasslands 8pm ($10)
If you haven’t read our interview with Ski Lodge, read it ...
February 27, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Le1f “Boom”
Fresh from signing with Terrible Records, New York based rapper Le1f finally dropped his first single off his upcoming EP, Hey. This ...
February 26, 2014 at 4:59 pm
Watch: The Faint “Help in the Head”
Dance-punk veterans the Faint recently announced their next album, Doom Abuse, will be released on SQE Music on April 8th and that a ...
February 26, 2014 at 10:00 am
Review: Beck ‘Morning Phase’
Released on the heels of a lengthy, six-year hiatus and billed as a “companion piece of sorts” to his lauded, intensely ...
February 26, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 26: Neighbors, Incan Abraham, Cultfever, Cold Fronts @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Neighbors, Incan Abraham, Cultfever, Cold Fronts @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Neighbors first caught our attention with the ...
February 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Review: Bleeding Rainbow ‘Interrupt’
Bleeding Rainbow’s Yeah Right, released just last year, encapsulated the sound of adolescence. It is pretty apparent from the ...
February 25, 2014 at 1:50 pm
The Playful and the Grotesque: An Interview with Artist Kristen M. Liu
The chilling, exaggerated mouths on Kristen M. Liu’s figures overflow with big blocky teeth, as if they didn’t have enough skin ...
February 25, 2014 at 10:00 am
Review: St. Vincent’s Marvelous, Terrifying ‘St. Vincent’
St. Vincent’s eponymous fourth album has been hotly anticipated by, well, everyone, for quite some time now, and it does not ...
February 25, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 25: Dead Leaf Echo, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, The Harrow @ Union Pool 8pm ($8)
Dead Leaf Echo, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, The Harrow @ Union Pool 8pm ($8)
Dead Leaf Echo is one of my favorite shoegaze-y bands and ...
February 24, 2014 at 2:00 pm
8 Albums To Listen To After Hearing Someone Say Green Day Is Still Punk
At some point in our lives we are inevitably told one or all of the following things: Bruce Springsteen’s band is good, The Black ...
February 24, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 24: Excepter, Zs, Lushes @ Baby’s All Right 10pm ($10)
Excepter, Zs, Lushes @ Baby’s All Right 10pm ($10)
We are really stoked for Lushes’s new record and they release it ...
February 21, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Kelis “Jerk Ribs”
Throughout Kelis’ tumultuous career, she has never produced a video quite like this. “Jerk Ribs” is the first video off her ...
February 21, 2014 at 8:30 am
Feb 22: ‘Loving’ @ BAM Rose Cinemas 9:30pm ($13)
‘Loving’ @ BAM Rose Cinemas 9:30pm ($13)
Loving is screening as part of BAM’s series focusing on Polish cinema. ...
February 21, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 21: Widowspeak, Jessica Pratt, Porches, Ponyhof @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar 6pm (FREE!)
Widowspeak, Jessica Pratt, Porches, Ponyhof @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar 6pm (FREE!)
Widowspeak’s lovely “Minnewaska” ...
February 20, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Listen: Happy Diving “Complacent”
Coming to you from Northern California, Happy Diving delivers noisy punk with a splash of a pop, feeling almost reminiscent of the ...
February 20, 2014 at 11:00 am
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Ghost Town Jenny
From the first few notes of Ghost Town Jenny’s Golden Hour, you practically already know the tale being told in its first track, ...
February 20, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 20: Le Rug, The Dirty Nil, Weird Womb, and Phone Home @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($8)
Le Rug, The Dirty Nil, Weird Womb, and Phone Home @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($8)
Le Rug is playing a show. You must go. Details ...
February 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Throwback Review: Sam Cooke ‘Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963’
With the first warm pangs of springtime sweeping New York, there can be few albums so complimentary as Sam Cooke’s Live At The ...
February 19, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Young Magic “Fall In”
Brooklyn’s own Young Magic have recently debuted “Fall In,” the first single from their upcoming album, Breathing ...
February 19, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 19: Kour Pour @ Untitled 4pm (FREE!)
Kour Pour @ Untitled 4pm (FREE!)
In this week’s edition of ditching work early, head over to this gallery right in the middle ...
February 18, 2014 at 11:00 am
Review: Phantogram ‘Voices’
Naming a pop album Voices leaves things pretty open-ended, just as naming a song “Fall in Love” does, so we have to assume that ...
February 18, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 18: ‘Clueless’ on Netflix
Clueless on Netflix
Escape to a like, totally warmer place with the palm tree-lined, shopping mall land of Beverly Hills with Cher ...
February 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 17: The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Creepoid, Dreamend @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($8)
The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Creepoid, Dreamend @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($8)
The sisters from Georgia are headlining tonight at ...
February 14, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Mixtape: Baby Makin’ Music
Happy Valentine’s Day, curmudgeons. In honor of this spiteful holiday, I’ve crafted you all a sexy soundtrack upon ...
February 14, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 14: Netflix Double Feature of Love with ‘Amélie’ + ‘Minnie & Moskowitz’
Netflix Double Feature of Love with Amélie + Minnie & Moskowitz
Everyone’s favorite, Amélie, is back on Netflix. What ...
February 13, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 13: Timber Timbre, Lowell @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($16)
Timber Timbre, Lowell @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($16)
The night before Valentine’s Day is probably a little gloomy and gothy ...