June 28, 2015 at 7:35 pm
Watch: Rina Sawayama “Tunnel Vision”
Rina Sawayama, a London-based R&B singer-songwriter, just released her sparkle-heavy new video for “Tunnel Vision” ...
June 26, 2015 at 9:23 pm
June 27: Posture Magazine Release Party @ City Bird Gallery, 6pm
Posture Magazine is having a release party at City Bird Gallery for their first ever printed issue. It’s going to be an evening ...
June 25, 2015 at 10:46 pm
Band Crush: Night Soil feat Bunny Michael, Eartheater, and more @ Baby’s All Right (5/24)
In anticipation of Alt Space‘s opening reception for Bunny Michael’s Etheric Double, her first solo ...
June 24, 2015 at 9:32 pm
Mixtape: Favorite Songs of 2015
As I get older, it feels harder and harder to stay in the loop when it comes to keeping up with new music — and that’s coming ...
June 24, 2015 at 9:24 pm
Bunny Michael ‘Etheric Double’ on view @ Alt Space, June 26 – July 12
Bunny Michael, In the Pursuit of it All, We Discovered We Had Everything We Needed Within Ourselves, 2015,
C Print, 24” x 24”
A ...
June 24, 2015 at 4:31 pm
Song Premiere: Ziemba “El Paso”
Ziemba, the performance moniker of Brooklyn-based sound/performing artist and musician René Kladzyk, crafts hypnotizing, ...
June 23, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Video Premiere: Darkwing “Dark Hunting”
Darkwing is a grunge outfit from NJ with just the right hints of surf rock and punk. They started cobbling together DIY music videos ...
June 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
June 21: Yoko Ono Morning Peace 2015 @ MoMa, 4:30am, 21+ ($22)
The MoMA is having a very early, very special event in celebration of their exhibition Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 and the ...
June 19, 2015 at 8:00 am
June 20: Mermaid Parade @ Coney Island, 10am (FREE!!)
Happy Mermaid Parade! Time to take off those clothes and put on your favorite seashell bikini. Join all the colorful personalities ...
June 19, 2015 at 8:00 am
June 19: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Buscabulla @ Warsaw, 8pm ($19)
Psych veterans Unknown Mortal Orchestra are joining Buscabulla for a night at the intimate Greenpoint venue Warsaw. Between their ...
June 17, 2015 at 6:34 pm
Listen: the Britanys “It’s What It Is”
The Britanys just dropped “It’s What It Is,” a propulsive, jump-around new single. Clocking in at just over two ...
June 17, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Watch: Mac DeMarco “Another One”
Eccentric alt rock auteur Mac DeMarco just released a lo-fi video for “Another One,” the title track off of his upcoming ...
June 17, 2015 at 5:31 pm
Northside Band Crushes
Vanity Project
In a criminally under-attended show at Black Bear Bar on a Sunday afternoon, I sipped on a Bloody Mary and watched ...
June 16, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Mixtape: Songs to Die to
I recently went several weeks without a computer after my logic board committed suicide or maybe was murdered by me; idk I’m not ...
June 12, 2015 at 8:00 am
June 13: Gregory Siff @ Rockaway Beach Surf Club, 8-11:59pm
LA artist Gregory Siff is coming back to his hometown of Rockaway Beach with a new exhibition of 37 paintings (one for each year of ...
June 11, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Mixtape: Goth Party
Put away all your bright summer clothes and put on your favorite all-black ensemble — it’s time for a goth party. Relive ...
June 11, 2015 at 3:40 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: EMEFE
The only thing bigger than EMEFE’s lineup (8 members in total) is their colossal sound, which is a restless, brass-heavy ...
June 11, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Navigating Northside (6/11-6/14)
Northside, one of Brooklyn’s premiere arts festivals, is kicking off its incredible musical escapades today, and with days and ...
June 10, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Watch: Björk “Black Lake”
If you didn’t make it out to Björk’s career-spanning exhibition at the MoMa, we’ve got the next best thing. Your ...
June 9, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Watch: Sizzy Rocket “Bestie”
Watch out Katy Perry — Sizzy Rocket wants a little more than just a kiss. This tongue-in-cheek indie pop starlet just released a ...
June 9, 2015 at 9:33 pm
Watch: Holly Herndon “Morning Sun”
Do you dig electronic ambiance? Interstellar adventures? Vast, desolate settings? Then Holly Herndon’s new video for ...
June 9, 2015 at 6:21 pm
Band Crush: The Murder Junkies, Ho99o9, Barbaric, Dutchguts @ Meatlocker (5/28)
Last week, I set off for a punk rock show at the Meatlocker in Montclair, NJ, along with fellow photographer Walter Wlodarcyzk, video ...
June 4, 2015 at 6:46 pm
Watch: Jenny Lewis “She’s Not Me”
The ever-soulful Jenny Lewis just released a cameo-filled new video for “She’s Not Me,” a sweetly crooning single ...
June 4, 2015 at 8:00 am
June 4: Kim Gordon ‘The City Is A Garden’ @ 303 Gallery, 6pm
“The City Is A Garden,” a solo exhibition of new work by Kim Gordon (founding member, Sonic Youth), is having its opening ...
June 3, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Watch: Damaged Bug “Jet In Jungle”
John Dwyer of Thee Oh See’s has started another project under the name Damaged Bug. The Cali-based garage rockers have just ...
June 3, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Watch: FIDLAR “40oz On Repeat”
FIDLAR are giving us a music video history lesson with their new video for “40oz On Repeat,” a bouncy, woe-is-me single ...
June 3, 2015 at 6:06 pm
June 3: Brooklyn Film Festival: ‘Frame by Frame’ @ Wythe Hotel, 8pm ($13)
As part of the Brooklyn Film Festival, Frame by Frame, a new film following follow four Afghan photojournalists as they navigate an ...
June 3, 2015 at 5:44 pm
Watch: Little Racer “Montevideo”
Our friends Little Racer are back with Foreign Tongues, the follow-up to last year’s excellent Modern Accent EP, and ...
June 2, 2015 at 11:44 pm
Listen: Beirut “No No No”
Beirut have returned with the minimalistic “No No No,” the title track off of their upcoming fourth LP. Synths and steady ...
June 2, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Throwback Review: ‘Angst’ (1983)
Gerald Kargl’s Angst was added to my endless list of films to watch a few years ago and like many others, it was quickly and ...
May 30, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 30: Ancient Sky, White Laces, Teen Body, DUH @ Silent Barn, 8pm ($8)
Silent Barn is hosting an awesome lineup of punk and psych acts, including Ancient Sky, White Laces, Teen Body, and DUH. Come snarl ...
May 29, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 29: ‘The Fly’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 12:15am ($11)
Nitehawk Cinema is screening David Cronenberg’s remake of The Fly, featuring the inimitable Jeff Goldblum as a scientists who ...
May 27, 2015 at 8:31 pm
May 28: Brian Leo Silkscreen Thursdays @ Alt Space, 6-9PM
Grab a blank tee and head over to Alt Space tonight! Brian Leo, the mastermind behind our inaugural exhibition, will silkscreen his ...
May 27, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Watch: Julian Casablancas + the Voidz “Human Sadness”
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz’s have finally released the 13-minute short film for Tyranny‘s musical giant, “Human ...
May 27, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Listen: Disclosure “Holding On” featuring Gregory Porter
Electronic brother-duo Disclosure just released “Holding On,” a soulful house track featuring vocals from jazz artist ...
May 27, 2015 at 6:36 pm
Listen: Mourn “Gertrudis, Get Through This!”
Mourn, a young grunge-y quartet from Barcelona, just released the driving new single “Gertrudis, Get Through This!” The ...
May 27, 2015 at 5:02 pm
Watch: Supercrush “I Don’t Want To Be Sad Anymore”
Canadian fuzz pop trio Supercrush just released a video for “I Don’t Want To Be Sad Anymore,” their most recent ...
May 26, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 26: Porches and Frankie Cosmos @ Elvis Guesthouse, 9pm ($12)
Artists Greta Kline and Aaron Maine are not only collaborators, but prolific ones at that, and tonight they are bringing their passion ...
May 23, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 23: Perfect Pussy, Big Ups, Vulture Shit, Nine of Swords, Nonsense @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 8pm (FREE!!)
Unfortunately, the awesomeness that is Brooklyn Night Bazaar will be shutting its doors soon, but that doesn’t mean ...
May 23, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 23: Parquet Courts, Radioactivity, Pill, The Blackouts @ House of Vans, 8pm (FREE!!)
House of Vans is continuing its Almost Summer series tonight with an excellent punk lineup, including Parquet Courts, Radioactivity, ...
May 22, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Watch: H. Hawkline “Everybody’s On The Line”
H. Hawkline, aka singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Huw Evans, just released a video for “Everybody’s On The Line,” ...
May 22, 2015 at 8:48 pm
Listen: Puro Instinct “Lake Como” feat. Christian Rich
Photo by Mark Squires / Styled by Courtney Lynne Garvin
LA sister-duo Puro Instinct just released “Lake Como,” a ...
May 22, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 22: ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 12:10am ($15)
Nitehawk Cinema is screening Philip Kaufman’s paranoid, sci-fi classic and remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, starring the ...
May 21, 2015 at 5:26 pm
Song Premiere: Life Size Maps “Parasol Life (Maxo Wingmix)”
Maxo, chiptune extraordinaire, knows how to craft glitchy, energized tracks, and now he’s set his sights on Life Size Maps, ...
May 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
Shows We Went To (II)
Our 35 mm film photography series covering live shows happening on the NYC circuit continues. Our staff photographers have been busy ...
May 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
May 21: ‘Dune’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 7:15pm ($15)
As a part of their BOOKS & BOOZE series, Nitehawk Cinema will be screening Dune in celebration of the Folio Society’s ...
May 20, 2015 at 9:03 pm
FKA twigs Shares the Spotlight at Brooklyn Hangar
As a part of the Redbull Music Academy Festival, a series of awesome musical performances and happenings in NYC throughout the end of ...
May 20, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Watch: Weed “Thousand Pounds”
Weed, a grunge-y, shoegaze-y pop band from Vancouver, just dropped an artsy black and white video for “Thousand Pounds,” a ...
May 20, 2015 at 12:15 am
Listen: Magic Potion “Booored”
Swedish lo-fi pop outfit Magic Potion just released “Booored,” a track off of their upcoming debut EP Melt. This one is ...
May 20, 2015 at 12:14 am
Listen: Courtney Love “Miss Narcissist”
Courtney Love just released a biting new song called “Miss Narcissist,” the title track off her upcoming 7″ from ...