When the sun fell, the Northside Festival began to feel like another average night on the Bedford strip, the usual carnivalesque vibe, chic-ified with the stereotype of Williamsburg; either frilly messes straight out of costume shops or ripped up, fuck-it attire.
June 29, 2010 Music Profiles, Postview
Everything we know about Iggy Pop we learned from Twitter.
May 13, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles
“Violent Soho live = a make out session with the devil’s daughter. In other words: good times!” is the Thurston Moore-approved blurb about this Australian born grunge revival where long hair and flannel reign once again. Luckily for you they’re playing the Mercury Lounge this Thursday, January 28. Video and an interview with drummer Michael Richards, after the jump.
January 25, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, MultiMedia, Music Profiles, VideoFolks looking to save money and take in quality entertainment will be making a beeline for Coney Island this Saturday for the ninth annual Siren Music Festival, a free all day show featuring 14 bands and two DJs on two sun-soaked stages.
July 15, 2009 Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles
I’ve recently found myself traveling north to Williamsburg and Greenpoint for a night out more often and apparently, I’m not alone.
February 21, 2008 At Night, Bars, Culture, Restaurants, The Locals, The People
Nowhere in Brooklyn is there a more foreign enclave than Brighton. Under the elevated tracks of the B and Q, caressed by sea breezes, the sidewalks of Brighton Beach Avenue vibrate with a cacophony of voices: the Russian of women hawking pastries, the English of sand-seeking day trippers, the hum of shoppers hailing from Omsk to Kiev.
Our weekly tip sheet on where to see what in the Brooklyn art world. This week’s featured listing is Klompching Gallery’s: “Phillip Toledano: A New Kind of Beauty,” opening Wednesday, September 8, 6-8pm. Click through to read more.
You decide! Are these famous folks tragic or groundbreaking? It’s up to debate. Each note-worthy figure is paired with an …
Your weekly listing of readings and literary events around Brooklyn: a comic artist lands at Desert Island, a funny girl from the Bronx stops in DUMBO, and runner-extraordinaire Christopher McDougall shares advice at WORD.
