Check the out at Baby’s All Right on Friday! In case you missed the “buzz” about them:
The demo was recorded “live at Macaulay Culkin’s house on November 11, 2013″, according to the Pizza Underground’s Bandcamp, and the actor is credited with “percussion/kazoo/vocals”. According to The Guardian, the band formed in early 2012 and recently played a Lou Reed tribute at New York’s Sidewalk Cafe. Other members include Matt Colbourn, Phoebe Kreutz, Deenah Vollmer, and Austin Kilham. [Read more...]
Talk about a blast from the past. It’s been 15 years since their last.
The last time Cibo Matto released an album, it was 1999′s Stereo Type A. Then, they went on a long hiatus before returning for some reunion dates a couple years ago. Now, Miho Hatori and Yuka C. Honda are returning with a new LP called Hotel Valentine. It’s out February 14 via Chimera Music.
Their first offering from the album is “MFN”, which features Reggie Watts. It’s got a colorful, spastic video by Georgia. Check it out below.
The Queens-based graffiti crew is having its debut show tomorrow!
Opening Reception: Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 from 7-9pm
Pop-up Location: 536 Metropolitan Ave. Brookyln, NY 11211
Featuring original artwork by Smart Crew including Action Bronson, Dceve, Despot, Jeffrey Gamblero, Meyhem Lauren, Snoeman, Tom Gould and more…
SMART FOOLS [is] a group exhibition featuring NYC’s Smart Crew as part of the Fool’s Gold Artist Series.
Founded in 1997 by a group of high school friends in Queens, Smart Crew has evolved from a NYC-based graffiti crew into a diverse collective of international artists based in New York. Over the last 16 years, many of the members have branched from their graffiti roots into alternate art forms including music, fashion, design and photography.
SMART FOOLS will feature all new work from Smart Crew artists including Action Bronson, Dceve, Despot, Elmo, Hso, Jeffrey Gamblero, Marty, Meyhem Lauren, Nick Gallo, Pierre Hefner, Snoeman, Tom Gould, Toper and Work925. The show will present a variety of mediums and works with a “gold” theme that illustrate each artist’s unique style and the diversity of Smart Crew as a collective.
You can check out the catalog here with a teaser video below: [Read more...]
Brooklyn Flea (c/o DNA)
First the concerts at Rough Trade get shut down for being too loud, now this:
The Brooklyn Flea’s vintage dresses, handmade jewelry, records and trinkets that filled the Williamsburg waterfront each week last summer won’t be returning this year — after locals complained that the popular outdoor market was robbing them of precious park space.
The flea brought dozens of vendors and hundreds of shoppers each Sunday to East River State Park, but organizers agreed to stop holding their market on the land this year to accommodate residents, founder Eric Demby said. [Read more...]
Noisey had Killer Mike and El-P hilariously respond to YouTube comments on their Run the Jewels track 36 Inch Chain. The first commenter expressed his displeasure at being called a hipster, to which Killer Mike let him know there is a place called Williamsburg where he [Read more...]
Photo credit: Lyle Buss, Univ. of Florida
This male (left) and female of the species Periplaneta japonica were found on New York City’s High Line in 2012.
If you thought freezing temperatures could kill of roaches, think again. Rutgers-Newark biologists released a statement Monday confirming the presence of winter resistant cockroaches in New York City. This disturbing Asian species, Periplaneta japonica, was first discovered in the U.S. on the High Line by an exterminator in 2012, and recently studied by insect biologists Jessica Ware and Dominic Evangelista.
About 20 years ago colleagues of ours in Japan reared nymphs of this species and measured their tolerance to being able to survive in snow,” says Ware, who is an assistant professor of biological sciences at Rutgers-Newark. “As the species has invaded Korea and China, there has been some confirmation that it does very well in cold climates, so it is very conceivable that it could live outdoors during winter in New York. That is in addition to its being well suited to live indoors alongside the species that already are here.
The immigrant roaches investigated have been hanging out in Manhattan, but Ware notes that “they do very well as hitchhikers.” [Read more...]
(Photo: Kristin Leigh Knoll)
From Brooklyn Vegan:
This Wednesday (12/11), Dreams West will play with Only Edges and LAMPGOD & **L_RD//$M$.
On Friday (12/13), noted Rhode Island IDM crafter The Range (who recently released a new album) will play with Zeljko McMullen, Michael Beharie, and Diamond Terrifier. The door charge goes up to $10 for this one.
On Saturday (12/14), the aforementioned Peter Kerlin Octet/Sunwatchers/Platinum Vision lineup will be joined by all-girl Japanese rockers Hard Nips (who are nonetheless based in Brooklyn) in the headlining slot.
The following Thursday (12/19), local noisy punkers Heaven’s Gate (whose debut album is pretty good) will play with locals Advaeta and Chicago noise rockers Millions.
The ensuing Friday (12/20), avant-garde ensemble Zs (whose Sam Hillmer put out a sax-based solo record in the spring) play with Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori and DJ Bubbles.
Finally, on January 3 (1/3), Kayo Dot will join Hospital Productions noise artist Lussuria and Jeremiah Cymerman for the first edition of a monthly series curated by Psalm Zero bandmates Andrew Hock (of Castevet) and Charlie Looker (ex-Extra Life).
Bedford & Bowery stopped by for a preview show last Thursday: [Read more...]
Simply horrible:
A 23 year-old man was fatally stabbed in Williamsburg, cops said.
The victim was in front of Zocalo Mexican Restaurant near the Marcy Ave. subway station near Broadway when he was knifed multiple times in the torso just after 5 a.m., cops said.
The victim was found unconscious and unresponsive when he was rushed to Woodhull Hospital and pronounced dead, cops said.
No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation is ongoing, according to police.
The name of the deceased is pending proper family notification.
Morrissey at lunch
One of the best things about Rough Trade opening in our fair city was the healthy import stock of Morrissey’s epically gushy, sublimely written new Autobiography. Previously only available in the UK, the much-ballyhooed (and, in our opinion, for good reason) tome chronicles Moz’s childhood, entry into music, the formation of the Smiths and his solo career up to present day, with a lacerating wit.
To celebrate the book’s U.S. release this week, news surfaced on Saturday that Morrissey would be appearing at Barnes & Noble in Union Square.
No performance, no reading, do not make eye contact with Moz lest ye find out exactly to what depths his disdain for you can reach. Still, though, an incredibly rare opportunity to, if nothing else, witness Morrissey (somewhat) willingly have human contact for the 3.5 seconds it’d take to scratch his last name onto a book’s title page with a pen.
Last night, though, word began leaking that, nope, no Moz: [Read more...]
Eater NY has brought to our attention the fact that Starbucks has posted job listings for a location in Williamsburg. The posting lists the address as 405-409 Union Avenue (at Anslie St). The job listing shows so little respect for its future neighborhood that lists the city as “Bkooklyn, NY.” Hopefully the listing is just a big mistake, or maybe Starbucks is renaming our entire borough ‘Bkooklyn.”
