The trend in music festivals these days seems to be “all you can eat”. A hungry fan shopping for an experience would be pleased to see a former Beatle playing alongside a long broken-up, and now-reunited rap crew from the 90s. If your tastes are more progressive, here are 30 bands that you’ve never heard […]
The Electric Zoo 2012 Survival Guide
We are only days away from the biggest electronic music festival in New York, and there aren’t enough fistpumps in the world that could make us more excited for it. But the Zoo can be a dangerous place, full of exotic animals, predators that lurk in the form of costumed freaks. The jungle is fierce […]
Dispatches From The Governor's Ball
Note: a version of this piece first appeared on Big Ass Lens, Sunday, June 24th. Though the text is reprinted in its entirety, the gallery presented here contains photos that differ from the original posting. Standing at the foot of the bridge, with its green paint and imposing size, I tried to predict what lay […]
Video: Miracles of Modern Science "Friend of the Animals"
Brooklyn via Princeton avante-rockers Miracles of Modern Science perform their song “Friend of the Animals” live at Spaceman Sound in Greenpoint. From Vice: Considering their ambiguous lack of modern instrumentation, Miracles of Modern Science (AKA MOMS) could more aptly be described as miracles of classical science. The most expected piece of gear in MOMS’ set […]
The Graveyard Smash (An Unofficial CMJ Party)
RSVP For this on Facebook CMJ madness week will soon be coming to an end, and honestly I am looking forward to it being over. Between night trekking to and from Brooklyn and Manhattan, drinking way too much free booze and not enough Gatorade, and all the work that comes with putting on two showcases, […]
BAL Presents – The CMJ Showcase
RSVP for this shit on Facebook What’s good Willy? As you all know, each October NYC plays host to one of the largest, most diverse, and downright chaotic music festivals in the world: CMJ. With over 1,000 bands playing in nearly 100 venues, clubs, apartments, and crackdens, CMJ has a reputation for being a hot […]
Tonight: Grandfather, Pile, Me You Us Them, Grass is Green play Cameo
RSVP on Facebook Well, it’s Friday before a holiday weekend and we all know there’s only one option – go out, drink, get buckwild and nurse a mean hangover on a Saturday knowing work ain’t coming round the bend Monday AM. With Summer coming to close, the season of hazy, open-air alcohol-fueled evenings is drifting […]
Got some free shit for you to do tomorrow
For a site called FreeWilliamsburg, there sure isn’t a lot of actual free shit. Come to think of it, Williamsburg in general is lacking in the free shit. Ever since the pool parties ended, Willy has gotten stingy. Last time I got something decent for free in Williamsburg was the time they had a free […]
The Big Ass Lens Northside Fest Showcase
RSVP on Facebook What’s good people? Oh yeah – a killer show tomorrow put on by the Big Ass Lens crew. After years of scheming, conning, begging and pleading our way into shows, filming the shit out of them and coming through with great videos for our favorite artists, BAL is finally flipping the script. […]
Tonight: Idiot Glee at Glasslands
Back in late 2010, we shot this video of Idiot Glee, AKA James Friley, playing “All Packed up” at Glasslands. Peep the video above, check out another video on Big Ass Lens, and drop on by Glasslands tonight, where he goes on at 8:30.