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The Williamsburg Brooklyn-based culture guide to New York and beyond.

At The Drive-In reunite!

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It hasn’t even been a full day since At The Drive-In announced their 2012 reunion. But already everyone I know – people I never would’ve expected to listen to At The Drive-In – are freaking out about this. The band are breaking their decade-plus long hiatus, playing Coachella, and hopefully (fingers crossed) will play some […]

Some people make everything complicated

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Joseph Herscher is an artist who makes Rube Goldberg machines. Recently, The New York Times did a write-up on him and his impractical contraptions. “I’m trying to make it as absurd and useless as possible,” he told the Times, which seems like it could sum up a lot of the pursuits of ourselves and many […]

"Push It" Portlandia style

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As part of the Portlandia live tour, Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen teamed up with Thao & Mirah to perform Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It.” Because…of course they did. Season two of the show premiers tomorrow night on IFC. So look for a friend with cable and have a Portlandia party!

D'Angelo covers Soundgarden

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Somehow D’Angelo made a song that is at the same time better than anything Chris Cornell has done in the past 15 years, and also (by default since he hasn’t released anything) the best thing D’Angelo himself has released in over a decade. It’s a souled out, sort of trippy rendition of the classic grunge […]

Kool A.D. released The Palm Wine Drinkard Mixtape

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Kool A.D. aka Victor Vasquez aka @veeveeveeveevee, member of one of 2011’s stand out rap troupes Das Racist, released a mix tape last night. It’s called The Palm Wine Drinkard. In the course of self-promoting (and flooding everyone’s Twitter feeds) Vasquez reached the Twitter daily post limit and is now in Twitter jail. But if you […]

New Washed Out: "Call it Off"

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Check out this “Amor Fati” b-side called by Washed Out called “Call it Off.” It’s more of the same that we’ve come to expect from Ernest Greene – thick synths, ’80s vibes. But this time with a little bit of a darker slant to it. (via GvB)