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New music venue Brooklyn Steel coming to Williamsburg this Spring

December 6, 2016 By Robert Lanham

Brooklyn Steel is set to open in 2017 at 319 Frost Street in Williamsburg. Confirmed acts thus far include The Decemberists, Pixies, PJ Harvey and more. From Bowery Presents: Brooklyn Steel is the largest general admission venue in Brooklyn, with a capacity of approximately 1,800. With Music Hall of Williamsburg, Rough Trade and now Brooklyn […]

Filed Under: Williamsburg Tagged With: animal collective, Brooklyn Steel, music venue, Perfume Genius, Pixies, PJ Harvey, San Fermin, The Black Angels, The Decemberists, Two Door Cinema Club, Tycho, whitney

Put A Little Spring In Your Step: March's Must See Shows

March 3, 2015 By Megan Venzin

Well guys, holy [email protected], I survived Holy Ship. I mean, at least I think I did? I haven’t really settled back into the whole “reality” thing, which is why I’m typing this from a hotel bed in New Orleans, because WHY NOT? Life is for living right? And what better way to shirk responsibility and […]

Filed Under: Music, News, Williamsburg Tagged With: animal collective, Best Buy Theatre, Danny Tenaglia, Excision, Herbert Holler, Melrose Ballroom, Milo Greene, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Output, Swans, Trillium, verboten

The Most Blogged About Shows This Week

October 1, 2012 By My Social List

A rapper from the Marcy Projects is playing eight nights at a professional sports arena on Atlantic Avenue.  A North 11th street bowling alley and concert venue is opening a second location on the Vegas strip.  This could be the lead for yet another “Brooklyn has arrived” piece for the NY Times.  Instead, it’s a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animal collective, Events, Music, The Most Blogged About Shows

Animal Collective's Own Amanda Palmer Kickstarter Scandal

September 28, 2012 By Free Williamsburg

Via Pitchfork If the recent Amanda Palmer controversy has accomplished anything — besides getting some people paid to play their instruments — it’s made music fans take a harder look at the ethics of crowd-sourced funding in artistic endeavors. One subject of the intensified scrutiny has been Animal Collective’s Josh Dibb, aka Deakin, who raised […]

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Listen: Animal Collective's new album, Centipede Hz, in its entirety

August 20, 2012 By Free Williamsburg

You can listen to it now here. via As mentioned, Animal Collective premiered the entirety of their new album, Centipede Hz, last night (8/19) on Animal Collective Radio. The album is now streaming there on-demand in advance of it’s September 4 release date with song visuals created by Abby Portner. The band also made a […]

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Animal Collective – "Today's Supernatural"

July 30, 2012 By Matt Flint

Here’s the first single from Centipede Hz. Panda Bear debuted it (along with two of his new instrumental solo jams) on Animal Collective Radio last night. “Today’s Supernatural” is weird (in that way that Animal Collective are), upbeat, and has some of that classic Avey Tare scream/singing. Perfect to whet our appetite for Centipede Hz‘s […]

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Get Weird with Deakin

December 9, 2010 By Matt Flint

Utilizing guitar, loops, samples and vocals, Deakin builds a delicate balance between discord and ambience. Crackling with emotion, songs engulf him in chiming, clockwork sounds. From within this nebula, Deakin’s voice emerges, clear eyed and focused, while earthy, foot-stomp rhythms unfold slowly and powerfully, reaching towards an expression beyond language. Josh Dibb did recently announce […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animal collective, deakin, get weird, new museum, prince rama

Converse opening a recording studio

October 11, 2010 By Matt Flint

Apparently indie bands love footwear in 2010. Whether you’re Animal Collective designing a cute kids’ sneaker for charity, or Best Coast appearing on a song released by Converse. Well, now Converse is stepping up their effort to remain in with the hip music crowd by opening a recording studio in Williamsburg. Rubber Tracks will serve […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animal collective, big boi, converse, Neon Indian

Avey Tare designed some sweet shoes

September 27, 2010 By Matt Flint

Attention all sneakerheads! Animal Collective’s Avey Tare has designed a shoe! And you know what? It’s pretty dope. This design comes as part of Animal Collective’s collaboration with Keep apparel company. And of course this is not just a labor of love of fashion and freshness, it is also for a cause. All proceeds are […]

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Young Man Turns Youtube Stardom Into Haunting Debut Release

July 30, 2010 By Nicole Wasilewicz

Opening with beach waves and strumming simplicity Young Man’s debut release, aptly named Boy, brings us straight into a summery trance of hypnotic proportions. Slowly unfolding into the more hopeful “Hands”, we imagine Panda Bear and Fleet Foxes having a brain child and naming him Colin Caulfield— which should ring a bell to us Youtube […]

Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: animal collective, boy, Music, Videos, young man, youtube

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