It’s been a little over a week since Octfest descended on Governors Island, but we’re still feeling funky. Despite a truly rainy forecast, the grounds stayed firm and not too muddy during the international beer and music festival presented by Pitchfork and October. Over two days, several thousand guests enjoyed world class music all while […]
Club Crush: The Week’s Best Electronic Lineups
How was everyone’s Labor Day? Did you burn your white pants yesterday morning, or are you going to be a rebel and continue wearing the damn things through the holiday season? Who decided that was a rule anyway? Even though Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, I still see plenty of good times […]
Octfest to Bring 90+ Breweries and BK’s Best Eats to Governors Island
For the second year, Pitchfork and October will bring their international celebration of beer, food and music to The Big Apple. The 2017 inaugural event inhabited Brooklyn Hanger (Industry City), but this year the festival is heading outdoors for two full days of indulgence at its finest. Hop a short ferry ride on September 8th […]
Top 5 shows of the weekend
We return to our regular schedule after a much needed weekend away… Looks like a cold one this weekend, so you’re going to need to put on an extra layer or two and deal with it.
Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne sang 'Life on Mars' on Chewbacca's shoulders last night at Carnegie Hall
Which somehow makes perfect sense. It was part of the David Bowie tribute show at Carnegie Hall that featured The Pixies, J. Mascis, Cat Power, Laurie Anderson, Robyn Hitchcock, Michael Stipe, The Mountain Goats and more. Video and a shot of the set list below — though it should be noted that Patti Smith was […]
Pussy Riot to perform in Brooklyn next month!
Well, not all of them. It’s part of an Amnesty concert scheduled for February 5 at The Barclays center. Flaming Lips and many others will be performing as well: No need to refresh your browser- this is not an editing error or a dream-like illusion of your feminist imagination. Musical heroines Pussy Riot will perform […]
The Most Blogged About Shows This Week
This week’s edition of the Most Blogged About Shows is 100% recession proof. Our MOST BLOGGED ABOUT show and my EDITOR’S PICK can both be had for the princely sum of “on the house,” and they’re both all kinds of awesome. Oh, and we’re giving away some pretty awesome tickets this week as well. That […]