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REVIEW: Octfest Brought Cheers and Beers to Governors Island

September 18, 2018 By Megan Venzin

REVIEW: Octfest Brought Cheers and Beers to Governors Island

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Beyond, Events, Music Tagged With: Bluepoint Brewing Company, Governors Island, hop along, Keegan Ales, Mission Chinese, Nile Rogers & CHIC, no age, octfest, pitchfork, robertas, The Flaming Lips, Virtue Ciders

Club Crush: The Week’s Best Electronic Lineups

September 5, 2018 By Megan Venzin

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Beyond, Bushwick, Events, Music, Williamsburg Tagged With: Damian Lazarus, Deadmau5, Dorfex Bos, Guy Gerber, ill.Gates, Lauren Lane, midnight magic, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, octfest, october, pier 17, pitchfork, soul clap, The Brooklyn Mirage, The Flaming Lips, the knitting factory

Octfest to Bring 90+ Breweries and BK’s Best Eats to Governors Island

August 28, 2018 By Megan Venzin

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Beyond, Events, Music, News Tagged With: hop along, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, octfest, october, pitchfork, robertas, Sweet Chick, The Flaming Lips, Vince Staples

Top 5 shows of the weekend

March 9, 2017 By Chris Quartly

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.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Big Bliss, Calico Blue, Comatides, Hor Curl, Mikaela Davis, Miracle Sweepstakes, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Plates of Cake, Spirit Ghost, Stuyedeyed, Sunnyvale, terminal 5, The Divided Self, The Flaming Lips, The Gateway, The Jeanies, The Parrots, The Staves

Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne sang 'Life on Mars' on Chewbacca's shoulders last night at Carnegie Hall

April 1, 2016 By Robert Lanham

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Events, News Tagged With: Cat Power, David Bowie, J Mascis, Laurie Anderson, Michael Stipe, Robyn Hitchcock, The Flaming Lips, The Mountain Goats, The Pixies, Wayne Coyne

Pussy Riot to perform in Brooklyn next month!

January 22, 2014 By Robert Lanham

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 […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Cake, Colbie Caillat, cold war kids, Imagine Dragons, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Pussy Riot, tegan and sara, The Flaming Lips, The Fray

The Most Blogged About Shows This Week

August 6, 2012 By My Social List

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 […]

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