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15 bands to watch at CMJ 2015

October 12, 2015 By Coleman Bentley

Though sometimes buried in an avalanche of free pizza, promo beer, and press releases, CMJ Music Marathon’s guiding principal has always been the discovery of new music. In that spirit, we decided to kick off coverage of the mega-fest’s 35th year with a countdown of 15 must-see bands you may have not heard, but need […]

Filed Under: Bushwick, Events, Greenpoint, Music, News, Ridgewood, Uncategorized, Williamsburg Tagged With: Acid Dad, adhoc, Alphaville, Arlene's Grocery, Berlin, Black Fast, cake shop, cameo gallery, Cheatahs, CMJ 2015, CMJ Music Marathon, Cool Ghouls, Creepoid, Destruction Unit, Evans the Death, free shows, Greys, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Niagra, Our Wicked Lady, Palehound, Protomartyr, Rough Trade, Sheer Mag, Slow Down Molasses, Solids, Studio at Webster Hall, the acheron, The Gotobeds, The Wick, Worriers

Top 5 shows of the weekend

September 5, 2015 By Chris Quartly

Happy Labour Day weekend! In honour of (hopefully) everyone having some time off work, let’s put some bands through their paces for our entertainment, it only seems fair. I have family in town for the first time this weekend so it’s possibly the only weekend of the year I won’t be at a show myself, […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Aviv, Baby's All Right, Bass Drum of Death, bowery ballroom, Dead Tenants, Dope Body, Guerilla Toss, Kill Alters, Nick Police, Overlake, Palisades, PC Workship, Pill, Pretengineer, Swervedriver, The Wick, Witch

Top 5 shows of the weekend

July 23, 2015 By Chris Quartly

Good news everyone, NASA just discovered Keplar-452b, a bigger, older cousin to Earth, I can’t wait for the tripadvisor reviews. A little closer to home, so far this week we’ve talked craft beer pubs, smelly Greenpoint, and the Forecastle music festival, and some of the FW music team will be heading out to a ballgame. Well, it seems […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: a place to bury strangers, Dum Dum Girls, EZTV, Gigawatts, Gigawatts Festival, Guardian Alien, Journalism, Mercury Girls, Nude Beach, Pile, shea stadium, Slonk Donkerson, The Black Lips, The Wick, Titus Andronicus, Union Pool, Vulture Shit

Top 5 shows of the weekend

May 14, 2015 By Chris Quartly

Thanks to Peter for covering for me last week. As mentioned, I was down in Austin for Psych Fest and had a great time (some organisational problems aside), including a genuine “I was there” moment seeing Thirteenth Floor Elevators. The next couple of weeks show some residual benefits from the festival as bands either immediately […]

Filed Under: Bushwick, Events, Greenpoint, Music, Williamsburg Tagged With: a place to bury strangers, Baby's All Right, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Chui Wan, jeffrey lewis, le poission rouge, Lightning Bolt, Mac McCaughan, mercury lounge, Sleepies, The Wick

UNSOUND Festival 2014 starts today in Brooklyn

April 4, 2014 By Evan Weiner

  Poland’s most adventurous festival is based in Kraków and returns to New York this year with their sister extension. They have produced Unsound in Tbilisi, Minsk, Kiev, Prague, Bratislava – and soon Unsound Adelaide at Adelaide Festival. With an emphasis on vibrant electronic, experimental, independent and club music scenes from all around the world, […]

Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: aurora halal, Ben Manely & Sean Meehan, cameo gallery, Deepchord, Demdike Stare, Goethe-Institut, huerco s., Issue Project Room, Ital, Miles, Porter Ricks, The Wick

The Wick is finally hosting shows starting tonight: Keiji Haino (plus full schedule)

March 27, 2014 By Robert Lanham

Tonight’s the night. The Wick has been teasing us since 2012 but tonight the 4,000-square-foot beer hall and concert space will finally have music! Check out Keiji Haino at 260 Meserole Street in Bushwick: Keiji Haino (Haino Keiji) born 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has […]

Filed Under: Bushwick, Events, Music, News Tagged With: Bushwick, Keiji Haino, music venue, schedule, The Wick

Bushwick's The Wick FINALLY announces some shows in March and April

February 24, 2014 By Robert Lanham

The wait is almost over. They’ve been promising concerts since 2012, and we’ll finally get some in March at Bushwick’s The Wick — a 4,000-square-foot beer hall and concert space: 3/27 Keiji Haino 4/5 Unsound Festival at The Bunker w/ Porter Ricks, Vladislav Delay, Miles of Demdike Stare + more 4/17 & 4/20 New York’s […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Bushwick, Events, Music, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: The Wick



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