When it opens tonight, Black Rose will be serving up “Personal Jesuses” and “Comfortably Numbs” at what was, for over three decades, Odessa Cafe and Bar. Don’t be…
Trash Bar Owner’s New Place Gets Dumped On By Neighbors
The owner of Trash Bar, who recently announced his music venue will be closing its doors this spring, faced a wall of opposition against his…
Lit Is Throwing Itself a Sweet 16 Party
Lit, the onetime “place where the Strokes hang out” and the only place that was Lit before a hundred places were “the new Lit,” is…
Spawn of Parquet Courts & PC Worship Made A Book, Want You To Party With Them
Local garage punks Parquet Courts, AKA Parkay Quarts, did a really confusing thing recently and teamed up with another band of similar musical tastes, PC…
A Chat With the New Doyenne of the Old Don Hill’s
After getting wind of the Hedwig-themed tribute coming to the former Don Hill’s later this week, we got a chance to talk to Alma Ayala, the…
It’s Official, These Photos Are All We Have Left Of Death By Audio
We knew the last night at Death By Audio was going to get pretty raw, with about a million people cramming in to say goodbye…
Death By Art: A Band Of Artists Takes Over DBA
It pains us each time we have to bring up the closing of Death By Audio, but we can at least be comforted by the…
Electronic Music Takes Over The Burg, Chimes Will ‘Throw Up In Your Mouth’
Hey we’re back! And unless our senses betray us it seems we’ve survived Halloween. Time to scrub off all that costume blood and make way…
Hate Music? Check Out These Noise Parties Happening This Weekend
Perhaps traditional “muzik” isn’t your thing really, or maybe your tastes are simply too advanced to be bothered with such frivolities like the predictable strumming…
CBGB? CMJ? OMG! Your Guide to The Acronym Invasion
In the coming weeks a flurry of acronyms approacheth the city as CMJ and the CBGB music festival make landfall. Both apparently used to stand…