It’s rare when a music trend hits at all levels of the listener spectrum, but right now African music is resonating with everyone from pop…
Photos: This Year’s Bushwig Festival Was So Not a Drag
The Internet has been quietly aflutter lately with a sort of drag debate: drag kings rallying for their place in the scene after RuPaul recently said kings…
Art Hearts: Beach Party in the City, Sunshine Ruins, and Bye Bye in Bed-Stuy
Long Gone and Missing Opening Wednesday August 1, 7 pm to 9 pm at Shin Gallery. On view through September 10. Imagine a beach on the Lower…
Performance Picks: Dancing Comedians, Personhood Through Puns, Interactive Foreplay
WEDNESDAY Nationals: An Amateur Adult Dance Comedy Tournament At UCB Chelsea, 307 W 26th Street, Chelsea. 11pm. $5. More info here. Dara Katz and Betsy Kenney…
Good Shows: Get Lost in a Trippy Maze of Sonic Delights; Mosh on a Fresh Grave
The Last Punk Gig: Aspects of War, Warthog, Indignation, Porvenir Oscuro Friday, July 8, 8 pm at the Acheron: $15. In honor of the Acheron…
Can This Sprawling, Immersive Exploration of Surveillance ‘Change the Face of Culture’ in Bushwick?
On May 20, the 50,000-square-foot Knockdown Center will become the site of a bold new experiment in live performance. Authority Figure, directed by performance/dance/sound artists Monica…
This Journey Into Sound and Silence Pays Tribute to John Cage and a ‘Deaf Club’ For Punks
If you enter the cordoned-off projection room at LA-based artist Alison O’Daniel‘s newly-opened exhibition, Room Tone at just the right moment (anytime between now and May 8,…
Drone Performance With ‘Sexy Undertones’ at First Person View
“All the drones were dead and gone by the end,” my friend laughed, filling me in on the last hour of opening night at First Person View,…
There’s a New Flea Market, and This One Has a Live Piano Player
After hosting some epic events over the summer (Tiki Disco, Kim Gordon) the onetime factory that goes by the name Knockdown Center is remodeling so…
Kool Thing: Kim Gordon Is Crashing in Greenpoint These Days
North Brooklyn has seen a lot of Kim Gordon in the past month: she introduced a screening of “A Woman Under the Influence” at Nighthawk and performed with Body/Head, her…