Austin’s Club 1808 felt like a soul-food roadhouse yesterday as some young dudes who clearly dig Sebadoh worked through their tight, efficient set. In the…
This Film About a Sex Surrogate Explores Intimacy and Isolation in NYC
She’s Lost Control is a tense, brooding story about a sex surrogate and her involvement with a volatile new client. Technically, the profession is now…
CB 3 Committee v. Hot Sauce Committee: Beastie Boys Square Rejected Again
You gotta fight for your right to petition. Brooklyn hip hop promoter Leroy McCarthy returned to Community Board 3’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee last…
Brooklyn Buildings Marketed to Beijingers; BrisketTown Taps Free Kegs
What does that pesky groundhog know? The truest sign of spring arrived yesterday: Gemma at The Bowery Hotel put its tables outside. [Eater] It’s a…
First Look: Smorgasburg’s Schnitz Opens Its East Village Sando Shop This Weekend
Spiegel isn’t the only East Village newcomer that’ll soon be serving schnitzel. Yoni Erlich, 27, is aiming to open Schnitz this Friday with his sister,…
Verboten, Williamsburg’s Newest Dance Club, Finally Opens This Weekend
The recently announced Red Bull Music Academy Festival isn’t the only reason you need to unburn those raver pants: Verboten — the club long slated…
The Heart Machine Plumbs an East Village-Bushwick Cyber Affair
The first moments of The Heart Machine are a dream, an abstract impression of movement and shifting light, laced with muted sounds like music from…
Hear Yr Fave Television and Pixies Albums On Some Really Expensive Speakers
This has to be the next best thing to seeing the Shitty Pixies live: next month, you’ll be able to listen to the real Pixies on Output’s…
A Chat With Oh, Honey, the Latest Williamsburg Band Sign With a Major
Oh, Honey, the Williamsburg-based band made up of Mitchy Collins and Danielle Bouchard, has a dreamy, sun-drenched sound that could almost pass as being from…
Spiegel Opens Monday With Fish Tacos and Cali Coffee
Forget Arabian/French, Japanese/Ukrainian or Swedish/Mexican — new neighborhood joint Spiegel is ditching the East Village trend of unexpected cuisine marriages and going simply “International.” “I…