If you’ve ever picked out an Einstürzende Neubauten album and headed to the front counter in mortal trepidation of not being able to keep up…
SummerStage Lineup: Dinosaur Jr, Big Freedia, Sheila E, Kurt Vile and More
Hot on the heels of Industry City’s summer concerts announcement, the granddaddy of them all– SummerStage– has dropped its 2019 lineup, which kicks off in…
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks It’s ‘Delicious’ to Trigger Millennials, So Why Does He Want a Safe Space?
When Bret Easton Ellis strode into a Midtown auditorium for his TimesTalk last night, I was almost surprised to hear the enthusiastic applause. After all,…
Industry City’s Summer Shows: Guided By Voices, Antibalas, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and More
Sure, Monday’s brief spike into warmer weather only lasted a day, but Industry City has dropped another much-needed reminder that good climes and good times…
The Deuce Shoots Final Season On LES
Back in September, HBO announced that it was renewing The Deuce, David Simon’s gritty drama about the rise of the porn trade in ’70s and…
Inside the Lower East Side’s Newest, Largest Movie Theater
Though the food market coming to Essex Crossing got some nice press last week, you’ll have to wait three months before it opens. In the…
Relaxer and My Year of Rest and Relaxation: More Taxing Than Relaxing
It’s not often that two strikingly original works seem to have been cut from the same puke-drenched cloth, but that’s exactly the case with Ottessa…
Dueling Pistols: Founding Members of the Sex Pistols Make Rare NYC Appearances
In rock and roll, there are legendary feuds. Mike Love vs. Brian Wilson, Axl vs. Slash, and one of the most savage: John Lydon, frontman of…
Watch Nancy Schwartzman’s Steubenville Rape Doc and Let Her Tell You How to Channel Your Rage
From Finding Neverland to Surviving R. Kelly, there’s been a recent spate of unflinching documentaries about sexual assault. The latest, Roll Red Roll, might be the most infuriating and…