A few years ago, Graham Collins landed on a GQ list of 10 artists to watch when he bronzed pedestrian items like toothbrushes and potato…
Overcoats, Yoke Lore Bring ‘Folktronica’ to Rough Trade and Mercury Lounge
It was the second-to-last day of SXSW and this one was much like the rest–long, hot, sweaty and filled with sound mishaps and mic malfunctions.…
Bowery Presents Promises an ‘A+ Experience’ at Their New Venue, Brooklyn Steel
Yesterday dozens of construction workers milled about 319 Frost Street in Williamsburg, where The Bowery Presents has been turning a former steel fabrication plant into Brooklyn’s largest general admission…
Cameroonian Crooner Vagabon Tackles the ‘Beast’ With a Proper Studio Album
Laetitia Tamko, the “one-woman empire” that is musical act Vagabon, prefers being on tour to practicing in her Bushwick studio. For her, the road feels…
I Went to a Séance and There Was Plenty of Spirited Conversation
It’s 7 p.m., not quite witching hour, but Melissa Madara is intently melting the side of a dark blue spell candle so that it can…
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…
Bushwickers Are Making a Community Plan Before Developers Make It For Them
A slew of city agencies and elected officials are asking Bushwick residents for direct input on how best to handle the rapid change that’s consuming the neighborhood. “We’re here to make…
Sip on Herpes Slurpees With Cast of 'Drunky' at Alphaville on Saturday
Let’s be real, it’s been a sticky week. And since the frozen negroni machine has been broken at the Narrows for going on forever, you’re probably…
Relive the Indie Film Forum That Brought Us Heavy Metal Parking Lot and Penis Puppets
Probably the best known film to come out of the I Am Eye scene opens with a view from the cameraman’s car as John Heyn and…
Abdul Abdullah Spent Two Hours With Airport Security to Bring You This Show
Looking at Abdul Abdullah‘s work alone might not give you every hint necessary to guess immediately where the 29-year-old artist is from. And seeing him in the…