The Brooklyn Brewery is busy as ever. First, the Williamsburg brewmasters just announced the Brooklyn Quarterly Experiment, a new series of limited-edition bottles dedicated to…
Want to Go Dogsledding and Gondola Tripping With Some Indie Bands?
Last week Coachella announced its 2014 lineup; yesterday, Governor’s Ball did the same. It’s January and we’re only a few days out from single-digit temperatures,…
Todd P’s ‘New Music’ Venue, Trans-Pecos, Is Up and Running
Todd Patrick’s latest all-ages venture, Trans-Pecos, opened last night in the old Silent Barn space on the Bushwick/Ridgewood border. There wasn’t an overabundance of fanfare…
Here’s a Drone Strike On a Power Plant That We Can All Get Behind
“Double Alaska” opens with Ben Seretan standing alone in an abandoned steam-power plant. The guitarist tunes his instrument, steps on a pedal, and a warm…
Wednesday: Talk to the Label Heads of Fool’s Gold, Captured Tracks + More
North Brooklyn is rife with indie record labels–as Mike Sniper, the founder of Captured Tracks, told us when we spoke to him about that label’s…
Two Bushwick Street Corners Got Rocked By Explosions
About an hour and a half ago, reports of a loud explosion at the corner of Jefferson Street and Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick lit up…
Holy Molé! The East Village Is Getting Yet Another Taqueria
This summer El Diablito, Taqueria Diana, Sembrado en Nueva York, and Tacos Morelos have opened in the East Village. If all goes according to plan, Otto’s Tacos will enter…
Seal Flops Ashore in Williamsburg, Falcon Soars into Greenpoint
You probably moved to Williamsburg to get away from your parents, but as the Wall Street Journal reports, a slew of baby boomers are moving…
The NYPL Has Unloaded 16,000 Cheap LPs, and the Sale Ain’t Over Yet
By Friday afternoon, the second of three days during which the New York Public Library is unloading 22,000 vinyl LPs at Lincoln Center, there was…
Nino’s Is Back, Baby, He’s Back!
In April, Nino Camaj told The Local he was planning to bring back his eponymous pizzeria to the corner of St. Marks Place and Avenue…