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…
Police Say This Guy Rented Out a Fake Apartment in Andy Warhol’s Old Building
We’ve seen this one before: a man posing as a broker conned nine women out of deposits for an East Village apartment he wasn’t licensed…
Homeland Security ‘Terrorized’ East Williamsburg; Greenpoint Leech Therapy
Sunday’s mysterious Department of Homeland Security raid “terrorized and confused” East Williamsburg residents. [Gothamist] Permits were filed yesterday for two of Greenpoint Landing’s 30-story-plus waterfront…
‘Art-less Dodger’ Indicted For Swiping Portraits of Basquiat, Mandela and Snoop
The 49-year-old who allegedly stole three paintings from a Williamsburg art gallery before being chased down by the gallery owner, and then apprehended by police,…
These 8 Images Show What a Stronger, Sexier LES Waterfront Might Look Like
The East River waterfront is in for a dramatic transformation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Today, several visions of just what that transformation might…
Jorge Arias of Bushwick’s The Sampler Has Opened an East Village Wine Shop
The opening of a new wine store is always cause for celebration, particularly if it boasts a healthy selection of bottles under $15, daily tastings…
Allison Kave and Keavy Landreth on Girls: ‘I’m Writhing With Discomfort’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls. A…