Perhaps you’ve noticed that, since sometime late last week, almost everywhere you turn, people are in a rather dour mood. Could it be that nothing…
‘Flickering’ is Sexy Neighbors’ Ballad of Chemical Dependency
As if you were’t titillated enough by “Livin’ Wavy”, the Sexy Neighbors single we dropped back in December, the Bushwick-centric band is back for more with another…
Week in Music: Resistance Raffle & Riot, No Shame in Tear Jerkers, and More
Scully, B Boys, Decorum, NOIA, The Christian Peslak Band, Milk Dick Friday January 27, 8 pm at Alphaville: $12 The Trump opposition movement continues with…
Bromancing Assassins and the Myth of the Great Writer Genius in Holden
In a vacuum, The Catcher in the Rye is a pretty straightforward story– not a whole lot happens. But if you’re at all familiar with American…
Week in Shows: Teen Dreams Abound, Discover Digipoetics, and More
The Night Before: Retail, White Rope, Deli Girls Thursday January 19, 8 pm at The Gateway:$5 in advance/ $8 at the door Well, there’s a…
A Trump Voodoo Doll and 7 Other Highlights of the Nasty Women Show
By the time I arrived at Knockdown Center on Saturday night for day two of Nasty Women– the four-day, all-women exhibition and giant middle finger directed at Trump–the place…
‘We’re All a Bunch of Cunts’: a Comedy Crew Making Safe Spaces ‘Aggressive’
Comedy is not a pursuit for the faint of heart, and that goes for audiences and comics alike. Lately, there’s been a widespread and mercilessly…
Shows this Week: Icons of Noise Do the Supergroup + Knockdown Stays Nasty
Stay Nasty Thursday January 12 through Sunday January 15 at Knockdown Center: first night free, $10 individual, $20 all access pass Earlier we told you…
Greenpoint’s Bar Matchless Strikes Back
Both touring bands and local music fans (aka members of an aloof subculture that you wouldn’t understand) have probably felt a shifting tide. Over the…
More than 700 Artists Say They are Nasty Women, and Proud of It
A new art show opening this week is just the sort of hopeful omen we need really, really need right now, just one week before…