Fred Thomas, Kyle Forester, What Next? Wednesday March 29, 8 pm at Union Pool: $12 Back in 2007 when Saturday Looks Good to Me had…
Week in Music: Put Your Goth Pants On, ‘Opti-Mystic’ Beach Rock, and More
Sharkmuffin, Def. GRLS, Stringer, The Wants, Taottss Tuesday January 31, 7:30 pm at The Knitting Factory: $10 Here’s a great way to get an early-week…
Four Shows: Baby’s Gets an Influx of Chinese Rock and Lemmy Goes to Church
Oozing Wound, Electric Hawk, PC Worship, Shimmer Wednesday October 19, 8 pm at Shea Stadium: $10 The Chicago-based band Oozing Wound are joining local shitar player…
Week in Music: Wacky Electro Banana Jammers, Miserable Shoe Gaze, and More
Holiday Mountain, Coaches Wednesday September 28, 8 pm at Berlin: $8 in advance, $10 at the door Even when they’re jamming an oversized banana down your…
Week in Music: Fat White Sounds and a Nostalgia Trip Back to Y2K Alt Rock
Fat White Family Tuesday September 6, 11:59 pm at Saint Vitus: $10 If you left town this weekend, chances are your brain’s feelin’ a little…
Ave A Bar Berlin to Celebrate their One-Year by Getting ‘Really Freakin’ Drunk’
There are three things that are really difficult to do in Manhattan (in ascending order): maintaining a bar, maintaining a music venue, and maintaining your…
Kembra Pfahler Launches a Voluptuous Weekly Party at Berlin Tonight
Kembra Pfahler’s archive was recently acquired by NYU, but that doesn’t mean the East Village firebrand is gathering dust in the halls of history. Tonight, the performance artist, future…
Berlin Drag Scene Back in Williamsburg, Party by Ostbahnhof to Rage On
I had high expectations when the Party by Ostbahnhof, the performance-centric circuit rager inspired by Berlin’s “trash drag” scene, kicked off in December at Verboten. Derek Marshall,…
Berlin's 'Trash Drag' Scene Invades Brooklyn Tonight
“It resonated with me, completely,” said Derek Marshall, owner of the underground queer bar The Club. He was recalling the first time he’d seen his…
Boulton & Watt Team Opens Drexler’s, Serving Booze in a Trophy Cup
While Jesse Malin expands his portfolio by opening Berlin underneath 2A, another East Village proprietor, Darin Rubell, is making moves a couple of blocks away.…