At SXSW last month, Brett Morgen got right to the point as he introduced his new documentary about Kurt Cobain, who died 21 years ago this…
Festival Frenzy: Northside Badges On Sale, Mexican Summer Launches ‘New Myths’
Take a break from scouring Airbnb for remotely affordable places to stay during SXSW, cuz passes just became available for a couple of other first-rate…
A Bushwick-East Village Cyber Dating Movie Premieres IRL
Back in March, we caught The Heart Machine at South by Southwest. Since then, the psychological thriller about a cyber relationship between a Bushwick boy…
Check Out the New Williamsburg-Happy Dead Stars Video
Dead Stars was tearing through SXSW last time we caught up with them. Today they released a video that — along with their forthcoming album,…
Cultfever Likes to Get ‘A Little Manic’ On Stage
At Baby’s All Right, Cultfever played an energetic set for an enthusiastic hometown crowd before setting off to SXSW. The Williamsburg venue’s backdrop, a mosaic…
Slothrust’s Frontwoman Was Into Sloths Before They Were Cool
At the Sailor Jerry Gypsy Lounge event in East Austin, Slothrust opened their set with the same song they always open with. Simply titled “Intro,”…
Dark Sister Got Matching Tats of Henry Rollins’s Autograph
Dark Sister, the Bushwick phenomenon comprised of Jessi Wade and Tiffany Nicole, really, really, really, really like Henry Rollins. How else could one explain why…
This Film About a Sex Surrogate Explores Intimacy and Isolation in NYC
She’s Lost Control is a tense, brooding story about a sex surrogate and her involvement with a volatile new client. Technically, the profession is now…
The Heart Machine Plumbs an East Village-Bushwick Cyber Affair
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…
Honduras Ain’t Gonna Lie: ‘We Want to Be a Big Band, So We’re Trying to Write Good Songs’
Pat Philips, the lead singer of the band Honduras, might be hungover. He’s drinking a lot of water. Philips, Tyson Moore, lead guitar, and Josh Wehle,…