FRIDAY Halloweird Comedy Hour Friday, October 26 at Pete’s Candy Store, 7 pm: $8 Before you get properly spooked at whatever party you go to…
Circus of Dreams Ends Its Five-Year Run, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Circus of Dreams Wednesday, December 6 at Bizarre Bushwick, 9 pm: $10 suggested donation This performance art variety show, originally hosted by bearded street…
Four Shows: Syrian Wedding Singer’s Wartime Serenades, Punk is (Sorta) Dead, and Cat Power (No, Really)
Vulture Fest: Cat Power, Frankie Cosmos Saturday May 20, 7 pm at Webster Hall: $40 to $45 This one’s at the top of our list…
Week in Shows: Dance Party in an Rx Drug Den, Females Keep Screaming, and More
Screaming Females, Future Punx, Snakeskin Thursday April 27, 8 pm at Brooklyn Bazaar: $15 There’s never not a good time to see Bushwick’s own sci-fi…
Jonesing For Good Shows? Take Your Lady Pills
Lady Pills, Dead Stars, RIPS, Monograms Wednesday March 15, 8 pm at Trans-Pecos: $10 Another one of our own bit the dust– say it with…
Gig Alert: V-Day Hand Massages, ‘Devil Worshipping Blues’ in a Church, and More
Mary Lattimore, Rosali, Energy Star, DJ Nina Tuesday February 14, 8 pm at Trans-Pecos: $10 in advance/ $12 at the door If you’re anything like…
Four Shows: Neon Spandex and Hair Metal Redux, Thurston Moore & John Zorn’s Dream Team
Ereptile Destruction, Growler, Shitkill Tuesday November 22, 9 pm at Union Pool: $8 Once in a while, it helps to forget everything that’s happened to…
Our Guide to This Year’s Scary-Good Halloween Parties
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 GIFoween Brooklyn Bazaar, 150 Greenpoint Ave., Greenpoint; 7pm; free The web’s best animators set out to prove that everything is scarier when…
Your Near Future in Music: A Vulture Rises + Duchess Says Get Spooky
Duchess Says Friday October 14, 8 pm at Shea Stadium: $8 Saturday October 15, 8 pm at Elvis Guesthouse: $10 – $12 Duchess Says is the ’80s…
Trans-Pecos Is Settling a New Frontier With an ‘Annex’ Called Juarez
It was a tough summer for Brooklyn’s DIY scene. There was the sudden shutdown of Palisades, followed by the closure of DIY-gone-legit venue the Acheron;…