Are you finally thawing out after the Polar Vortex did its worst and finding yourself in need of a reason to wear something other than multiple pairs of longjohns and a balaclava? We’re looking at a great weekend in Bushwick (more on that in tomorrow’s weekend guide), and we’re eager to start it off right

Musical events this week at The Footlight, Alphaville and more.

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Goldsounds Bar owners Cenk Eryaman and Chip Su. All Photos by Angela Altus for Bushwick Daily A shiny new venue is open and booking in Bushwick! Gold Sounds Bar has officially opened its doors to the public at 44 Wilson Ave between Melrose and George St, just across from Dear Bushwick. Previously Morgan Town Bar, this spot […]

With local events such as Exploding in Sound’s CMJ Showcase on Friday at Palisades, AdHoc’s Car Wash show off Lorimer on Saturday, a sprinkling of new art shows around the neighborhood, and the opening up of a bunch of new coffee shops (such as Dweebs), the list of fun things to do this weekend is certainly long

Oi, we’ve got the August blues

Sultry, raw, and influenced by blues and country, Joanna Levine’s voice is distinctive and incredibly powerful

No, you don’t like Jeremy Nguyen’s Stranger Than Bushwick comic, which appears weekly on Bushwick Daily

Sometimes “DIY” just sounds glorious but all it really just means is that you have to do everything yourself

Short weeks rule, amirite? And now that Memorial Day has passed and we’re in full early-summertime swing, it’s time to you get going to some concerts! Check out our seven picks for the week, starting tonite!

Would you like a little bit of sassy with that suburbia?

It’s nearing the end of August, and dang

This week’s Listening Party features the Brooklyn-born band Landlady and their upcoming show/album release party next Tuesday at Baby’s All Right. Listening Party is a weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Each hand-picked Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a local NYC venue. Grab your headphones and read on. Upright Behavior by […]

It seems like there have been a lot of Gemini birthdays in Bushwick lately, and many more coming up! Some of the best qualities about these beautiful Air-sign babies is that they represent duality, are versatile, talkative, intellectual, and fun to be around. They provide great company and are lucky to be born in the budding […]

This week’s Listening Party features the genre-bending sounds of Cass McCombs and his upcoming show next Thursday at Music Hall of Williamsburg

This week’s Listening Party features Brooklyn two-piece Star Rover and their upcoming free show Monday at Manhattan Inn. Listening Party is a curated weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Featuring someone we’ve been jamming out to and we recommend to the masses, each Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a local NYC venue. Grab your […]

So, the Olympics are over, with the USA ranking 4th in over all medals, but first in Gold medal pranks with another gem from Jimmy Kimmel

This week’s Listening Party features Philadelphia-based Swearin’ & their upcoming show on Thursday, March 6th at Cake Shop. Listening Party is a curated weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Featuring someone we’ve been jamming out to and we recommend to the masses, each Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a local NYC venue. […]

This week’s Listening Party features Bushwick’s finest, DUST who are performing next Thursday at Bossa Nova Civic Club

This week’s Friday First is an exclusive stream of Bushwick rock’n’roll ragers The Nuclears‘ brand new LP, This is How We Party, hitting stands January 28th. The Nuclears are referred to as “New York City’s primo beer-chugging, sci-fi-referencing, leather-jacket-wearing rock & roll band” for good reason; their long-awaited new album is a joyous rollercoaster of a […]

This week’s Listening Party focuses on Denver and Bushwick-based electro act Pictureplane

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We’ve always raved about the times we’ve had thanks to Brooklyn-based underground party organization, BangOn! On New Years, they filled a warehouse with a carousel ride, glow art installations, and a DJ set from Yeasayer, and more recently they hosted the 3-D festival which was mind-bogglingly trippy

This past Saturday and for the fourth year running, the Bushwick Block Party took over Morgantown’s Moore Street for a free afternoon and evening of music, skateboarding, dancing, food trucks, drinking and other sweaty fun

Mercury, Mercury

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Photo Credit: Anna Zelikova For this week’s Listening Party we bring you a double treat in the form of: 1) great music for your ears, and 2) a raucous music video, filmed somewhere in Asia, definitely on the wrong side of the tracks. It features pole dancers, break dancers and some seriously heavy vibes from the artist […]

We were going to preview the new Daft Punk album this week on Listening Party but iTunes, and possibly every other music publication from here to Uranus, seemed to beat us to the punch

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