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CMJ Class of 2014 Superlatives + Playlist (Cutest Couple, Most Popular, Dorkiest, Best Hair + More!)

At CMJ, camaraderie is contagious

Bushwick Daily Has Teamed Up with Out In The Streets to Bring you a Rad CMJ Showcase TONIGHT at Lot 45!

Readers, a friendly reminder that you made plans a few weeks ago, remember? You promised to come and celebrate CMJ Bushwick...

Your Day-by-Day Guide to the Most Outstanding CMJ Shows in Bushwick + Williamsburg All This Week!

CMJ only seems like a drag if a) you're in a band that's playing 3+ shows; b) you don't know...

CMJ’s 12 Hottest Bands & Where to Catch Them For Free or Cheap

We hope you are all as jazzed about CMJ as we are! The festival is the College Music Journal's "Music...

Get Swept up: 8 Must-See Shows + Festivals This Weekend!

Get swept away this weekend with a whole lotta great shows this weekend in Bushwick and beyond! This week we've...

You’ve Got Plans on October 23rd: Bushwick Daily + Out In The Streets Annual CMJ Party at Lot 45 Announced!

For the second year in a row, we are stoked to announce an unofficial CMJ showcase with Out In The...

Do As We Say: Top 7 Music Shows This Weekend (Bunna Cafe, Palisades & Downtown Festival)

Do as we say and you'll have a great weekend, full of unexpected performances at no or little damage to...

Your Lucky #: 7 Rad Concerts This Weekend with Free Cassette Store Day Show, Soul Dance Party & More

Rock It: 10 Best Live Music Events this Weekend from Indie Ballet to Free Shows At BK Flea!

Even if you're never really trying to look your "best," you're most likely trying to look something if you live...

Escape from Bushwick: 2 Nights Upstate in a Temple of Music, Basilica Soundscape Festival

Last weekend a crew of Brooklynites hoofed it approximately 2

Vice Came to Bushwick to Find “Techno-Collagist Who Turns Lasers and Human Limbs Into Instruments” [VIDEO]

Whoa, holy crap- we know new music is spreading through Bushwick like bedbugs on the MTA (too soon?), but leave...

Get Up, Get Down: Top Shows This Weekend!

"Get up, Get down / Get Up, Get down"

New Tattoo Shop, MEATTT, INC. is Offering Ink from $75 Flash Tats to Large-Scale Masterpieces!

Have you seen a distinctive red splotched window peeking out from the corner of Noll St and Flushing Ave and wondered,...

COUNTDOWN: Top 6 Shows This Weekend, Starting NOW!

Counting down to the weekend can be brutal… but not when you live in Brooklyn, surrounded by vibrant youth (and...

On Holiday: Top Shows For The Long Weekend

It's labor day weekend-- which is frightening, also exciting

10 Epic Music Festivals In & Around NYC This Fall!

If you're like us and you loooooove music festivals, you may be quietly shedding tears over the (impending) arrival of...

Still Hot: Music This Weekend with Little Skips Block Party, AfroPunk Fest & More Free Shows!

It's nearing the end of August, and dang

Enter To Win Tickets to Spooky Mansion 8/30 {Free Music, Food + Drinks}!

If this headline freaked you out, take it easy: you still have over two months to work on your Halloween...

Move Along: 10 Shows You Won’t Reject this Weekend!

While in the dog days of summer it’s tempting to feel incredibly burned out by sun, booze, and an overload...

Smoke on the Water: 4Knots Festival with Mac DeMarco, Speedy Ortiz, Dinosaur Jr {PIX + PLAYLIST}

Summer in NYC means a whole lot of free concerts, and one of the highlights of this writer's year- 4knots...

Out In The Streets Festival back July 26-27 with a Killer Lineup

Last year we fawned over local festival Out In The Streets, which spanned two fantastic days of music, food, art,...

Top 8 Shows to Get You Sh-sh-shaking!

Sh-sh-shaking, I'm

Stackable Wine, Musical Finds & The Festival Grind: Governors Ball in Photos

Last weekend, armed with sunscreen, lollypops, our handy 10 Must See Performances at GB guide, and camera in hand, Bushwick...

Relive 25 Best Moments of BOS 2014!

#1-17 by Maria Gotay; #18-25 by Katarina Hybenova Bushwick Daily editors Maria and Katarina have combined their most treasured moments...

10 Must-See Artists to Catch at Governors Ball!

Holy moly! We can't believe the super sold out Governor's Ball is this weekend

Free Summer Concert Series Guide (w/ Andrew Bird, Bonobo, Dinosaur Jr, Thee Oh Sees, St Vincent + MORE)

Only in New York are we lucky enough to sort through bushels of free shows each weekend

The Wick Is Finally Open, and Amazing! {photos}

Finally, one of the moments we’ve been waiting for. The Wick, located at 260 Meserole and attached to The Well venue/beer...

Friday First: Videos from Crazy Pills, Throw Vision & Winkie

This week's Friday First is a triple-whammy, featuring 3 brand new videos from 3 local NYC bands

Get Your Damn Governor’s Ball Tickets Before They Sell Out

Man, we are  really excited for this year's Governor's Ball Music Festival, which will take place from June 6-8 at...

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Penn Badgley. xoxo, Bushwick Daily

Newsflash: Penn Dayton Badgley, handsome television and film star best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl, 27...

GET UP GET DOWN: Top Music Shows This Weekend

If you’re like us, you want the weekend to arrive promptly and loudly. Lucky for you, we know where all...

Win Tickets to Nitehawk’s “Y Tu Mama Tambien” Film Feast Next Week!

What’s this? Another giveaway? You’re in luck, Bushwick Daily readers, because we’re giving away a pair of tickets to one of...

Friday First: BOYTOY’s Garage-Punk Vibe on “Shallow Town”

This week we are head-bobbing to fantastically energetic Brooklyn rockers BOYTOY’s song “Shallow Town” from their self-titled EP out May 13. Friday First is a...

Ridin’ The Lightnin’: MIA, Ende Tymes, The Wick is Open!

The weekend may be looking thunderstorm-laden, but that means nothing for dedicated show-goers but an excuse to your golashes and fill up on...

WITCHES of Bushwick Radio Show with News from Bushwick Daily Kicks Off Tonight!

We’re excited to announce a partnership with the infamously cool (and NY-Times-flaunted) WITCHES of Bushwick on their new, bi-monthly radio show,...

Rave Your Way into the Day: Morning Gloryville this Wednesday AM!

One thing all of us opinionated young New Yorkers can agree on: we are not morning people. That means mostly...

Listening Party: Montreal Musicians Braids

This week’s Listening Party features Montreal’s Braids and their upcoming show next Wednesday at Webster Hall. Listening Party is a weekly column...

Friday First: Halcyon & Surrounding Areas, New Bushwick Loft LP from The Library is on Fire

This week we’re sharing Halcyon & Surrounding Areas, the new LP from Bushwick locals The Library Is On Fire. The muddled album soars in loud,...

Friday First: 10 Record Store Day Must-Hear Releases

This week's FF features 10 brand spanking new releases coming out tomorrow, Saturday April 19th, specifically for Record Store Day

Listening Party: I Break Horses

This week’s Listening Party features the Swedish synth-pop of I Break Horses and their upcoming shows in NYC

Past, Present & Future @ The Knockdown Center [Sign The Petition!]

We're big fans of community arts & music venue The Knockdown Center

Bushwick Music Crush: Salt Cathedral

Music lovers near and far will bend their ears to pulsing indie-electronic sound of our newest music crush, Salt Cathedral

Listening Party: Argentina’s Juana Molina

This week’s Listening Party features the twisted electronica-folk of Juana Molina and her upcoming show at Le Poisson Rouge

MIA to Perform @ The Knockdown Center- UPDATE!

Following a long, sleepy break from party programming, The Knockdown Center quietly announced their first show of the springtime, and...

Open Call: Make Music NY

Always wanted to be a part of a music festival without selling out or sucking up? Now you can! Make...

Friday First: Cosmonaut’s “Radio Silence”

Today we premiere a brand new song and video from NYC's own alternative rock band Cosmonaut! They kick off an...

Treat Yo’Self: Self Salon Opens in Bushwick

All hail the hair Gods- Williamsburg hair mainstay Self Salon has just opened a Bushwick location at 42 Wilson Ave

Out In The Streets Festival 2014 Dates Announced!

Our favorite hyperlocal festival, The Out In The Streets Festival, has just announced its 2014 dates! The festival will return...

Listening Party: Gypsy Jazz Ravers Caravan Palace

This week’s Listening Party features french gyspy jazz ravers Caravan Palace! Read on, for definition follows

Sunny SXSW’s Stunning Fashion

SXSW is fading in the rearview mirror, and we already shared all of our best photos and best of SXSW...