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Show Review: Akron/Family at 285 Kent, Brooklyn 1/21/12
words and photos by Vanessa Bennett

Show Review: Akron/Family at 285 Kent, Brooklyn 1/21/12

Little known and inconspicuous, Brooklyn venue 285 Kent is a tiny warehouse riddled with graffiti. It is a dark, hot, and, yes, dirty space where [...]

Photo Gallery: Diamond Terrifier at Shea Stadium, Brooklyn 1/14/12
photos by Jammi York

Photo Gallery: Diamond Terrifier at Shea Stadium, Brooklyn 1/14/12

Check out Jammi York’s great photos from the Diamond Terrifier show at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn!

Photo Gallery: King Owl and Grandfather at CMJ 2011
photos by Jammi York

Photo Gallery: King Owl and Grandfather at CMJ 2011

Jammi York is shooting CMJ Music Marathon 2011 for Verbicide! Check out shots from his first night out on the town — he caught Grandfather and King Owl at Trash Bar in Brooklyn.

The Wicked Tomorrow – Perfectly Wanted

The Wicked Tomorrow – Perfectly Wanted

Formed in NYC by kindred musical counterparts, Ian Jacobs (guitar/vocals) and Michelle Feliciano (drums/vocals), The Wicked Tomorrow have garnered attention for their visceral, raw and [...]

Photo Gallery: Dead to Me at the Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 8/4/11
photos by Jammi York

Photo Gallery: Dead to Me at the Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 8/4/11

Check out a gallery of photos from Dead to Me’s show in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn-bound Train Will Not Chant for USA

Brooklyn-bound Train Will Not Chant for USA

Is this hysterical or is this a bummer? A patriotic citizen attempts to start a USA chant on the Brooklyn-bound L train in Manhattan the [...]

Obits – You Gotta Lose

Obits – You Gotta Lose

Moody, Standard and Poor, the new and second full-length from Brooklyn’s Obits, was released on Sub Pop Records on March 29th. Download the first single [...]

THEOPHILUS LONDON – Lover’s Holiday
reviewed by Dan Chapman

THEOPHILUS LONDON – Lover’s Holiday

Brooklyn rapper, songwriter, and producer Theophilus London intermingles retro funk with pristine rap and pop elements in his newest EP Lover’s Holiday. From start to finish [...]

OBJECT – Tomorrowland
reviewed by Ryan Moore

OBJECT – Tomorrowland

It’s as if some borderline-forgotten ’90s grunge band suddenly dropped an EP that was refreshingly similar to that of their heyday decade!  No disappointing self-proclaimed [...]

Photo Gallery: Cobra Skulls, Dirty Tactics, and more at the Knitting Factory, New York 2/6/11
photos by Peter Borghard

Photo Gallery: Cobra Skulls, Dirty Tactics, and more at the Knitting Factory, New York 2/6/11

Peter Borghard shot Fat Wreck Chords’ Cobra Skulls at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on February 6th. He said that Cobra Skulls played a tight set, and that Dirty Tactics “crushed it,” that they were probably the best band that played. Mirrors and Wires and The Jukebox Romantics also played. Check out his pics.

Matt and Kim Release an Action-Packed Video for “Cameras”

Matt and Kim Release an Action-Packed Video for “Cameras”

The latest video release from Matt and Kim features the band-mates taking each other on in a one-on-one, every-man-for-himself fight scene. Filmmaker Jonathan Del Gatto, [...]

Asobi Seksu – Trails

Asobi Seksu – Trails

Brooklyn’s Asobi Seksu have officially announced the release of their new album, Fluorescence, which will come out Feb 15, 2011 on CD and vinyl through Polyvinyl. [...]

Amy Bezunartea – Doubles

Amy Bezunartea – Doubles

Amy Bezunartea is a Brooklyn, New York-based singer and songwriter whose debut album Restaurants & Bars was released on Kiam Records on November 2. Click [...]

Saadi – Clotheslines

Saadi – Clotheslines

Eccentric Brooklyn-based artist Boshra AlSaadi (aka Saadi), the former frontwoman of the indie band Looker, has just released her brand new Clotheslines EP, which features the single of [...]

Show Review: Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010
words by Luke Winkie | photos by Kaitlyn Roche

Show Review: Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010

Amongst the commercialized Lollapalooza and the inflated Coachella, we need smaller, secluded festivals to keep us all grounded. Fun Fun Fun Fest gives Austin a more intimate, personalized, and risk-taking lineup in counterpart of Austin City Limits, featuring some of pop culture’s most surreal un-conventionalists like Yankovic, Gwar, and Suicidal Tendencies.