Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai of Montreal, QC (via California via Hawaii via China) and I picked up the self titled Dirty Beaches cassette this past weekend at the CoOp 87 (if ya’ll haven’t been you really should check it out. A great addition for music lovers to Brooklyn, specifically Greenpoint, and Tommy who runs it is…read more
Tonight is a big day for music here in Brooklyn, and even though I haven’t had great internet access over the past couple weeks I still need to let you know what is going on! Death By Audio has a killer show happening with two of my favorite up and coming acts. First is Swimsuit , a new band…read more
Ok I know I’ve been posting some expensive sandwiches lately (re: the Newark Dog, the $11 hot dog ), but not all sandwiches in Greenpoint and Williamsburg will break the bank. One of my favorite go to spots for Mexican is Acapulco , way up at the tip of Greenpoint, and I’ve typically been a sucker for the…read more
http://www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/NorthsideFestivalNews/ L Magazine’s Northside Fest starts today in Williamsburg and Greenpoint Brooklyn. There are tons of bands, art, and movies to be seen. The schedule can be overwhelming, and while this isn’t a definitive list I’ve made a guide to the festival of all of the music I would like to see if I could…read more
Last year, a pretty swell line-up kicked off the inaugural Northside Festival in Brooklyn’s hipster haven Williamsburg and its less renowned, more Polish sister neighbourhood Greenpoint. Big guns like The Hold Steady and Asobi Seksu lined up alongside the rising stars of the borough – and further afield – in venues across the two areas. Well, this weekend sees the return…read more
This is part two of my coverage of the Worcester Invasion from last weekend, and this time around I’m bringing you a report on DOM the mysterious synth-pop trio that has been making waves in music circles since the beginning of the year . If you have been reading the Great Pumpkin you know that I have been writing about DOM…read more
This past June Greenpoint and Williamsburg held the second annual L Magazine Northside Festival . Last year seemed to showcase local Brooklyn and New Jersey based acts while Year two brought some slightly bigger nationally known acts. Year two showed progress from year one with better organization, but there was one problem on Friday when all the venues “were at…read more
Greenpoint look out…more record store news! klk and I were walking down Manhattan Ave yesterday when we stumbled onto a little sandwich board out in front of a new little store between Enid’s and the almighty Three Kings Tattoo. This sandwich board was for Fox and Fawn Vintage and Heaven Street Records (check out more photos of the…read more
Over the past couple weeks, and months, I’ve found myself a return customer of The Habitat . By now I think most people have heard of this Greenpoint establishment known for it’s comfort food and boozey delicacies, but as far as I’m concerned it hasn’t been getting enough praise. I’ll start at the top of the day with…read more
Check out the video Dream Boat released for their track “Your Beaches.” Grab yourself a copy of Dream Boat ‘s Fevers EP over at AMDiscs . Filed under: Music , WATCH THIS Tagged: AMDiscs , Dream Boat , Fevers EP , Your Beachs read more
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