You’re not worried about the ones who survived?I am. Monday Last day of the month, everyone’s broke, and DJ Knifefight spins all “pre-Beatles” rock-n-roll at Art Land Bar. No cover and free pool. Oh yeah! Starts at 10. Tuesday A day which could really use its own promoter. Once again we’ve got Hot Dog! at [...]
Gobble Wobble
Here’s a quick post for those of you who are coming down off the tryptophan and are ready to get on the alcohol train. Enjoy the mild temps now (but bring an umbrella) because survey says it’s gonna freeze in a week! TONIGHT (FRIDAY): Chandler and Vignault‘s last Happy Hour show for a while at [...]
As an alternative to listening to Christmas carols all week…
The Specific Heats bring their garage-psych sound andtheir Thanksgiving dinner to Bruar Falls on Tuesdaybecause even poultry deserves its 15 minutes of fame. Monday Glad All Over! hosts a show at Bowery Electric featuring the (cheese-inspired?) heavy rock of Humboldt Fog and the crunchy-like-a-cracker psych-rock of Whooping Crane, with DJ Lupe Loop spinning the platters. [...]
Pre-Thanksgiving Feast in NYC
Hey you turkeys! Still a week to go before Thanksgiving, but there’s plenty to feast your ears and feet on this weekend in NYC. Especially, TONIGHT (FRIDAY): Kick off the weekend with longtime scenemaker Chandler and partner in crime Vignault at Lakeside Lounge during happy hour (6:30 to 8:00 or so). It’s free and full [...]
Ah, the innocence of youth.
Thanks to all of you who came to theGaragePunkNYC 1st Birthday Party on Saturday.Now please give this poor man back his clothesyou sick bastards. Monday DJ Knifefight spins all “pre-Beatles” rock-n-roll at Art Land Bar. Great music, okay bar (conveniently located though, near an L and G train stop). Also, Happy Hour all night and [...]
Happy Birthday To Us!
Not to crow too much but, we’re a year old! GPNYC launched October 1st, 2008 with the goal of reducing productivity at as many offices, studios and workplaces as possible. Our evil plan seems to be succeeding, since we’ve had over 26,000 visits in the past year. Not bad for a site dedicated to “dead/outdated/retro/boring/misogynist/neanderthal” [...]
Repeat after me: ZZ
Williamsburg hipsters: BEHOLD YOUR FUTURE!CopyCat covers ZZ Top this week. Monday DJ Knifefight spins all “pre-Beatles” rock-n-roll at Art Land Bar. It’s a dingy little bar, but the music is superb. Also, free pool all night (though there is a line, of course). No cover. Also on Monday, the Reverend Vince Anderson and the Love [...]
My very professional reviews of Smashed! Blocked! and Rebel Night
Here are GaragePunkNYC.com we would like to think that we’re more than just an event calendar. For the most part, we’re not. However a couple of times a year one of the writers sobers up and then has something intelligent to say. Obviously that rules out Charles on both counts, but it does happen. Today [...]
Short Days and Quiet Nights?
Welcome to the Winding down of 2009. Daylight savings, colder temperatures (maybe even a freeze in the next 10 days or so), bands unwilling to tour Eastward due to weather, gas prices and lack of a job. Yep, it’s all happiness 24 hours a day here in Shiniest Place on Earth. That said, we do [...]
Life goes on?
Yeah, it was a real fun Halloween. It’s over now,but the memories and scars will last a lifetime.Also, the head trauma. That will last a lifetime too,but at least it has a nice self-anesthetizing quality. Monday Here’s something new: DJ Knifefight spins all “pre-Beatles” rock-n-roll at Art Land Bar on Grand Street in Williamsburg. It [...]
