Jerry Fuchs, the 34-year old drummer for such bands as !!!, The Juan Maclean, and Maserati, died early Sunday morning in a freak fall down an elevator shaft at 338 Berry Street (b/t S4th and S5th). The many reports out there say he and a friend tried to jump out after the freight elevator stopped b/t the 4th and 5th floors while at a party for the Uniform Project’s six month anniversary. His buddy made it. Jerry, sadly, did not. His hoodie got caught and he fell.
His friend and roommate, Alex Frankel of Holy Ghost!, writes on his band’s blog:

Last night Jerry Fuchs, our friend and our drum hero, passed away. Jerry accidentally fell from a freight elevator in Williamsburg Brooklyn and was not able to survive the intense trauma caused by the fall. Nick and I entered the building about the time the fall occurred. We found him in the elevator shaft. We held him and talked to him and went with him to Bellevue Hospital. Heartbreakingly, the doctors were unable to resuscitate him. He was pronounced dead at 3:33 am.

Gothamist reports the building has had a history of DOB violations, yet the majority have been “dismissed.” There have been 8 total complaints, 61 DOB violations, and 24 ECB violations. The most recent, V 040109E9011/296054, was filed on April 1st of this year. Violation type? E, for elevator.
Here’s a video of Jerry that’s been making the rounds this morning. RIP.

My good friend Jables released this mixto go along with these changing autumn days. If you are working on a Saturday night that is full of fun things to do, much like the position I find myself in, this mix will make the pain go away.

Here are some of the things going on in the ‘hood tonight:
Paper Garden Records Party in conjunction w/ 3rd Ward
Sharon Van Etten, Natureboy, and Rey Villalobos at Union Pool

I Can Haz Party at Savalas hosted by Nicky Digital (which guarantees good looking people)
Some disco warehouse party that will feature DFA DJs
AND Lovepump & Todd P present an awesome show at Market Hotel tonight!
If you’ve got stuff to add to the list, let us all know in the comments… And remember kids, they give out condoms in almost every venue/bar/party in Brooklyn.
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Steel Phantoms are going on at 2am for a late night secret set at Coco66 in Greenpoint. You should go! Unless you already have tickets for the secret Yeah Yeah Yeahs show…

Happy Weekend!

Directed by Allison Schulnik

It doesn’t get much cuter than this. Tonight Matchless will be hosting a fundraiser for the P.S. 31 school in Greenpoint. Money was cut for their chess team, and this evening’s efforts are to raise cash for the team to go to the championships.
There will be an auction with awesome prizes from J-Dubb records, Matador Records, Think Coffee, Brooklyn Kitchen, WORD Bookstore, Heartworm Press and many more! Additionally, there will be performances by Dream Diary, My Teenage Stride, the Sleepies and Soft Black.
The fun kicks off at 8pm.

Y’all already know we love Tanlines… But The Fader‘s description of this video just pulled on this girl’s heartstrings (check out the last name, homies). Also, who doesn’t love Google Earth and their iPhones!? For realsies, yo!

Photo by Jenna Stoltzfus Stamm
We’ve got another chance for y’all to check out The Swimmers this Saturday at Piano’s– not only will one lucky reader win a pair of tickets to the show, they will also receive a copy of the just released album People Are Soft!
The full album is streaming on the interwebs today, so take a listen (because I haven’t been able to stop), and comment on our Facebook page for a chance to win!

Just when you thought Halloween was done and gone, this little number shows up.


They’re playing at Bruar Falls on Saturday. I hope they dress up.