On a brick ass night on Kent Ave last week, we found a surplus of warmth at the always excessively hot Saudi sweatbox known as Glasslands Gallery, where we caught Kentucky native Idiot Glee perform his last NYC show of the year. We haven’t heard anything quite like Idiot Glee, the solo project of Lexington resident James Friley, whose music draws from sounds as varied as Brian Wilson, Bobby Vinton, Grizzly Bear, and Summer Camp. Check out our gorgeous video of “Happy Day” below, and check our review of the show at Big Ass Lens. Idiot Glee will be releasing his first full length album in early 2011, but in the meantime, head to his bandcamp page to listen to his EP, released earlier this year.
Get together with your friends, musicians, singers, former choir members, people who like to sing in the shower, etc. We will have a festive party with holiday music, spiked egg nog (or hot chocolate) and social networking.
Amateur singing? Spiked nogs? Santa hats? A room filled with fucking holiday cheer? Check all, please! Monday night the Knitting Factory will host a night of group caroling and live music. Despite the fact that the Christmas creep has made the holiday basically in effect since September, we are still going to soak up this opportunity to embrace the seasonal merriment.
There is a discounted cover if you wear a Santa hat, and the cover already pays for your first cocktail and holiday cookies. Who’s bringing the mistletoe? (Everyone, bring mistletoe.)
A warm welcome to the newest addition to the Williamsburg food & drink scene: The Feast reports that Juniper, a local burger joint located on Berry (btn. 7th and 8th) opens at 4pm for dinner today.
A quick look at the menu for the tiny spot reveals carnivorous standbys — burgers, barbecue, fries — but we’re kind of pumped to see a few variations on the classics, including a chorizo burger and truffle burger, both $13.
After today, the restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner, 11am-11pm. You won’t get to wash down those rib-sticking delights with a cold one just yet, though — the restaurant’s still waiting on a beer and wine license, which should be coming in the near future.
Remember that point in time when every pop-punk band would cover top 40 hits and speed them up three times as fast? (I remember The Vandals covering “My Heart Will Go On.”) Or being impressed when nerdy indie bands learned all the words to rap songs? (Dynamite Hack’s “Boyz in da Hood.”) Out of genre covers are a gift from the pop music gods to the indie rock fans.
Apparently we are all still really into this. But the new hotness is Beyonce covers (obviously). The first one that blew me away was Antony Hegarty’s cover of “Crazy in Love” as the B-side to “Aeon.” Today, we get ceo’s cover of “Halo.” It just makes sense. These covers are all artsy and so weirdly serious and great. Basically, they’re great. Listen to it below.
In order to honor the announcement of Williamsburg’s forthcoming six-screen Cineplex, The Village Voice Blog decided to make a list of six films “Average Williamsbug Residents” would like to see available on the big screens at all times, year-round. I don’t know what the “Average Williamsburg Resident” is exactly, but what do you think of the list?
1. Annie Hall
2. The Wackness
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Garden State
5. 500 Days of Summer
6. A Clockwork Orange
I would’ve bumped a few of these, and included Blade Runner, Goodfellas, and The Squid and the Whale.
TOMORROW: You’re invited!
FREEwilliamsburg + Spin Magazine Holiday Party
Presented by Newcastle Brown Ale
It’s time to celebrate the end of 2010… a year that brought us natural disasters, a Pitchfork 10.0 album, Sandra Bullock news galore, and Julian Assange as our man of the year!
Join us for a night of sweaty dance parties with DJs Whitney Fierce and Sheena Beaston, FREE beer, and a live performance by The Hundred In The Hands.
Tonight at Tandem will be the birth of Bushwick’s newest dance party. You can be sure to expect some Voltron levels of transmogrification with Beardwizard (one part Rude Dude) and Behold the Destroyer combining forces to form Sensual Harassment. It will be glorious, and it’ll make you wanna bone… especially if you’re a walrus. From Behold the Destroyer:
Tis mid December ya’ll, you know what that means? No, not some bullshit about the winter solstice or Santa Claus coming soon. Early December is the beginning of Walrus mating season! It’s a celebration bitches! That’s right from now till the end of February, walruses all over the world (read: the Arctic) are going to make patches of frigid ice look like Freaknik ’96. To commemorate Wally The Walrus putting it down on all them thick assed walrus P.Y.Ts, my man Jay from Rude Dudes (aka beardwizard) and I will be selecting some quality slowed down dance jams and chopped and screwed RnB tunes at Tandem Bar. Obviously, walruses need the slowed down jams — if you weigh over a ton you’re not trying to get it in to 2 Live Crew.
“Fuck around and catch an asthma attack” - Biggie Smalls
Come down at 11 and celebrate Walrus mating season, or just hangout in general, whatever floats your boat.
This Saturday, the 3rd annual celebration of NYC’s electronic music landscape is back! Both Public Assembly and Music Hall of Willaimsburg will be hosting Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival with a ridiculous lineup just waiting to get you moving.
Enjoy some of our favorite bands including Javelin, BRAHMS, Class Actress, Penguin Prison, Lemonade, Treasure Fingers, Kid Sister, PUNCHES, and many many MORE! Sounds like crazy fun, huh?
Well, this year will be introducing the BEMF Café for one night only– connecting the two venues into one all out party with DJs as well as menu discounts and food packages for BEMF ticket holders.
We’ve got a pair of tickets for one lucky reader… all you have to do is comment below for a chance to win!
Grab tickets and more info here: http://www.brooklynemf.com/
No need to go see that hyped new Tron: Legacy movie opening Friday. Williamsburg is not even getting a big fancy movie theater until next fall. That will probably be a nightmare, and tickets are pricey. Best go to indieScreen on Kent Avenue and watch a free screening of Tron, the original 1982 version, at 7pm that night instead. Brought to us by the internet service provider, Clear, the showing at the new Southside cinema is sure to fulfill your sci-fi needs on Friday and many other entertainment wishes to come with a digital cinema, a restaurant, and a full bar. As far as the Tron event, according to indieScreen’s box office:
The evening … includes cocktails at 7pm before the private screening of the original 1982 Tron followed by dinner at indieScreen.”
The event is RSVP only, so get on it: clear_path@ymail.com
