Did you pass on the Fucked Up/Off!/Dinosaur Jr. show last night because you didn’t want to make the trek to Terminal 5? Good news! According to Brooklyn Vegan, Fucked Up were officially revealed as the guest stars at 285 Kent Saturday night. They will be playing with JEFF the Brotherhood and Iceage.

Saturday night! Tickets are available at Record Grouch. Did you have plans for tomorrow night? You should reconsider, because this sounds like something people will be talking about around the water cooler for a long time to come.

Nighthawk Cinema

After all our complaints about wanting a movie theater in Williamsburg (in addition to IndieScreen) we can finally rejoice that not only has a theater opened that plays indie first run films, but also serves booze! Nighthawk Cinema officially opens this weekend with showings of Midnight in Paris, The Trip, and Submarine. Zagat has the full scoop on the theater.

“There are tables between every two seats, complete with drinks holders, and you can place written orders from a waiter throughout the flick. The drink list contains options that are themed around movies, while the food options range from homemade beef jerky to watermelon salad. If you don’t want to stay for a show, there is a bar area that is open to the public as well.”

Tickets are $11, and the food is all prepared by Chef Saul Bolton who won a Michelin star for his restaurant Saul on Smith Street. Here’s a peek at the whole menu.

Nighthawk Cinema; 136 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY; 718.963.2917

Tonight the Booklyn Artists Alliance (note no r) will be holding a shindig at Spike Hill:

featuring an exciting auction of fabulous eccentric artworks, readings, music, giveaways, and general good times to celebrate Booklyn artists and the completion of the cataloging of the First Booklyn Decade Archive.

It’s free, and there may actually be literate members of the opposite sex.

186 Bedford Ave, 7-10pm

Brooklyn’s Fort Lean specialize in jangley pop with a surf rock edge and we are completely under their spell.  This fivesome brings a sweet and sour mix of vintagey melodic crooning and grungy rock to their subtly infectious jams.  Just one listen and you will feel like you are leather jacket clad and getting drunk at the drive-in on a breezy summer night in 1966…now doesn’t that sound fun (and specific)?

More good news! they are playing a slew of shows next week so you have no reason not to go see your new favorite band.  Catch them this Sunday at the Rock Shop in south Brooklyn, June 29th at Pianos and at a Karaoke bar in Chinatown (almost like a drive-in) next Thursday June 30th where they will play a very cool party called FUZZ.

Fort Lean – High Definition

Fort Lean – Beach Holiday

Fader caught up with the super star at Southpaw in Brooklyn where he was seeing Zoe Kravitz’s band Elevator Fight and just straight chillin’ with Lenny.  Check out the short interview below (he gives some insight to his new album!):

image c/o Emily Anne Epstein/Metro

Details Magazine just posted a little anthropological/sociological/zoological slideshow of “weirdest hipster habitats” on their website.

Apparently their broadly defined version of hipster can live in tanks, pirate ships, Gowanus and shipping containers.

Wait. Shipping containers?! Thought those things were only for transporting Russian hookers (Season 2 of The Wire reference, yo!)

Brooklyn retail has a new “gold” standard. Indie record label Fool’s Gold, whose artist roster includes Chromeo, Kid Cudi, and the Cool Kids, is opening up a new storefront in Williamsburg this Friday.

Based on the press release this store definitely sounds like it’s … worth its weight in gold (ok, that was pretty bad, but last one, we promise)!

The label outpost promises to be “equal parts vinyl mecca, gallery space and clothing boutique,” in addition to stocking some “rare finds from the FG archives.”

Celebrate the opening at 536 Metropolitan Avenue (between Union & Lorimer) Friday, June 24 with an in-store reception from 5-7PM hosted by founders DJs A-Track and Nick Catchdubs.

Triple Canopy, a locally-based online magazine that published such gems as She Goes Covered, is kickstarting a space in Greenpoint along with some partners.

This September, three New York-based nonprofits—Triple Canopy, an online magazine, Light Industry, a cinema, and The Public School New York, an open-source classroom with no curriculum—will launch a new arts-and-culture center at 155 Freeman Street, in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. Together, our groups will organize performances, classes, artist talks, readings, panels, workshops, concerts, and weekly film screenings—all of which will be open to the public. Most events are free or cost less than $7—and we like it this way!

The pledges aren’t half bad, either.

Give just $20 and you’ll receive access to a special issue of Triple Canopy put together and introduced by writer Rivka Galchen. For $50 you’ll receive a personalized email and Web project by artist Cory Arcangel. For $150 you’ll receive free access to all events at the space for one year. Those of you with the means to make a larger contribution will receive artworks donated by R. H. Quaytman and Paul Chan to support our first year of programming.

Every one of the people on stage during this performance on last night’s Fallon is doing more in the five minute span of this song that I have done so far all week. Multi-instrumentalists, harmonizing vocalists, emotional facial expressions.

Bon Iver play at Prospect Park on August 10, and will clearly blow everyone away when they do.

Dinosaur Jr.

My Social List is happy to partner with Freewilliamsburg to bring you the next seven days’ most buzzed-about New York shows, as well as new shows going on sale this week. My Social List tracks nine of the most popular music blogs and aggregates mentions of bands to create weekly Top 10 Lists of the city’s most exciting and highly-anticipated shows.

Hope you survived the Northside Festival and are ready for another week for shows! Dinosaur Jr takes the lead this week with their Terminal 5 show featuring the incredible Fucked Up and a Q&A session moderated by Henry Rollins. Bummed you missed out on tickets for Florence & The Machine, Eddie Vedder or Flying Lotus? Check out Craigslist the day of the show: The later you wait, the cheaper tickets will be.

If you live in the ‘Burg, check out Thievery Corporation at the Waterfront or take a trip south for Reggie Watts at Red Hook Park — our only Top 10 free show!. Without further ado, here are our Top 10 Shows for the next seven days.

1. Dinosaur Jr. @ Terminal 5 w/ Fucked Up, Off! and MC’d by Henry Rollins
Thursday, June 23rd at 6m – all ages, $30 -> tickets

2. Florence & the Machine @ Central Park Summerstage w/ Twin Shadow and Bubbles
Friday, June 24th at 5pm – all ages, sold out

3. Spectrum @ House of Vans w/ The Smith Westerns, Grand Rapids and Chairlift
Saturday, June 25th at 4pm – 18+, RSVP Full

4. Puro Instinct @ Glasslands Gallery w/ John Maus and Geneva Jacuzzi
Tuesday, June 28th at 8pm – 21+, $12 -> tickets

5. Thievery Corporation @ Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Raphael Saadiq and Dam-Fuck & Mazter Blazter
Friday, June 24th at 5pm – all ages, $41 -> tickets

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