Looking for something to do tonight? If you feel like getting your end of week started with a pretty sweet show and/or generally like fun, head over to Union Hall tonight to party with Psychic Teens, Carved Up, Hannibal Montana (amazing band name,) and Zula. Psychic Teens describe themselves as “regular adults from Philadelphia that sound like that time you spotted your creepy metalhead brother at 80s night.” What about that doesn’t say fun. Carved Up, who just added a vocalist for the first time, will supply the face melting. All of the bands bring something a little different to the bill. This is no chillwaveshoegaze-a-thon, come prepared to let loose…real loose.

Buy tickets here.

Nitehawk Cinema is one of the best things to come to Williamsburg in a LONG time. We love the food, the ability to see movies without having to take a subway, and the awesome events that they hold on a regular basis. On Tuesday, December 6th at 7:30PM Nitehawk will be teaming up with Brooklyn Brewery for “The Directors Cut” event. Below is a summary of the event from the official website:

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (Boston), Garrett Oliver wanted to direct for the silver screen. He went to film school, and then started working for HBO and making independent films. But he soon discovered that the pursuit of a life in independent film would require his maxing out 150 credit cards. Or, worse, moving to Los Angeles. It was not to be, but he soon discovered a new calling….beer! Now, together with our old pals the film buff John Woods and the acclaimed chef Saul Bolton, we bring you “Brooklyn Brewery, The Director’s Cut”, a never-before-seen compendium of our favorite beers matched to both great food and brilliant film clips.

Here’s the full menu for the night:

Reception in the Lobby Bar
Sorachi Ace

Dinner in the Theater

Tickets are $90 advance sale, $105 the day of, and there’s limited seating. Purchase tickets here: http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie.php?movie=77#

Coming from a world of fanzines and hanging out with your favorite musicians for hours on end and moving into a decade-long stint as a host on a free form radiok station, it was really only a matter of time before Tom Scharpling created this: Low Times. The new podcast is all about long conversations with musicians. There’s the freedom of zines and the vast frontier of podcastlandia, which means gives the creators (Tom is joined by Daniel Ralston and Maggie Serotaand)   a great creative freedom. Says Tom:

There’s an elasticity to what this podcast is going to be that really excites me. I have no idea what episode ten of this thing will be. But I do know that episode one is pretty awesome and it’s only going to go up from here.

There’s no puppets or weirdo call-ins (sorry Best Show fans), but don’t think that means there’s not going to be a flood of content different from any podcast you currently subscribe to.

Starting tomorrow, the Williamsburg Film Festival will once again bring new independent full length features, short films and documentaries to the waterfront.

Find some potential faves from the schedule, and bask in some cinematic pleasure with film industry professionals, filmmakers and fans.

The 2nd Annual Williamsburg Independent Film Festival
November 17th to 20th
IndieScreen
285 Kent at S. 2nd

The new video from BK’s North Highlands is as perfect as I’d hoped. Subtle and delicately charming – just like singer Brenda Malvini’s voice. Malvini’s vocals are so open and clear, but jump from sweet to haunting in a matter of phrases, playing off of the track’s layers really well.

North Highlands is named after Malvini’s home town, North Highlands, CA, which Malvini has described as “a gnarly suburb trapped in time. It sounds like a beautiful name but it’s not a beautiful place.” Malvini came to NYC as a student at NYU, where she met the majority of North Highlands. The track “Benefits” is about “when you work hard your whole life and then it isn’t enough,” says Malvini. “You realize that and you just say fuck it and go dancing.” [via]

Cheers to that

Stream the new album Wild One here.

A beautiful poster, even if we find it terribly over-the-top. Regardless, we hope the movement keeps growing and remains peaceful. Play nice!

Not only do you have awesome plans tonight, you now have equally awesome plans for the following night! RSVP here to check out Suckers, Javelin and Lemonade at Santos Party House tomorrow brought to us by Death + Taxes and vitamin water, as well as FREE beer from none other than Pabst Blue Ribbon.

And, like all free events, we suggest you get there early to avoid any possible shitshow at the door!!

Could this hotel get any more over-the-top?

Each of the hotel’s 64 rooms is equipped with a Crosley record player. On the main floor is a lending library with a growing album collection already numbering in the hundreds. Nearby Mexican Summer studios even pressed an LP strictly for the hotel.

And don’t expect to see USA Today lining the hotel hallways. Rooms are stocked with Vice, Fader and Brooklyn Magazine.

The lobby leads to a pool area, which will be tented and heated in December, when the hotel plans to host holiday parties. The 150-person rooftop hosts a second party space with a clear view of the Manhattan skyline and will occasionally host bands.

According to Hungate, acoustic shows will take place in the 150-person subterranean restaurant Pillar & Plough, which officially opens on Tuesday. It’s here that Brooklyn-based Alchemy Consulting’s bespoke cocktails will sell for $13. The restaurant, which features a dining bar that faces an open kitchen, serves “urban rustic” cuisine such as dry-aged ribeye and barbecue skate — and is run by Queens native Andres Grundy.

“I’m kind of surprised a place like this didn’t open five years ago,” says John Norris, the hotel’s music director. Sipping a glass of wine in the hotel lounge that opened earlier this month, Norris listens to a mix he created with songs from Dive, Yuck and the Black Keys — the latter from an album that won’t be released for another month. As the hotel’s music director, Norris is responsible for all things music in the hotel, from curating the vinyl library to booking concerts.

Though the hotel is a property of the Minnesota-based Graves World Hospitality, it goes out of its way to keep things local. Staff uniforms are from Brooklyn Industries, Brooklyn Brewery supplies beer and NYC’s Malin & Goetz provides toiletries.

Rooms are priced between $295 and $1,250, with north-facing suites boasting balconies overlooking McCarren Park

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Appropriate song given this weird warm weather:

Tomorrow night, come out and celebrate the launch of The World’s First Perfect Zine — the brainchild of David Shapiro a.k.a. Mr. Pitchfork Reviews Reviews — with The World’s First Perfect Party hosted by Tumblr at Other Music.

And what makes a perfect party, you ask? Free booze, for starters, as well as DJ sets by zine contributors Victor Vazquez of Das Racist, Tao Lin and Jenna Wortham of the NY Times.

Shapiro also notes that the zine will have a password-protected Tumblr of supplemental content (photos, interviews, stories) which you’ll have access to by ordering your copy of the limited edition print of The World’s First Perfect Zine… or by solving the below riddle:

What is the first name of the girlfriend of the director in the only 9-minute official music video (presently unavailable in the United States due to copyright issues) by the band whose original guitarist’s older brother was previously in a band whose two other members went on to form a band whose most recent album’s first single prominently features a sample from a song by a now-defunct band whose percussionist is named John Braddock, nicknamed “Dutch”?

Click here for more info about the zine and its contributors (including members of the Brooklyn buzz band hall of fame, filmmaker Lena Dunham and Thought Catalog‘s golden boy, Ryan O’Connell). See y’allz at the party, where the FREEdubs crew will be perfectly drunk!